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hile many of the nation’s academic publishers struggle in the current economy, the Johns Hopkins University Press flourishes, thanks in large part to a leader who has positioned the institution squarely in the 21st century. Kathleen Keane Press adds became director of the JHU Press in 2004, a journals, pivotal time in its history. The Press had just explores celebrated its 125th anniversary, and many e-book saw a sea change on publishing the horizon for the industry as a whole. Academic publishers faced the challenge of maintaining the proper balance between commercially viable activities and certain books and monographs that, while providing essential scholarship, were increasingly hard to subsidize. In addition, the writing was on the wall in terms of the rising interest in electronic publishing. In the announcement of her appointment, Keane said that she relished the opportunity to lead the Press forward into the next era. Fast-forward five years, and the next era might well be upon us. Keane, who on June 20 began a oneyear term as president of the Association of American University Presses, has led a continuing transformation of the JHU Press’ business model and offerings during a trying time in the industry, as most publishers have been hit hard by the recession. University press sales were down on average 10 percent this past fiscal year, but Johns Hopkins weathered the storm without a precipitous decline. During Keane’s tenure, the Press has published more than 1,000 new books, many receiving important awards and high-profile reviews, and 19 titles have been added to its journals program. While it continues to put out scholarly works by Johns Hopkins faculty

Present and past members of the department came together last month to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Founding chair went off the beaten path to forge the department’s way

n 1959, Johns Hopkins recruited a young phenom from the University of Chicago named Jim Coleman to establish a department in the social sciences at the university. Coleman, who had only four years earlier earned his doctorate in sociology from Columbia University, was already considered one of the

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country’s leading minds on education reform for disadvantaged youth and on the sociology of education. (Coleman would cement his reputation two years later with the release of The Adolescent Society. That study, Continued on page 12

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Malaysia selects CTY program for national model By Charles Beckman

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nternational projects at Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youth are increasing with the latest signing of a $1.5 million contract with the National University of Malaysia (Universitii Kebangsan Malaysia). The selection of CTY followed an international search conducted under the auspices of the Malaysian government and championed by Datin Sri Rosmah, wife of the prime minister, who was present along with CTY’s executive director, Lea Ybarra,

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at an April signing ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian program is known as the Program Permata Pintar, which translates to “national program for gifted gems.” CTY will provide training and curricular materials to the Malaysian effort. As part of the agreement, CTY this summer is hosting 15 educators from Malaysia, eight of whom will shadow CTY instructors in their classrooms at Homewood and elsewhere. We’re very pleased to welcome our colleagues from Malaysia to CTY and Johns Hopkins this summer,” Ybarra said. “During the planning process, we knew it was important for the Malaysians to see our program in

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action. How our teachers teach is as important as what they teach. We also knew it’d be great for them to see firsthand the CTY energy—how CTY students interact with one another and their teachers when they’re with us.” The agreement is the most significant one since CTY established a formal international office in March. The new endeavor builds on prior CTY affiliations in China, Mexico, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Bermuda, Spain, Thailand and elsewhere and, according to Ybarra, is a logical next step for CTY. Continued on page 5

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harles Day, senior editor of Physics Today, will present “From Tip to Tale: How Science News Is Made,” at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, in 110 Maryland Hall, Homewood campus, as part of the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology’s professional development seminars for scientists and engineers. Day writes for and edits the Search and Discovery Department for Physics Today, the flagship publication of the American Institute of Physics. To attend, RSVP to Ashanti Edwards at aedwards@jhu.edu.

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rom Bobo to Zupo, the JHU Press’ new Orioles Encyclopedia: A Half Century of History and Highlights profiles nearly 400 Baltimore Orioles players and includes the results of every game since 1954, short features on managers and coaches, and hundreds of photographs. At 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, Mike Gesker, author of the exhaustive, 896-page guide ($55), will sign copies of his book at Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. Gesker won an Emmy for Baseball, the Birds on 33rd, a program he produced, directed and wrote for Maryland Public Television.

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Birth Companions Program receives Women’s Board funding

he award-winning Birth Companions Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing has received new funding from the Women’s Board of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Now in its 11th year, the program has offered 525 students the skills and opportunity to serve as doulas—birth companions—and provide informal emotional, physical and informational support to women in labor. “As a birth companion, students have an opportunity to provide the emotional care that, as nurses, they might not always have the opportunity to do,” said Elizabeth Jordan, an assistant professor and co-director of the Birth Companions Program. “And studies

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JHM International inks deal for cardiac surgery project in Italy

ohns Hopkins Medicine International has signed a three-year collaboration agreement with San Matteo Hospital in Pavia, Italy, to establish the first cardiac surgery project of its kind for JHMI in Europe. Cardiac surgeons, perfusionists, nurses and anesthesiologists from Johns Hopkins will share their expertise and conduct up to 20 surgeries per year with their colleagues at San Matteo, and three observers from the Italian hospital will visit The Johns Hopkins Hospital to learn about its cutting-edge cardiac research and innovations.

Johns Hopkins Bayview receives donation from Kohl’s

ohns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center will receive more than $81,000 from the Kohl’s Cares for Kids philanthropic initiative. A check presentation will take place today, June 22, at the medical center’s Annual C.R. Bard Inc. Golf Classic at Hayfields Country Club. The donation is the result of the Kohl’s Cares for Kids merchandise program, which features $5 books and plush toys. One hundred percent of the program’s net profits support hospital partnerships. The donation will fund Kids Care First Aid Kits, which will be available through the Johns Hopkins Bayview Care-A-Van, a mobile medical unit providing health care to residents without a regular source of medical care; Stork’s Nest, an incentive program for low-income mothers that provides an array of baby needs, such as diapers, formula and clothing; and community health fairs, which raise awareness about good health and safety practices.

Corrections, June 8 issue The obituary of economist Horst Siebert, of the SAIS Bologna Center, carried an incorrect byline. It was written by Karen Riedel. A story on the Stand Up to Cancer dream teams wrongly said that the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute is at the University of New Mexico. It is an independent organization located in New Mexico. The correct name of the poet who inspired the Good Shepherd Statue recently rededicated on the Johns Hopkins @ Eastern campus is Lizette Woodworth Reese.

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and other noted authors, the Press has in recent years greatly expanded its massaudience output and been at the forefront of electronic scholarly publishing, including online journals, books and references. “Kathleen has done a remarkable job for us in many directions,” said Alfred R. Berkeley, chair of the JHU Press’ advisory board and a university trustee. “For one, she has taken a publisher that was in some financial straits and made it quite profitable. She has also increased in number and quality the

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works we publish. I can tell you that she’s very financially astute and tuned in to the modern world of publishing.” Keane said that a key to the Press’ ability to maintain its strong financial position has been its diversification. “Our size is a great asset. We continue to put out a large range of journals and books and have made a great deal of investment in electronic publishing. We have grown every year in that area,” Keane said. “We want to give people options.” Keane served for the past year as president-elect of the Association of American University Presses and has been a member of its board of directors for several years. Formally established in 1937, AAUP promotes the work and influence of university presses and helps its 128 member presses fulfill their common commitments to scholarship, the academy and society. The president of AAUP serves a one-year term and acts as a spokesperson for and an advocate of university presses and works with the executive director and board of directors to set the direction and immediate goals of the organization. “I am honored to accept this position,” Keane said, “and I am proud of the AAUP’s ongoing efforts to advance scholarly publishing and serve the very accomplished and collegial community of member presses.” Keane joined the Johns Hopkins University Press in September 2002 as director of

Wilmer caps construction with ribbon-cutting ceremony By John Lazarou

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he Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins celebrated the end of construction of its new building at The Johns Hopkins Hospital with a ceremony and ribbon cutting on June 10. The 207,000-square-foot, $105 million ultramodern Robert H. and Clarice Smith Building, named for its leading donors, is on the corner of Broadway and Orleans Street and is angled precisely toward the historic Wilmer dome. Seen in the new building’s specially designed reflective windows, the image of the dome melds tradition and history with the modern. This facility is the first to be finished under the Johns Hopkins medical campus expansion project, which is scheduled for completion in summer 2011. “This is a new beginning for the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins and the more than 14,000 patients that come annually to receive sight-saving operations from its world-renowned medical staff,” said Edward D. Miller, dean of the School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Peter J. McDonnell, the William Holland Wilmer Professor of Ophthalmology and director of the Wilmer Eye Institute, said, “The Maurice Bendann Surgical Pavilion within the new Wilmer building will have six of the most modern ophthalmic operating rooms in the world, allowing our surgeons to perform 50 percent more procedures each day. Surgeons, nurses and patients will each benefit from this tremendous environment.” The new Wilmer building also will include five floors dedicated to collaborative research by clinicians and scientists, more than doubling the space devoted to what is already the largest eye-related research program in the country. “Our new building will help eliminate the major challenge that existed in Wilmer’s century-old original building: the separation of and lack of communication between senior and junior investigators working on vision research,” McDonnell said. “Our scientists and investigators will now be able to work side by side as they make new discoveries.” A notable artistic feature of the new Wilmer building is a 36-foot, six-ton polished stainless steel sculpture titled Quest, which

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finance and operations. In 2004, she became the first woman to lead the Press and its staff of 140. The Johns Hopkins University Press is the oldest academic press in the country. Founded in 1878 at the behest of university President Daniel Coit Gilman, it began its life as the Publishing Agency, an entity created to provide scholarly journals for the fledgling Johns Hopkins and its faculty. Today, in addition to scholarly books, journals and monographs, the Press publishes works for a general audience, including health, regional history and trade reference books. In her role as director, Keane oversees a large and diverse publishing operation: a book division that publishes 200 new titles annually; a journals division that manages publication of 70 scholarly periodicals; Project MUSE, an online collection of 450 scholarly journals; and a fulfillment and customer services operation that also serves 16 client presses. Notably, the Press recently made available online The Early Republic: Critical Editions on the Founding of the United States, 17 volumes of primary material documenting the actions, debates and thoughts of the First Federal Congress (1789–91) and its members. These important documents—17,000 annotated pages and 250 images that have been published over a number of years—are now fully accessible electronically, bringing a rich legacy to the fingertips of a new generation of students and scholars. “We wanted to make access to this wealth of material a lot easier,” Keane said. “We’re very proud of this collection. This is our fifth such online reference, and it’s a big step forward for the Press.” The Early Republic joins a suite of online references that includes The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, The Encyclopedia of American Studies, The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism and the World Shakespeare Bibliography. All of the Press’ online reference works are made available on a yearly subscription basis. In terms of e-book publishing, the Press has to date made more than 200 books available for individual purchasers via Kindle, Amazon’s wireless electronic reading device, and is currently testing its own e-book program for institutional purchasers, which it hopes will be ready for use in 2010. “We’re testing the waters with Kindle, and I anticipate us expanding in the e-publishing area,” she said. “Of course, we are also always on the lookout for interesting authors and good subjects. We never lose sight of that.” Specifically, Keane wants to see the Press publish more scholarly and general interest works by Johns Hopkins faculty. “We recognize that we cannot be the full-service publisher for each of them, but I would like the JHU Press to be increasingly helpful to the local faculty, either simply as adviser or as publisher.” G For more on the Johns Hopkins University Press and to order items from its catalog, go to www.press.jhu.edu.

