The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics<http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org/> is proud to announce the endowment of its directorship – now to be known as the Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director – a transformational gift from the long-time Berman Institute supporter for whom it is named. “It’s my hope this will spur both the University and the Institute to take bioethics at Johns Hopkins to the next level," Dracopoulos<http://www.snf.org/en/about/_internal-pages/andreas-dracopoulos/> says. The Berman Institute’s current and founding director, Prof. Ruth R. Faden<http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org/people/ruth-faden-4>, will be named the inaugural holder of the endowed directorship. The formal installation will take place May 30, 2014. Johns Hopkins University recognizes the Dracopolous Directorship as a contribution to Rising to the Challenge: The Campaign for Johns Hopkins<https://rising.jhu.edu/>, an effort to raise $4.5 billion, primarily to support students, faculty, and clinicians and interdisciplinary solutions to some of humanity's most important problems. _________________________ Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH Robert Henry Levi and Ryda Hecht Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics 1809 Ashland Avenue Baltimore, MD 21205 direct: 410.614.5679 or Daniella Parson: 410.614.5590 jeffkahn@xxxxxxx<mailto:jeffkahn@xxxxxxx> __________________________