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April 24, 2013 | The Capital

By ALEX JACKSON ajackson@capgaznews.com | 8 comments As Gov. Martin O’Malley’s eight-day economic development mission moved to Israel on Tuesday, it was formally announced that four Israeli technology companies have agreed to open offices in Maryland. The O’Malley administration said in a statement that Shekel Scales opened an office in Owings Mills earlier this year. Three other firms — Askimo, Roboteam and Hybrid Security — all have plans to set up shop in Maryland.   O’Malley touted the companies’ Maryland commitments as a “testament to our highly educated workforce and strategic location.” Shekel Scales, which builds electronic scales for the retail and health care...
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April 19, 2013 | Baltimore Jewish Times

Gov. Martin O’Malley and an entourage of Jewish and other thought-leaders will board a plane on April 20 and head to the Holy Land. This is the governor’s second mission. The trip is being called a “trade mission,” a trip put on by the Maryland/Israel Development Center with the support of the Baltimore Jewish Council. The purpose of the mission, according to MIDC’s chairman, Abba David Poliakoff, is to explore — and in some cases, solidify — economic development opportunities for Maryland with Israeli businesses and institutions. “As our economy strengthens, we know we must look beyond our borders for...
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April 12, 2013

The Daily Record 7:11 pm Mon, April 1, 2013 Posted: 7:11 pm Mon, April 1, 2013 By Jay Perman, Wallace Loh and Brit Kirwan The Daily Record Maryland researchers dream about the possibilities of personalized medicine — using advanced technology to customize treatments for individual patients. Developing the treatments will take a broad mix of engineering, computer science, medical and biological expertise. The first critical step involves assembling this scientific dream team. One year ago, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, with the guidance of the Maryland General Assembly, committed to building that future by doing more with...
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April 10, 2013

April 9, 2013 By Jenny Hottie / The Diamondback While university President Wallace Loh advocated for a merger between this university and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the Board of Regents entered into a “strategic alliance” between the two institutions.  In hindsight, collaborating with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, made perfect sense to university President Wallace Loh. When engineers at this university learned of a Baltimore neurosurgeon’s struggle to operate on sensitive parts of the brain, they designed a tiny robot to maneuver around more precisely than instruments held by a human hand during surgery — something Loh said never...
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