The historic Wilmer dome is reflected in the new building’s windows.

was created by the well-known American sculptor John Safer, a former patient. Safer came to Wilmer over a decade ago after being diagnosed with macular degeneration and was treated by Morton Goldberg, former head of the Wilmer Eye Institute. He also was treated for cataracts by eye surgeon Oliver Schein. Safer credits these treatments with his being able to continue his work, and he created Quest to show his appreciation. Goldberg, who has been a driving force behind the construction of the new building, said of the statue, “Quest, which resembles a strand of DNA, truly symbolizes Wilmer’s mission of seeking new knowledge in the battle against vision loss.” In addition, New York landscape artist Wolf Kahn, also a patient, has offered 16 of his paintings on extended loan to brighten the surgical waiting area. The facility will be open to patients in August. The building dedication, set to coincide with the 80-year anniversary of Wilmer’s first dedication, will take place on Oct. 16. For more on the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins, go to www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ wilmer.

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Philip Curtin, 87, expert on African, comparative world history

hilip D. Curtin, the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of History at Johns Hopkins from 1975 until his retirement in 1998, died on June 4 in Kennett Square, Penn. “For more than half a century, his was an original, provocative and deeply erudite scholarly voice in the study of African and comparative world history,” said his colleague Sara Berry, a professor of history in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins. “Begun at a time when the African past was generally neglected, and sometimes belittled in the Western historical canon, his scholarly writings spanned the African continent and its place in the world, delving into subjects that ranged from trade and navigation, slavery and the slave trade to the political history of the Senegambia before the imposition of colonial rule. The field will not be the same without him.” Tirelessly energetic, often controversial

Poe’s ‘Tell-Tale Tour’ stops at Homewood

dgar Allan Poe wrote his first horror stories in Baltimore in the early 1830s. What was Baltimore like back then? Find out by taking “The Edgar Allan Poe Tell-Tale Tour” of Baltimore as history museums throughout the city host special exhibitions and events through Sept. 30. At Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Museum, visitors can view the house’s elegant rooms and fashionable furnishings through the eyes of Poe on a tour called “The Macabre Aside: Poe on the Philosophy of Furniture.” This special supplement to the regular museum tour draws from the master of the macabre’s satirical essay “The Philosophy of Furniture,” in which he describes the horrors of American decorative shortcomings. While Poe’s creative imagination spun out garish extravaganzas of color and form, his own personal taste seems to have favored cleaner lines. Museum guides and interpretive labels located throughout the house will invite visitors to judge Homewood’s historic rooms according to Poe’s “humorous” theories of interior design, and imagine how Poe might have transformed these spaces into scenes of horror in one of his classic tales of domestic terror. “The Macabre Aside” is being offered as part of regular guided tours, which depart on the half-hour, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (last tour at 3:30). A similar version of the tongue-in-cheek tour will be offered at Mount Clare Museum House (www.mountclare.org). “The Edgar Allan Poe Tell-Tale Tour of Baltimore” is organized in association with Baltimore’s yearlong Poe festival, Nevermore 2009, organized by the Greater Baltimore History Alliance and the Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association. —Heather Egan Stalfort For more on Nevermore 2009 events, go to www.nevermore2009.com.

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and invariably stimulating, Curtin played a catalytic role in scholarly debates over African and world history. “Once he had established himself as the

foremost African historian in the United States, he extended his range to world history,” William T. Rowe, chairman of the History Department at Johns Hopkins, told The New York Times. “He was a proselytizer for a kind of world history that treated every human society with equal dignity and equal weight, interacting with each other and having indigenous processes of change, not simply waiting for the Europeans or the Arabs to arrive.” Author of dozens of scholarly books and articles, Curtin also trained several generations of historians of Africa, holding students to his own exacting standards of systematic inquiry, factual discovery and clarity of exposition. Writing on the blog of the American Historical Association, Paul Lovejoy, director of the Harriet Tubman Institute and a former student, said, “His research in demography revolutionized the study of the enforced migration of African peoples. His

work in comparative history, epidemiology and economic history has become standard reference for historians and other scholars in many fields of enquiry. I am humbled to have been one of his students and to have benefited from his scholarship. He inspired people, he worked hard, and he has left a strong legacy.” Born in Philadelphia in 1922, Curtin served in the Merchant Marine during World War II, graduated from Swarthmore College and received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1953. Before coming to Johns Hopkins, he taught at Swarthmore and the University of Wisconsin. The recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he also served as president of the American Historical Association in 1983. He is survived by his wife, Anne Curtin, and their three sons; two brothers; and three grandchildren.

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orrected vision impairment could prevent billions of dollars in lost productivity annually, according to a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, International Centre for Eyecare Education, University of New South Wales and African Vision Research Institute. Researchers estimate that nearly 158 million people globally have vision impairment resulting from uncorrected refractive error, which can usually be eliminated with an eye examination and a pair of eyeglasses. This is the first study to estimate the productivity loss from uncorrected refractive error and is published in the June issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. “The economic gains that could be made if eyeglasses were provided to everyone in need are substantial,” said Kevin Frick,

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author of the study and an associate professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Health Policy and Management. “Our research estimates $269 billion in productivity lost, and nearly 158 million people are vision-impaired because of uncorrected refractive error, which is correctable. The Western Pacific region, which includes China and Vietnam, has the highest estimated number of cases of uncorrected refractive error at 62 million and is responsible for almost half the potential loss of productivity. The Southeast Asia region, encompassing Bangladesh, India and Nepal, has 48.7 million cases.” Frick and his colleagues used conservative assumptions and national data to estimate the purchasing power, parity-adjusted gross domestic product loss for individuals with impaired vision and blindness, and for individuals with normal sight who provide them with informal care. Researchers found that uncorrected refractive error has a potentially greater impact on the global

Brodsky, who brings 12 years of CTY program management to the role. “Members of CTY’s advisory board, led by board members John Wood and former CarMAX CEO Austin Ligon, encouraged CTY to open a formal office to consolidate our resources and responses to the many inquiries we receive,” Brodsky said. In addition to the Malaysian involvement, CTY is working on projects in Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, Turkey, Australia, South Korea and other countries. International programs to be run this summer by CTY or its partners will take place in Mexico, Spain and Ireland. G

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AIS recognized two of its outstanding faculty members during Commencement ceremonies at the Bologna Center in Bologna, Italy, on May 29. Thomas Row was acknowledged for his teaching excellence in a large class, while Winrich Kuehne received the honor for a small class. The awards, which SAIS has designated for Bologna Center faculty, are part of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Awards program and are not announced until Commencement. “We traditionally reserve these awards for the adjunct faculty members, a talented cadre of about 35 professors who come from all over Europe to teach our students,” says Kenneth H. Keller, director. “They are the often unsung heroes who can make a huge impact in a student’s life.”

Thomas Row, senior adjunct professor of European studies

passion for history expressed both in the classroom and on his famous walking tours of Bologna and beyond has earned Thomas Row the Alumni Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award for a large class. Row, a senior adjunct professor of European studies, was honored for teaching Evolution of the International System, a core course that is one of four considered fundamental to the SAIS degree. It presents a broad sweep of the history of international relations from the Peace of Westphalia to the Cold War. An engaging teacher, Row gives lessons 09-06179 Hopkins Ad:Layout 1

large and small, whether in the auditorium at the Bologna Center or at a bistro table overlooking Bologna’s main piazza. He has trooped hundreds of alumni, students and friends through the streets of the city, gesturing at a grand church or pointing to a small unit of medieval measurement encased for centuries in the brown brick facade of the town hall. Row came to the Bologna Center after graduating from Johns Hopkins’ Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and received his doctorate from SAIS (with distinction) in 1988. He returned as resident assistant professor from 1993 until he left in 2003 to become professor and chair of Contemporary History at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria. This spring he flew to Bologna every week to teach the late-afternoon course on Friday, usually not a popular time for a lecture. But he always packed the auditorium. After receiving his doctorate, Row was a research fellow for the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation. He has also taught at the Robert K. Nilsson Center for European Studies, Dickinson College and Johns Hopkins’ Villa Spelman in Florence. He has written on Italy in the international system, Italian propaganda in the Great War, and Italian and European identity. He also served as historical consultant for a series of documentaries on the History Channel, including programs on Anzio, Cassino, the Gothic Line and the Russian Front. He is currently researching a general history of Italy during World War I. Row has directed his award money to the Fred Hood Memorial Fund in honor of a Bologna Center graduate student who was killed in an avalanche this past Christmas Eve. “Fred was one of the brightest and most engaging students I have taught,” recalls Row. “He went on to become a brilliant

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Thomas Row travels from Vienna to Bologna, where he often leads walking tours.

teaching assistant for the Evolution course. We all miss him very much.”

Winrich Kuehne, adjunct professor of international relations

inrich Kuehne corrals the vast territory of sub-Saharan Africa and brings it home to a small classroom in Bologna. His ability to marry theory with practice in the course War and Conflict Resolution in Sub-Saharan Africa has earned him the Excellence in Teaching Award for a small class at the Bologna Center. One student described him as a “brilliant professor with a vast amount of knowledge who can somehow bring it into the discus-

tank advising the German administration and parliament on issues of international peace and security, and, since 2002, as director of the German Center for International Peace Operations, or ZIF, as it is commonly known. “Our organization trains and provides personnel for peace operations and election observations, among other things, at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana. This provides us with lots of lessons learned from field experience, a mix of practical experience and academic analysis. And this is what I try to bring to the classroom,” he says. Kuehne received his doctorate in international law from the University of Munich.

