Johns Hopkins University

Gun research a waste of time, money

2013-05-23 04:00:00

Johns Hopkins University receives billions of tax dollars and for the past 23 years they have used these tax dollars to support a Center for Gun Policy and Research ("Gun research is not biased," May 20). What a waste of our tax dollars. Most...

Ben Carson's remarks 'denigrated' homosexuals [Letter]

2013-05-22 17:47:00

I have to disagree with Diane Brown ("Only closed minds stifle opposing viewpoints, May 16) on both her key points about Ben Carson's remarks on marriage equality and the opposition to him giving the commencement speech at Johns Hopkins University this...

Hopkins closes science writing program, citing low selectivity

2013-05-22 15:42:53

Graduates of the Johns Hopkins University's master's program in science writing have explained the prospects of life on Mars, the promise of neuroscience research and the ethics of animal testing on the pages of Scientific American, Nature and Popular...

Time for greens to embrace nukes

2013-05-22 09:54:00

For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...

Hopkins students notable in their absence in Charles Village

2013-05-20 12:36:00

Loading his earthly belongings into a laundry cart that he rented from Campus Services, Johns Hopkins University freshman Austin Dennis made several trips from his dormitory room to his car on residential Greenway at North Charles Street, opposite the...

Hopkins gun research is not biased

2013-05-18 11:00:00

In reference to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15), the article quotes a Harford County councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York City Mayor...

Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes

2013-05-18 12:11:54

Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...

Where are the food trucks on this beautiful Monday?

2013-05-13 07:35:00

We're making a few tweaks to the Baltimore Sun Food Truck Finder. Here's where your Baltimore food trucks are today: The Gypsy Queen will be at President and Pratt streets. Philly Mignon will be at Commerce and Pratt streets. Kooper's Chowhound will...

Toni Linhart, Baltimore Colts kicker, dies at age 70

2013-05-13 08:45:00

The kick knifed through the thick fog and split the uprights at Memorial Stadium, giving the Colts a 10-7 victory in sudden-death overtime. In a flash, fans swarmed the field. Down came the goal posts. Up went Toni Linhart, on someone's shoulders....

Highlights from Johns Hopkins conference call

2013-05-17 12:20:00

In light of Johns Hopkins president Ronald J. Daniels accepting the recommendation of a seven-member special committee to explore joining a conference, university athletic director Tom Calder and men’s lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala participated...

Harford County Council condemns state gun law

2013-05-16 13:41:04

The Harford County Council passed a resolution Tuesday, by a 6-1 vote, criticizing the state's new gun safety bill. The resolution says the Firearms Safety Act, which bans the sale of 45 kinds of rifles and magazines and requires "law-abiding citizens"...

Benefactor doesn't dictate direction of research

2013-05-16 09:54:47

Editor: In response to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15th, 2013): The article quotes a Harford County Councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York...

Carly Loveland, a sophomore at Johns Hopkins University, loads her UHaul truck up with boxes May 16, to take to a storage unit so that she can travel during the summer. She plans to go to California, Brazil and Peru.

2013-05-20 12:36:00

Recent Johns Hopkins University graduates Eric Conner, left, and Manik Bhat, are the chief operating officer and CEO, respectively, of new startup Healthify.

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Eric Conner, left, and Manik Bhat are recent Johns Hopkins University graduates and the founders of Healthify, which is a startup company that creates electronic health records.

2013-04-22 00:00:00