Day: June 21, 2010
At-risk kids, youth scholar named dean of School of Education
June 21, 2010
David W. Andrews, a distinguished scholar who has dedicated his career to improving academic and behavioral outcomes for at-risk children and youth, has been named dean of The Johns Hopkins University School of Education.
Daniel Ennis named senior vp for finance and administration
June 21, 2010
Getting different parts of a great university working together across disciplines takes more than good ideas, good talent and goodwill. It also takes creativity, money and someone who knows how to use them both. Daniel Ennis, Johns Hopkins’ next senior vice president for finance and administration, has learned that lesson well in his current job […]
Q&A with APL’s Rich Roca
June 21, 2010
After a decade in charge of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Rich Roca steps down from his position as director on June 30. It’s been quite a ride. During his tenure, APL has continued to make enormous scientific advances while engaged in its research and development work on behalf of the Department of […]
Ralph Semmel named next director of Applied Physics Laboratory
June 21, 2010
Ralph D. Semmel, who currently oversees a variety of research and development activities at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has been selected to lead the Laboratory as its next director. On July 1, Semmel will succeed Richard T. Roca, who has served as APL’s director since January 2000. In announcing the appointment, Stuart […]
Envisioning Welch Library of the future
June 21, 2010
In 2001, the Welch Medical Library leadership posed a determining question to its staff and customer base: What will the library and its services be like in 2012? Realizing innovation is essential in the information business, the library wanted to be two steps ahead. What was envisioned by respondents was a “virtual library” where, from any […]
Kimmel Center receives $20 mill for pancreas cancer research, care
June 21, 2010
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has been awarded the largest gift for pancreas cancer research in its history. The $20 million award was made possible by Albert P. “Skip” Viragh Jr., a mutual fund leader and a pancreas cancer patient treated at Johns Hopkins. He died of the disease at age 62. The funds formally […]
Groundbreaking celebrates start of Brody Learning Commons
June 21, 2010
More than 200 guests assembled on the south patio of Homewood’s Milton S. Eisenhower Library on Sunday, June 6, to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Brody Learning Commons. The building is named to honor the university’s 13th president, William R. Brody, and his wife, Wendy. Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums, served […]
‘USA Today’ honors top students for academics, community service
June 21, 2010
A recent Johns Hopkins graduate has been named to USA Today’s 21st annual All-USA College Academic First Team, an honor that recognizes young people for academic excellence and community service. Neha Deshpande, 20, an aspiring physician who received a bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in French from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences […]
JH-U-Turn ‘yard’ sale raises more than $5,800 for Neighborhood Fund
June 21, 2010
By 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, the checkout line at the first JH-U-Turn sale measured the length of two basketball courts. Quickly, volunteer sales clerks began taking best-offer prices to keep the line moving, while hundreds of bargain-hunter shoppers scanned for finds among aisles of gently used electronics, books, furniture and clothing at Homewood’s […]
Race matching of heart donors, recipients doesn’t affect survival
June 21, 2010
Transplant surgeons at Johns Hopkins who have reviewed the medical records of more than 20,000 heart transplant patients say that it is not simply racial differences but rather flaws in the health care system, along with type of insurance and education levels, in addition to biological factors, that are likely the causes of disproportionately worse […]