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sion in a dynamic yet not overwhelming way. This says a lot considering the breadth of the topic we cover.” Kuehne, an adjunct professor of international relations, lives in Germany, teaching at the Bologna Center every two weeks, but his extensive involvement in the developing nations of Africa has helped him translate his experience to students. His methodology, he says, is to present students with practical experiences that challenge established academic theories of learning. Using case studies of African states and societies in conflict, such as Somalia, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, he says he tries to get students to understand the complex root causes and dynamics of a conflict. “And then I strive to help them realize that even after thinking they have reached an understanding, they still have a long way to go before managing and solving the conflict.” Kuehne’s experience in and dedication to Africa comes partially from his father, who spent some years of his life in Namibia in the 1930s, but also from his posts first as the head of the Africa Department of SWP (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik), a think

He has served in several consultancy and advisory capacities, including consultant to the European Parliamentarians and on U.N. peacekeeping measures as well as adviser to the European Union’s crisis prevention network and to the German Foreign Office on African issues. He is also former deputy director of the German Research Institute for International and Security Affairs, and he has been an election observer in Malawi and South Africa. Kuehne, recently retired as director of ZIF, continues researching, writing and teaching. He returns to the Bologna Center this fall as the holder of the Steven Muller Chair in German Studies, which is named in honor of the former president of Johns Hopkins. “I was surprised and honored when I learned of the award,” Kuhne said of his teaching recognition. “I so much enjoy teaching Bologna Center students. They come from such diverse backgrounds, and their engagement in the classroom both challenges and inspires me.” Kuehne has donated his award toward helping an African student attend the Bologna Center.

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Dinner honors long-term and retiring staff By John Black

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on Daniels, president of the university since March, made his debut as special guest of honor to present service awards at the annual Staff Recognition and Retirement Dinner, held June 9 in Homewood’s Ralph S. O’Connor Recreation Center. Daniels added his personal touch to the event by asking retiring staff with 25 or more years of service to provide brief remarks as each was presented with his or her service award. Heavy rain, strong wind—even some downed trees at the start of the evening—did not deter some 400 staff, guests, deans and division heads from attending the event, which recognized 284 staff who were retiring or marking service anniversaries of 20 or more years. Of the 31 retiring staff attending the dinner, 22 are leaving Johns Hopkins with more than a quarter-century of service in areas of administration, research and school operations. Also recognized with awards were two staff members with 45 years of service, five with 40 years, 13 with 35 years, 27 with 30 years, 40 with 25 years and 66 with 20 years. Eight employees with 41 or more years of service also stood to be lauded by co-workers and colleagues. Afternoon receptions to honor staff with five, 10 or 15 years of service have taken place or will be held for SAIS, School of Nursing, School of Public Health, Homewood and the School of Medicine.

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Johns Hopkins researchers edit genes in human stem cells By Audrey Huang

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esearchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have successfully edited the genome of humaninduced pluripotent stem cells, making possible the future development of patientspecific stem cell therapies. Reporting last week in Cell Stem Cell, the team altered a gene responsible for causing the rare blood disease paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, or PNH, establishing for the first time a useful system to learn more about the disease. “To date, only about six genes have been successfully targeted or edited in human stem cells out of countless people and attempts. That’s just not efficient enough if we want to move disease research and therapy forward,” said Linzhao Cheng, an associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics and a member of the Johns Hopkins Institute of Cell Engineering. “We’ve been able to improve gene targeting and editing in human embryonic stem cells more than 200-fold.” Cheng’s lab and collaborators at Johns Hopkins study PNH, a condition where “friendly fire” kills patients’ own blood cells and the body can’t replenish the lost blood cells due to loss of normal blood stem cells. PNH is an acquired disease that occurs only in adults, Cheng said. “It’s a tough condition to study because we need to study it in blood stem cells, and they’re difficult to grow in the lab. So for years we’ve been trying to develop another cell system to better understand and perhaps fix what’s going on in PNH.” To establish a system for research,

the researchers used human embryonic stem cells, which can be expanded unlimitedly in the laboratory, but they also had to create a mutation as found in a PNH patient. To target and remove the function of the one specific gene known to cause PNH, the team improved on the standard approach of gene targeting, which can remove a functional gene or replace a dysfunctional gene. The gene targeting technology, first used successfully for mouse embryonic stem cells, won a Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2007. Gene targeting exploits a cell’s own ability to repair broken DNA. When DNA breaks from exposure to mutagens or other agents such as DNA-cutting enzymes, DNA-repairing enzymes in the cell find and rejoin the two exposed DNA ends. However, if another piece of DNA with exposed ends is floating around, it effectively can be spliced into the broken DNA during repair and replace the defective copy. The team’s technological improvement includes the use of custom-designed molecular scissors made by collaborators at Harvard University and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. These engineered DNA-cutting enzymes make a precise break at specific locations in a cell’s DNA, in this case in the gene that causes PNH. The researchers added the molecular scissors and a fragment of DNA containing a gene that confers selection of rare targeted clones in both human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. The latter, also known as iPS cells, are similar to embryonic stem cells in biological properties but are generated by using adult tissues such as skin.

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Of the cells surviving selection, they picked and grew eight iPS cell lines to study further, and five of those contained a targeted insertion at the gene site. Further examination showed that the cells contained the correct number of chromosomes, no longer contained any trace of the molecular scissors and had characteristics of the blood cells from patients that lack a group of cell surface proteins. “I commend my team, especially Dr. Jizhong Zou, who spent three years with the help of many collaborators on this challenging project,” Cheng said. “We’re very excited about this accomplishment. it will enable better studies for other blood diseases. But there’s still much to do before we can really use human iPS cells in clinical therapies.” Cheng’s team will continue to improve on techniques and begin applying these techniques to iPS cells from patients. This study was funded by the Stem Cell Research Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering, the National Institutes of Health, a Maryland Stem Cell Research Postdoctoral Fellowship grant, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Massachusetts General Hospital Pathology Service,

the state of Texas and the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund. Authors on the paper, in addition to Zou and Cheng, are Prashant Mali, Bin-Kuan Chou, Guibin Chen and Zhaohui Ye, all of Johns Hopkins; Morgan Maeder, Stacey Thibodeau-Beganny and J. Keith Joung, all of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Shondra Pruett-Miller and Matthew Porteus, both of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; and In-Hyun Park and George Q. Daley, both of Children’s Hospital, Boston, and Harvard Medical School.

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ACADEMIC CENTERS AND AFFILIATES Brian A. Nelson , an English instructor

for the Center for Talented Youth, is the author of The Silence & the Scorpion: The Coup Against Chavez and the Making of Modern Venezuela, published in May by Nation Books. Nelson, who has lived in Venezuela, had unprecedented access to government ministers, diplomats and military leaders, and conducted interviews with opposition marchers, Chavez loyalists and journalists. The Silence & the Scorpion is the only book about the 2002 Venezuelan coup to have been published in English. Harshad Sanghvi , vice president and medical director of Jhpiego, has received the 2009 Award for Best Practices in Global Health from the Global Health Council. Sanghvi, an OB/GYN physician from Kenya, was recognized for his work in addressing the issue of postpartum hemorrhaging. The award was presented May 28 at the council’s 36th Annual International Conference on Global Health, held in Washington, D.C. In his position at Jhpiego, Sanghvi is responsible for providing leadership and oversight for technical and clinical approaches, leading strategic thinking and pursuing innovative opportunities. BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER Richard Bennett , executive vice presi-

dent and chief operating officer, received the 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association. The award is one of the highest honors that can be presented to a member of the Johns Hopkins family and is given to an alumnus who has made innumerable contributions to his or her alma mater, profession and community. Bennett, a graduate of Dartmouth, received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins, trained in general internal medicine at Baltimore City Hospitals (now Johns Hopkins Bayview) and completed a clinical and research fellowship in geriatric medicine at Johns Hopkins. He joined the School of Medicine faculty in 1987 and now holds the Raymond and Anna Lublin Chair in Geriatric Medicine. George Bigelow , professor of psychiatry and scientific director of the Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, has received the 2009 Mentorship Award from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. Bigelow, head of the BPRU postdoctoral training program for more than 25 years, was honored as an exemplary mentor to developing researchers in the field of drug abuse and addiction. More than 50 scientists have been trained in his program and gone on to successful careers as independent researchers and leaders in the field. Nisha Chandra-Strobos, Michael Fingerhood , William Greenough III , J o n a t h a n S e v r a n s k y , L e a h Wo l f e and Roy Ziegelstein have been chosen by their colleagues and an external review board to be the inaugural inductees in Bayview’s new Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. The inductees were honored for achieving a level of mastery in communication, interpersonal skills, professionalism and humanism in patient care. Samuel Durso , associate professor of medicine, has received the 2009 Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award from the American Geriatric Society. The award, named for a former president of the society, recognizes Durso’s significant contributions to the progress of geriatrics education through his leadership and teaching skills. Bruce Leff , associate professor of medicine, has received the School of Medicine’s David M. Levine Excellence in Mentoring

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Award for the guidance and support he provides to colleagues to advance their professional development. Levine is a professor and associate head of the Department of Medicine. Gregor y Schaffer , president, has been named 2009 Hometown Hero in the American Red Cross’ Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Blood Services Region. Schaffer, who will retire from Bayview at the end of June, has served on the Red Cross’ Life Board for more than a decade and has been a force behind the blood drives of what he calls Team Bayview. Under his leadership, last year’s blood drive exceeded the medical center’s goal by 34 percent. The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Bayview has received a three-year approval with commendation and a New Program Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. The commission’s approval is awarded following a rigorous evaluation process that confirms that the recipient provides the highest level of quality cancer care. JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE The Office of Marketing and Comm u n i c a t i o n s has received three gold

