Adieu, Annapolis

Slots--not. But 2005 was, relatively speaking, a good year for public higher education in Maryland. [more]

Topping the charts

WTMD gaining listeners, recognition for community outreach

TU's listener-supported public radio station is growing much more than an audience these days. It's growing a community.[more]

So they said...

"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

Mao Zedong, 1893-1976

The quest for quasars

Planetarium Program to focus on spectacular starlike objects

What? Quasars: the Young and the Restless

Who? Mary Lu Larsen, Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences

When? Friday, April 15

Where? Watson-King Planetarium (Smith 521)

Why? Admission is free. Telescope viewing, weather permitting

For more information, call Alex Storrs, x43003

Recent Media Highlights

Minding one's manners in a civilized society

Baltimore Messenger, April 14

A lecture by P.M. Forni sponsored by the College of Business and Economics provided the basis for Lauren Taylor's feature about manners in the workplace. According to Forni, who directs the Johns Hopkins Civility Project, six of 10 Americans believe Americans are rude and 89 percent say incivility is a problem. He attributed the problem to lack of self-restraint, anonymity, stress and pursuit of an individual identity in a society of equals.   

Md. unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in Feb.

The Sun, April 8

Staff writer Jamie Smith Hopkins spoke to John Hopkins, RESI, about a Labor Department report showing Maryland's jobless rate had inched upward as the labor force swelled. Hopkins said employers could face an even tougher time, noting that "if the momentum continues, Maryland could find itself in a labor shortage," though he doesn't see signs of a general shortage yet. The state's unemployment rate remains well below the national rate of 5.4 percent.

Local flocks mourning their missing shepherd

Arbutus Times, April 6   

The Rev. Robert Albright, campus Catholic minister, was one of several area academics and/or clergymen who spoke about Pope John Paul II's legacy. "In this age of globalization he made us aware that there is more to this life than just our own little world, and that everyone, no matter how rich or poor, or what color or religion, is sacred in the eyes of God," he said."[The pope] looked at the followers of all religions of the world as brothers and sisters."