Christian Science Monitor September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Mitchell Orenstein, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, is quoted.
Wall Street Journal September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This article about unrest in Honduras quotes Riordan Roett, director of the Latin American program at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington.
UK Yahoo! News (Reuters) September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: SAIS's Riordan Roett is quoted.
Baltimore Business Journal September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This brief points to the ARRA dollars the university has received from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
Baltimore Sun September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature story mentions that Meatless Mondays tap into a national campaign conceived six years ago at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Public Health as a way to improve people's diets.
The Star Online (Malaysia) September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Carol Greider of the School of Medicine is mentioned as a possible Nobel prize winner in Physiology or Medicine by Thomson Reuters' David Pendlebury.
New Kerala (India) September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This ANI story quotes Noam Izenberg, the instrument’s scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Times Online (UK) September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Aravinda Chakravarti of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is quoted.
Nature News September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Aravinda Chakravarti of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is quoted.
Science News September 23, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Aravinda Chakravarti of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is quoted.
United Press International September 23, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: A U.S. government-led research team, including researchers at JHU, says it's discovered sugar-coated nanoparticles used as a possible cancer treatment might be more effective than thought.
Guardian Online (UK) September 20, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This story quotes Paul McHugh of the School of Medicine.
Middle East Online September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This commentary was authored by Melvin Goodman, an adjunct professor of government at JHU.
Chattanooga Times Free Press September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This story about PE classes notes that a 2008 study by the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health says teens are more likely to maintain a normal body weight as young adults if they have physical education in school.
Red Orbit September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This story mentions research by Guo-li Ming from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Maryland Daily Record September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this story, Loyola College's change of name puts it "in the same playing field as Baltimore’s other graduate institutions, especially the Johns Hopkins University."
Maryland Daily Record September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: JHH is mentioned in this story about plans for the development of a new apartment building along the Patapsco River’s Middle Branch.
CTV.ca (Canada) September 23, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This Associated Press report mentions that the now-defunct Pithotomy Club of Johns Hopkins Medical School "made a tradition of racy skits and songs skewering professors for nearly 100 years."
Stockton Record (Ca.) September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This story about Israeli pianist Alon Goldstein notes that he studied with legendary pianist Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory.
Baltimore Sun September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Jason D. Hardebeck, founder and chief executive of WhoGlue, holds an MBA from JHU.
Staunton News-Leader (Va.) September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Phil Curran, who earned a degree in engineering from the WSE, has joined the management team as director of marketing for E-N Computers.
Reading Eagle September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: Wyomissing grad Andrew Kase continues his record-setting career at Johns Hopkins University.
The Washington Post September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: The university’s women’s team defeated St. Mary’s (Md.), 1-0.
New York Times September 24, 2009
Johns Hopkins angle: This obituary notes that Eisenberg worked at Johns Hopkins University with Leo Kanner.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education September 23, 2009
The debate over standardized tests will continue today, the first day of the National Association for College Admission Counseling's annual conference, in Baltimore. The event brings together enrollment officials and high-school counselors who hold different views of admissions entrance exams.
The New York Times September 23, 2009
The president of the University of Illinois announced Wednesday that he would resign, after a scandal over admissions practices that has for months enveloped the state’s premier public university.
Inside Higher Ed September 24, 2009
Few think the clock will be turned back to the Berkeley of the 1960s, but the protests planned across the University of California today mark a return to tactics of another era. This time, the cause isn’t free speech or an end to war, but a response to the university’s budget-cutting plans.
USA Today September 24, 2009
A drift toward public colleges is no surprise; enrollments there typically rise when the economy tanks. Even so, fears this year of a wide scale abandonment of private higher education didn't pan out. Some private schools saw drops, but overall enrollments at private institutions remained steady, a survey suggests.
Inside Higher Ed September 24, 2009
As Congress and the White House move to alter the bankruptcy code to make it more equitable to consumers, a House subcommittee began a reconsideration Wednesday of how bankruptcy law treats private student loan debt.
The Chronicle of Higher Education September 23, 2009
Students and families borrowed 25 percent more through federal loan programs last year than during the same period the previous year. The growth comes at a time when more people are going to college, many families are needier than in the past, and more students are applying for federal aid.
The Wall Street Journal September 23, 2009
Yale University, regarded as the most innovative college investor, posted an annual investment loss of 25 percent in its latest fiscal year, putting an exclamation point on a period of downturns in U.S. campus fortunes. Yale blamed its losses on big bets on real estate and commodities.
The Chronicle of Higher Education September 23, 2009
More students are applying and qualifying for need-based financial aid this year, and more of them are appealing their financial-aid awards, according to survey results released Wednesday by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Inside Higher Ed September 24, 2009
A program promising free digital textbooks to Florida’s college students has won early supporters, but it’s also sure to worry faculty who fiercely guard the right to select their own course materials.
The Chronicle of Higher Education September 23, 2009
Helping low- to moderate-income families fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and understand their student-aid eligibility increased the rate at which they filed the form, attended college and received need-based aid, according to a report released Wednesday.
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