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TheScientist.com
April 27, 2009
Meteor didn't do in the dinos
Johns Hopkins angle: Luann Becker, a principal research scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Krieger School, is quoted.

Christian Science Monitor
April 26, 2009
Deconstructing Obama's oratorical skills
Johns Hopkins angle: Richard Macksey, a professor in the Humanities 
Center in the Krieger School, is quoted.

Baltimore Sun
April 26, 2009
The guitar as prized art
Johns Hopkins angle: Paul Eliasson, a senior at KSAS, won the 2009 Louis Sudler Prize for the six electric guitars he created. Craig Hankin, director of Homewood Art Workshops, was quoted.

Baltimore Sun
April 26, 2009
Tweeter Jay heads to race
Johns Hopkins angle: A big blue contraption (official name: Twitter Jay and the Recyclists) will be among roughly three dozen entrants in the 11th annual Kinetic Sculpture Race at the American Visionary Art Museum next Saturday. The piece of moving sculpture was created by 10 JHU students supervised by Joan Freedman of the Digital Media Center.

Baltimore Sun
April 26, 2009
It's OK — he's not really a person
Johns Hopkins angle: Laura Vozzella column notes that Scott Menke, who is about to graduate from the Johns Hopkins University with a degree in applied mathematics, beat out thousands to win a spot on the Jeopardy! College Championship.

Daily Record
April 24, 2009
Hopkins schedules job fair as stimulus money brightens job prospects
Johns Hopkins angle: Article reports that JHU Officials have announced a job fair May 2 to recruit for new positions funded by federal stimulus money, which may include positions at the Krieger School for Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering.

Space.Com
April 27, 2009
What Is Dark Energy?
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature mentions that Johns Hopkins astrophysicist Adam Riess was part of the team that helped discover dark energy in 1998.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 26, 2009
Designers go all out to cut noise levels, with vibrating phones, quiet flooring
Johns Hopkins angle: This article refers to a 2005 Johns Hopkins engineering study concerning hospital noise.

Nafferton Today (UK)
April 25, 2009
Rudnysky is sure to fill audiences with emotion
Johns Hopkins angle: Roman Rudnytsky studied at Peabody.

Washington Post
April 25, 2009
Hopkins Acquires Suburban Hospital
Johns Hopkins angle: The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation said yesterday that it will acquire Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, converting the Montgomery County hospital into a Hopkins subsidiary.

Baltimore Sun
April 24, 2009
Hopkins, Suburban plan hospital merger
Johns Hopkins angle: The Associated Press reports that Johns Hopkins Health System and Suburban Hospital Healthcare System are merging to offer more efficient, integrated medical services in the region.

Washington Examiner
April 25, 2006
Johns Hopkins, Suburban announce health system merger
Johns Hopkins angle: Johns Hopkins Health System and Suburban Hospital 
Healthcare System announced their plan to merge.

Daily Record
April 24, 2009
Suburban, Johns Hopkins to merge health systems
Johns Hopkins angle: AP story reports a merger between Johns Hopkins Health System and Suburban Hospital Healthcare System.

WTOP Radio (Washington, D.C.)
April 25, 2009
Suburban, Johns Hopkins to merge health systems
Johns Hopkins angle: This Associated Press story states that Johns Hopkins Health System and Suburban Hospital Healthcare System are merging to offer more efficient, integrated medical services in the region.

Washington Post
April 27, 2009
Crave Man
Johns Hopkins angle: Story notes that David A. Kessler, the Harvard-trained doctor, lawyer, medical school dean and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, trained at Johns Hopkins.

Huffington Post
April 25, 2009
Swine Flu Outbreak -- Nature Biting Back at Industrial Animal Production?
Johns Hopkins angle: Ellen Silbergeld, professor of environmental health sciences at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is quoted.

Baltimore Sun
April 27, 2009
Shaking the habit
Johns Hopkins angle: Story quotes Lawrence J. Appel, a professor of medicine, epidemiology and international health at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and a salt panel member at the Institute of Medicine, a scientific advisory panel.

Boston Globe
April 25, 2009
Inside the baby mind
Johns Hopkins angle: The story refers to a recent brain scanning experiment by researchers at Johns Hopkins University which found that jazz musicians in the midst of improvisation showed dramatically reduced activity in the prefrontal cortex.

