Category: People
SAIS hosts launch of Eliot Cohen book on the American way of war
November 7, 2011
The Nitze School of Advanced International Studies will host a discussion of Conquered Into Liberty: Two Centuries of Battles Along the Great Warpath That Made the American Way of War, a new book by Eliot Cohen, director of the SAIS Strategic Studies Program, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10. Cohen’s introductory remarks will be […]
Three from Johns Hopkins to receive Presidential Early Career Awards
October 3, 2011
Johns Hopkins faculty members who study robotics, biostatistics and international health are among 94 researchers selected this year to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The awards, announced last week by President Barack Obama, are the U.S. government’s highest honor for scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent […]
James E. West to be honored in two-day symposium
October 3, 2011
A symposium in honor of James Edward West will be held this weekend on the Homewood campus in celebration of his 80th birthday and his contributions to science and to diversity. West, a world-renowned African-American inventor and engineer, is a research professor of electrical and computer engineering and of mechanical engineering in Johns Hopkins’ Whiting School […]
Former Hungarian P.M. Bajnai joins SAIS as distinguished fellow
October 3, 2011
Gordon Bajnai, former prime minister of Hungary, has joined the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies as a distinguished fellow. Based at the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, Bajnai, who was prime minister from 2009 to 2010, will periodically give lectures to SAIS students. He also will contribute to the […]
Friedman and Mandelbaum to discuss new book at SAIS
September 26, 2011
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, SAIS will host a discussion of That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back, a recently published book co-authored by New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy Program. A […]
Frederick Starr of SAIS receives New Orleans Spark Plug Award
September 26, 2011
On Sept. 15, the Greater News Orleans Foundation presented Frederick Starr, chair of the SAIS Central Asia–Caucasus Institute, with its first Spark Plug Award. The award recognizes the instrumental role that Starr played in 1983, when he was vice president of Tulane University, in creating the foundation to serve the community of New Orleans. Starr […]
Celebrating innovation at Johns Hopkins University
September 26, 2011
From the proximity fuse that helped the Allies win World War II to the first “blue baby” operation that opened the way to modern heart surgery, Johns Hopkins University boasts a history and culture of innovation and discovery. Since its inception, the university and its personnel have pushed the boundaries of human understanding in a […]
Five engineering doctoral students named Siebel Scholars
September 19, 2011
Five Johns Hopkins graduate students who are applying the latest advances in biology and technology to the prevention and treatment of health problems such as cancer and brain disorders have been named to the 2012 class of Siebel Scholars. The merit-based program provides $35,000 to each student for use in his or her final year […]
Johns Hopkins astronomer wins 2011 Balzan Prize
September 19, 2011
Johns Hopkins University astronomer Joseph Silk has been awarded the 2011 Balzan Prize, for his pioneering work on the infant universe. The $950,000 award is given annually to people or organizations that have made outstanding achievements in the fields of the natural sciences, humanities and culture, as well as for peace-promoting endeavors. Silk, a research […]
James Connaughton, pediatric psychiatrist, beloved teacher, 80
September 19, 2011
James Patrick Connaughton, professor emeritus of psychiatry and pediatrics and a superbly talented clinician who treated and cared for some of East Baltimore’s most vulnerable children, died on Sept. 11 at his Woodbrook home. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. Connaughton, who was 80, had been treated for the disease at the Johns Hopkins […]