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To Understand Ourselves

August 27, 2009 |  by Michael Dirda

What we can still learn from Basil Gildersleeve.–.soldier, citizen, scholar, and the first teacher hired at Johns Hopkins University. At the age when most of us were still parsing our Little Golden Books edition of The Poky Little Puppy, or hesitantly pronouncing the three syllables of “Run, Spot, Run,” Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve—all of 5 years […]

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Alumni News and Notes

August 27, 2009 |  by Johns Hopkins Staff

“Hi, my name is…” Members of the incoming Class of 2013 had extra practice with that line when they gathered at a Student Send-Off Party on July 22 in the Manhattan home of Felice Ekelman, A&S ’82. The event– one of many sponsored by the Alumni Association and hosted by alumni across the United States–offered […]

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Learning Across the Ages

August 27, 2009 |  by Nora Koch

Interaction between young and old–and the relationships and experiences that grow from it–is central to the ethos of a pioneering K – 8 public charter school, launched in 2000 by Catherine and Peter Whitehouse.

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Bollywood or Bust

August 27, 2009 |  by Robert White

Some of us might sing a little when we’re happy. But how about throwing in a heavy drum beat and a hundred or so backup dancers? For a few days last year, such was happiness for Sapna Rohra after she won an online dance contest that swept her away to India to perform in an upcoming Bollywood film.

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Shelf Life

August 27, 2009 |  by Lew Diuguid

Two recent books from JHU alumni.

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Playing the Piano — and the Market

August 27, 2009 |  by Geoff Brown

Soon after Taylor Hanex started playing the family’s Baldwin piano, it became clear that she had the talent, fortitude, and mind to become a professional musician. Those gifts (and her parents’ dedication) carried the pre-teen to the Peabody Preparatory, and later, to receive her bachelor’s from the Peabody Conservatory in 1975 and her master’s in piano performance in 1978.

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Patent Success

August 27, 2009 |  by Geoff Brown

The procession up the stone stairs of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s headquarters building in Alexandria, Virginia, was steady and sure, owing as much to accomplishment as to age. At the front was Zalman Shapiro, age 89, who had come for a ceremony to formally award him his 15th U.S. patent.

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Student to Student

August 27, 2009 |  by Nora Koch

Like most college seniors, Nirosha Mahendraratnam, A&S ’09, spent her last year at Homewood thinking about the future. But she wasn’t pondering her next step. Instead, as co-chair of the Senior Class Gift, she focused on what her class could do for the next generation of Blue Jays.

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Structurally Sound

August 27, 2009 |  by Nora Koch

Frances and Lenox Baker, both A&S ’63, Med ’66, felt compelled to take a stand that at Johns Hopkins, the pursuit of research and academics–in collaboration with patient care–would remain a driving force of the institution.

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Shared Experience

August 27, 2009 |  by Nora Koch

Back from the war in 1946, Bill Ginder, Bus ’54, spent his days lifting tinplate for the American Can Company and his nights studying for a bachelor’s degree in business at Johns Hopkins. The schedule was challenging, but those night school classes led to success during the day–and a stellar 40-year career.

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