Category: Featured
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 University lends hundreds of hands
September 19, 2011
They will divide and volunteer, for Baltimore’s sake. Nearly 1,000 Johns Hopkins students, faculty, staff and alumni will fan out over Baltimore and beyond on Saturday to lend a hand to local nonprofit organizations and community centers. The President’s Day of Service, organized by the Johns Hopkins Center for Social Concern, was spearheaded by President […]
Digitizing a visual history of Baltimore
September 19, 2011
More DIY than R2D2, a student-invented robot will help preserve and archive 115 years of photographic black history in Baltimore, and could soon be made available to museums and archives around the country. Thomas Smith, creator of the robot named Gado, spent a good portion of his senior year at Johns Hopkins tinkering on the […]
Exhibition explores scientific, artistic aspects of illustrator’s illness
September 12, 2011
Lonni Sue Johnson’s quirky, clever, colorful illustrations appeared in such prominent publications as The New Yorker and The New York Times before an attack of viral encephalitis in 2007 that left the artist (who also was a pilot and an organic dairy farmer) with severe memory-impairing brain damage. The virus attacked both sides of Johnson’s […]
Tackling the global water challenge
September 12, 2011
Earlier this month, 20 high-profile experts on water use, the world economy, and urban and rural development traveled to the small town of Bellagio, Italy, for a three-day brainstorming session. The conference, co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Global Water Program and the Rockefeller Foundation, sought to address how best to accelerate safe water access […]
Exploring ‘America’s Boundless Possibilities’
September 12, 2011
Jerry Springer will lead off Johns Hopkins’ annual Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium on Wednesday, Sept. 21, on the Homewood campus. Springer’s lecture is the first of seven events making up this year’s symposium, America’s Boundless Possibilities: Innovate, Advance, Transform. Also scheduled are Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern, a Johns Hopkins alumna and trustee, […]
School uniform drive receives strong support from JHU community
September 6, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Adopt-a-Student Uniform Drive, an initiative designed to help low-income families meet the financial challenge of mandatory school uniforms, provided 120 students in 23 Baltimore City Public Schools with uniforms in its inaugural year. The initial goal of the drive was to sponsor 30 students with two uniforms each, at the cost of […]
Johns Hopkins, Morgan State to run Baltimore City school
September 6, 2011
East Baltimore Community School students returned to classes last week, albeit a few days later than expected due to power outages, courtesy of Hurricane Irene. After the back-to-school shock wore off, the students surely noticed the school’s new crop of teachers, the spruced-up classrooms and hallways, and perhaps the new leadership. The real changes, however, […]
On the ground in South Africa
September 6, 2011
Saznin Mehta encountered many people in South Africa who left an impression, but perhaps nobody affected her more than the nurse with a photographic memory. Mehta, a senior majoring in public health studies, met the woman during her internship at Ubuntu Africa, a small nongovernmental organization that facilitates access to clinical and social services for […]