Believe. Achieve. Succeed.

Armed with paint brushes and wearing TU T-shirts, nearly 60 members of the TU community joined Mayor Martin O’Malley and staff in refurbishing Cherry Hill Elementary. [more]

Book smarts

New librarian envisions more open and accessible Cook Library

Deborah Nolan, TU’s new university librarian, says Cook Library is poised to become a place for people and ideas, and not just a repository for information and study. [more]

So they said ...

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

William Butler Yeats, 1865-1939

One of Baltimore's best unsigned bands—live

WTMD-FM co-sponsoring Hunt Valley Summer Concert Series

Who? Fools & Horses

Where? Chuck Thompson Memorial Plaza, Hunt Valley Town Center, 118 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley (I-83 exit 20A, Shawan Road)

When? Friday, August 18, 7–9 p.m.

Why? This is the second-to-last performance in the Main Street Live Summer Concert Series. Fools & Horses is a local favorite whose unique sound combines the best of classic rock with new British pop.

How? Free. For more information on this and other WTMD events, go to http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/wtmd/events.eventsmain

TU in the news

Towson professor's work to focus on Bay microbes

The Examiner , August 12–13

Staff writer Ron Cassie spoke with Joy Watts, Department of Biological Sciences, about Watt's research in microbial ecology. Watts was selected as the first recipient of the Jess and Mildred Fisher Endowed Chair in the Biological and Physical Sciences, a three-year appointment awarding $20,000 per year for research. Watts' work will focus on the Chesapeake Bay. "This research is not abstract, ivory tower stuff," said Gerald W. Intemann, dean of the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics, "It affects the lives of people in Maryland."

Teaching kids, strengthening community

The Sun , August 6

Education reporter Sara Neufeld spoke with incoming TU freshman Alleah Patrick, one of 22 TU students dispatched to Cherry Hill public schools this summer and one of about 75 expected to tutor there this fall. Patrick's role is a small part of a burgeoning experiment pairing TU with Baltimore City government, the school system and neighborhood groups in an attempt to revitalize Cherry Hill. Neufeld also spoke with two major proponents of the partnership: Raymond Lorion, dean of the College of Education, and President Robert L. Caret.

Not coming home

Baltimore Magazine, August

Writer Jim Duffy interviewed three Baltimore families who lost loved ones serving in Iraq, including Tracy Miller, Academic Advising. Miller spoke about how her son, Marine Cpl. Nicholas Ziolkowski, who died in Fallujah, Iraq, in November 2004, motivated her to create the Nick Ziolkowski Scholarship Endowment at TU, run a college fair at TU geared toward veterans returning from service, and to campaign to represent District 42 in the Maryland House of Delegates. "Once the spark ignited, it was like my life fell into a different place," she said.