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Johns Hopkins Alumni News

06/07/2010 - 12:15pm

As a special offer to Johns Hopkins alumni, you can join the Johns Hopkins Club now through August 7, 2010 and your initiation fee will be waived. Non-resident members enjoy reciprocal dining and lodging privileges in 56 U.S. cities, as well as in Australia, Canada, Israel, the Netherlands, Qatar, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Take a peek at the Club's amenities and sample the cuisine by making a prospective member reservation for dinner, brunch or one of the special events.

05/28/2010 - 8:57am

Dear Students and Fellow Alums,

Congratulations to the more than 6,000 of you who became Johns Hopkins University graduates yesterday. Welcome to the Alumni Association!

New alumni and future grads can enjoy highlights of the day at http://www.jhu.edu/commencement, complete with a video, a slideshow, and the address by your fellow alumnus, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

Congratulations again to the Class of 2010! For those of you still enrolled, we look forward to seeing you cross the stage soon.

Sincerely,

Geraldine Peterson, Nurs '64 President,
The Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association

05/19/2010 - 3:03pm

Lead by Coach Babb, the top-ranked NCAA Division III Blue Jays (39-4) play against Moravian today, in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals in Trenton, New Jersey. This will be the 17th trip to the playoffs for Babb's team, which has never had a losing season under the 55-year-old coach.

05/14/2010 - 11:13am

Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM chairman and CEO, was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. The 2010 class of new Academy members includes 229 leaders in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, the arts, business and public affairs.

04/29/2010 - 9:03am

Frances Ferguson, the Mary Elizabeth Garrett Professor in Arts and Sciences, is among 229 fellows elected to the 230th class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on April 19. Ferguson's induction will bring the number of Johns Hopkins fellows of the academy to 45.

04/28/2010 - 9:55am

Rhodes Scholar Wes Moore, A&S '01, releases new book The Other Wes Moore.

Wes Moore, A&S ’01, shares his remarkable twist-of-fate story in his newly released book The Other Wes Moore.  Moore discussed his book on The Oprah Winfrey Show on April 27.  His is the tale of two kids with the same name, living in the same city. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and decorated combat veteran, while the other is serving a life sentence in prison for felony murder.
 

04/07/2010 - 3:27pm

Dr. Gregg Semenza, Med '90 (PGF), a Professor at the School of Medicine, is one of seven recipients of the 2010 Canada Gairdner Awards, which honor ground-breaking medical research behind cancer, epilepsy, heart disease and malaria treatments. Semenza is being honored for a discovery that led to therapies to block or stimulate responses to low oxygen levels. Tumors seeking oxygen to grow stimulate production of new blood vessels to access more oxygen, but by blocking this response, tumor growth is decreased.

03/26/2010 - 3:46pm

Vishwajeet Kumar,SPH'02, is working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to tackle the problem of "high-risk care practices" in most births taking place in rural India. Thanks to the model that she and the foundation have created, newborn mortality rates have dropped significantly over the past five years.

03/11/2010 - 10:33pm

M. Gordon 'Reds' Wolman: 1924 - 2010

Please join the Johns Hopkins Community in remembering a Johns Hopkins legend - M. Gordon "Reds" Wolman, the university's B. Howell Griswold Jr. Professor of Geography and International Affairs. 

President Daniels introduces Baltimore City Schools Initiative
03/04/2010 - 10:25am

Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore City Public School system have announced their new partnership, "Johns Hopkins Takes Time for Schools", which allows Hopkins employees to take two days of paid leave to pursue service opportunities in the city school system.