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Issue 139 | February 2013

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Alumni of Note
Alumni of Note
DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Ed '03, '04 (MS), discusses her administration in this Q&A.

Kim Kashkashian, Peab '73, is a Grammy Award-winning violist.

Robert A. Wood, HS '85, '86, Med '88 (PGF), gives hope to peanut allergy sufferers.

William A. Martin, Peab '03 (MM), stars in the national tour of "Disney's Beauty and the Beast."
 
Event Highlight
Event Highlight
Women in Business Leadership Conference Washington, DC
March 22
 
Alumni Journeys
Alumni Journeys
Sights and Sounds of Prague with Paul Matthews of Peabody July 29-Aug.6
 
Book of the Month
Book of the Month
Of Virgins and Martyrs: Women and Sexuality in Global Conflict
by David Jacobson

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Top Story
Top Story A big gift backs big ideas
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Engr '64, designates most of the largest gift in Johns Hopkins history for 50 professorships aimed at innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to the world's thorniest problems.
University News
University News Watch...and listen...carefully
The new Netflix series House of Cards has all kinds of Johns Hopkins connections. Pay attention during episode five for scenes shot at the Peabody Conservatory, standing in for a Georgetown hotel. In episode eight, Homewood plays a South Carolina military academy. Ed Goldstein, Peab '76, '78 (MM), is the show's music coordinator.
Fighting school flu
You can help public health researchers fight flu in schools. Take an online survey, once or every day.
Peabody in Africa
The aptly named TUBA nonprofit sends Peabody students to Uganda to work with aspiring musicians there.
Man and machine
Johns Hopkins engineers are working to make humans and robots better partners.
184 mpg
A Whiting School freshman may have a really big future designing cars for Detroit.
Yes, we give a hoot
Question 1: How do owls swivel their heads so far around without killing themselves? Question 2: Owls are girl-watchers? From NPR's Science Friday, a fun video on Johns Hopkins research.
"You're gonna make it after all"
Did 30 Rock's finale feel like you'd lost something all over again? Maybe, like Writing Seminars lecturer Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson, you were thinking of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
What's really wrong with Greece?
From a New York Times op-ed co-written by a senior fellow at SAIS: "The truth is that Greece is not only broke, it is broken."
Visual identity update
Let's check back in with a project we told you about a few months ago: creating a coherent visual identity, so that all your Johns Hopkins mail and bookmarked websites look like they're from the same university.
Sports Beat
What a great time of year! Men's and women's lacrosse are already on the field, while winter teams shift into post-season high gear.
Milestones & Transitions
A celebration of President Emeritus Steven Muller, who died Jan. 19, is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22, in Baltimore. All are invited.

A young Johns Hopkins engineer lands an NSF early career award.

An assistant director of the Secret Service takes over as Johns Hopkins' vice president for security.

Research Highlights
The brain can be rewired to bypass stroke damage.

Ask Americans what gun policies they support. Their answers, whether gun owners or not, are surprisingly similar.

Is a cell transplant working? Now we have sensors to find out.

Alumni News
Alumni News Your donations at work
Thanks to your generous donations to the Alumni Association, over 50 student volunteer community service groups and programs — including the Brotherhood Alliance for Science and Education — have been funded for 2013. Please give today to ensure funding for these programs in 2014.
Calling all Homewood grads
Alumni Weekend 2013 is just around the corner. Draft your Fantasy Reunion Dream Team now for a chance to win an Apple iPad 3 and more.
2013 Reunions
Save the date for your 2013 individual school reunion. Peabody, SAIS, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering grads can find more information here.
New addition to KnowledgeNET
SAGE Journals Online, which provides full-text access to over 600 scholarly and professional journals, is now available in Hopkins KnowledgeNET, the online alumni library. The journals span a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, technology, and medicine.
Rising
Rising You oughta be in pictures
Want to see who is taking on topics like the education system and American cities? See photos from last weekend's Join the Conversation in LA, the tenth in our nation-spanning series.
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