Posts by Tim Ebner — Guest Contributor

Tim Ebner is a journalism fellow at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. He covers city government, education and transportation news in Prince George’s County and Washington, DC. He also writes for Capitol Hill’s neighborhood blog The Hill is Home.

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  Mobile app creates handheld safety for UMD students

  Public SafetyBy Tim Ebner (Guest Contributor) September 9, 2011 15

  The University of Maryland, College Park will launch a new smartphone application next week that places campus safety in students’ hands. With the tap of a button, students using an Android smartphone will be able to connect with University of Maryland Police while on campus. The new application, known as M-Urgency, uses the phone’s camera to stream live video…  Keep reading…