Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins
University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools,
the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to
the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins
communications offices.
Four Johns Hopkins University faculty members are among the new scholars elected to the National Academy of Sciences today in recognition of their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
May 3, 2016 Tags: Andrew J. Cherlin, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Geraldine Seydoux, Johns Hopkins University, Kenneth W. Kinzler, National Academy of Sciences, sociology, Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Timothy M. Heckman
| Category: Medicine and Nursing, Natural Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Social Sciences
Two Johns Hopkins University professors, Aravinda Chakravarti and Donald Geman, are among 84 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences, an honorary society that advises the government on scientific matters.
May 1, 2015 Tags: applied mathematics and statistics, Aravinda Chakravarti, Donald Geman, genetic medicine, genomics, image analysis, machine learning, National Academy of Sciences
| Category: Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Natural Sciences, Technology
Lisa Feigenson, a Johns Hopkins University researcher, who specializes in cognition and memory in humans as early as infancy, is a recipient of the National Academy of Sciences 2015 Troland Research Award.
February 2, 2015 Tags: cognitive science, Johns Hopkins University, Lisa Feigenson, memory, National Academy of Sciences, Troland Research Award
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Natural Sciences
A report released by the National Academy of Sciences names several projects involving astronomers and astrophysicists at The Johns Hopkins University as among the most important astrophysics investments in the next decade. Titled “New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics,” the recently issued report represents the consensus position of hundreds of astronomers and astrophysicists nationwide who participated in the process of prioritizing projects.
August 27, 2010 Tags: " Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope, "New Worlds, Adam Riess, Alexander Szalay, Charles L. Bennett, Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, Instrument Development Group, James Webb Space Telescope, JDEM, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins' Institute for Data-Intensive Engineering and Science, Joint Dark Energy Mission, Katherine S. Newman, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, National Academy of Sciences, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pan-STARRS, Shaw Prize, Warren Moos, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Engineering, Homewood Campus News, Physics and Astronomy, Technology, University-Related
Johns Hopkins astrophysicist Charles Bennett has spent his career studying the heavens, so it seems only fitting that he recently took his place among stars of another kind: those inducted into the University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame. Bennett, who recently shared the $1 million Shaw Prize in astronomy for his groundbreaking work in determining the age, shape and composition of the universe, now shares this honor with 59 other distinguished University of Maryland luminaries, including Muppet creator Jim Henson, television writer and comedian Larry David, former NFL player Norman “Boomer” Esiason and American choreographer Liz Lerman. He was inducted into the University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame on June 5.
June 29, 2010 Tags: Charles L. Bennett, Comstock Prize in physics, Harvey Prize, Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, Henry Draper Medal, Johns Hopkins, NASA, National Academy of Sciences, Peter Gruber Foundation, Shaw Prize, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, WMAP
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Institutional News, Physics and Astronomy, Uncategorized
