New provost named
Kristina Johnson, dean of Engineering at Duke, to assume post Sept. 1

Kristina Johnson in Garland Hall

Many of the issues facing Johns Hopkins and its new provost are obvious: the affordability of higher education. Support for basic research. Resources. The need for interdisciplinary teams to attack the thorniest problems.
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Adam Riess of KSAS, dark energy discovery leader, shares Gruber Prize
Johns Hopkins astrophysicist Adam Riess, who led the first study revealing the existence of a mysterious "dark energy" permeating the universe, will share one of the most prestigious prizes in cosmology, it was announced last week.
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Johns Hopkins adopts climate change in policy
The Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth and this summer's Live Earth concert may have raised public awareness of climate issues, but a growing number of scientists had already been sounding a call to arms to confront global warming through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the development of more Earth-friendly technologies.
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James E. West of WSE to receive Technology Medal at White House
James E. West, a Johns Hopkins engineering faculty member who co-invented the microphone used in most telephones and many other electronic devices worldwide, has been named a recipient of the nation's highest honor for technological innovation. In a statement released last week, President George W. Bush announced that West is one of five people who will receive the 2006 National Medal of Technology.
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