Category: Recognition
Cheers — September 20, 2010
September 20, 2010
APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY Brent Bumford, an experimental machinist in Technical Services, received the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus award from Harford Technical High School in Bel Air, Md. Bumford, a 1998 graduate of the school, was recognized for his “success and longevity in the field of machining and manufacturing.” Bruce Newhall, program area chief scientist in the […]
Cheers — August 16, 2010
August 16, 2010
BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER Daniel L. Buccino, clinical supervisor in the Community Psychiatry Program, has been appointed to a two-year term as chairman of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners, a state agency that regulates the practice of the 12,000 licensed social workers in Maryland to best protect and serve the public. Satish Shanbhag has […]
Milestones — August 16, 2010
August 16, 2010
ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS 10 years of service Barish, Steven, Center for Talented Youth 5 years of service Newhouse, Chelsea, Institute for Policy Studies BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 25 years of service Sherrod, Clarice, Population, Family and Reproductive Health 20 years of service Prusakowski, Nancy, Epidemiology 15 years of service Barnes-Hilderbrand, C., Health, Behavior and […]
Caroline Laguerre-Brown named vice provost for institutional equity
July 19, 2010
Caroline Laguerre-Brown, who for the past four years has worked to strengthen fairness, inclusion and diversity guidelines, programs and initiatives at The Johns Hopkins University, has been named vice provost for institutional equity. Laguerre-Brown, formerly associate vice provost for institutional equity, succeeds Ray Gillian, who retired last month. Her appointment was effective July 1. Provost […]
Cheers — July 19, 2010
July 19, 2010
BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER Jennifer Hayashi, assistant professor of geriatrics, director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Elder House Call Program and associate director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, has received the American Academy of Home Care Physicians’ highest honor, the Eric Baron House Call Doctor of the Year Award. The Elder House Call Program provides […]
A season of staff celebration
June 21, 2010
Homewood Photos by Will Kirk/Homewoodphoto.jhu.edu Staff from a wide range of Johns Hopkins schools and divisions were recognized for five, 10 and 15 years of service at the Luau-themed afternoon reception held June 16 in the Glass Pavilion on the Homewood campus. Among the honorees were staff from Academic and Cultural Centers, Carey Business School, […]
Cheers — June 21, 2010
June 21, 2010
APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY Dave Van Wie of the Global Engagement Department has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the world’s largest professional technical aerospace society. Van Wie, the chief technologist of the Precision Engagement Business Area and a renowned expert in high-speed, high-temperature fluid dynamics and air-breathing propulsion systems, […]
Johns Hopkins astrophysicist is co-winner of million-dollar Shaw Prize
June 7, 2010
Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist Charles Bennett and two colleagues have been awarded this year’s $1 million Shaw Prize in astronomy for groundbreaking research that has helped determine the precise age, composition and curvature of the universe. Bennett was cited for his accomplishments as principal investigator of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, a spacecraft that in […]
Society of Scholars inducts new members
May 24, 2010
The Society of Scholars was created on the recommendation of then president Milton S. Eisenhower and approved by the university board of trustees on May 1, 1967. The society—the first of its kind in the nation—inducts former postdoctoral fellows, postdoctoral degree recipients, house staff and junior or visiting faculty who have served at least a […]
Six granted honorary degrees, Society of Scholars inductees recognized
May 17, 2010
Between 1880 and 2009, 436 honorary degrees have been awarded by Johns Hopkins University. On Thursday, six new members were added to this illustrious group that features leaders in various fields of study, practice and service. During the universitywide commencement ceremony, honorary degrees were conferred on Michael M.E. Johns, chancellor of Emory University and former […]