Aster Awards for excellence in medical marketing from Creative Images, an internationally recognized firm specializing in health care marketing. The awards, announced in Marketing Healthcare magazine, recognized the office’s Johns Hopkins Medicine innovation booklets, the US Family Health Plan re-branding campaign and a nursing open house held at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, all projects from 2008–2009. KRIEGER SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Jonathan A. Bagger , vice provost for

graduate and postdoctoral programs and special projects and also a Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in Physics and Astronomy, has been elected to the board of directors of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. NSBRI is a NASA-funded consortium of institutions studying the health risks related to long-duration space flight and developing countermeasures to mitigate the risks. P.M. Forni , professor of Italian literature in the Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures and director of the Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins, has received the Association of Image Consultants International’s highest industry accolade, the IMMIE Bravo Award. Previous winners of the IMMIE— which stands for Image Makers Merit of Industry Excellence—include TV personality Oprah Winfrey, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Target Stores. The award, presented at the worldwide organization’s annual conference in Los Angeles, honors Forni’s “recognition of his connection to Los Angeles and his tireless work in spreading civility.” Forni was studying for his PhD at UCLA when he was struck by how friendly and open the passengers were toward the city’s bus drivers, something he hadn’t seen in his native Italy. That realization led to two books and a lifetime of advocacy for civility. At the conference, AICI announced it was launching a “Civility Epidemic” and encouraged members to “spread the word.” Jaime L. Waters , a doctoral student in Near Eastern Studies, has been selected to receive a 2009 Fund for Theological Education Renewal Doctoral Fellowship. A renewal fellowship is awarded to fellows who have successfully completed the first year of their studies and will continue the second year in fall 2009. As an FTE Doctoral Fellow, Waters will receive a stipend of up to $18,000 for expenses from the Fund for Theological Education and was invited to attend a leadership event, held this month at Vanderbilt University, called Religion, Social Justice and the Post–Civil Rights Era: The 21st-Century Challenge. FTE supports rising young scholars from underrepresented

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racial/ethnic groups who aspire to teach religion and theology in theological schools and universities. The fellowships aim to improve representation of diverse groups, accelerate the recipients’ successful completion of PhD degree programs and provide professional development support. Undergraduates Natalie Draisin and H a r v i r K a u r shared the 2009 Abell Foundation Award in Urban Policy, which includes a $2,500 check for each. Co-sponsored by the Abell Foundation and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, the competition is open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students at 11 colleges and universities in Maryland and was created to encourage students to become more knowledgeable about and involved in the challenges facing the city. The prize was awarded only once previously to an undergraduate, who was a senior at Johns Hopkins. Draisin is majoring in public health studies and expects to graduate in 2010. Her paper was titled “A Lighter Future for Baltimore City: Using Schools in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.” Kaur, a political science major expecting to graduate in 2011, wrote a paper titled “State of Emergency: Providing Oral Health Care Services to Low-Income and Medicaid Populations in Baltimore City.” The Department of Biology presented its Danny Lee Award, for outstanding undergraduate research in biomedical sciences, to Jayati Jain and its William D. McElroy Award, for meritorious research conducted by an undergraduate in the biological sciences, to Ishrat Ahmed . PEABODY INSTITUTE Hajime Teri Murai , director of orchestral activities, and the Peabody Symphony and Concert orchestras received sec-

ond place in the collegiate category at this month’s presentation of the 2008–2009 ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming. The awards were presented at the annual conference of the League of American Orchestras in Chicago. On his new CD, The Jewish Soul, faculty artist Amit Peled performs works for cello—by Ernest Bloch, Max Bruch, Mark Kopytman, Joachim Stutschewsky and other composers—with pianist Eli Kalman. Andrea Trisciuzzi has been appointed associate dean for development and alumni relations. The Severna Park resident was previously vice president for institutional advancement at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Prior to that, she spent six years at St. Bonaventure University in western New York State, where she directed a 150th anniversary campaign that surpassed its $90 million goal. She also held development positions at the 92nd Street Y and Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City and the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn. She earned her bachelor’s degree in art history from Brown University and her BFA in music, summa cum laude, from Purchase College, State University of New York. SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Mar y Ellen Beaty-O’Ferrall has been

promoted to associate professor in the Department of Teacher Preparation. BeatyO’Ferrall has served as an assistant professor since 1999 and has been the coordinator of the Dunbar-Hopkins Professional Development School, a partnership funded in part by the Maryland Higher Education Commission and the Maryland State Department of Education. M i c h a e l R o s e n b e r g , professor of special education and chair of Doctoral Studies, has been appointed associate dean for research. Rosenberg will be responsible for centralizing the coordination of doctoral programs and providing support in the development of grant proposals. He also will disseminate research/funding opportunities to faculty and serve as the central point of contact for agencies seeking research, evaluation and technical assistance. Mavis Sanders , associate professor in the Department of Teacher Development

and Leadership, has been promoted to full professor. Sanders, whose research interests include school, family and community collaboration, has written extensively on strengthening school-community partnerships in urban school districts. Marc Stein will be joining the faculty on Aug. 1 as an assistant professor in the Department of Teacher Development and Leadership. Stein is completing his doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University, where he has focused on leadership and policy studies, with an emphasis on quantitative research methodologies. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Steven Chang , a resident in the Depart-

ment of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, has received the 2009 Best Resident Basic Science Paper Award from the American Head and Neck Society. A 2005 graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Chang received the award for his study “Chronic Cigarette Smoke Extract Induces Apoptotic Dysfunction and Mitochondrial Mutations in Minimally Transformed Oral Keratinocytes.” Bert Vogelstein , the Clayton Professor of Oncology, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and director of the Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, received the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Science of Oncology Award at the group’s annual meeting, held this month in Orlando, Fla. Vogelstein was selected for his decades of research, uncovering the specific genes and mutations responsible for colorectal cancer and for establishing a genetic model for how all cancers form and progress. He discovered the APC gene, which controls cell growth in the colon, and has made significant contributions to understanding the role of the p53 gene in the development of cancer. M . C h r i s t i n e Z i n k , professor and director of the Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, was selected as the recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Woman Veterinarian Award by the Association for Women Veterinarians Foundation. At the school’s convocation on May 22, awards for teaching went to Roy Ziegelstein , professor of medicine and cardiology, vice chair of Medicine and associate director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program (George J. Stuart Award); Khalil G. Ghanem , assistant professor in Medicine, and Jon R. Lorsch , associate professor in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry (W. Barry Wood Jr. Award); Daniel Munoz , cardiology fellow in Medicine (House Staff Award); Rajini Rao , professor in Physiology (Graduate Student Teaching Award); Sarah L. Clever , assistant professor in Medicine (Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award); Rao , Janet R. Serwint , professor in Pediatrics, and Peter J. Pronovost , professor in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Surgery and Health Sciences Informatics (Professors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching); and Nancy McCall , History of Medicine (Ranice W. Crosby Distinguished Achievement Award). SCHOOL OF NURSING Patricia “Patti” Abbott, Cheryl Dennison , Hae-Ra Han and Jo Walrath , all of Health Systems and Outcomes,

have been promoted to associate professor. The four were honored at a reception at the school. C h r i s t i n a C a r d e l l a , MSN student, has been awarded a Graduate Scholarship in Cancer Nursing Practice from the American Cancer Society. The award comes with a $10,000 annual stipend for two years. N a n c y G l a s s , associate professor in Community Public Health, and M a r i e Nolan , associate professor in Acute and Chronic Care, have been named fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Glass Continued on next page

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Milestones The following staff members recently retired or celebrated an anniversary with the university in June 2009. The information is compiled by the Office of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs, 410-516-6060. ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS

20 years of service S a p u n , Marcella, IPS 15 years of service B a i l e y - K l o c h , Marie, IPS 5 years of service Karen, Montgomery County Campus

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Retirees C h u b b , Karen Ann, 25 years of service, Mental Health D a w s o n , Ruby, 42 years of service, Information Systems 30 years of service Mary, Health Policy and Management Wisniewski,

15 years of service M i l l e r , Bruce, Information Systems 10 years of service B u m b r e y , Brenda, Mental Health F a u n t l e r o y , Brandy, Epidemiology K e a r s e , Felicia, Custodial Services R i c k e t t s , Erin, Epidemiology W i s e , Eboni, Health Policy and Management 5 years of service A n d e r s o n , Melinda, Student Affairs B e c k s t r o m , Helen, Population, Family and Reproductive Health H a r r i n g t o n , Rebecca, Epidemiology J a c k s o n , Larry, Maintenance N i l l e s , Tricia, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology W a s h i n g t o n , Michael, Information Systems HOMEWOOD STUDENT AFFAIRS

10 years of service H o o p e r , Crystal, Levering Union JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS

20 years of service A n t h o n y , Alta, Fulfillment 10 years of service W i n n i n g , Candace, Finance Accounting

Cheers Continued from page 8 and Nolan join an elite cadre of nurses who are leaders in education, management, practice and research. They will be inducted with 98 other nurse leaders on Nov. 7 at the academy’s 36th Annual Meeting Conference in Atlanta. Eugene Mobley , an officer with Johns Hopkins Protective Services, is the inaugural recipient of the School of Nursing Staff Performing Over the Top Award, known as STOP, for consistently living with the SoN values (accountability, respect, diversity, excellence and integrity), being the “first face at the School of Nursing” and helping people before they know they need help. Phyllis Sharps , professor and chair of Community Public Health, was selected as an Emerging Leader by the board of directors of Associated Black Charities. Sharps’ achievement was recognized at the organization’s annual fundraising gala, held June 6 at the BWI Marriott Hotel. The event’s theme was “Excellence in Contemporary Practice: Paying Tribute to Maryland’s Philanthropic African-Americans in Medicine.”

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5 years of service H o w e l l , Gregg, CSOS PEABODY INSTITUTE

15 years of service B r o o k s , Laura, Human Resources M c C l a s k e y , Harry, Jr., Plant Operations SAIS

20 years of service M a n l e y , Milo, Administration 5 years of service A b r u z z e s e , Spencer, Major Gifts M c K e n z i e , Michael, Career Services SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

10 years of service F o r t e , Margaret, Office of the Associate Dean N i c o d e m u s , Cheri, Teacher Development and Leadership R o b e r t s o n , John, Marketing and Communications SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Retirees B e l l e , Shirley Lee, 22 years of service, Urology C h a p p l e , Rudolph, 36 years of service, Kennedy Krieger Institute H u n s i c k e r , Geraldine, 25 years of service, Molecular Biology and Genetics V i s c a r r a , Jose, 31 years of service, Facilities 35 years of service D i x o n , Elizabeth, Biological Chemistry G a n s , Maryrose, Urology 30 years of service C i t r a n o , Georgene, Otolaryngology H e n r y , Sharon, Ophthalmology N e h u s , Veneracion, Pathology Tr a u b , Martha, Welch Medical Library Y i n g l i n g , John, Psychiatry 25 years of service B a k e r , Judy, Oncology R u b r i g h t , Carol, Neurology S t o k e l i n g , Carol, Anesthesiology 20 years of service B a r n e s , Shirley, Infectious Diseases D e l i n s k i , Cynthia, Executive Office G a r n e r , Addie, Radiology Va n t i n e , Lyndalea, Human Resources 15 years of service B a l l a r d , Darlene, Admissions B e l l , Kimberly, Oncology G u i s e , Denise, Pulmonary S t o k e s , Ronnetta, General Internal

