Maryland Daily Record March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This article states that the Baltimore City Council will conduct a hearing this Wednesday afternoon on the performance of the nonprofit East Baltimore Development Inc. as it enters a second decade redeveloping 88 acres north of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore Sun March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Matthew Crenson, a Krieger School professor emeritus of political science, is quoted in this article. The Washington Post March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This blog reports on a fledgling on-line service called food-bot.com. that steers students toward campus events offering free food. Johns Hopkins University is listed on the site as a participant. The Chronicle of Higher Education March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This story quotes Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and a visiting scholar at SAIS. Montgomery Gazette March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: The National Children’s Study will be conducted by study researchers at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda and at study centers nationwide, including Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health Study Center in Rockville. Baltimore Sun March 28, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This health blog post reports that researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have found a genetic reason why some people may attempt suicide. Quoted is the study leader, Virginia L. Willour, a School of Medicine assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
Baltimore Business Journal March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Johns Hopkins Hospital tops the list of hospitals in the Baltimore area, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual analysis of hospitals by specialty. San Francisco Chronicle March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Michael Mandelbaum, author of "Frugal Superpower" and foreign affairs expert at SAIS, is quoted. The Washington Post March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This obituary states that Mavis B. Marks received a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. Christian Science Monitor March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This Space.com story reports that the Messenger spacecraft, which entered orbit around Mercury on March 17 and is managed by a team at APL, sent its first images of the hot planet’s surface back to Earth early Tuesday. Los Angeles Times March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This Los Angeles Times story reports that the Messenger spacecraft, which entered orbit around Mercury on March 17 and is managed by a team at APL, sent its first images of the hot planet’s surface back to Earth early Tuesday. CNN March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This blog mentions that Mercury is controlled by a team at APL. Scientific American March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: The Messenger mission is controlled by a team at APL. United Press International March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: UPI reports on the Messenger mission, controlled by a team at APL. New Scientist March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This story reports that the Messenger spacecraft, which entered orbit around Mercury on March 17 and is managed by a team at APL, sent its first images of the hot planet’s surface back to Earth early Tuesday. Wired News Science March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Messenger’s mission control team is at APL. Baltimore Sun March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This classical music blot post mentions that an upcoming concert series will include an April 2012 performance by the Apollo Trio, whose members include Peabody Institute’s director of chamber music, cellist Michael Kannen. South Brunswick Patch (New Jersey) March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature about the Jersey Jazz Trio mentions that pianist/composer David Berends received his formal musical training at the Peabody Conservatory and other institutions. Arbutus Times (Maryland) March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This feature notes that freshman Isaac Saunders, 14, who hopes to become a professional singer, is in his second year of vocal training with the preparatory department of the Peabody Institute. Lawrence Journal-World (Kansas) March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This article states that novelist Ansay was a 19-year-old student at the Peabody Conservatory of Music when an undiagnosed muscle disorder left her unable to walk and unable to play the piano. Baltimore Sun March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: A women’s lacrosse item in the column reports that Johns Hopkins senior defender Brooke Lipinski and junior attacker Colleen McCaffrey were named American Lacrosse Conference Defensive Player of the Week and WomensLax.com Player of the Week, respectively. Baltimore Sun March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This obituary states that Mary Margolis spent 41 years as a Johns Hopkins University secretary and budget administrator and was married to Simeon G. Margolis, a School of Medicine professor of medicine and biological chemistry. Catholic Review (Baltimore) March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This obituary mentions that Robert Twynham studied at the Peabody Conservatory. ABS-CBN News (AFP) March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Agence France-Presse reports that the Messenger spacecraft, which entered orbit around Mercury on March 17 and is managed by a team at APL, sent its first images of the hot planet’s surface back to Earth early Tuesday. Network World March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This column reports that the Messenger spacecraft, which entered orbit around Mercury on March 17 and is managed by a team at APL, sent its first images of the hot planet’s surface back to Earth early Tuesday. Deutsche Welle March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: In an interview with Deutsche Welle, former US National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, now of SAIS, calls Berlin's abstention in the Security Council an unfortunate decision. Zee News (ANI) March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This ANI story reports on a study led by Jeff H. Geschwind, professor of radiology, surgery and oncology and director of vascular and interventional radiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, which came up with a “promising treatment to delay the growth and spread of breast cancer tumors.” Halifax Evening Courier (UK) March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This story mentions the School of Medicine. Inside Higher Ed March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: SAIS was the host of the Symposium on the Future of the Humanities. Philadelphia Inquirer March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: This story focuses on the research of Mary Armanios of the Kimmel Cancer Center, who found that Type 2 diabetes is linked to the shortening of telomeres. Deccan World (IANS) March 30, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: The Bloomberg School of Public Health is mentioned in this IANS piece. Yonhap News Agency March 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins angle: Rep. Chung Mong-joon, former chairman of the ruling Grand National Party, spoke at a forum at SAIS.
HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS NPR (AP) March 30, 2011
The $55,000 fine was the most the U.S. Department of Education could levy. Department officials said the school waited too long to notify students during the 2007 rampage in which 32 students and the gunman were killed. A university spokesman said the school would appeal. Diverse Issues in Higher Education March 30, 2011
The Grad Prep Academy is helping create a fraternal network of black education researchers and leaders. Bloomberg News March 30, 2011 I Alumni interviewers say they’re getting annoyed that fewer of the students they endorse win acceptance. Some are ignoring calls to do more and others are quitting the volunteer job altogether. Wall Street Journal – Metropolis blog March 30, 2011
Teams of Cooper Union engineering students and a professor dropped eggs from the portico of the college’s Foundation Building to see if the devices they designed could protect such delicate cargo. See the results of this unusual academic exercise in a slideshow and a video. Chronicle of Higher Education March 27, 2011
The tsunami-related damage to a Japanese facility prompts operators to emphasize the safety of their much smaller research reactors. |