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Alumni of Note
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Benjamin Beirs, Peab '06, '07 (MM), '09 (GPD), plays classical guitar with a twist.
Ray Snow, A&S '70, outgoing president of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, received a Heritage Award for outstanding service to the university and its alumni association.
President of BNY Mellon, Karen B. Peetz, Bus '81 (MS), will be speaking on Feb. 1 at the Carey Business School's Leaders + Legends lecture series.
Scientist Adele Mitchell, SPH '01, Med '04 (PhD), is the co-creator of a new DNA tool. |
Book of the Month
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Reducing Gun Violence
in America
edited by
Daniel W. Webster, SPH '91 (ScD),
and Jon S. Vernick, A&S '86, SPH '94
forward by
Michael R. Bloomberg, Engr '64
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Global gun policy gathering
In the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings, Johns Hopkins convened gun policy experts from the United States and around the world to recommend new federal policies to curb gun violence. |
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Our 10th president
Steven Muller, the university's second-longest serving president and a major figure in Johns Hopkins history, has died at 85. Leave a condolence message here. |
What's up down East?
With recession in the rear view mirror, East Baltimore's revitalization is accelerating. Johns Hopkins is a key partner in a $1.8 billion renewal of an 88-acre neighborhood north of the medical campus. An update and a video. |
Surgical slip-ups
Medical mistakes that should never happen often do. What patients can do to protect themselves. |
Food, part I: Student cooks
Engineering class assignment: Design a way to cook precisely at recipe temperature. Extra credit: Pot luck with classmates! |
Food, part II: Eating for the Earth
Your waistline-friendly New Year diet can be climate-friendly, too. The Bloomberg School of Public Health's Roni Neff, SPH '07 (PhD), has tips. |
Alternative energy!
Batteries are not included — by rule! — in a contraptions contest for freshman engineers. |
Don't throw charity over the cliff
With budget battles still raging in Washington, university President Ron Daniels defends the income tax deduction for charitable contributions. |
Teaching tool
Learning to nurse a patient is like learning to pilot a plane: It helps to simulate before you solo. |
Iran policy: Is 2013 a critical year?
Two SAIS faculty members, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Daniel Serwer, are thinking about why Iran will be a critical national security focus in 2013. |
In case you missed it...
Two Johns Hopkins divisions, APL and Medicine, play prominent roles in this "60 Minutes" story about a prosthetic arm that a patient controls with thoughts. |
Sports Beat
A top Blue Jay swimmer also competes on the Macedonia national team. Follow her and other Johns Hopkins athletes all winter long. |
Milestones & Transitions
Retired biology professor and firefly bioluminescence expert Howard Seliger has died at 88.
Carol Bartlett, artistic director of Peabody's Dance Department, died of cancer at 67.
Three faculty members are named AAAS fellows.
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Research Highlights
Engineers want to grow replacement veins and arteries in the lab.
The team that snapped a "baby picture of the universe" has released its last data.
A new way to read MRIs can reduce the risk of making strokes worse.
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A year of exploration
From a cruise along the waterways of Russia to a steamboat voyage up the Mississippi, view our exciting new selection of more than 25 alumni journeys. Book your 2013 trip today and Bon Voyage! |
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The conversation continues
The 10th in a series of conversations to engage alumni, parents and friends in dialogue on the most important questions of our day comes to LA — Feb. 16. The topic? The role of universities as catalysts in turning around America's cities and schools. |
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