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No. 180; October 2016
 
 
Johns Hopkins University     JHU Update   News from Johns Hopkins for Alumni, Parents, and Friends
 
 
Largest combined gift in SAIS history launches Kissinger Center  
Largest combined gift in SAIS history launches Kissinger Center
 
Backed by more than $50 million, Johns Hopkins SAIS launches Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs.
 
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Young alums help today's Jays  
Young alums help today's Jays
 
In #RepYourNest contest at Young Alumni Weekend, Wolman Hall grads gave more to today's students than any other dorm. Recapture the fun! READ MORE
 
Using 'team science' to beat metastasis  
Using "team science" to beat metastasis
 
New multidisciplinary effort by Institute for NanoBioTechnology, supported by $9 million federal grant, targets cancer's deadly ability to spread. READ MORE
 
Helping a Hopkins HERO  
Helping a Hopkins HERO
 
When students call for medical help, Katchis Family Scholar Connor Steele-McCutchen is ready for anything. READ MORE
 
Find your next job, business partner, or mentorship opportunity  
Find your next job, business partner, or mentorship opportunity
 
Join the more than 7,000 alumni and students on the Alumni Association's mentoring and networking tool, GoHopOnline.com. Register today! SIGN UP
 
Party like it's 1866 — 150 years of Peabody's Friedberg Hall  
Party like it's 1866 — 150 years of Peabody's Friedberg Hall
 
Tune in as Marin Alsop and the Peabody Symphony Orchestra perform Brahms, Kernis, and more in a live-streamed October 28 celebration. READ MORE
 
Building 'Hollywood East' in Baltimore  
Building "Hollywood East" in Baltimore
 
New Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film and Media gives local artists training and funding to bring films to big screen. READ MORE
 
Class of 2016, a present just for you  
Class of 2016, a present just for you
 
As our newest Alumni Association members, enjoy our online library of 2,000 journals, free for a year. SIGN UP
 
Who tops your list?  
Who tops your list?
 
Our alumni are the best. Whom do you rank tops in advancing the Hopkins mission? Send nominations by December 1. READ MORE
 
Death. Taxes. And gravity.  
Death. Taxes. And gravity.
 
They're facts of life. Or are they? Sorry, Einstein, but the laws of gravity may not be so absolute after all. READ MORE
 
Reward yourself, support our important work  
Reward yourself, support our important work
 
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SEE THE SITES
 
Global Health Now  
Global Health NOW
 
Redesigned Global Health NOW website features 100 objects that — for better or worse — have had a huge impact on public health. READ MORE
 
HOPKINS HISTORY
 
Women of Hopkins  
Women of Hopkins
 
"In an age where man … is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water … has become the victim of his indifference."
Rachel Carson, Class of 1932
Author, Silent Spring READ MORE
 
Issue in Focus: Armed America
 
The "glue" connecting Hopkins parents
 
Save money on home and car insurance with Liberty
Mutual
 
 
See more stories like these on the Hub, Rising to the Challenge, and Alumni Association websites
 
CLASS NOTES
 
Aloke Chakravarty, A&S '94   Meet Aloke Chakravarty, A&S '94, prosecutor in the Boston Marathon bomber case.
 
 
GREAT READS
 
Great Reads   Health and Humanity: A History of the Bloomberg School of Public Health 1935 – 1985
 
Karen Kruse Thomas
Johns Hopkins University Press
 
 
Hopkins NYC: Rangers vs Boston Bruins  
Hopkins NYC: Rangers vs Boston Bruins
 
When Wednesday, October 26
 
When New York, New York
 
Join fellow alumni and friends as we cheer on the New York Rangers when they take on the Boston Bruins. LEARN MORE
 
JHU AEME Affinity: NY - JHU Playwright's New Comic Drama: Don't You #!&%ing Say A Word  
JHU AEME Affinity: NY - JHU Playwright's New Comic Drama: Don't You #!&%ing Say A Word
 
When Wednesday, November 9
 
When New York, New York
 
Don’t You #!&%ing Say a Word is a play about love and hate, about friendly and not so friendly competition. LEARN MORE
 
Travel the World  
Travel the World
 
May 8 – 16, 2017: Odyssey of Ancient Civilizations: Cruising the Adriatic and Aegean Seas - Experience firsthand the true character and traditions of coastal and island life along the Adriatic and Aegean Seas. LEARN MORE