The New York Times June 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature includes a comment from Andrew Cherlin, a sociology professor in the Krieger School and director of the Hopkins Population center.
ASBMB Today June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This profile of the Institute for NanoBioTechnology quotes Peter C. Searson, the Joseph R. and Lynn C. Reynolds professor of materials science and engineering at Johns Hopkins and director of INBT, as well as INTB associate director Denis Wirtz, the Theophilus Halley Smoot professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. Other faculty members involved in the institute also are quoted.
CNN Money June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: WSE applied economist Steve Hanke is quoted.
United Press International June 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This UPI piece reports that a donor heart matched for the race of the transplant recipient has no advantage for survival, according to a study led by Ashish Shah of the School of Medicine.
India Talkies (ANI) June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: KSAS astrophysicist Darrell Strobel is quoted in this ANI piece.
Brahmand Defence and Aerospace News June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This PTI story mentions research by KSAS astrophysicist Darrell Strobel.
Softpedia.com June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: KSAS astrophysicist Darrell Strobel is quoted.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek June 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This Bloomberg News story mentions KSAS economist Laurence Ball.
Toronto Star June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: George Charames, a PhD student at Mount Sinai Hospital’s Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, is about to begin a fellowship at JHU.
AlertNet June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Richard Delate, country programme director for Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa is quoted in this IRIN story.
Trend News Agency June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Svante Cornell, director of the Central Asia and Caucasus Institute at SAIS, is interviewed in this article. Nashoba Publishing (Massachusetts) June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This article reports that Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School just won the top-in-Massachusetts status in Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth rankings.
Baltimore Business Journal June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: In a goodbye column, reporter Heather Harlan Warnack mentions stories and things to remember, including that Baltimore is lucky to have the job engines known as Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland.
Omaha World-Leader June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Candidate Mike Denklau has taught at CTY, according to this story.
Front Page Magazine June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: In this special edition of Frontpage Symposium, David Satter of SAIS is among experts discussing the question: When does a religion become an ideology?
Youngtown Vindicator June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This story notes that many participants in the 4K for Cancer bike ride come from JHU.
Queens Villages Times (New York City) June 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This entertainment feature mentions that actor Nimmy Weisbrod earned both a bachelor of music degree and a performance diploma in opera from JHU’s Peabody Institute.
Baltimore Sun June 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature about the Stoop Storytelling Series quotes one of the project’s participants, Diane Coraggio, who works at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The Buffalo News (New York) June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This article about the JoAnn Falletta Guitar Concerto Competition states that guest artist Benjamin Beirs trained as a classical guitarist at the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Maryland Daily Record June 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Nancy L. Craig, a professor of molecular biology and genetics, and King-Wai Yau, a professor of neuroscience and ophthalmology, both in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, are among 72 scientists nationwide newly elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, an honorary society that advises the government on scientific matters.
WJZ.com (TV Channel 13 – Baltimore) June 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This TV news story reports that Eric Maul, a student at JHU’s Peabody Institute, was an Al Sanders Scholarship winner, named for a local television news anchor.
Washington Examiner June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This article mentions that pianist Andre Watts is a graduate of JHU’s Peabody Institute.
Philadelphia Daily News June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This columnist mentions Johns Hopkins University/Diplomas Now.
Philadelphia Public School Notebook June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This blog mentions Johns Hopkins University/Diplomas Now.
Baltimore Sun June 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This sports blog reports that Baltimore Ravens Chris Carr cornerback recent addressed 67 Maryland recipients of scholarship awards from the Baltimore Community Foundation. These recipients included JHU student Dominique Duval and Eric Maul, a student at JHU’s Peabody Institute.
The New York Times
Johns Hopkins angle: This obituary mentions that Lees taught composition at the Peabody Conservatory.
Washington Post June 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Landers in 1985 received a doctorate in Hispanic and Italian studies from Johns Hopkins University, with a specialty in 16th-century Spanish poetry and its roots in Italian literature.
Baltimore Sun June 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This obituary mentions that Winston earned a master's degree in elementary education from the JHU.
Baltimore Sun June 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This obituary notes that Chiu earned a master's degree in administrative science from the JHU.
Higher Education News
Chronicle of Higher Education June 3, 2010
In the June 4 issue, The Chronicle published an article on what Google Books could mean for researchers. The publication asked some leading scholars to comment on how "big data" will change the humanities. Their responses are included in this piece.
Chicago Tribune June 4, 2010
A report from Purdue University's chief diversity officer says the school needs to become more affordable and create more programs to retain students if it wants to improve the demographic makeup of the campus.
Inside Higher Education June 4, 2010
College orientation programs don't yet have the power of Oprah's Book Club, but they increasingly feature books that students are asked to read over the summer or during their first week on campus -- and to discuss with their new classmates. The idea is that having every freshman read the same book builds a sense of common experience and adds intellectual content to a week that can easily be consumed by learning a college bureaucracy and socializing.
The Washington Post June 4, 2010
In this era of rising college expectations -- more applications, more students and more university places than ever -- we Americans remain very insular. We think nothing can be better than Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford or some other moldy brick institution high on the U.S. News list. A few adventurous U.S. students are enrolling in Canadian and British schools, but nobody talks about that in the high school cafeteria or the PTA.
The New York Times June 4, 2010
In this post, a young woman connects the transformative quality of writing with the searing fearlessness of college essays, or college essays as they should be.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education June 4, 2010
Studies show that more Hispanic students are enrolling in college, but a disproportionate number drop out with debt instead of degrees.
Baltimore Sun June 4, 2010
Led by a former UCLA linebacker, college athletes are demanding more from their schools in exchange for the long hours they put in and are poised for perhaps their biggest victory yet. |