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Philip Nivatpumin named medical director of Kaufman Cancer Center at Upper Chesapeake

2013-05-13 11:31:46

Upper Chesapeake Health (UCH) is pleased to announce that it has named Dr. Philip Nivatpumin has been named by Upper Chesapeake Health as medical director of the UCH Patricia D. and M. Scot Kaufman Cancer Center. The Kaufman Cancer Center is currently...

Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Hopkins professor

2013-05-11 11:53:01

Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83....

After Boston, looking for solutions to mounting media confusion

2013-04-26 18:13:00

One of the driving principles in the live and late-breaking world of TV news is to just keep moving on. Don’t dwell too long on yesterday’s mistakes, or you’ll miss today’s big story. But the mistakes made by social media and...

James C. Constable, businessman

2013-03-14 13:00:27

James C. Constable, a retired businessman and World War II veteran, died March 7 of heart failure at his Essex, Conn., home. He was 96. James Cheston Constable, the son of the founder of the Baltimore law firm Wright, Constable & Skeen and a homemaker,...

Georg H.B. Luck, Hopkins professor

2013-02-19 14:37:00

Georg H.B. Luck, whose career teaching the classics at the Johns Hopkins University spanned two decades and included studying the role magic and witchcraft played in the theology and world of the ancient Greeks and Romans, died Sunday from complications...

Unintended pregnancies higher in military

2013-02-02 17:20:24

Just over 10 percent of women in the military said in 2008 that they'd had an unintended pregnancy in the previous year — a figure significantly higher than rates in the general public, according to a U.S. study. The findings, which appeared this...

Hopkins team explores the dark side of light

2012-12-07 12:57:00

Scientists who study sleep understand that light has a dark side, because it can interrupt natural rhythms, causing the mood and learning problems that go with lack of rest. Johns Hopkins University researchers have taken the understanding a step...

Dr. Moreland Perkins, philosophy professor

2012-11-16 14:22:17

Dr. Moreland Perkins, a philosophy professor who taught at the University of Maryland, College Park and was also former mayor of Riverdale Park, died Nov. 7 of pneumonia at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Roland Park resident was 85. "Moreland was highly...

St. John's College tops in nation among students who earn humanities Ph.D.s

2012-11-15 15:59:27

In the 75th year of its discussion-based curriculum centered on great books from the Western tradition, St. John's College in Annapolis has been ranked as the top school in the nation whose undergraduates go on to earn doctorates in the humanities. The...

President named for new University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center

2012-11-15 15:55:00

The man tapped Thursday as the CEO of the soon-to-be created University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center is known for his work in oncology, but for the last few years has been working toward a career on the administrative side of the hospital...

Oncologist named president of University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center

2012-11-15 14:52:00

The man tapped Thursday as the CEO of the newly created University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center is known for his work in oncology, but for the last few years has been working toward a career on the administrative side of the hospital business....

Congressional candidate profiles

2012-11-01 13:48:00

MEET THE CANDIDATES � When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...

Sunil Tripathi Trending on: Google Trends Why: The family of Sunil Tripathi, a Brown University student who disappeared last month -- and was briefly misidentified as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings -- confirmed Thursday that his body had been found near Providence, R.I. [ ]

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Ben Affleck will receive an honorary doctorate from Brown University.

2013-04-25 09:37:27

's Baltimore Scholars program. The university offers full scholarships to students from city public schools who are admitted on their own merits. Each woman faced different obstacles and challenges throughout their experiences on Hopkins' sprawling campus.

2012-05-17 00:00:00