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The rewards of research
Yvonne Njage, a native of Kenya, originally came to the United
States so she could study medicine and then use that knowledge to
combat the impact of diseases such as HIV on developing African
nations. Njage knows all too well what the rapid spread of HIV
can do as she has grown up watching many of her relatives die of
AIDS-related causes.
But now Njage, a junior majoring in biology at
the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is getting her
chance to play her part in the fight against the deadly virus. As
a research fellow in the Leadership Alliance program, Njage is
one of 17 minority undergraduates who are spending nine weeks
this summer at various Hopkins institutions conducting
experiments and gaining valuable and practical research
experience.
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John Lordan to step down as vice
president
John Lordan, the university's vice president for business
affairs, will step down from that post in September, university
president William R. Brody announced.
Lordan has served as vice president for
business affairs since 1986, when the position was established by
the board of trustees. Lordan has recommended that the duties of
his post be merged with those of the university's senior vice
president for administration. Board action on the recommendation
is expected at the October meeting of the trustees. President
Brody said that, at that meeting, he will recommend that Lordan
be named vice president emeritus, in recognition of his dedicated
and productive service to the university.
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