In the Fall 2009 issue

Features

The Autodidact Course Catalog
 By Dale Keiger
 September means back-to-school time, even for the autodidact. Johns Hopkins faculty contribute 22 courses that will make you smarter.

Survival Mode
 By Greg Hanscom
 As the national economic downturn takes its toil on nonprofits, Johns Hopkins’ Lester Salamon believes the ‘resilient sector’ will adapt and survive.

The Forever Enemy
 By Michael Anft
 Transmited by mosquitoes, malaria kills more than a million people each year. Johns hopkins researchers are using the insect’s own genes to fight the disease.

To Understand Ourselves
 By Michael Dirda
 An essay on what Basil Gildersleeve — soldier, citizen, scholar, and the first faculty member hired at Johns Hopkins — can still teach us.

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