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No. 152; March 2014
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Cara Christie, SAIS ’06, coordinates disaster response for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

A Great Read
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The Ageless Generation: How Advances in Biomedicine will Transform the Global Economy
Alex Zhavoronkov
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Try Something New
March 28
8:30 a.m.
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2nd Annual Johns Hopkins Women in Business Conference:
Remarkable Women: Transform Your Self and Your World

April 5
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Relay for Life: Johns Hopkins University

April 11-12
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April 11
3:00 p.m.
Student and Alumni Coffee Hour with the office of LGBTQ Life


April 12
10:00 a.m.
JHU Pride Gathering

Travel The World
July 26 - August 4
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National Parks and Lodges of the Old West

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Top News
jhu school of ed Head of the Class
The Johns Hopkins School of Education moved to the head of the class in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of graduate education programs.
young scientist doing research Reverse the Graying
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, President Ron Daniels and Hopkins Medicine Dean and CEO Paul Rothman make the case for supporting young scientists’ research. Hear also why we need to close the #InnovationDeficit.
thomas dolby Blinded with Science
’80s pop icon and digital music pioneer Thomas Dolby, with a grant from the Mellon Foundation, becomes the first Homewood Professor of the Arts.
Are You Smarter Than a Five-Year-Old?
Preschoolers can do algebra, according to a study by lead author and postdoctoral fellow Melissa Kibbe and Lisa Feigenson, a Krieger School psychologist and brain scientist.
high table event Think Hogwarts, Minus the Magic Sorting Hat
More than 600 students dined in style earlier this month at High Table, an annual tradition supported by the Parents Fund that brings the freshman class together with university leadership and faculty.
For more stories like these, visit The Hub.
Alumni News
students posing at reunion Get the Early Jay Discount for Alumni Weekend
Register online before midnight April 4 to get an Early Jay discount for Alumni Weekend. After that, prices increase $10 per person, per event. Invite your friends and help make April 11-13, 2014 the stuff of legend.
bank of america card NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce Hosts "Killer Conundrums"
On Friday, April 11, as part of Alumni Weekend, alumna and NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce, A&S ’94, ’95, will moderate the bioethics discussion "Killer Conundrums, Deadly Dilemmas," at 12:30 p.m. in Mason Hall.
totes for tots participants Five Years of Students Stepping Up
April 6-12, 2014 marks the fifth annual Step Up Week, with daily events celebrating student philanthropy on campus, in Baltimore, and around the world.

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Rising to the Challenge
Solving a Reading Impairment
New video shows how Krieger School scientist Mike McCloskey has discovered a new reading impairment and a counterintuitive remediation. With Science of Learning Institute support, he is expanding his research.
bank of america card Attacking Root Causes of Global Health Problems
Worldwide cancer, malaria, diabetes, HIV/AIDS—these enormous challenges are rooted in problems ranging from poverty to behaviors to infrastructure. On April 1, see how the Johns Hopkins Global Health Initiative is attacking these issues.
 

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