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Edward E. Sommerfeldt, former Coppin chair
Edward E. Sommerfeldt, who founded the computer science program at Coppin State University where he taught for 39 years and served as a mentor to students and faculty, died May 14 of complications from brain cancer at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. He was...Tags: Christianity, Colleges and Universities, Cancer, Coppin State University, Johns Hopkins University
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Hopkins launches new space science minor for undergraduates
What lies at the center of that giant ball of gas we call Jupiter? When you cut through the incredibly dense atmosphere of Venus, what's happening on the planet surface?
These are the questions that dance in the mind of Johns Hopkins University student...Tags: Howard County, Space Programs, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Satellite Technology
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Elkridge: Anonymous donor puts Hop/Shoot/Jump-A-Thon over the top
Nothing beats a feel-good story than an extra feel-good sequel! I am thrilled to report some exciting news from Amy Bahrijczuk about the recent (and final) Elkridge Elementary School Hop/Shoot/Jump-A-Thon to help fight Cystic Fibrosis, which has been an...Tags: Softball, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, High Schools, Johns Hopkins University
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Clarksville resident, an APL engineer, wins community service award
Danielle Hilliard is both up in the air and down to earth. By day, she is a project manager working in air and missile defense at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in North Laurel. But for as much as 12 hours a week, she is a...Tags: Clarksville, Johns Hopkins University, Science, Technology, Educational Development Corporation
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Exhibit brings together 'Eureka' moments in science
Earle Havens can almost hear their voices.
Each time Havens steps inside the George Peabody Library, he senses the muted exclamations, the murmured back-and-forth of a conversation that's been going on now for more than two millennia.
In one corner,...Tags: Mount Vernon Place, Libraries, Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities, Oncology
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Hopkins, Maryland help in worldwide hunt for elusive Higgs boson
Researchers from Hopkins and Maryland are among thousands of scientists engaged in the hunt for the Higgs boson, known popularly as the "God particle." Proof of its existence would answer fundamental questions about the nature of our existence....Tags: Large Hadron Collider Experiments, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Higgs Boson Search, Science
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Opening the books on holiday gifts for readers
In these tough economic times, books offer a great return on a gift-giver's investment. Relatively inexpensive, they provide hours of enjoyment for the recipient — if you make the right choice. Never fear: the Book Bag is here to help. Lovers of...Tags: Democratic Convention (1968), Jeffrey Eugenides, Allen Ginsberg, East Side, Lower East Side
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Scientists acting out
The opening scene went something like this:
Setting: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab building 17 cafeteria -- Fall 2009
Rocket Scientist #1: I do community theater.
Rocket Scientist #2: I almost minored in theater in college.
Rocket Scientist #1:...Tags: Music, Peter Sellers, William Shakespeare, Star Wars (movie), Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Discovery of WWII shells at state park spurs search
Growing up, George E. Raley Jr. heard stories that the military had conducted some sort of testing during World War II on the quiet Southern Maryland peninsula known as Newtowne Neck.
As an adult, he would learn that his father had assisted in...Tags: Wildlife, Explosions, St. Mary's County, Europe, New Year's Day
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Albert Reymann, engineer
Albert C. Reymann, a retired Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory mechanical engineer who led a team that helped create the forerunner of the global navigation and positioning systems in use today, died Monday of heart disease at Gilchrist Center...Tags: Howard County, Space Programs, Christianity, Joseph Butler, Fishing
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Annette C. Goodell, businesswoman
Annette C. Goodell, a certified tax consultant who was vice president of Broad Spectrum Optics LLC, died Feb. 2 of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime Original Northwood resident was 73. The daughter of educators, the former...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Highlandtown, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Science, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Johns Hopkins professor shares Nobel Prize in physics
More than anything else, in the wake of the elation and tumult accompanying Tuesday's announcement that he'd won a share of the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics, Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist Adam Riess wants to get back to work.
"I really want to...Tags: Space Programs, Mystery (genre), Albert Einstein, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, High School Sports
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