Issue: 2011 August 15
Work hard, play hard
August 15, 2011
Students in the Center for Talented Youth summer program in Carlisle, Pa., catch a water break during a recent heat wave. More than 9,200 students at 25 locations participated in CTY’s summer programs, which ended Aug. 5.
Joseph Brady, pioneering behavioral neuroscientist, dies at 89
August 15, 2011
Joseph Vincent Brady, an internationally renowned behavioral scientist and a Johns Hopkins faculty member for more than 40 years, died July 29 at the age of 89. He will be remembered, his colleagues say, not just as a researcher but as a revered teacher and mentor, successful program builder, avid boater and engaging man with […]
Calendar — August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011
BLOOD DRIVES Wed., Aug. 17, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross Blood Drive. For more information, email johnshopkinsblooddrive@ jhmi.edu or call 410-614-0913. Hopkins@Eastern. DISCUSSIONS/TALKS Tues., Aug. 16, 5:30 p.m. “U.S.–Pakistan Relations: Strategic or Transactional?” a SAIS South Asia Studies Program discussion with Riaz Mohammad Khan, former foreign secretary of Pakistan. For information or […]
Young black patients on dialysis do worse than white counterparts
August 15, 2011
For years, medical studies have reached the same conclusion: African-American patients do better on kidney dialysis than their white counterparts. But new Johns Hopkins research, published Aug. 10 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that younger blacks—those under the age of 50—actually do much worse on dialysis than equally sick whites who […]
Three faculty named fellows in American Academy of Nursing
August 15, 2011
Three Johns Hopkins faculty members have been named fellows in the American Academy of Nursing. Haera Han, Linda Rose and Christine Goeschel were among 142 nursing leaders from across the country chosen for one of the most prestigious honors in nursing. Academy fellows hold a variety of positions such as association executives; university presidents, chancellors […]
Summer in the city
August 15, 2011
Kenneth Felsenstein got his hands dirty this summer, and loved every minute of it. Felsenstein, a public health major, interned at Blue Water Baltimore, a restoration, education and advocacy nonprofit that aims for cleaner water in the city’s rivers, streams and harbor. The organization, founded last fall, merged five separate agencies: the Jones Falls Watershed Association, […]
Milestones — August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011
ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS 30 years of service Hamblen, Carolyn, Johns Hopkins University Press 25 years of service Garrity, Natalie, Johns Hopkins University Press 20 years of service West, Linda, Johns Hopkins University Press 10 years of service Chang, Sook, Center for Talented Youth 5 years of service Blumenfeld, Nicole, Johns […]
Teach for America ranks Johns Hopkins on top contributors list
August 15, 2011
Teach for America has reported that nearly 8 percent of Johns Hopkins seniors applied last year to the program and that 25 of the 2011 graduates have joined the incoming corps. That number puts Johns Hopkins on the top contributors list for the first time, coming in tied at 14th for medium-sized colleges and universities. […]
Have you kissed a frog? A tradition returns to Johns Hopkins Nursing
August 15, 2011
Legend has it that something magical happens when you kiss a frog—but sometimes it takes several attempts to capture that magic. At the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, it takes only one smooch with an amphibian and a celebration begins. Kissing the Frog, the unusual tradition of hugging and kissing the school’s courtyard frog […]
Notices — August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011
HSO Auditions — Auditions for the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra will be held from Thursday, Sept. 8, through Saturday, Sept. 10. The audition is open to all Johns Hopkins students, faculty, staff and alumni and to community members. Learn more about HSO at www.jhu.edu/jhso. For more audition information, and to sign up for a time, go […]