Washington Post
July 28, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: In the Post’s “On Leadership” blog, Carey Business School Dean Yash Gupta writes about President Obama’s efforts to promote health care reform.
New York Times
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature story centers on a Saratoga Springs horse trainer named Michelle Nihei, who started her professional life as Johns Hopkins trained neuroscientist.
WLKY TV (Louisville, Ky.)
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Widely distributed Internet Broadcasting story reports on research by Nicholas Bello of the School of Medicine that concludes that eating a quantity of high fat, sugary "junk" foods has an impact on people's brains.
WYPR Radio (Baltimore)
July 29, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: The radio report about the re-indictment of Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon includes a comment from Matthew Crenson, a Krieger School professor emeritus of political science.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
July 29, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This story on domestic violence noted that researchers at Johns Hopkins University studied hundreds of domestic homicides to develop a lethality screening and protocol that assists law enforcement in domestic violence cases.
The New York Post
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article quotes Steve Hanke, a WSE professor of applied economics.
Bloomberg
July 29, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article is based on a Bloomberg Radio interview with Steve Hanke, a WSE professor of applied economics.
Baltimore Sun Blogs
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Andrew Pekosz, a flu expert at the School of Public Health, is quoted.
Baltimore Sun Blogs
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This blog notes that the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project is a partnership between Maryland Pesticides Network and the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.
HealthDay
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article reports on nanoparticle research led by George Sgouros, a professor of radiology and nuclear medicine in the School of Medicine.
HealthDay
July 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article reports that a team of WSE biomedical engineering undergraduates say they have found a way to quickly and easily embed a person's stem cells into surgical thread, aiming to improve healing. Student team leader Matt Rubashkin is quoted.
The Age (Australia)
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature story about a comic book aimed at entertaining and comforting children undergoing serious medical tests noted that the "US’s leading research hospital, Johns Hopkins," expressed interest in the books and software at a recent conference.
Detroit News
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Elisabeth Heath, the cancer researcher and late-stage prostate cancer specialist at Detroit's Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, also conducted research at Johns Hopkins.
San Francisco Examiner
July 30, 3009
Johns Hopkins angle: Scott Barrett, an economist specializing in environment and international political economy at the School of Advanced International Studies, is quoted.
The Gainesville Sun (Florida)
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article, which originated in the St. Petersburg Times, refers to a new study co-authored by Robert Balfanz, a research scientist with the Krieger School’s Center for Social Organization of Schools.
Homer News (Alaska)
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature focuses on undersea explorer and award-winning entrepreneur David Jourdan, who earned a master’s degree in applied physics from JHU.
Good Times (Santa Cruz, Calif.)
July 29, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature includes comments from Robert Lawrence, professor and director at the Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
WOWoWOW.com (Women on the Web)
July 29, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article mentions stress cardiomyopathy, or "broken heart" syndrome as described in a 2005 School of Medicine study.
Howard County Times
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Nia Smith, a 7 year old Columbia girl suffering from sickle cell disease, is raising money for research into that disease that will be put in to a fund managed by Johns Hopkins.
The Acorn (Southern California)
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This news brief reports that Evan O'Neal recently accepted an honor certificate for verbal skills from the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.
Palm Beach Post
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article profiles Alan Jenkinson, the new U.S. Sailing Center of Martin County, who is proud of that one of his two sons Garrett, is a graduate student at JHU.
The Nantucket Independent
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article notes that pinaist Tinka Knopf de Esteban earned her degree at Peabody.
Fredericksberg Star
July 30, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Smith "continued studies at Johns Hopkins University."
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USA Today
July 30, 2009
Despite a lingering recession, state budget crises and widespread teacher hiring slowdowns, Teach For America has grown steadily, delighting supporters and giving critics a bad case of heartburn as it expands to new cities and builds a formidable alumni base of young people willing to teach for two years in some of the USA's toughest public schools.
Wall Street Journal
July 30, 2009
Obama's $12 billion community college plan has student-loan providers shrieking and colleges celebrating.
Washington Post
July 30, 2009
A complicated list of who should get pandemic flu vaccine in the fall is now set. When the vaccine starts arriving in September, first in line will be pregnant women; the caretakers of infants; children and young adults; older people with chronic illness; and health-care workers. Although CDC experts originally suggested making age 18 the ceiling of the healthy-young-people target group, the committee raised the age to 24 to include college students.
Associated Press
July 29, 2009
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his country plans to send up to 10,000 Iraqi students per year to colleges in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia over the next five years as a part of a new scholarship program.
Examiner.com
July 27, 2009
A columnist wrote, “It's not an exaggeration to claim that Baltimore City is one of the most interesting places to be an artist right now. No doubt the Maryland Institute College of Art (or MICA) is largely responsible for this.”
New York Times – Green Inc. blog
July 30, 2009
In May, Amazon.com introduced the electronic book reader Kindle DX, touted as a new way to read textbooks, newspapers and other large documents. This fall, six colleges and universities will test the technology in a pilot, which includes making the textbooks for certain courses available online. The Kindle DX (for “deluxe”) is searchable and portable, a plus for students accustomed to toting heavy backpacks. But there is another reason that some institutions jumped at the chance to try it out: the technology could substantially reduce their use of paper.
Inside Higher Ed
July 30, 2009
Federal study finds that those who specialize in science and technology fields in college are disproportionately male and Asian, and more likely than peers to earn a degree.
Chronicle of Higher Education
July 30, 2009
At a hearing, several officials called for safeguards on companies' support of programs for doctors, but others raised concerns about hindering medical progress.
Chronicle of Higher Education
July 30, 2009
Though universities' emphasis on sustainability is increasing, athletics officials are concerned about the impact of environmental efforts on their bottom line, says a new report.
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