CNN.com
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: SAIS’s Fouad Ajami is quoted.
Sify.com (ANI)
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This ANI story reports on a study, led by Ed Connor of the Mind/Brain Institute, which provides new information about how the brain compresses visual information.
Baltimore Sun
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Quoted in this feature is Laura Donnelly, director of financial aid for Johns Hopkins University's School of Education.
WBAL-TV 11
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This story, which includes numerous photos and a video, reports that Richard Middlestadt, a senior instrument designer for the Whiting School’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, constructed a large igloo in his yard after a recent snowstorm. The igloo is large enough to hold three people and includes lighting and a working fireplace.
New York Times
February 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: The Associated Press wire story states, “This week, at the Bologna center of Johns Hopkins University, leading history professor Adrian Lyttelton lectured on ‘How Italy became a nation-state: miracle or disaster?’”
Baltimore Sun
February 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This health blog item reports on new research led by Frank Lin, a School of Medicine assistant professor in the Department of Otology.
Top News US
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Joel Brenner, Chief Pediatric Cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, comments in this story.
WBOC-TV 16 (Delmarva)
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: New research shows love really can hurt. A study from the School of Medicine shows severe emotional stress can lead to what's called "broken heart syndrome." Doctors said the syndrome can lead to heart attacks and, in rare cases, even death.
French Tribune
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Quoted is Joel Brenner, Chief Pediatric Cardiologist at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
Baltimore Afro-American
February 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This story reports on the formation of the The Access Partnership (TAP), a program in which Johns Hopkins doctors volunteer free specialty-care services to uninsured residents living near Johns Hopkins Hospital and Bayview Medical Center. Johns Hopkins Hospital President Ron Peterson is mentioned, as are Dr. Barbara Cook, director of TAP and former president of the Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, and Dr. Sai Ma, also of Johns Hopkins.
Baltimore Sun
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This article mentions that Robert Bakker was a professor in the Johns Hopkins University's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences until 1984.
Gazette.com (MD)
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This editorial in favor of alcohol and tobacco tax hikes mentions a 2009 study by professors David Jernigan and Hugh Waters of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which found alcohol use is responsible for 1,278 deaths per year in Maryland and 7,470 violent crimes.
The Washington Post
February 13, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This profile of longtime magazine publisher Richard Peabody includes references to Johns Hopkins.
Maryland Daily Record
February 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This editorial commends the City Council for its unanimous vote Monday to convene hearings into the projected $1.8 billion project known as The New East Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins University is a partner in the project.
Baltimore Sun
February 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This opinion piece is written by Stuart R. Varon, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the School of Medicine.
Cincinnati Examiner
February 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This story reports that two new studies, one of which was led by John Ayers at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, suggest that the possible banning of electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, could further endanger public health.
Idaho Statesman (Boise)
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This news item calls attention to a performance scheduled today by the Peabody Trio – violinist Violaine Melancon, cellist Natasha Brofsky and pianist Seth Knopp – and mentions that the group formed in 1989 at the Peabody Conservatory.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
February 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This concert preview mentions that guest guitarist Ana Vidovic graduated in 2003 from the Peabody Conservatory.
Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont)
February 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This preview of a weekend concert notes that pianist Bruce Griffin received his formal musical training at the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Walter Hautzig and Leon Fleisher.
Carroll County Times
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature states that one of the judges in this competition was Charles Limb, an associate professor at the School of Medicine who also is a faculty member at the Peabody Conservatory.
NorthCentralPA.com
February 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This story reports that Keeve Nachman, a researcher from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, appeared at a press conference Wednesday in Annapolis in association with the introduction of bills that would ban arsenic in chicken feed.
Philadelphia Daily News
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: James West, of the Whiting School, and APL’s Edward Tunstel will take part in the “Color of Science” event at the Franklin Institute. The program is a project of the ScienceMakers, an initiative of the HistoryMakers, a Chicago-based nonprofit that says it has the nation's largest archive of African-American video oral history.
Southeast Missourian
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This article reports that classical guitarist Patrick Rafferty graduated from the Peabody Institute with a master's degree in music in 2006 and a graduate performance diploma in 2008. In addition, he was recognized as the top graduate performer at Peabody, the story states.
Medicine.net
February 9, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Gerard Mullin of the School of Medicine comments in this WebMD story.
Patriot-News (PA)
February 10, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: A Q & A with Nancy Funk, the JHU women’s basketball coach, now in her 25th season at Homewood.
El Paso Times
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Coronado High School linebacker Hani Annabi will play at Johns Hopkins University next fall.
NorthJersey.com
February 11, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Fallin raised funds for Dr. Henry Brem's research at Johns Hopkins, where Fallin was treated.
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New York Times
February 10, 2011
The lack of uniformity in collecting and aggregating data is making comparison and analysis extremely difficult. Under Department of Education requirements that take effect this year, for instance, any student who acknowledges even partial Hispanic ethnicity will, regardless of race, be reported to federal officials only as Hispanic. The new standards will probably increase the nationwide student population of Hispanics, and could erase some "black" students who will now be counted as Hispanic or as multiracial.
Washington Post – College Inc. blog
February 10, 2011
In response to the Republican Study Committee's proposal to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities, David J. Skorton, president of Cornell University, says "we cannot permit our federal investment in the humanities to disappear."
Chronicle of Higher Education
February 10, 2011
In 10 articles published in "Science," researchers suggest there's plenty of blame to go around for the vast waste of findings.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
February 11, 2011
As America turns to commemorate the Civil War’s sesquicentennial, many myths and distortions still shape the popular understanding of the war’s legacy, writes the Smithsonian National African American History and Culture Museum founding director.
Inside Higher Ed
February 11, 2011
House leaders - responding to criticism from Tea Party pressure within their own party - announced Thursday that they would cut much deeper from the budget for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year, requiring them to find another $26 billion in reductions.
Financial Times
February 10, 2011
The average base salary for MBA graduates topped $94,500 last year - well above the pre-recession level of $89,000 in 2007, according to US- based Graduate Management Admission Council. And the average bonus was $17,565 in 2010, compared to $10,000 three years earlier.
Inside Higher Ed
February 11, 2011
Towson University’s policy change raises question: Should tenure committee votes be by secret ballot?
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