News from across Johns Hopkins No. 157; September 2014
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Alumna of Note
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Monica López-González, A&S ’05, A&S ’10 (PhD), explores romance, conversation, and mood music in her debut play.

A Great Read
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Renegade Amish: Beard Cutting, Hate Crimes, and the Trial of the Bergholz Barbers
Donald B. Kraybill
Johns Hopkins University Press

Try Something New
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Mix it up with alumni
September 27
North Raleigh, North Carolina


Share your passion
With over 20 alumni affinity communities, there’s bound to be something that strikes your interest. Find a group, join us for a fall event, or suggest a new community.

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Sailing the Windward Islands
January 31 — February 7, 2015

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Top News
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Ramping up efforts in Ebola fight
Hopkins-affiliated non-profit Jhpiego is ramping up efforts to strengthen Ebola infection prevention measures as the crisis intensifies. Watch informative presentations: ABCs; diagnosis; and the "super-survivor."
Best and brightest — and most influential, too
U.S. News, Popular Science, and Modern Healthcare think our people and programs are among the best. From revolutionary young scientists to healthcare experts setting standards for patient safety, we’d say they’re right.
leonard mccoy To boldly go...to the finals, of course
"Bones" made it look easy. Aboard the Star Ship Enterprise, he whipped out a tricorder to diagnose patients. Now our undergraduates, finalists for a $10 million prize, hope to do the same.
jhu song contest Sing, sing a song...
Sing out loud, sing out strong. Attention alumni: Grab your pitch pipe, guitar, and tambourine, and let your inner songwriter shine in a contest to write a new Hopkins school song. #GoHop
See more stories like these on our webpage and The Hub.
Alumni News
jay and class banner Showing school spirit, since 1881
Freshman Kyle Otazu shows his winning 2018 class banner with the Alumni Council’s Jay Lenrow, A&S ’73. Next time you’re on campus, see Kyle’s banner and previous winners in the MSE Library.

Reconnect and recharge this fall
Join us for the School of Nursing’s Alumni Weekend (reunion years 4s and 9s) and Homewood’s Young Alumni Weekend.

Help students learn, compete, serve, have fun
Consider a gift to the Alumni Association and help fund student-led social, athletic, academic, artistic, and service activities — look under the hood of our student grants program and discover how you can help power success.

soba Be a mentor and be involved
Be a mentor and volunteer with the Society of Black Alumni and the Men of Color Hopkins Alliance, an initiative of the Office of Multicultural Affairs in partnership with SOBA. Contact us.
Campaign News
malone hall Building a home for collaboration
A model for 21st century collaborative research facilities — that’s the intended impact of Malone Hall, the newest building on the Homewood campus.
amanda latimore 'I could have been one of those people'
Sylvia and Eddie C. Brown Community Health scholar Amanda Latimore is part of a new wave of researchers — really looking at the community, she says, and empowering change.
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