C-Health (Canada)
April 27, 2009
Broccoli just gets better
Johns Hopkins angle: This article credits Johns Hopkins researchers with discovering in 2002 that broccoli could play role in fighting cancer.

NDTV.com (India)
April 27, 2009
Denser bones may lead to prostate cancer
Johns Hopkins angle: This Press Trust of India article reports on a new study by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, led by Stacy Loeb, a urology assistant resident in the School of Medicine.

Baltimore Business Journal
April 24, 2009
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene could move staff, labs to East Baltimore biotech park
Johns Hopkins angle: This article reports that this relocation may enable the state’s public health lab to collaborate with the School of Public Health and tap graduate students to work for the department.

Carroll County Times
April 26, 2009
Some question effectiveness of minimum drinking age
Johns Hopkins angle: This article includes a quote from Michael Fingerhood, an associate professor in the School of Medicine.

Baltimore Sun
April 26, 2009
Exhibit focuses on different angles of city's east side
Johns Hopkins angle: Article mentions growth of the Johns Hopkins medical campus.

Herald Times Reporter (Wis.)
April 27, 2009
Broccoli has many benefits
Johns Hopkins angle: Jed Fahey of the School of Medicine is quoted.

Silver City Sun News (N.M.)
April 27, 2009
Public health plan would decrease costs
Johns Hopkins angle: Neil A (Tony) Holtzman is Emeritus Professor at 
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Toronto Sun
April 27, 2009
Broccoli just gets better
Johns Hopkins angle: Johns Hopkins research is cited.

United Press International
April 27, 2009
Bone density linked to prostate cancer
Johns Hopkins angle: Stacy Loeb of the School of Medicine is mentioned.

Health Day
April 26, 2009
Statins Guard Against Prostate Cancer
Johns Hopkins angle: The article states that researchers led by Stacy Loeb, a urology assistant resident in the School of Medicine, found that statins may help in reducing the aggressiveness of prostate cancer.

OregonLive.com
April 26, 2009
Childhood nutrition: WIC's workload grows as others' shrink
Johns Hopkins angle: David Paige of the School of Medicine is quoted.

The Daily Star (Pakistan)
April 26, 2009
Obama chooses Robert Blake to replace Boucher
Johns Hopkins angle: Blake earned a master's degree in international 
relations from the School of Advanced International Studies in 1984.

The Hindu (India)
April 25, 2009
Blake replaces Boucher
Johns Hopkins angle: Blake earned a master's degree in international relations from the School of Advanced International Studies in 1984.

The Malaysian Insider
April 26, 2009
Working for Malaysia's future
Johns Hopkins angle: Nurul Izzah Anwar, who studied at the School of Advanced International Studies, is quoted.

Baltimore Sun
April 26, 2009
Hopkins women force OT but fall to Penn State
Johns Hopkins angle: JHU fell to PSU 12-11 in overtime.

Baltimore Sun
April 26, 2009
Hounds roll to victory
Johns Hopkins angle: Sports story notes that the Loyola Greyhounds will close their regular season Saturday against Johns Hopkins.

Baltimore Sun
April 26, 2009
Conservancy volunteer is a longtime champion of trees
Johns Hopkins angle: Charles E. Conklin studied environmental science at JHU.

HometownLife.com (Michigan)
April 26, 2009
Student milestones
Johns Hopkins angle: The column mentions that arts and sciences undergraduate Stephen Niemiec of Rochester Hills was named to the Dean's list for the Fall 2008 semester at Johns Hopkins.

Billings Gazette (Montana)
April 27, 2009
Achievers
Johns Hopkins angle: This column mentions that engineering undergraduates Jennifer Lloyd-Randolfi and Shannon O'Connor, both of Billings, were named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester.

MLive.com (Mich.)
April 25, 2009
Remembering the life, influence of Augusta native Arthur C. Millspaugh
Johns Hopkins angle: Millspaugh earned doctorate at Johns Hopkins University, where he taught political science for a year.

Baltimore Sun
April 27, 2009
Marjorie R. Foley
Johns Hopkins angle: Foley studied at JHU.

Baltimore Sun
April 25, 2009
Esta Maril, Park School social work consultant
Johns Hopkins angle: Maril earned an English degree from JHU.

Baltimore Sun
April 27, 2009
Viewpoint: The state of the state song
Johns Hopkins angle: Article mentions Homewood House on the JHU campus.

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