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10 years of service M., Pathology Melissa, Institute of Genetic Medicine B o e k e , Susanne, Neurology B u r n s , Bobby, Welch Medical Library C r i s t i n z i o , Catherine, Psychiatry H a l l , Tahirah, Pulmonary H a r r i s o n , Renee, Obstetrics and Gynecology H a y e s , John, Research Animal Resources H i l e r , William, Clinical Practice Associates J o h n s o n , Sheridan, Pediatrics K a p l a n , Inessa, Immunogenetics K i n g , Dominic, Oncology M a r t e l l o t t a , Joseph, Lilienfeld Library M i l l a r , Mary, Ophthalmology M o r r o w , Adrienne, Clinical Trials R i c h a r d s , Sharon, Infectious Diseases R o s e n , David, Oncology T h o m p s o n , Mary, Pulmonary Ahmad, Barney,

5 years of service A k h t e r , Ehtisham, Rheumatology A t h a n a s i o u , Penny, Rheumatology B o a s , Kristen, Obstetrics and Gynecology C a l m , Alena, Rheumatology C l a r k e , Charmaine, Vice Dean for Faculty C r o w e , Shelby, Pediatrics D i n g , Ru, Emergency Medicine Research D r u m m o n d , Jennifer, Neurology G a r s t , Leslie, Urology H i g g i n s , Yvonne, Infectious Diseases H o p p e , Kim, Pediatrics H u a n g , Audrey, Marketing and Media Relations K a r d i a n , David, Oncology K e t t e r m a n n , Anna, Urology K h a n , Yasmin, Oncology K l e m a n , Amy, Neurology K r o n f l i , Tarek, Psychiatry L e w i s , Susan, Facilities Design and Construction L o n g , Shunyou, Neurology L u n t , Lisa, Cardiology O r z o l e k , Linda, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences R e u s i n g , John, Endocrinology S a l i s k i , Mary, Anesthesiology S t e i n e r , Lisa, Emergency Medicine S t o n e m e t z , Jerry, Anesthesiology To e r p e r , Matthew, Clinical Practice Association W a n g , Xiaofang, Psychiatry W e n t z e l , Erik, Institute of Genetic Medicine W h i t a k e r , Orion, Anesthesiology W i l l i a m s , Carla, Research Animal Resources SCHOOL OF NURSING

Medicine Karen, Radiology

5 years of service D a v i d s o n , Marie, Admissions

Jennifer Wenzel , assistant professor in Acute and Chronic Care, has been awarded a $729,000 Mentored Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society to help rural African-American elders obtain quality care for cancer. Wenzel manages the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Center for Collaborative Intervention Research, which promotes interdisciplinary studies to develop, test and evaluate costeffective interventions to improve health outcomes.

been reappointed to a final two-year term as chair of the Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, a position he has held since 2003.

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The Returned Peace Corps Fellows Program received a 2009 Stu-

dent Outreach Resource Center’s Student Group Community Service Award. Lori Edwards , an instructor in the Department of Community Public Health, received the SOURCE Faculty Award, and MSN/ MPH student Meghan Greeley received a SOURCE Student Award. These awards are presented to individuals and groups that have dedicated their time and skills to community involvement. SHERIDAN LIBRARIES/JHU MUSEUMS Winston Tabb , Sheridan Dean of Uni-

versity Libraries and Museums, has been elected to the board of the Council on Library and Information Resources; he is one of two library directors representing the Digital Library Federation. Tabb also has

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION A r i s M e l i s s a r a t o s , senior adviser to

the president of the university for enterprise development, is the recipient of the 2009 Maryland Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Supporter of Entrepreneurship Award. He will receive the honor on June 25 at an awards banquet at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Aleksander S. Popel , professor of bio-

medical engineering, has received the 2009 Eugene M. Landis Research Award from the Microcirculatory Society. This annual award, the highest honor bestowed by the society, was established in 1969 to recognize an outstanding investigator in the field of microcirculation. Russ Taylor , professor in the Department of Computer Science, has been named a fellow of the School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. The Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute has

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10 years of service M e e k s , Ervin, Jr., MSE Library W a r r e n , Mary, MSE Library UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

40 years of service S o n n e b o r n , Marguerite, Finance and Administration 25 years of service Kimberly, Homewood Support Services Kelly,

20 years of service O s t r o w s k i , Joan, Human Resources S n y d e r , John, Mobile Computing LAN Services W o r r e l l , Jeanetta, Custodial Services 15 years of service G r i f f i t h , Renee, Benefits Administration 10 years of service C a r t e r , Gloria, Data Administration E a d e s , Annamaria, Development F r i d i n g e r , Marty, Campus and

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J o h n s o n , Deborah, Development P f e i f f e r , Roy, Jr., Accounts Payable

Shared Services Richard, Housing Operations and Maintenance S c h o p m a n , Carolyn, Occupational Health Services Raine,

5 years of service B i g g i e , Louis, Financial Information and Technology Training Program B r o w n , Joyce, Custodial Services D a v i s , Lee, Finance G a r d n e r , Jamila, Housing Operations and Maintenance G i t t e r e , Lisa, Custodial Services G o u r l a y , Peter, Corporate Relations R i c h a r d s o n - M o r r i s , Patricia, Data Administration R u t h , Kathleen, Educational Assistance Program T h o m a s , Annamma, Family Planning/ Reproductive Health To s h e f f , Anthony, Public Health W h i t f i e l d , Robert, Custodial Services WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

30 years of service M i l e s , Isabel, Business Office 10 years of service M e t t e e , Joyce, Faculty Affairs 5 years of service B r o w n , Timothy, Center for Imaging Science P a r k , Youngser, Center for Imaging Science

been re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for academic years 2009– 2014. With funding from the Vredenburg scholarship, the Office of Engineering Advising is supporting travel abroad this summer for 13 students who will work on a research or service-based project, or an internship. The recipients and their destinations are Mar vel Ang , Hong Kong; Jessilyn Dunn , Madrid; Michelle Harr a n , Beijing; A l e x a n d e r H o o g l a n d , Copenhagen, Denmark; Judy Qiu , Beijing; Max Rich , Germany; Vishwam Sankar , Heidenheim, Germany; Joel Scaria , India; S a r a h S c h r i e r , Rome; J i n e s h Shah , Tanzania; Nadia Shobnam , Bilbao, Spain; Gregor y Shultz , Aachen, Germany; Steve Wang , Beijing.

Live Near Your Work This program is designed to stimulate home ownership in targeted revitalization areas by providing a cash grant to eligible Johns Hopkins employees purchasing homes in those neighborhoods. Funds for this program are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis to full-time benefit-eligible university employees in good standing. For more information, go to www.jhu.edu/lnyw or call 443-997-4893.

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B U L L E T I N

Job Opportunities The Johns Hopkins University does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristic in any student program or activity administered by the university or with regard to admission or employment.

Homewood

Office of Human Resources: Suite W600, Wyman Bldg., 410-516-8048 JOB#

POSITION

35736 36257 36971 38129 38228 38346 38364 38901 39043 39240 33511 37455 38677 38736 38996 38998 39000 39001

Export Control Officer DE Instructor, CTY Grant Accountant Software Engineer Institutional Research Specialist Assistant Program Manager, CTY LifeSpan Services Specialist Sr. Software Engineer, Student Systems and Educational Technologies Benefits Consultant / Team Lead Employee Assistance Clinician Teaching Assistant, CTY LAN Administrator Curriculum Specialist Collection Specialist Arts and Crafts Instructor Sports Instructor Camp Counselor Lifeguard

Schools of Public H e a l t h a n d N u r s i n g Office of Human Resources: 2021 East Monument St., 410-955-3006 JOB#

POSITION

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Office Clerk Sr. Education Coordinator Sr. Technical Writer Sr. Research Program Coordinator II Editorial Assistant Budget Analyst Sr. Research Assistant Sr. Administrative Coordinator Food Service Worker Office Aide Administrator Research Specialist Laboratory Manager Research Technologist Administrative Coordinator Administrative Coordinator Multimedia Production Coordinator

School of Medicine

Office of Human Resources:

98 N. Broadway, 3rd floor, 410-955-2990 JOB#

POSITION

38035 35677 30501 22150

Assistant Administrator Sr. Financial Analyst Nurse Midwife Physician Assistant

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Pacing for Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Johns

39069 39093 32872 33212 33786 37909 38683 39028 39052 39205 39212 39312 36087 36438 36657 38432 38983 39172 39214 38906 38423

Institutional Research Analyst (Division) Tutorial Specialist Distance Education Sr. Instructional Facilitator Sr. Systems Architect/Computing Lead, Advanced Camera for Surveys Marketing Designer Technical Facility Manager Assistant Curator Virtual Observatory Data Scientist Marketing Coordinator/ Project Coordinator Walters Art Intern Research Policy Analyst Multimedia Systems Specialist Sr. Instrument Designer Electronic Resources Acquisitions Librarian Librarian, Data Services and Government Information Acquisitions Editor Software Engineer Nonprofit Research Project Coordinator Exhibits and Advertising Coordinator Maintenance Services Coordinator Programmer Analyst

37943 37914 37783 39308 39783 39306 39296 39251 39546 39725 39977 34597 39656 38840 31859 40025 39018 38886 39716 38126 39714 39063 39582

Sr. Technical Adviser Aquaculture Research Program Manager Nutrition Technician Software Engineer Nutritionist Programmer Analyst Data Assistant Health Educator Research Program Assistant Program Officer II Budget Analyst Food Service Worker Office Aide Communications Specialist Biostatistician Laboratory Technician Research Program Assistant Research Assistant Mental Health Therapist Security Services Project Administrator Dietitian Research Assistant Sr. Technical Support Analyst

38064 37442 37260 38008 36886

Administrative Specialist Sr. Administrative Coordinator Sr. Administrative Coordinator Sponsored Project Specialist Program Administrator

This is a partial listing of jobs currently available. A complete list with descriptions can be found on the Web at jobs.jhu.edu.

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Notices Hopkins Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disease and Movement Disorder Center is launching â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pacing for Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,â&#x20AC;? scheduled to take place during the Baltimore Running Festival, Saturday, Oct. 10. Participants can race in the marathon, half marathon or team race, and run or walk the 5K. Children can participate in the Kids Fun Run. Donations will benefit

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the center. For more information, go to www .active.com/donate/pacingforpd or e-mail pacing4parkinsons@gmail.com. Intensive English as a Second Language â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Registration will end soon for

the Hopkins Summer Intensive English as a Second Language Program. Classes in oral communication, reading and writing, TOEFL prep, American culture and medical English begin on June 29. For more information, e-mail esl@jhu.edu or go to www.ltc.jhu.edu/esl.

