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Issue 121 | August 2011

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Alumni of note
Jake Meth, A&S '10, published his first feature in the English version of Egypt's leading newspaper.

Michael Ellis, SAIS Bol '81, SAIS '82, now oversees the venerable Michelin Guides.

Zhu Min, A&S '91 (MA), '96 (PhD), was named deputy managing director of the IMF.

Chapter Events

Safari Park After Hours
San Diego Zoo
Sept. 22

Alumni Journeys

Apulia, Italy
Mar. 27-Apr. 4, 2012

Book of the Month
The Foot Book: A Complete Guide to Healthy Feet
By Jonathan D. Rose and Vincent J. Martorana

Top Story
	That's just a fish story No, it's not! It's also a plant story, a food story and a sustainability story.

University News
	Stop me if you've heard this one... Here's National Book Award winner and Johns Hopkins professor emeritus John Barth on the problem (or is it a problem?) of being original.

Frog smooching
Doctoral candidates at the School of Nursing are reviving a lapsed tradition: kissing the frog after a successful dissertation defense.

What "Shark Week" says
A Johns Hopkins policy studies grad student reflects on cable TV's "Shark Week" and the national attention span.

Read this with us
Still have room on your summer reading list? How about Tracy Kidder's Strength in What Remains? That's what incoming freshmen are reading before arriving on campus next week.

Why Amy Winehouse?
A music theorist at the Peabody Conservatory writes about what was innovative and important in the "girl group" sound of the late Amy Winehouse.

Cell phone art
A Johns Hopkins film studies faculty member and independent filmmaker wins a big Baltimore prize for a non-cinematic work of art.

May the Force be with it!
APL's JEDI instrument is Jupiter-bound on NASA's Juno spacecraft.

"Monday, Monday; so good to me"
The first day of the work week is now also "the day all health breaks loose."

Sports Beat
Johns Hopkins football is the pre-season pick to win the Centennial Conference as the fall season approaches for Blue Jay athletics.

Milestones & Transitions
Martha Roseman, an academic adviser to Homewood students for decades, has died.

SAIS Dean Jessica Einhorn will retire next June.

Two Johns Hopkins students are Goldwater Scholars this year.

Research Highlights
Count on it: Some of us are born for math.

An old drug may become a new weapon against Alzheimer's.

There's a new test to tell harmless pancreatic cysts from potentially cancerous ones.

Alumni News
	What's your story? From a family pact to get Blue Jay tattoos to legendary frat-house pranks, generations of Johns Hopkins alumni have some stories to tell. Listen to a few on the new Story Swap website and submit your own.

Young Alumni Weekend: Be there
Are you in? More than 600 recent Homewood grads are planning to relive the old college days and party with the Class of 2011. Register today for the Sept. 23-25 events.

Crab feasts on demand
As a JHU graduate, you get a special discount on fresh seafood delivered right to your doorstep.

And the winner is...
Congratulations to the 41 alumni and faculty honored with this year's Alumni Association awards in six categories.

Giving

Bridging the art and science of conservation
With a new grant of more than $1 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Sheridan Libraries will renew the Heritage Science for Conservation Project. Launched in 2009 as a pilot program, the effort brings together the art and science of conservation, fostering collaboration between conservationists and scientists, including faculty and students from the Whiting School of Engineering. Read more on e-Libris, the Sheridan Libraries' blog.

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