Maryland Daily Record
May 6, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: JHU spokesman Dennis O’Shea is quoted in story about Streuver Brothers' sale of the Olmstead property to Johns Hopkins.
Baltimore Sun
May 6, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: The Johns Hopkins University hopes to buy a vacant block in Charles Village once planned for luxury condos and transform it into a mixed development of parking, shops and other university uses once the economy rebounds.
WBAL.com Radio
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Johns Hopkins University hopes to buy a vacant block in Charles Village.
USA Today
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article about a mission to repair and enhance the Hubble Telescope includes a comment from Warren Moos, a professor in the Krieger School’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Wall Street Journal
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This blog on quarantine-related law, quotes James G. Hodge, a public health professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Wall Street Journal
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Article quotes James G. Hodge, a public-health professor at JHU.
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Andrew Pekosz, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Johns Hopkins University's School of Public Health was quoted.
MSNBC
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Andrew Pekosz, a virologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was quoted.
Columbia Journalism Review
May 6, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article about a larger version of Amazon’s Kindle reading device includes comments from Tim Windsor, Web administrator at Johns Hopkins University.
Des Moines Register
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: KSAS political scientist Joel Grossman commented.
The Tennessean
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: KSAS economist Laurence Ball commented.
Baltimore Sun
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: KSAS political scientist Matthew Crenson is quoted.
The Philadelphia Public School Notebook
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: a study by Ruth Curran Neild and Robert Balfanz of the Everyone Graduates Center at CSOS.
Chattanooga Times Free Press
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article includes comments from Eileen McGurty, associate chairwoman of the environmental sciences and policy program in the Krieger School’s Advanced Academic Programs.
Washington Post
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: An "On Leadership" column by Yash Gupta, dean of the Carey Business School, in which he discusses why true leaders must understand that all the elements within an organization must work in harmony.
Seeking Alpha
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Phillip Phan of the Carey Business School is quoted.
Maryland Daily Record
May 6, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Article quotes, Dennis O'Shea, executive director of communications and public affairs for JHU and a spokesman for the university.
The Southern (Ill.)
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Story reports that Edgar E. Roulhac, vice provost for academic services at The Johns Hopkins University, will give an address and receive the Alumni Achievement Award at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Elite TV
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Story quotes KSAS astrophysicist David Thilker.
Delaware Online (The News Journal, Wilmington)
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This column notes that Timothy Mercure of Middletown, a junior mathematics major at Johns Hopkins, made the dean's list.
Courier Post Online (N.J.)
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Profile of Thomas Grochowicz, who is graduating from Rowan University at age 20 and will attend Johns Hopkins University part time in a dual program in which he will earn a master's in business administration and master's degree in computer science.
Houston County News (La Crosse, Wis.)
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: The band festival judges mentioned in this article include Harlan Parker, conductor of the wind ensemble at Peabody Conservatory.
Silver City Sun News (NM)
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Column was authored by Neil Holtzman, emeritus professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
News Blaze
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Story mentions a report which was jointly released by the Center for Public Health and Human Rights of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Emergency Assistance Team-Burma.
New Kerala (India)
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This ANI article reports on research from the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at the School of Medicine and includes a quote from Dimitrios Avramopoulos, an associate professor in Hopkins' Institute of Genetic Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry.
ABCNews2.com (WMAR-TV Baltimore)
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This report mentions that former Gov. William Donald Schaefer was recovering at Johns Hopkins Hospital after having a pacemaker implanted in his chest.
Baltimore Sun
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Former Gov. William Donald Schaefer was recovering at Johns Hopkins Hospital on Wednesday, the day after doctors inserted a pacemaker in his chest.
PharmaBiz.com (India)
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article reports on a study authored by Donald R. Jasinski, chief of the Center for Chemical Dependence of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
The Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.)
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This Associated Press report refers to a 2006 School of Medicine report on brain injuries related to martial arts contests.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Pa.)
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature focuses on a startup company founded by founder Suneil Mandava, who earned a biomedical engineering degree from Johns Hopkins University.
Maryland Gazette
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: The Defense Information Systems Agency will hold a job fair at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory next month.
Elite TV
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Story quotes Ralph Lorenz, Cassini radar scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Baltimore Sun
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Question and answer with Towson High School senior Drew Bracken, whose grandfather, Bob Scott, coached Johns Hopkins to seven national titles and wrote the bible of the men's game, "Lacrosse: Technique and Tradition."
Little Chicago Review
May 6, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Gerald Phillips, a surgical technician with the South Lincoln Medical Center, is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore Messenger
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Profile of Skizz Cyzyk, who joined the advisory board of the Johns Hopkins Film Festival in 1998.
Baltimore Sun
May 7, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: During the 1970s and 1980s, Marion worked as an administrator at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS
National Public Radio – All Things Considered
May 7, 2009
In the coming weeks, college seniors across the country will get their caps and gowns, accept their diplomas and enter the worst job market in modern memory. The director of career services at the University of Pennsylvania says in this story that this is the worst job market she's ever seen. The students quoted in the story are surprisingly upbeat about their circumstances.
USA Today
May 7, 2009
President Obama wants to expand federal Pell Grants for low- and middle-income students. The expansion would be financed by ending the private Federal Family Education Loan Program and replacing it with direct government lending. This editorial questions whether that plan will actually make college more affordable.
USA Today
May 7, 2009
A counterpoint to the editorial above, the writer opposes the Obama administration's proposal to eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan Program.
Chronicle of Higher Education
May 7, 2009
Ruling on a motion in a tenure-denial case in Mississippi, the judge said that tenure rejection affects compensation and hence comes under a new law that gives employees more time to file discrimination lawsuits over pay issues.
Chronicle of Higher Education
May 7, 2009
The 32 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $400.5-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available. The campaign with the largest gain in the last month is Yale University, with $86-million.
Chronicle of Higher Education
May 6, 2009
This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon plans to work with a handful of universities on a pilot project featuring its new wide-format Kindle – an electronic book device – loaded with textbooks.
Inside Higher Ed
May 7, 2009
For the first time in its history, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has banned teams from postseason play for their athletes’ poor academic performance. A handful of collegiate teams were punished yesterday because each has a low Academic Progress Rate -- a nationally comparable score the NCAA uses to judge teams based on their athletes’ ability to remain in good academic standing, stay enrolled from semester to semester and ultimately graduate.
Chronicle of Higher Education
May 7, 2009
Despite years of prodding from officials at the National Collegiate Athletic Association to bolster athletes' performance in the classroom, nearly 10 percent of all athletics teams in the NCAA’s top division fail to meet its benchmark for academic progress, new data show.
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