Classifieds

Looking for PT housekeeper/nanny for 2009â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2010 academic yr, help w/household chores, laundry, lt cleaning, organizing/decluttering, minimum 2 days/wk. 202-431-1762.

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Licensed landscaper needs help, must be able to operate lawn and landscaping equipment. 410-615-0806 or romilacapers@comcast.net.

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;01 Toyota Camry, automatic, new timing belt, brakes, tires and water pump, inspâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, 98K mi. $6,800. 443-797-2633 or yingxuehe @gmail.com. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;01 Range Rover HSE, gray w/tan interior, all options, dealer serviced, very good cond, 91K mi. $9,500. 410-365-7288. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;08 Mazda 5, automatic, fully loaded, power everything, cruise control, CD, AC, mint cond, single owner, 15K mi. $14,400. 410889-0141 (6:30-8:30pm) or byebyebaltimore @gmail.com. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;02 Hyundai Sonata LX, V6, leather, power everything, moonroof, CD, AC, great cond, 63K mi. $5,700. 443-739-0816 or shashanks@ rocketmail.com.

Couple w/infant seeks experienced PT nanny, 2-3 days/week (flexible), starting late August, nonsmoker, refs reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, salary negotiable. 443-257-8858. Health fair in Owings Mills (12 Gwynns Mill Court). 410-581-4946, nitajanej@aol.com or www.myobama.com (to register). Free Franklin Covey pocket/compact-size binder and forms. faybe7@gmail.com (for details). Experienced babysitter avail for summer child care in Baltimore area, highly qualified college senior w/refs and own car, flexible hrs. 410-802-8660 or jaaron@gm.slc.edu.

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;05 Nissan Maxima SE, black, excel cond, 75K mi. $11,900/best offer. Mike, 443-538-1642.

Babysitting services avail from experienced person, new to area, w/masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree, nights after 5pm and wknds. 904-614-0678 or rLnavarre@gmail.com.

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;06 Mazda 3, 5-spd, 4-dr, AC, CD player, lightly driven, excel cond, 25K mi. $12,250. lisamwolf@comcast.net.

Writer seeks stories about unique family traditions for book; send brief description to myfamilytradition@gmail.com.

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;93 BMW 318IS, needs work, needs spark plug work, new interior door/hood/grill replacement, sold as-is. $3,000. Yul, 433865-8077.

Something fun for a summer party? Temporary airbrushed tattoos, last 1 wk, fun for all ages. 410-952-7417 (to reserve date), airbrushug@ yahoo.com or www.airbrushug.com.

ITEMS FOR SALE

Free wood, cut from a downed maple tree in Mt Washington. 410-215-2808 or jack:black.47@comcast.net.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s air hockey table, ages 6-14, like new, w/4 paddles, dismantles easily, 6' L x 3' W x 2'9" H. $50. 410-757-1314 or kristie@ jachimski.com. Take-along swing, $16; baby bathtub, $3; stroller, $7; all in good cond. 410-377-6091. Moving sale: Sealy Posturepedic queen-size mattress, $250; sofa, $170 (or mattress and sofa, $400); also bar stools (2), $20; lounge chair, $15; ironing board, $15; vacuum, $20; TV stand, $5. 217-801-3989 or k9pr@ hotmail.com. Air conditioner, 5,000 BTUs, used 1 yr, $50; lg adjustable fan, $10; new sets (2) of Holly Collection porcelain sugar and creamer set, coffee mug set of 4, $10. fengwu62@yahoo .com.

Time to shine cleaning services, pet-friendly, reasonable rates, free estimates. 443-528-3637. Visiting professor looking for furnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d 1- or 2BR apt or house to rent from Sept 2009, close to JHU shuttle. pum@glocalnet.net. Experienced, reliable, fun and loving babysitter avail this summer, especially wknd eves, has own car. Kristin, 610-724-1142 or krislax2812@yahoo.com. New church in Owings Mills is recruiting singers (and â&#x20AC;&#x153;wanna-beâ&#x20AC;? singers). 443-7102320 (fruit line), 410-363-6525 (church) or newimanicc@verizon.net. Residence assistants needed to supervise 70 high school students for weeklong camp at Homewood campus, July 17-25. Shanna, skh9701@gmail.com.

Digital piano, reciprocating saw, beach chairs (2), 3-step ladder, stool, chair, computer, printer, microwave. 410-455-5858 or iricse .its@verizon.net.

Play indoor tennis this summer on a Hopkins team! Tuesday eves through August, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/ womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and mixed doubles, approx 3.0-4.0 level. Peter Barker, pbbark@gmail.com.

Boys Chopper bike, 3 yrs old, like-new condition, barely used. $75 (firm). 443-756-2655.

Affordable tennis lessons from top-10 Maryland player, special for Hopkins staff, students and families. frana2010@yahoo.com.

Ikea bookshelf, $40; Bogen Manfrotto tripod, $150; car cleaning kit, $20; lg microwave, $35; air conditioner, 12,000 BTUs, $200; air conditioner, 5,200 BTUs, $60. 410-807-5979 or aroop@cyberdude.com.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED

I can help with your JHU retirement plan investments portfolio! Free consultation. 410-435-5939 or treilly1@aol.com. Friday Night Swing Dance Club, open to public, no partners necessary. 410-583-7337 or www.fridaynightswing.com.

Garage and furniture moving sale, high-end items, Sat and Sun, June 27 and June 28, 9am-1pm. 3921 Canterbury Rd (alley).

Tutor avail: all subjects/levels; remedial, gifted and talented; also college counseling, speech and essay writing, editing, proofreading. 410-337-9877 or i1__@hotmail.com.

Half lease on quarter horse mare, 15.3 hands, great all-around reliable jumper, excel trails, Upperco Maryland. Sandy, 410-426-4058.

Landscaper/certified horticulturist available; free consultations. David, 410-683-7373 or grogan.family@hotmail.com.

June 22, 2009 • THE GAZETTE

Classifieds APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT

Baltimore County (Middlesex), 3BR, 1.5BA TH, CAC, fin’d bsmt, $1,100/mo + sec dep; and Belcamp, 4BR, 2.5BA single-family house, CAC, fp, 2-car garage, $1,750/mo + sec dep. Must have very good credit. 443528-5024. Butchers Hill, 3BR, 2.5BA house, walk to JHH, off-street prkng, great to share. $1,800/ mo. 616-283-7326. Butchers Hill, 1BR, 1BA carriage house, 2 flrs, kitchen, W/D, new crpt, priv patio, prkng, 1 blk to Patterson Park. $775/mo + some utils. Sharon, 443-695-9073. Butchers Hill, renov’d 2BR, 2.5BA carriage house apt, character and views, nr JHMI/ park/Fells Point/Canton. $1,650/mo incl prkng. 410-916-5858 or ecolib@verizon.net. Canterbury Rd, luxurious 2BR corner apt, 10th flr, solarium, dining rm, high ceilings, lots of windows, parquet flrs, nr Homewood/ JHMI shuttle, 10-min drive to JHH. $1,435/ mo. 443-415-1562 or karczar@gmail.com. Canton, charming 1BR, 1BA TH, 2-story, hdwd flrs, W/D, dw, garbage disposal, AC, alarm, rent incls water/sewer, conv to hospital/stores/grocery store, pics avail. $950/ mo + utils. Sue Barker, 301-461-0731 or suebarker@verizon.net. Canton, rehabbed 2BR, 2.5BA house, nr JHH/JHMI/Bayview, great area, beautiful house, avail 7/1. $1,800/mo. Courtney, 410276-4576. Cedarcroft, 3BR, 1.5BA TH, W/D, dw. $1,250/mo + utils. 410-378-2393. Cedarcroft, 2BR, 1.5BA Victorian, avail furn’d/unfurn’d, W/D, AC units, fp, hdwd flrs, den, office, yd, prkng. $1,250/mo + utils. szieman1@hotmail.com.

M A R K E T P L A C E

Hampden, 1BR, 1BA apt on quiet, tree-lined street, open flr plan, huge kitchen, natural light, hdwd flrs, dog-friendly. Alan or Jay, 410-602-0240. Howard County, 3BR house w/new BA, new kitchen cabinets and counters, hdwd flrs, fenced backyd w/shed, driveway. $1,300/mo. 443-618-5509. Hunt Valley, 3BR, 2BA house on 10 acres in horse country, upgraded kitchen, 2 fps, master suite w/walk-in closet, in-ground pool and pool house, pets OK. $2,195/mo. 410302-5555 or dawn@kennedystaffing.com. Locust Point, 2BR, 1BA RH nr Tide Point, open flr plan, hdwd flrs on main level, laundry center (2nd level), CAC, gas heat, all appls, sm patio w/privacy fence, unfin’d half-bsmt for storage, no pets. Marilyn, 410808-3103 or mdavis@mris.com. Marylander, efficiency avail from July to beginning of school term in August. $1,600/both months incl utils and sewer. 949-485-1318. Mt Washington, 2BR, 1BA apt avail from July 1, 2009, to April 31, 2010, renov’d kitchen, nice neighbors. $900/mo + utils (stove gas, water and sewer incl’d). 410-227-5807. Mt Washington, 3BR, 2.5BA house, CAC, dw, W/D, hdwd flrs, deck, backyd, covered prkng, storage rm, pool, tennis court, easy commute to JHU/JHH/downtown. $1,800/ mo + utils. 443-540-3993. Mt Washington, 2BR, 2BA apt w/loft, balcony, garage, elevator, W/D, dw, fp, avail July 15. $1,550/mo. 301-525-4505 or ufruth@ yahoo.com. Mt Vernon, lg 2BR apt w/living rm, dining rm, kitchen, AC, W/D, prkng, nr JHU shuttle and MTA, avail 8/1. $1,150/mo. 410-591-2611.

Central Charles Village, 1BR, studio and rm. $400/mo to $800/mo. 410-383-2876.

Ocean City, 3BR, 2BA condo on ocean block (137th St), AC, lg pool, walk to beach/ restaurants/entertainment, 20 mins to outlets. 410-544-2814.

Charles Village, spacious 1- and 3BR apts nr Homewood. $700/mo or $1,250/mo + utils. 443-253-2113 or pulimood@aol.com.

