Wall Street Journal August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Sayeed Choudhoury, digital curator at Johns Hopkins University, is quoted in this article.
Baltimore Sun August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Bradley Herring of the Bloomberg School of Public Health commented in this story.
Baltimore Sun August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This opinion piece was written by Jane Andrews, a medical student and public health student at the Johns Hopkins University.
New York Times August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This letter was authored by Leonard S. Rubenstein, a visiting scholar at the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Oprah.com August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Lawrence Cheskin, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, offers information on how various medications can cause changes in a patient's weight.
New Zimbabwe August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: WSE economist Steve Hanke's research was mentioned.
United Press International August 27, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This news brief refers to the use of LEGOs in research being led by Whiting School assistant professors Joelle Frechette and German Drazer, who are affiliated with the university's Institute for NanoBio Technology.
Physics About News and Science August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Blog focused on research out of the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology.
Salt Lake Tribune August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Story mentions a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which states alcohol advertising on cable television is targeting a disproportionate number of teens.
Canada.com (Reuters) August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Riding shotgun with a smoker is just as bad as hanging out in a smoky bar when it comes to being exposed to second-hand smoke, according to a new study led by Ana Navas-Acien of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Newstrack India August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: A team led by KSAS astrophysicist Gerhardt Meurer has debunked one of astronomy's long held beliefs about how stars are formed, according to this ANI story.
Kittery Times & Transcript (Maine) August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health tested air nicotine concentrations in smokers' vehicles and found they were twice as strong as levels measured by other studies in public and-or private places and up to 50 per cent higher than measurements taken in restaurants and bars that permit smoking. Patrick Breysse led the study team.
Inside Higher Ed August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Lloyd B. Minor, professor and director of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been appointed provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at JHU.
Modern Mom August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Andrea Gielen of Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health, is quoted.
Philadelphia Bulletin August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this story examining whether some medications are worth the cost, Thomas Finucane, a Johns Hopkins Medical School professor who has treated many Alzheimer’s patients, five years ago pointed out the limited value of the drugs: “You can name 1120 fruits in a minute instead of 10. Is that worth 120 bucks a month.”
Middle East Online August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This commentary was written by Melvin Goodman, an adjunct professor in KSAS.
Ceylon Daily News August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This column mentions that Kennedy made a historic speech at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 2002, saying that Iraq did not pose the type of threat that justified immediate war.
Dallas Morning News August 27, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Story about Peabody student Adam Golka, who is studying with piano legend Leon Fleisher.
Health-e (South Africa) August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: The feature quotes Mandla Ndlovu, from Johns Hopkins Health and Education SA.
Maryland Daily Record August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Maryland Public Television and the Johns Hopkins Center for Technology in Education arethe local partners for Thinkfinity, an online education portal designed for parents, educators and students.
Maryland Daily Record August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This brief states that Lloyd B. Minor, a JHU faculty member for the last 16 years, has been appointed provost and senior vice president of academic affairs.
ABC2 News (Baltimore) August 27, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Golda Ginsburg from Johns Hopkins Children's Center offers advice to help parents assist their children in overcoming back to school anxiety.
The Capital ( Annapolis) August 27, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article refers to a state Board of Public Works budget plan that cut $7.5 million from cancer-research funding to the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University.
Tampabay.com August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Feature story about Peabody Conservatory alumnus Stan Wilkerson, who is opening the Bethel Academy of the Arts, which aims to train people in music in a Christian atmosphere.
Killeen Daily Herald (Texas) August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this story, the Maia Quartet was formed at the Cleveland Institute of Music and subsequently received a fellowship to attend the Peabody Conservatory and work with Earl Carlyss.
Baltimore Sun August 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Thomas worked in the admissions department at the Johns Hopkins University in the 1960s.
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Associated Press August 28, 2009
President Barack Obama says a bill in Congress would help him send millions more Americans to college. But the measure may fall short of Obama's goal.
Chronicle of Higher Education August 27, 2009
Unlike many of their college-bound peers, freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania weren't required to pick up a book for their first-year reading project this summer. Instead, in the Penn Reading Project's 19th year, incoming students were told they would study Thomas Eakins's painting "The Gross Clinic," along with video and audio lectures and supporting text, on the Internet.
CNN.com August 27, 2009
As the cost of higher education is skyrocketing, so is the debt carried by young Americans. An increasing number of college students are turning to private loans -- one of the riskiest ways to pay for schooling, according to an education organization that compared them to credit-card debt.
Chronicle of Higher Education August 28, 2009
With the arrival of that new academic year, we caught up on Thursday with Richard H. Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges, to ask him about how his members were doing now and the challenges they might still face. Here are excerpts from that conversation.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review August 26, 2009
At least 26 students at the Oakland university have flulike illnesses consistent with the symptoms of H1N1, or swine flu, an influenza strain that emerged in spring and swept the globe, said Anita Barkin, director of Student Health Services. She sent an e-mail Monday evening to Carnegie Mellon students and employees informing them of the sick students. The e-mail made its rounds to other Western Pennsylvania universities that are opening this week and next.
New York Times – The Choice Blog August 27, 2009
An opinion article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution earlier this week raises interesting questions about why going to college is so expensive, and points an accusing finger at professors and their research work.
Baltimore Sun August 28, 2009
After five years of contention, Howard Community College is putting Belmont, its secluded 18th-century estate in Elkridge, up for sale.
Washington Post August 28, 2009
Montgomery College faculty members Thursday evening approved a no-confidence resolution on President Brian K. Johnson, amid mounting concern that he has steered Maryland's largest community college off course during his two-year tenure.
Wall Street Journal August 28, 2009
Two-year schools give people a serious chance at a better life.
Inside Higher Ed August 28, 2009
In concession, Southern accrediting group backs federal court's order that continues Paul Quinn College's accreditation (and ability to award federal financial aid) until legal challenge is adjudicated.
Inside Higher Ed August 28, 2009
Report suggests veterans, who have flocked to community colleges, part-time, might seek more expensive four-year universities and enroll full-time because of new benefits.
Inside Higher Ed August 28, 2009
Two students at Virginia Tech were found shot and killed Thursday at a campground near the campus that is popular with students, The Roanoke Times reported. The killings -- being investigated as a double homicide -- come at an institution where many are still recovering from the murder of 32 students and faculty members by a student in 2007.
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