In Brief
SPH Web site takes chill off recent plastic-water-bottle
myth
If you're guessing that flu vaccine or bioterrorism
get the most attention on the School of Public Health's Web
site, you're wrong. It's dioxins and plastic water
bottles.
In response to Internet warnings to avoid freezing
water in plastic bottles so as not to get exposed to
carcinogenic dioxins (including one hoax e-mail that was
attributed to JHU), the Bloomberg School's Office of
Communications and Public Affairs went to an expert to set
the issue straight. Its Q&A with Rolf Halden, assistant
professor in
Environmental Health Sciences and the Center for Water
and Health, quickly became the most visited Web page on the
school's site. It also was referenced by The Wall Street
Journal. To view the page, go to
www.jhsph.edu/newscenter.
Nancy Grasmick honored by alumni for outstanding
service
Nancy Grasmick, Maryland state superintendent of
schools, was honored last week by the
JHU
Alumni Association with the 2004 Woodrow Wilson Award
for Distinguished Government Service. The award was
presented during a luncheon held Oct. 24 on the Homewood
campus.
Grasmick received her doctorate from the
School of Professional
Studies in Business and Education in 1979.
Commenting on the award, Ralph Fessler, dean of SPSBE,
said, "I can think of no person more deserving of this
award. Perhaps the most exceptional aspect of Nancy's
accomplishments is the fact that all of her work is
predicated upon a deep commitment to our children and their
success in school and in life. The entire framework of
educational law and policy in Maryland has been modified to
reflect this singular belief."
The Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Government
Service was established in 1990 to honor alumni of Johns
Hopkins who have brought credit to the university by their
current or recently concluded distinguished service to the
public as elected or appointed officials. Past recipients
include Antonia Novello, former United States surgeon
general; Madeleine Albright, former United States secretary
of state; and Kweisi Mfume, president of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Author Dinesh D'Souza to speak Thursday in MSE
Symposium
Conservative author and commentator Dinesh D'Souza,
the Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution of
Stanford University, will address the controversial and
divisive issue of race in the United States when he speaks
on the Homewood campus on Thursday, Oct. 28, as part of the
MSE Symposium. His talk, "The End of
Racism," begins at 8 p.m. in the Glass Pavilion.
In addition to being a regular commentator on
Nightline, Crossfire, The Today Show and The O'Reilly
Factor, D'Souza has published extensively. His most recent
books include What's So Great About America, which
is a New York Times bestseller, and Letters to a Young
Conservative. He is also a regular contributor to
The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post and The
New York Times. In addition, he served as senior
domestic policy analyst in the White House under President
Ronald Reagan.
SAIS to host briefing on global strategy for fighting
terrorism
The SAIS
Center for Transatlantic Relations, Transatlantic
Magazine and The Financial Times on Thursday
will host an invitation-only briefing on a global strategy
for fighting terrorism.
Lee H. Hamilton, vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission
and president and director of the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars, will give keynote
remarks at the forum, to be held at the Bernstein-Offit
Building in Washington. Other participants are John Donvan,
correspondent for ABC News Nightline; Lionel Barber, U.S.
managing editor of The Financial Times; and Robert
Guttman, editor in chief of Transatlantic
Magazine.
Evergreen House hosts event about 1933 double eagle
coin
Evergreen House, home of John Work Garrett from 1920 to
1944, plays host this week to a reception, talk and book
signing celebrating the publication of a book in which
Garrett and fellow Baltimorean Louis E. Eliasberg Sr. play
roles. Illegal Tender: Gold, Greed and the Mystery of
the Lost 1933 Double Eagle is a suspense-filled
narrative that tells a tale of the most valuable ounce of
gold in the world. Its author is David Tripp, former head
of Sotheby's coin department.
Steven Muller, president emeritus of Johns Hopkins,
will give opening remarks. The event will be held from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. today, Oct. 25, with Muller speaking at 6:15
p.m.
Admission is $5, free to members of Evergreen and
Homewood House, Friends of the American Wing and Friends of
the Johns Hopkins Libraries. To R.S.V.P. or for more
information, contact Joann Willats at
jwillats@jhu.edu or
410-516-0341.
Fleet-footed profs take second win in Baltimore
Marathon
Four Johns Hopkins professors pulled off a repeat
performance in the Oct. 16 Baltimore Marathon, winning the
Corporate Cup Relay Challenge for the second consecutive
year. The interdisciplinary team — two members each
from Engineering and Arts and Sciences — included
Sanjay Arwade, Civil
Engineering; Tom Haine, Earth and
Planetary Sciences; Jerry Meyer,
Chemistry; and Peter Searson,
Materials Science
and Engineering. With an overall time of 2:43:55, the
team finished third overall in the relay competition.
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