Owings Mills, 2BR, 2.5BA condo, 2 levels, wood flrs, fp, garage. $1,400/mo. 979-5754976.

Charles Village, spacious 1BR, 1BA condo, furn’d, patio and priv entrance, nr JHMI shuttle. $1,200/mo (negotiable). 443-8589118.

Patterson Park, 2BR, 1.5BA house, hdwd flrs, crpt upstairs, stainless steel appls, skylight, expos’d brick, 1.25 mi to Johns Hopkins. $1,100/mo. 443-286-4883.

Downtown Baltimore, fully furn’d sublet avail July to October, nr JHMI shuttle/Inner Harbor. $725/mo incl utils. 617-823-2278. Dundalk, spacious, updated 1BR, 1BA apt on quiet street, W/D, prkng pad. $650/mo + utils. eastbaltimorerental@gmail.com.

Johns Hopkins/Hamden WYMAN COURT APTS. (BEECH AVE.) Effic. from $550 - 1 BD Apt. from $675 -2 BD from $775 HICKORY HEIGHTS APTS. (HICKORY AVE.) 2 BD units from $750 Shown by Appointment 410-764-7776

www.brooksmanagementcompany.com

Rent In Historic 1891 Elevator Secured Bldg.

Central to all JH! Brand New Units: Only 12 left! $950-1000 1BD, 1BA, $1200 1 BD + den +2 Full BA $1250-$1400 2 BD 2 Full BA All with full size W/D, D/W, micro., carpet, CAC, Free off-street parking. 2300 N. Calvert St. (410) 764-7776 www.BrooksManagementCompany.com

Hampden/Medfield Area

Newly renovated 2 & 3 BD Townhomes w/eat-in kitchens., W/D, W/W carpet, ceiling fans, big closets, pet friendly, Onsite 24 HR Emerg./Maintenance., CAC/Heat. First Month Free! Call: 410-366-1968

Patterson Park, great sunny rm avail July 1 or sooner, pref 1-yr lease, 15-min walk to medical campus or shorter shuttle ride. $700/mo (w/$500 deposit at lease signing). elizah81@ gmail.com. Roland Park, furn’d 3BR TH in friendly neighborhood, Roland Park school district, bike to JHU. $1,100/mo. Al, 410-667-3167. Roland Park, 5BR, 3.5BA house, fully furn’d, spacious, renov’d kitchen, wraparound porch, lg yd, vegetable garden, walk to stores/restaurants/Roland Park public and priv schools. $3,500/mo + utils (negotiable). 410-2362097 or info@baltimoregirlfriday.com.

Roland Park/Hampden, lg, lovely 2BR, 2BA apt, top 2 flrs of 1920s house, hdwd flrs, no smoking. $1,400/mo. aemurdy@yahoo.com. Towson, lovely 2.5BR, 1BA condo, nr shopping but on quiet street, pets OK w/sm deposit, prkng, fully furn’d (if desired), nr JHU/JHH/Bayview, avail July 1. $1,260/mo. 858-717-3065. Upper Fells Point, 2BR, 1BA apt, W/D, dw, CAC, kitchen, living rm, gated fence, backyd, mins to JHH. 410-733-4622. Washington Hill/Upper Fells Point area, 3BR, 2BA condo, W/D, CAC, avail August 15, walking distance to JHMI. $1,500/mo. 410-276-0074 or lydi1057@comcast.net. Wyman Park, 3BR, 2BA house, avail August 1, great location, walk to JHU/Hampden. $1,400/mo. Gary, 443-695-3110. Wyman Park, gorgeous 3BR, 2BA house, avail 9/1, just listed, hdwd flrs, sunny, renov’d kitchen, high ceilings, deck. $1,650/ mo. 410-215-6520. Lg, clean 2BR, 2BA condo w/balcony, dw, CAC, steps to JHMI shuttle, avail August 10, all utils incl’d. 2brunione@gmail.com. 2907 St Paul St, studio and 1BR apts in safe, quiet neighborhood, avail 8/1 and 9/1, hdwd flrs, off-street prkng avail w/added fee. $700/ mo or $850/mo incl heat, water. murilo_ silvia@hotmail.com. Spacious 2BR, 1.5BA duplex, lots of charm, on light rail stop. $1,100/mo. Bob, 443-9949505. Bright, quiet 1BR, 1BA apt, 3 blks to JHH/JHMI, gourmet kitchen, W/D, CAC, separate entry/garage/sec sys, avail August 1. $950/mo. 410-563-2352 or jLandshof@ gmail.com.

3BD 3BA. W/D, Granite, SS appliances, Hardwood floor, Tile & mosaic baths and kitchen, roof deck & fenced back yard. $1875.00. Call (866) 488 6248 or email

thechaseproperties@gmail.com

Wyman Park, 3BR, 1.5BA house, 2 mins to Homewood campus, new windows, backyd. $262,000. lovelyhomesale@gmail.com. 2BR, 1.5BA, charming “Parisian-style” co-op in tree-lined neighborhood north of Homewood campus, fp, sunrm, W/D, open house on 6/24 and 6/28. $199,900. 410-243-3508.

ROOMMATES WANTED

Share 3BR, 1.5BA Ednor Gardens RH w/F SoM and SoN students, fully furn’d, W/D, CAC, free cable/wireless, on shuttle route. $465/mo + 1/3 utils. gmwang@gmail.com. Share sunny EOG house in south Patterson Park w/dental student, priv BA w/jacuzzi tub, rooftop deck, easy prkng, tree-lined street, steps to park, no smokers/no pets, avail July 1. $800/mo + utils. 410-979-4902 or ked_hd@hotmail.com. Share 2BR, 2BA midrise for summer, 1/2 mi to campus, W/D, pool, security. $650/mo incl utils. kevinbalt@gmail.com. Summer sublet: M wanted for 1,500 sq ft apt in Homewood area, June to August. $475/ mo. sxrchang6@gmail.com.

Columbia, 4BR, 4BA TH, 2,400 sq ft, new crpt/hdwd flrs, Silestone, cabinets, furnace, AC, water heater, W/D, appls, HW7034417. $299,000. 410-707-5197 or vindo@mris.com.

1BR in 3BR, 2.5BA Mt Washington apt, avail mid-August. $470/mo + 1/3 utils, Internet, AC, W/D. 443-220-2138 or hLhuang@ gmail.com.

Garrison (21117), 4BR house w/fin’d bsmt, 4,000+ sq ft living space, deck, nr subway. $550,000. 410-356-9961 or nursernbsnms@ yahoo.com.

Nonsmoker wanted for 3BR house at 2946 Keswick Rd, fully furn’d. $445/mo or $545/ mo incl utils, Internet, cable. 410-245-0354.

Hampden, totally renov’d 3BR, 2.5BA house, screened porch, fenced yd, priv prkng, walk to Homewood campus and to shops/restaurants/grocers/theater. $310,000. 919-607-5860 or 410-962-5417. Hampden, 2BR, 1.5BA EOG house, wood flrs, lg kitchen, great patio, conv to Homewood campus. $254,900. 410-336-2569 or suzie@crabbyhomes.com (for showing). Old Catonsville, 3BR house w/remodeled kitchen, fin’d bsmt, hdwd flrs, screened porch, walk to village shops. $324,500. 410-788-3972, reesemike@gmail.com or www.310Locustdrive.com. Original Northwood, 3BR, 2BA house in historic neighborhood, new kitchen, upgraded fixtures, CAC, lg yd, garage, price reduced, MLS#BA6979786 (for pics). $274,900. 410908-6531 or www.redfin.com.

Share 3BR, 1.5BA Charles Village RH, W/D, Internet, cable, heat/AC, granite counters, hdwd flrs, at #27 bus stop, walk to Homewood, mins to shuttle stop, free prkng. $530/mo incl utils. Lvf3116@yahoo.com. Master BR avail in great house in the Woodberry neighborhood. $600/mo incl utils. dancingbeanjustine@gmail.com. F wanted for 1BR in 3BR house (w/cats, but no additional pets) in Ednor Gardens, newly remodeled, nr shuttles, W/D, cable Internet. $500/mo + utils. 410-889-1811. Rm on medical campus, share w/JHU student, safe. happyhut4u@yahoo.com.

CARS FOR SALE

’06 Toyota Matrix, midnight blue, in good cond, 31K mi. $11,800. 323-646-3535.

Roland Park Condominiums, renov’d 1BR,

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PLACING ADS

w/ 2867 SF. 2/2BA, zoned AC, gourmet kitchen, custom

Steps from JHMI - NEW House, High End finishes,

Towson/Loch Raven Village (1609 Cottage Lane), 3BR, 2BA TH w/fin’d bsmt, CAC, hdwd flrs, nice patio, shed, easy commute to JHU, move-in cond, open Sundays, 11am3pm. $247,500. mcyzyk@comcast.net.

HOUSES FOR SALE

Walk to Homewood

Mr. Lister Realty 410-486-5478. MLS#BA7073803. EHO

Rosedale, 4BR, 2BA single-family house in great neighborhood, 8 mi from Hopkins, too much to mention. $298,000. Don, 410499-2139.

Share lg, fully furn’d house nr local hospitals and universities, ideal for medical students/ residents/ researchers, short-term OK. 410889-2940 or gwg6@verizon.net.

Tuscany-Canterbury - 5BR semi-det. luxury TWNHS cabinetry.,6-burner Viking range, whirlpool tub; MB suite w/dbl shower; tank-less hot water; landscaped, fenced bk+side yds w/deck. Enclosed garage. Furniture for sale. For appt - 410-366-9955 or karl@jhu.edu. $525,000.

1BA unit, garage prkng. whoowhoo76@ comcast.net.

• We cannot use Johns Hopkins business phone numbers or e-mail addresses. • Submissions will be condensed at the editor’s discretion. • Deadline is at noon Monday, • One ad per person per week. A one week prior to the edition in new request must be submitted which the ad is to be run. for each issue. • Real estate listings may be offered • Ads are limited to 20 words, only by a Hopkins-affiliated seller including phone, fax and e-mail. not by Realtors or Agents. Classified listings are a free service for current, full-time Hopkins faculty, staff and students only. Ads should adhere to these general guidelines:

(Boxed ads in this section are paid advertisements.) Classified ads may be faxed to 443-287-9920; e-mailed in the body of a message (no attachments) to gazads@jhu.edu; or mailed to Gazette Classifieds, Suite 540, 901 S. Bond St., Baltimore, MD 21231. To purchase a boxed display ad, contact the Gazelle Group at 410-343-3362.

