TU continues ascent in latest

U.S. News & World Report rankings
U .S. News & World Report continues to regard Towson University as one of the best institutions of its kind. [more...]

Feeling ergonomically incorrect?

TU consultants can tell if your workstation is affecting your body

It may not be day-to-day job stress that induces that stiff neck, achy arm or sore shoulder--your workstation could be to blame when you need to reach for the ibuprofen. [more...]

Be there (or be square)

President's address to launch new academic year

Who?     President Robert L. Caret

What?     Fall Address to the campus community

When?   Wednesday , September 8, 4 p.m.

Where? Stephens Hall Auditorium

Why?      Hear President Caret share his thoughts about the university:

                 where we are, where we're going and how--with your help--we'll get there.     

Please respond to your department's administrative assistant. Administrative assistants should give the departmental counts to the Office of the President's R.S.V.P. line, x43399, by Thursday, September 2.     

Recent media highlights

Impact of rise in sea level studied

The Sun , August 23

Tom Pelton's story focused on a Department of Natural Resources study by TU's Center for Geographic Information Sciences, which is the first of its kind to estimate how many houses, roads and acres of wetlands might be destroyed in selected areas of the state if waters rise by 2 or 3 feet by the year 2100, as many scientists predict. One of the authors, Jeffrey Michaels, Department of Economics, concluded that a 2-foot rise would cause problems during hurricanes or tropical storms, and that a 3-foot rise would cause another $20 million in losses and swallow a half-mile of roadway.

Extended families, elderly kin

The Wall Street Journal , August 2

WSJ writer Sue Shellenbarger cited a study showing that the out-of-pocket cost of caring for an elderly relative who lives more than an hour away has risen to $392 per month, compared with $196 in 1997, reflecting families' growing role in handling and paying for long-term care. Donna Wagner, Gerontology Program, was a consultant on the study by the MetLife Mature Market Institute and the National Alliance for Caregiving.  

Schools hope to duplicate math initiative's success

The Decatur (Ala.) Daily, July 18

Decatur city schools are looking for ways to bring the Mobile Math Initiative (MMI) to their students. Designed by Honi Bamberger, Department of Mathematics, MMI earned praise for "staggering numbers of improvement" on the ninth edition of the Stanford Achievement Test. Bamberger told education writer Bayne Hughes that a teacher using MMI "asks more questions, rather than telling the children information. The math then becomes meaningful in relationship to what is happening in the children's lives."