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Issue 133 | August 2012

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Alumni of Note
CNN Hero Connie Siskowski, Nurs '68, provides relief for caregiving youth.

Trip Neil, A&S '07, and Mark Sorokin, A&S '04, competed for the U.S. Deaf National Soccer Team.

John Koenig, SAIS '83, was nominated to serve as U.S. ambassador to Cyprus.

An interview with White House communications pro Shin Inouye, A&S '01.

Alumni Journeys Alumni Journeys Discover Cuba
with Professor
Tim Murphy,
Peab '79, '85 (MM)
Jan. 15-25, 2013

Chapter Events
Chapter EventsNYC Young Alumni
Fall Happy Hour

Sept. 12
at Amity Hall


Book of the Month
Vaccine: The Debate in Modern America
by Mark A. Largent

Top Story
Top Story A special summer camp
Johns Hopkins students organize a week in the woods for kids whose parents have cancer. More details here.
University News
University News Undergraduate invention
Johns Hopkins students have designed a device to save anemic mothers and children in the developing world.
Arbitrage d'amour?
Lessons for would-be lovers, from the world of finance and a faculty member at the Carey Business School.
Putting his mortgage where his mouth is
Dean David Andrews has moved to the East Baltimore neighborhood where he and his School of Education aim to create the best public school in the city.
Yanking the chain of command
SAIS professor Eliot Cohen lectures on Truman v. MacArthur for C-SPAN 3's "American History TV." (Click under "Video Playlist" on the right.)
Big holes with names
The Johns Hopkins APL folks who run NASA's Messenger mission have revealed the names of craters discovered on Mercury. How do "Tolkien Crater" and "Prokofiev Crater" sound?
"The Three Bs"
Is that Bach, Beethoven and Brahms? Or burgers, brats and beer? Peabody Conservatory faculty member Markand Thakar discusses what the greats of classical music ate... and drank.
The potential and the path
There are lots of routes to get committed kids where they're going. And for Baltimore City students headed for a career in music, a lot of those paths go through Peabody.
No flub on StubHub
A Carey Business School professor says ticket resellers don't hurt promoters; on the contrary, they help the bottom line.
Clever country cousins
What to do about really smart kids in really rural schools who can't always get the courses they need? Johns Hopkins CTY is focusing on their needs.
New life for "the death carrot?"
A new, potentially less-toxic cancer drug comes from an ancient poisonous weed.
Research Highlights
Older adults who suffer head trauma on the weekend are more likely to die than those hurt Monday through Friday.

Genetically altered bacteria can kill the mosquito parasite that causes malaria without harming either the bugs or the people they bite.

People with some serious mental illnesses are more than twice as likely to develop cancer.
Milestones & Transitions
Lloyd Minor, university provost and longtime School of Medicine professor, takes a new post on the opposite coast.

Sridevi Sarma, an engineer working on treatments for Parkinson's disease and epilepsy, receives a Presidential Early Career Award.

Two med students win $100,000 to develop their triage app.
Sports beat
With eight starters back from a 21-1-0 team, women's soccer is ranked third in the NCAA Division III pre-season poll. And that's just one of this fall's great Blue Jay squads!
Alumni News
Alumni News All in for Young Alumni Weekend 2012
Party with hundreds of your closest Hopkins friends on the weekend of Oct. 5-7. The fun starts Friday night at Mother's in Baltimore's Federal Hill and continues through Saturday night at the Young Alumni Tent Party. See the full list of events and register here.
Award-worthy alumni
From rebuilding the government in South Sudan to transforming the lives of disabled children in some of the world's poorest nations—the contributions of our Hopkins alumni are beyond measure. We are honored to present this year's Alumni Association Awards to this outstanding group of alumni and faculty.
Award-worthy and photogenic too
We couldn't get enough of the awesome photos from Alumni Weekend 2012, so we turned them into this fun photo montage. Share it on Facebook!
Around the Pittsburgh area on Sept. 12th?
Join the Johns Hopkins community on Sept. 12 for a conversation on Personalized Care: The Next Great Advance in Medicine. Roy C. Ziegelstein, Med '89 (HS), '91 (PGF), an internationally recognized cardiologist, will share his insights into a new approach being pioneered at Johns Hopkins, focusing directly on the individual needs of each patient. Register or learn more here.
Alumni interview volunteers wanted
Help students develop their interview skills through the Johns Hopkins Career Center Mock Interview Program. Interviews will take place during the week of Sept. 10-14, either in person or over the phone. The Career Center will provide some sample questions and topics to discuss. Please contact Casey Miller for additional information or register here to volunteer. Thank you!
Rising
Rising Giving – It's Personal, Always
People's lives are entwined in their gifts. A good case in point is John Driscoll, who recently made a generous bequest to advance the work of one of our leading research centers.

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