ABC2 News August 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This Jamie Costello story (which includes video) promotes tomorrow’s visit to the Homewood campus by four members of the Space Shuttle Endeavour crew, including Commander Mark Kelly, husband of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Baltimore Sun August 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Frank Roylance’s “Maryland Weather” blog announces tomorrow’s visit to the Homewood campus by four members of the Space Shuttle Endeavour crew, including Commander Mark Kelly, husband of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The crew members will make a public presentation at Bloomberg’s Schafler Auditorium.
Monsters & Critics TV August 3, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: According to this story, Krieger School sociologist and Dean Katherine Newman is part of a program that will analyze Behring Breivik’s “psychological journey.” The program airs on Discovery on Monday, Aug. 8, at 9 p.m.
Baltimore Sun Aug. 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This commentary is written by Mark Martin Bednar, a master of public policy candidate at The Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Policy Studies.
The Hill (D.C.) August 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This clip mentions the Carey Business School and the Krieger School’s Advanced Academic Programs and quotes Brian Reil, administrative coordinator of that program.
Reuters UK August 3, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Quoted is Pieter Bottelier, a professor of China studies at SAIS.
ExploreBaltimoreCounty.com (Baltimore Sun) August 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature describes the two-week space camp for gifted and talented students, offered at JHU’s Applied Physics Laboratory.
Yahoo! News (HealthDay) August 3, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Quoted in this HealthDay story is Andrea Gielen, director for the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Top News (UK) August 3, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Quoted is Andrea Gielen, director for the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
News Tonight (Australia) August 3, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Quoted is Andrea Gielen, director for the Center for Injury Research at Johns Hopkins.
Med India August 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: A study led by Jonathan Ellen of the Children’s Center found that methamphetamine use can fuel HIV infection risk among teenage boys and young men who have sex with men (MSM),
PrivateMDLabs August 3, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Methamphetamine use can cause a number of health problems, but new research out of Johns Hopkins University suggests that the risk of receiving a positive HIV test may be near the top of the list. Quoted is Jonathan Ellen.
Baltimore Sun Aug. 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This Reuters wire story quotes the study’s lead researcher, Pamela Surkan, an assistant professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
KTVA Alaska August 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This story on home testing kits for STDs mentions Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore started the 'I Want the Kit' program in 2004.
Huntington Herald Dispatch (W. Va.) August 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Sen. Jay Rockefeller will undergo knee surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital next week, according to this Associated Press piece.
SantaCruz.com (California) Aug. 3, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature includes comments from Gustav Meier, director of the Orchestra Conducting Program at the Peabody Conservatory.
Baltimore Sun Aug. 20 2001
Johns Hopkins angle: In this column, Marta H. Mossburg refers to Johns Hopkins University research indicating that nonprofit organizations in Baltimore employ 33 percent of the private workforce in the city, compared to a national average of 8.6 percent.
City Paper (Baltimore) August 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Krieger School political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg is interviewed about his new book, "The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters."
Education Week August 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Co-author Faith Connolly is the executive director of the Baltimore Education Research Consortium, a partnership between Johns Hopkins and Morgan State universities and the Baltimore city school system.
Boston Globe August 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This story notes that Sarah Biron will be a freshman at JHU this fall.
Washington Post August 3, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Toumayan retired in 1988 as director of French studies at SAIS.
Baltimore Sun Aug. 2, 2011 Johns Hopkins angle: This obituary states that Brady established the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the School of Medicine. Quoted are J. Raymond DePaulo Jr., director of the school’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Paul McHugh, a former director of the department.
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Inside Higher Ed August 3, 2011
A proposal to revise much-criticized U.S. regulations governing human research subjects could ease problems for social scientists, but also apply rules to all studies at universities that receive any federal funds.
Philadelphia Inquirer August 2, 2011
In an online world where details about thousands of colleges are as close as a computer keyboard, the old-fashioned, on-foot campus tour has assumed paramount importance.
USA Today August 3, 2011
ROTC is returning to Ivy League schools and it is causing little commotion.
Chicago Tribune August 2, 2011
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a measure into law creating a privately funded scholarship program for documented and undocumented immigrants, a move supporters hailed as a civil rights victory as other states have recently moved in the other direction on immigration.
Baltimore Sun August 1, 2011
The immigrant advocacy group Casa de Maryland asked a court Monday to toss out the referendum aimed at overturning the new law that extends in-state tuition breaks at Maryland's public colleges and universities to illegal immigrants.
Chronicle of Higher Education August 3, 2011
The charitable deduction, which many fund raisers say is a key motivation to persuade affluent donors to give large sums, has been under fire from President Obama and members of Congress who are looking to find ways to shrink the nation's growing deficit. In July an influential bipartisan group of senators called for a "reform" of the charitable deduction along with many other changes in the tax code.
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