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Calendar B LOOD DRI V E Mon., June 22, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tues., June 23, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wed., June 24, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bay-

view Medical Center blood drive; walk-ins welcome. To schedule an appointment, call 410-550-0289. Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Pavilion. Bayview

DI S CU S S IO N / TAL K S Tues., June 23, 2 to 4 p.m.

“Partnerships That Make a Difference in Public Health Practice,” a Center for Communication Programs panel discussion highlighting CCP–Bloomberg School partnerships. With Stella Babalola, CCP; Tom Burke, SPH; Maria Elena Figueroa, CCP; Duff Gillespie, Gates Institute; David Holtgrave, SPH; Susan Krenn, CCP; Jon Links, Center for Public

Health Preparedness; Alice Payne Merritt, CCP; Tom Quinn, Center for Global Health; Andrea Ruff, SPH; Kellogg Schwabb, Center for Water and Health; Douglas Storey, CCP; and Steve Tamplin, SPH. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

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Local author Mike Gesker will sign copies of his new book, Orioles Encyclopedia: A Half Century of History and Highlights. (See “In Brief,” p. 2.) Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

Sat., June 27, 1 p.m.

Mon., June 22, 6:30 p.m. Information session about the MA in Communication degree program, intended for prospective grad students. RSVP online at http:// advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index .cfm?ContentID=1452. Room 7 (lower level), Washington Center. DC

Information session for the MA in Applied Economics degree program; an opportunity to meet the Wed., June 24, 6:30 p.m.

Sociology Continued from page 1 which documented a pattern of widespread anti-scholastic sentiment among high school students, remains a standard reference on the topic.) Fueled by a $750,000 grant from the Ford Foundation, Coleman launched the graduate-level Department of Sociology, originally called the Department of Social Relations. Although the department was interdisciplinary in nature, Coleman said at its dedication that he did not want to turn out “well-rounded” students per se. “There were already too many of them,” he said. Instead, he wanted sociologists with “sharp edges” and recruited students whose work was off the beaten path. The department started modestly with three faculty and three students but steadily grew over the next decade. By 1974, the department was hailed as one of the top sociology programs in the United States, a distinction that holds true today. This year, “the department that Jim Coleman built” turns 50. While much has changed, including its name, Coleman’s vision of an interdisciplinary department that emphasizes rigorous methods training and hands-on research has remained. “That is one of Jim Coleman’s legacies, and it sets us apart from many other fine graduate programs,” said Karl Alexander, department chair and John Dewey Professor of Sociology. “The other aspect that sets us apart is the sociology of education as a core area of specialization. Other areas have come and gone as faculty have come and gone, but education is embedded in the department’s DNA, and I trust that my successor chair many years down the road will be saying the same when the department comes together to celebrate its 100th anniversary.” The department initially included three disciplines: sociology, anthropology and social psychology. Anthropology, however, was slow to grow. The first faculty hire was not until 1963 and the second, six years later. Coleman’s dynamic personality and focus on research in education attracted a number of passionate young faculty members and graduate students. Notably, Edward McDill came to Johns Hopkins on a postdoctoral fellowship in 1961 to work with Coleman. Two additional young scholars, Doris

tion, a recognition event for those celebrating milestone anniversaries with the university. Sponsored by the Office of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs. Turner Concourse. EB

“Continuity of Care and Criminal Justice Involvement Among Maryland Medicaid Recipients With Severe Mental Illness,” a Mental Health thesis defense seminar with Leslie Thornton. 845 Hampton House. EB

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“Quantifying Individual and City-Level Modification of the Health Effects of Air Pollution in Older Adults,” a Biostatistics thesis defense seminar with Sandrah Eckel. E9519 SPH. EB

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Wed., June 24, 11 a.m. “From Tip to Tale: How Science News Is Made,” a NanoBioTechnology professional development seminar with Charles Day, Physics Today. (See “In Brief,” p. 2.) 110 Maryland. HW

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“P-type ATPase, TAT-2, Negatively Regulates Monomethyl BranchedChain Fatty Acid Mediated Function in Post-Embryonic Growth and Development in C. elegans,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Emylie Seamen, University of Colorado, Boulder. 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Entwisle and Robert Gordon, joined the department in the early 1960s and remained fixtures for the next three decades. In 1966, Coleman and McDill secured funding to launch the Center for Social Organization of Schools, which today is one of the leading education research and development centers in the world. CSOS maintains a staff of sociologists, psychologists, social psychologists and educators who conduct programmatic research to improve the education system, as well as full-time support staff engaged in developing curricula and providing technical assistance to help schools use its research. The ties between the Department of Sociology and CSOS have always been close and mutually beneficial, according to Alexander. Some of the most prominent CSOS staff members have been graduates of the department’s doctoral program. The list of students turned research faculty includes Hank Becker, Joyce Epstein, Denise Gottfredson, Linda Gottfredson, Nancy Karweit, Nettie Legters, Jim McPartland, Bob Slavin and Shi-Chang Wu. McDill was CSOS director until 1969. The following year he became department chair, a position he would hold for the next 15 years. By 1972, the department had 14 full-time faculty (nine of whom were sociologists) and began to offer an undergraduate major in sociology. In three successive years, however, the department took some major blows. In 1972, Coleman left Johns Hopkins to return to the University of Chicago. A year later, another high-profile faculty member, Pete Rossi, left for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In 1974, anthropology spun off as a separate department. “Looking back, this period shortly after my arrival was the department’s time of greatest stress,” said Alexander, who joined Johns Hopkins in 1972. “A tiny department to begin with, what do you do when you lose your brightest stars?” Alexander said that it was McDill’s and Entwisle’s steady leadership that held the department together and allowed it to rebuild. In 1980, John Holland, a world-renowned vocational psychologist, retired. With Holland’s departure, the once diverse department now consisted mostly of sociologists, a factor that led to the name being changed in 1983 to the Department of Sociology. Alexander said that changes since have been incremental and built around the department’s core commitment to state-

S P ECIAL E V E N T S Wed., June 24, 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association Scientific Seminar Series poster session and closing reception. Turner Concourse. EB Thurs., June 25, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. “Summer Evening at Ever-

green,” open house for Evergreen Museum & Library, followed at 8 p.m. by a final rehearsal of Shakespeare’s Hamlet by the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. Pack a picnic. Fri., June 26, 3 to 4:30 p.m.

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of-the-art training in research methods as applied to problems of substance. Notable hires during the 1980s included Alex Portes, Patricia Fernandez-Kelly and Mel Kohn. Portes and Fernandez-Kelly left for Princeton after 18 years, but Kohn, a past president of the American Sociological Association, remains on the faculty and this year was appointed to the William D. and Robin Mayer Professorship. In the early to mid-1990s, the department underwent considerable faculty turnover. “These losses were every bit as consequential as the ones we experienced during the ’70s, but this time the department left behind by our departed colleagues was much stronger up and down the line than the department of the 1970s,” Alexander said. “And we were vastly better positioned to manage what otherwise could have been, would have been, wrenching change.” Alexander said that a consequential step in recovery was the hire of Giovanni Arrighi from SUNY-Binghamton in 1998. With Arrighi on board, the department quickly achieved recognition as one of the leading centers for world systems analysis scholarship. The Department of Sociology currently concentrates on cross-national comparative research and social inequality. Its faculty continues to push the envelope on scholarship in the field. Notably, in 2007 Arrighi published Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-First Century, the third volume of his authoritative trilogy on the rise, and possible impending demise, of world-scale capitalism. Partly in recognition of this magisterial accomplishment, Arrighi, too, was appointed to a named professorship this year: the George Armstrong Kelly Professorship. In 2008, assistant professor Stefanie Deluca was awarded a William T. Grant

Fri., June 26 and July 3, Sat., June 27 and July 4, 8 p.m., and Sun., June 28 and July 5, 2 p.m. Theatre Hopkins presents

its final production of the season, the Tony Award–winning musical The Light in the Piazza. Final performance July 5. $20 general admission; $5 student rush tickets are available at curtain time, if space allows. Swirnow Theater, Mattin Center. HW

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Foundation Faculty Scholars Award for her project “Moving Matters: Residential Mobility, Neighborhoods and Family in the Lives of Poor Adolescents,” just one of two such awards made by the foundation last year. Recently, Andrew Cherlin, a member of the faculty since 1976, was named the 2009 recipient of the American Population Association’s Irene B. Taeuber Award, “given in recognition of either an unusually original or important contribution to the scientific study of population or an accumulated record of exceptionally sound and innovative research.” Cherlin’s latest book, The Marriage Go-Round (Knopf, 2009), has elicited rave reviews. Today the department has 12 faculty, 41 doctoral students and eight staff members. In full, its expertise covers sociology of education, world systems analysis, the family, labor, international development, political sociology, immigration, welfare policy and race-ethnicity. “It’s a mix that fits comfortably, but exactly how we present ourselves to the wider world in the future no doubt will shift again as interests and people change,” Alexander said. “‘But there are constants, too, and I trust that our fundamental character will hold steady. We are now, always have been, and I hope always will be, a small, supportive intellectual community with high standards and equally high accomplishment.” A highlight of this year’s 50th anniversary celebration, held on May 9, was the announcement of the Doris Roberts Entwisle Graduate Teaching Fellowship. This initiative, funded by Entwisle’s friends and admirers, celebrates her 40-plus years of scholarship and faithful service to Johns Hopkins and the department. It will support an advanced graduate student to teach an upper-division undergraduate course in the area of his or her dissertation research. G

Summer fun savings for the Hopkins community

iscounts on summertime fun are available through the Office of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs for Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks, the B & O Railroad Museum, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Caesars Pocono Resorts, Hershey Park and Dutch Wonderland, Kings Dominion, the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Universal Studios and the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Consignment tickets also may be purchased, in person or online, for Six Flags parks in Maryland and New Jersey. Parking and food vouchers are also available.

Special summer events organized by FSRP include Hopkins Weekend at Six Flags America in Maryland, July 10 through 12, with reduced admission and a buffet lunch for Johns Hopkins affiliates on Saturday, July 11; Hopkins Day at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey, on Saturday, July 25; and Hopkins Night at Camden Yards, 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, to see the Orioles play the Boston Red Sox. For complete listings and details on purchasing tickets, go to http://hr.jhu.edu/fsrp and click on the links for Special Events and Discounts, or call FSRP at 410-516-6060.