New York Times
August 17, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Gail H. Javitt of the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University, is quoted
in this story that reports that scientists in Israel have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate DNA
evidence, undermining the credibility of what has been considered the gold standard of proof in criminal cases.
Baltimore Sun
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This opinion piece was written by John Burton,a professor of medicine and director of the
Johns Hopkins Geriatric Education Center and Consortium.
New York Times (AP)
August 17, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this story, Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani has taught at Johns
Hopkins University, among other institutions.
Baltimore Sun
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This story describes a study led by Naresh M. Punjabi of the School of Medicine that concludes
that severe nightly episodes of interrupted breathing during sleep - commonly known as sleep apnea - double the
risk of death for middle-age men.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (HealthDay News)
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This HealthDay News story describes a study led by Naresh M. Punjabi of the School of Medicine
that concludes that severe nightly episodes of interrupted breathing during sleep - commonly known as sleep apnea -
double the risk of death for middle-age men.
Bloomberg.com
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This wire story reports on a multi-institution study led by Naresh M. Punjabi, an associate
professor of epidemiology in the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
New York Daily News
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This abbreviated Bloomberg News story reports on a study conducted by researchers at Johns
Hopkins and six other institutions.
Khaleej Times (Dubai, U.AE.)
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This Reuters wire service story reports on research led by Naresh M. Punjabi, an associate
professor of epidemiology in the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Mail Online (UK)
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This story describes a study led by Naresh M. Punjabi of the School of Medicine that concludes
that severe nightly episodes of interrupted breathing during sleep - commonly known as sleep apnea - double the
risk of death for middle-age men
Times of the Internet (AFP)
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This Agence France-Presse story describes a study led by Naresh M. Punjabi of the School of
Medicine that concludes that severe nightly episodes of interrupted breathing during sleep - commonly known as
sleep apnea - double the risk of death for middle-age men.
Marie Claire UK
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This story describes a study led by Naresh M. Punjabi of the School of Medicine that concludes
that severe nightly episodes of interrupted breathing during sleep - commonly known as sleep apnea - double the
risk of death for middle-age men.
ABC News
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: A JHu research team led by Elliott Haut, assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical
Care Medicine reports that having an experienced trauma surgeon is not necessarily better for you than having one
who is just out of general surgery training -- at least in terms of your survival following a major trauma injury.
Discovery Channel News
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature includes comments from Jennifer Elisseeff, a Whiting School associate professor
of biomedical engineering.
Zee News
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: A team led by Jeff Tza-Huei Wang of the Whiting School of Engineering has developed a highly
sensitive test to look for DNA attachments that are believed to be the early warning symptoms of cancer, according
to this story by ANI.
The Washington Post
August 17, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article on the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., quotes Evan
Farmer, a part-time faculty member at Johns Hopkins University.
The Washington Post
August 16, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This book review was written by James Mann, author-in-residence at Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies.
The Washington Post
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article about Sen. Arlen Specter mentions Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Mail Online (U.K.)
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature reports on stem cells embedded in sutures to promote improved healing, a project
involving Whiting School biomedical engineering students.
Jacksonville Observer
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this story, 11 of the top allopathic (conventional medicine) medical schools,
including Harvard and Johns Hopkins, have internal-medicine departments but lack separate family-medicine
departments.
The Washington Post
August 15, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This brief states that construction has begun on a $60 million space department building at
JHU's Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel.
Gazette Newspapers (Maryland)
August 17, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature focuses on the work of Carey Lisse, an astronomer at JHU’s Applied Physics
Laboratory, who was lead author of a study regarding the high-speed impact between two planets in a solar system
similar to ours.
Maryland Daily Record
August 17, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article quotes John Bartlett, a professor at the JH School of Medicine.
Maryland Daily Record
August 17, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This brief states that newly named law firm associate, Ronni H. Monaghan, previously served as
director of institutional research at Johns Hopkins University.
The Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, Fla.)
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature mentions that a Johns Hopkins study suggested that true caffeine addiction and
withdrawal symptoms can occur from drinking as little as one cup per day.
Nhan Dan (Vietnam)
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article on an economic development seminar in Hanoi mentions that James Riedel, an
economics professor at SAIS, participated in the event.
Baltimore Sun
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Baltimore-based artist Gil Jawetz is a JHU alumnus.
Jazz Police
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this story, Jessica Williams is a Peabody Conservatory alumna.
Baltimore Sun
August 18, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Walker earned a master's degree at JHU.
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August 18, 2009
It's time for the annual Beloit College Mindset List, which reminds adults that the incoming crop of freshmen
brings to classrooms a very different frame of reference than their parents'.
Baltimore Sun
August 18, 2009
A 22-year-old former Montgomery College student is accused of making threats that led to an evacuation of a
building on the Rockville campus Monday morning.
Wall Street Journal
August 18, 2009
Women with M.B.A.s have fared during the recession as well as their male counterparts, according to a new study by
New York nonprofit research group Catalyst.
Wall Street Journal – Real Time Economics Blog
August 18, 2009
Per-student spending on academic support (median is $2,456, but the range is wide), student services ($2,779) and
research ($2,682) has grown more rapidly than spending on instruction ($9,689) at four-year colleges in the U.S.,
according to economists at the Cornell Higher Education Research Institution.
Associated Press
August 18, 2009
A 22-year-od Temple University student from West Africa was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in which he
could not understand a gunman who confronted him in a southwest Philadelphia park.
Chronicle of Higher Education
August 17, 2009
A U.S. District Court judge ruled that the university's admissions policies were narrowly tailored, especially as
they relate to race, and were thus constitutional.
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