Category: People
Johns Hopkins names new dean of Carey Business School
May 30, 2012
Bernard T. “Bernie” Ferrari, an accomplished corporate strategist and management consultant to Fortune 50 companies, has been named the next dean of The Johns Hopkins University’s Carey Business School. Ferrari, whose appointment is effective July 1, is the second dean to lead the Carey Business School since it was established in 2007. He succeeds Yash […]
A big shake
May 29, 2012
Showing sportsmanship by shaking hands before their chess match are Brandon Boles, a pre-K student at Pimlico Elementary, and Jaylon Simpson, a first-grader at Alexander Hamilton Elementary. The duo competed in the citywide chess tournament held May 22 in Homewood’s Glass Pavilion. Simpson finished the day undefeated and was crowned the Baltimore Kids Chess League […]
Recipes for learning
May 29, 2012
Nearly 800 fourth-graders from seven elementary schools in Montgomery County learned bread baking and, at the same time, basic principles in chemistry, math and measurement, through the King Arthur Flour Life Skills Bread Baking Program, which was held on two days last week on the Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus in Rockville, Md. The day […]
General counsel Steve Dunham to leave Johns Hopkins
May 29, 2012
Steve Dunham, vice president and general counsel for Johns Hopkins since December 2005, will this summer join The Pennsylvania State University as its vice president and general counsel. “I deeply regret the loss to Johns Hopkins—and to all of us—of such an outstanding colleague, adviser and university citizen,” said President Ronald J. Daniels in a […]
First JHU–Clinton Health Access Initiative fellows named
May 29, 2012
The Johns Hopkins University and the Clinton Health Access Initiative have joined forces to develop two fellowships for Johns Hopkins students to work in CHAI’s in-country programs. CHAI is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems in the developing world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. […]
For the Record: Milestones
May 21, 2012
The following staff members are retiring or celebrating an anniversary with the university in May 2012. The information is compiled by the Office of Work, Life and Engagement, 443-997-7000. ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS 20 years of service Fogarty, Linda, Jhpiego 15 years of service Benamor, Linda, Jhpiego 10 years of service Wingenroth, Brian, Johns Hopkins […]
Making learning come alive
May 21, 2012
Students inherently want to learn and succeed. Great teachers help them achieve these aims. They use passion, humor, dedication and even the occasional puppy or other prop to aid students on their path of discovery. Good teachers also know how to adapt and, in these attention span–challenged days, keep topics interesting and engaging. One Johns […]
Hermansky installed as Smith Professor in Electrical Engineering
May 21, 2012
Hynek Hermansky, director of The Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Language and Speech Processing, was installed on April 19 as the Whiting School of Engineering’s Julian S. Smith Endowed Professor in Electrical Engineering. Hermansky, an expert in bio-inspired speech processing, is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the International Speech […]
Inaugural Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy installed
May 21, 2012
Jeffrey Kahn, deputy director for policy and administration at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and an authority on research and public health ethics, was installed May 1 as the inaugural Robert Henry Levi and Ryda Hecht Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy. Ronald J. Daniels, president of The Johns Hopkins University, was […]
Community Public Health chair named at School of Nursing
November 7, 2011
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing has selected Christine Savage as chair of the Department of Community Public Health, beginning Jan. 1. “The faculty found her to be passionate and enthusiastic about public health nursing with an exciting and clear vision for the department and for advancing the school’s role in community nursing,” said […]