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Issue 145 | August 2013

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Alumni of Note
Alumni of Note
David Newman-Toker, SPH '07 (PhD), and his team confirm that eye-tracking goggles can help to diagnose a stroke quickly and cost-effectively.

Robert Blake, SAIS '84, has been nominated to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.

Soprano Kimberly Christie, Peab '12 (MM), and tenor Peter Scott Drackley, sing the roles of two Supreme Court justices in the opera "Scalia/Ginsburg."

Republican strategist Kristen Soltis Anderson, A&S '09 (MA), was named one of the 25 Most Influential Washington Women Under 35.
 
Spotlight Event
Chapter Event
NY Book Club
reads 1984
September 26
New York City
 
Alumni College
Alumni Journeys
Santa Fe
with Prof. Ron Walters October 10-14
 
Book of the Month
Book of the Month
Spark from the Deep
by William J. Turkel
 
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Top Story
Top Story Science with scenery
The views at the new Undergraduate Teaching Labs at Homewood are mind-bending. The learning will be too. Video here. Bonus: New labs at Public Health too!
University News
University News What about the pod races?
A real-life dune is burying Anakin Skywalker's fictional hometown. The Star Wars set's slow-motion sand submersion is helping an APL researcher study how deserts work. Video here.
Still performing, still teaching, still magnificent
At 85, Peabody's Leon Fleisher remains one of the pre-eminent pianists on the planet, a music critic writes. Listen and judge for yourself.
Summer I: Baltimore interns at JHU
Budding scientists from low-income Baltimore families spent the summer learning, and experimenting, in Johns Hopkins labs. Bonus: Baltimore Sun story. WYPR story.
Summer II: JHU interns in Baltimore
Students get great experience and a salary. Non-profits get great interns at no cost. The university helps the city. An anonymous donor makes it possible. Now that's a win-win-win-win. Bonus: News coverage here and here.
Summer III: JHU interns in the museums
The museums and society minor sends undergrads out for summer experiences at the Phillips Collection, the Smithsonian, the Walters, Christie's and more.
Summer IV: Kids on campus
For secondary school students from across the country and around the world, Johns Hopkins CTY is sort of a summer camp with classrooms. And labs. And loads of fun. Bonus: We've got an engineering camp too!
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Engineers replay the deadly 1994 Northridge earthquake, to test whether a building constructed from cold-formed steel would have withstood all that rocking and rolling.
Carbonated comet?
The "soda pop comet" is fizzing with CO2 and heading sunwards. It could put on quite a show.
More MOOCs
The Bloomberg School of Public Health has added eight classes to its catalog of free online Coursera offerings. The School of Nursing is adding two.
Staying at home
A School of Nursing project keeps seniors out of nursing facilities with home repairs, not medicine. It's called "CAPABLE."
World view
Look at the world through the eyes of some of the smartest observers out there: Johns Hopkins SAIS students. They're now contributing analysis to the Global and China channels on The Atlantic's website.
Sports Beat
We're just weeks away from kicking off the Blue Jays' fall sports season. Football is ranked in Division III's top 10, or top 20, depending on what you read.
Milestones & Transitions
Champ Sheridan, A&S '52—trustee, philanthropist, and proud supporter of Johns Hopkins libraries—has died.

A Johns Hopkins astrophysicist is awarded NASA's top honor.

A young geologist wins the GSA's Donath Medal.
Research Highlights
Got ARVD/C? Don't work out.

Pre-diabetes patients: Shed pounds soon to avoid full-blown disease.

Engineers turned stem cells into blood vessels and put them into mice.
Alumni News
Alumni News Coming to a West Coast neighborhood near you
Join fellow alumni, university staff, and friends for an evening of food, drinks, and exciting university updates at our new event series. We will be hosting dinners this fall in eight different West Coast locations. Register here.
And the award goes to...
This year, 37 deserving graduates, professors, and friends of the university who have done extraordinary things were recognized with awards of excellence. Congratulations to all of our 2013 Alumni Association award recipients.
Special offer on auto and home insurance
As a member of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, you could receive special savings on Liberty Mutual Auto and Home Insurance.1 Liberty Mutual offers personalized coverage, multi-car and multi-policy discounts, 24-hour claims assistance and more. Visit their website for a free quote. The Johns Hopkins Alumni Association receives financial support for allowing Liberty Mutual to offer this auto and home insurance program.

1Discounts and savings are available where state laws and regulations allow, and may vary by state. Certain discounts apply to specific coverages only. To the extent permitted by law, applicants are individually underwritten; not all applicants may qualify. Please consult a Liberty Mutual sales representative for additional information

Rising to the Challenge
Rising Reynolds Professorship helps Peter Searson research the blood-brain barrier
Professorships, like the one recently contributed by Joseph R. and Lynn C. Reynolds, can help researchers take on the most difficult problems—in this case, drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier.
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