Baltimore Sun
October 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature includes interviews with three Johns Hopkins University faculty members who have won MacArthur “genius” grants: Peter Pronovost, a professor in the School of Medicine; Krieger School astrophysicist Adam Riess; and biologist and environmental health scientist Ellen Silbergeld of the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
NPR.org (National Public Radio)
September 30, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This story mentions Phillip Phan of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
New York Times
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This article quotes Peter Lewis, director of African Studies at JHU’s School of Advanced International Studies.
Baltimore Sun
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature notes that patients at Johns Hopkins are participating in trials involving chemotherapy drugs and targeted therapies for triple negative patients. It also mentions that Johns Hopkins is leading or participating in several trials for other types of breast cancer and is including triple negative patients.
New York Times
October 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This review of the book “ORIGINS - How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives” mentions that the author interviewed development expert Janet DiPietro, a professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Orlando Sentinel
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Doug Ward, director of the police-leadership program in JHU’s School of Education, is quoted.
Bloomberg
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This story mentions that last year, Carol Greider of the School of Medicine shared the Nobel in Medicine.
Charlotte News & Observer
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Quoted in this article is Thomas Burke, a professor of in the Health Public Policy Division at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
NOLA.com
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This article mentions that Johns Hopkins tops the list of the top 100 U.S. colleges receiving the most money in research and development money from the federal government.
Baltimore Sun
October 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This article quotes Ryan Westergaard, a fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine.
Baltimore Sun
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature calls attention to “a landmark exhibition” at JHU’s Evergreen Museum & Library, the first to celebrate Baltimore decorator Billy Baldwin's influential five-decade career.
Boston Globe
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Black motorcyclists are more likely to wear helmets than white bikers, yet they have a higher risk of dying after a crash, according to a study led by Joseph Crompton of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Centre Daily Times
October 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This piece mentions that Panama’s top hospital, Punta Pacifica, has partnered with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
MedIndia
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this story, a new study led by neuroscientist Ted Dawson of the School of Medicine has found that over-activation of a single protein may shut down the brain-protecting effects of a molecule and increases the likeliness of the most common form of Parkinson's disease.
Indian Express (ANI)
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This ANI story reports that Thomas Clemens at the School of Medicine has used mice engineered to lack in their skeletal muscle either the molecule to which growth hormone binds or the molecule to which IGF-1 binds to show that growth hormone control of skeletal muscle development is dependent on IGF-1, whereas its control of nutrient uptake is independent of IGF-1.
Baltimore Sun
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This Picture of Health blog post refers to a hospital infection prevention program developed by patient safety expert Peter Pronovost of the School of Medicine. Pronovost is quoted.
Baltimore Business Journal
October 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This piece quotes Aris Melissaratos, senior adviser for enterprise development for the university.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This article notes that a Johns Hopkins University website mentions that “Simulation Center" participants earn a minimum of $17 per hour
The Med Guru
October 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Quoted in this piece is Yxufeng Zhou, a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the School of Medicine.
Baltimore Sun
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This story notes that Murry Sidlin, the Baltimore-born conductor, studied at the Peabody Institute, which will bestow its Distinguished Alumni Award on him next spring.
Bakersfield.com (Ca.)
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This story notes that Johns Hopkins is among medical institutions offering integrative medicine.
Asbury Park Press (NJ)
October 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Quoted in this feature is is Cecilia Brennecke, medical director of Johns Hopkins Radiology.
Indianapolis Star
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: In this article Ming-Hsien Wang, a pediatric urologist at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, says the stress of going back to school can trigger bed wetting behavior in some children.
Detroit Free Press
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This article notes that a Johns Hopkins University study that found 75% of sixth-graders don't graduate from high school if they have either poor attendance, bad grades in math and English or behavior problems.
Bradenton Herald
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This article quotes a Johns Hopkins University website on the price of Oxycodone.
Baltimore Sun
October 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This story notes that U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett has worked at JHU’s Applied Physics Laboratory.
Baltimore Sun
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this article, the Cyber Innovation Center at Science Applications International Corp. is forging connections to area colleges such as The Johns Hopkins University.
Frederick News-Post
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this article, dietician Judith Gordon completed an internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
October 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This story mentions Believe In Tomorrow, a nonprofit stationed at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Utica Observer-Dispatch (NY)
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature story describes how the death of Josie King at Johns Hopkins Hospital inspired her mother to become a patient advocate.
Asheville Citizen Times
October 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This article about Thomas Wolfe mentions that he died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1938 of tuberculosis of the brain.
Washington Post
October 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: David Williamson, a neuropsychiatrist quoted in the story, studied at Johns Hopkins. Williamson runs the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.
Baltimore Business Journal
October 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins University are on this publication's list of the region’s 100 largest employers.
HealthLeaders Media
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This piece reports that a federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted five Baltimore-area residents on fraud and aggravated identity theft charges in a scheme to use patient personal information stolen from Johns Hopkins Hospital to open credit card accounts and make more than $600,000 in “instant credit” buys at retail stores.
Baltimore Sun
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This story reports that Blue Jays quarterback Hewitt Tomlin was intercepted deep in Muhlenberg territory with just over two minutes remaining, ending Johns Hopkins' comeback hopes in a 30-27 loss to the visiting Mules on Saturday.
Greenwich Time
October 3, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This story reports that Johns Hopkins had a 13-12 victory over Bucknell in water polo.
Baltimore Sun
October 2, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: This obituary mentions that Marangi in 2006 enrolled in Johns Hopkins Hospital oncologist Leisha Emens' first clinical trial of an experimental breast cancer vaccine she had developed.
Baltimore Sun
October 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this obituary, Stovall studied voice and piano at the Peabody Conservatory.
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HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS
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Chronicle of Higher Education – The Ticker
October 3, 2010
Robert G. Edwards, an 85-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge, will receive the prize for pioneering techniques of in vitro fertilization.
New York Times
October 3, 2010
The death of a Rutgers freshman raises questions about online freedom and assigning blame.
Washington Post
October 4, 2010
A little-known company called Higher One allows students to easily access money from their college loans everywhere from the bookstore to the bar with the swipe of a card. The cards are not subject to the broad new regulations that took effect this year and sought to curtail similar relationships between colleges and credit card issuers.
Baltimore Sun
October 2, 2010
A report from the National Academies calls for a $150 million annual investment to double the number of minorities pursuing science and technology degrees.
New York Times
October 4, 2010
The American share of the foreign student market has fallen, while countries like Australia, Russia and New Zealand have seen theirs rise sharply.
Wall Street Journal – Opinion Journal
October 2, 2010
Historian Victor Davis Hanson writes that the American university is the most politically intolerant and monolithic institution in the country.
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