October 2010 JHUpdate

RoboDoc: On the vanguard of safer and more effective surgery

Johns Hopkins engineers and surgeons are working together on robotic operations that are safer, less invasive and more effective than traditional surgery.

Seeing the world through "The Wire"

An undergraduate course explores urban issues through the prism of  "The Wire," the acclaimed HBO series set in Baltimore.

Making Harvard look good

In theaters across the country, Johns Hopkins grads see "The Social Network" and say, "Wait a minute! I know that campus!"

The "Kenya paranoia"
SAIS's James Mann writes in The New Republic about the British view of President Obama.

Archaeological art
The university's Archaeological Museum has taken a 15-year loan of 1,900 pieces of ancient Egyptian art.

Undocumented to board-certified
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, once an illegal immigrant and migrant worker, and now a Johns Hopkins brain surgeon, is profiled on CNN.

"I went into medicine to ... be useful"
The School of Medicine's residency in urban health trains new doctors to be internists, pediatricians and a whole lot more.

Think globally, act accordingly
Nursing shortage: Fixing a global problem takes a global approach, writes Dean Martha Hill in The Baltimore Sun.

Dollars and sense
Sociologist Andy Cherlin tells NPR that more young Americans are postponing marriage until they feel economically ready.

Rising to the Challenge
President Daniels and a cadre of experts and leaders are on the road, telling the story of how Johns Hopkins is facing the challenges of our time. Join them in Boston on Nov. 6.

Johns Hopkins in Afghanistan
NPR visits a Jhpiego program training Afghan women to save the lives of mothers and their babies. Jhpiego and Johns Hopkins are first mentioned two minutes into the audio story.

Meet the Press
President Daniels discusses need-blind admissions, the university's role in the community, the undergraduate experience and other topics in an interview on Baltimore's NPR member station.

Sept. 16
Johns Hopkins Hospital and university employees kept patients safe and kept the care coming even as police worked to dislodge a gunman from an eighth-floor patient room. Read the behind-the-scene stories.

New to town?

Get settled in your new city and get to know JHU alumni – or, if you're a savvy local, meet recent JHU grads and connect with old friends – at Welcome to our City events in Philadelphia, LA and San Francisco.

Earn your rewards

Get cash, travel, merchandise and more by making your ordinary day-to-day purchases. Whether you're traveling, running errands or shopping online, use the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Platinum Plus® Master Card® credit card with WorldPoints® Rewards.

Wanted: Big thinker
Johns Hopkins is looking for an executive director of alumni relations.

Time is running out
Submit your entry for Rock On: One University Song contest by Oct. 31.

Sheridan Libraries acquire rare book collection on scientific discovery

A bequest from the family of Elliott Hinkes, A&S '64, Med '67, has brought to the Sheridan Libraries 280 rare books and manuscripts related to science and discovery. The Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes Collection of Books of Scientific Discovery constitutes one of the major rare book bequests in recent memory to a U.S. research university and includes material ranging from a first edition of Galileo's treatise on the discovery of sunspots to original copies of the three 1953 articles by Watson and Crick outlining the nature of DNA.