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The Big One
A new incubator is coming to town just for university startups.
The Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology will be launching a 4,300-square-foot incubator in Baltimore's Inner Harbor at the Christopher Columbus Center this January. The space will house 26 offices and cubicles that average $26 per square foot.
IMET is a joint University System of Maryland research institute made up of a partnership between three schools: University of Maryland Baltimore County; University of Maryland, Baltimore; and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
Hopes are that a new incubator will attract new businesses to Baltimore. UMBC is handling leases, so chances are that price incentives will be offered to talented students with big ideas. While there are many incubators across the D.C. area, this is one of the only ones dedicated to university startups.
Making Moves
A University of Virginia alum has raised more than $31,000 to hire an experienced attorney for sexual assault survivors.
Lisa Richey, a 2003 graduate, launched the fund after the Rolling Stone published its article on an alleged brutal gang rape at a fraternity house on Grounds.
The Daily Progress reports that Richey has already been working with Palma Pustilnik, an attorney at the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, to develop a plan for 2015. They've been talking about how they can provide pro bono help to students.
Pustilnik is already representing Jackie, the third-year student whose account of being raped by seven men at a UVa fraternity house in 2012 has made headlines worldwide.
Richey says fundraising money will go towards setting up "a legal defense fund so that victims of on campus sexual assault can consult with an attorney and understand what options they have."
Since the Rolling Stone article came out, many community members have been offering their help in addressing the alleged sexual assault culture on school grounds. Richey is one of many.
From the Community
The University of Maryland took fans for a trip down memory lane by bringing back Pokémon for the Foster Farmers Bowl. Watch this:
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