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Mikulski Takes Post at Johns Hopkins University

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BALTIMORE (AP) - former UK.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski will join the faculty at johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

the university announced Thursday that the 80-year-old Mikulski will stgart nest week as a professor of public policy and an advisor to university leaders

Mikulski was the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress. The Baltimore native representing Maryland in the Senate for 30 years retired earlier this month.

Mikulski began her political career as an activist in Baltimore's Fells Point neighborhood. She says in a statement that her new job will allow her "to continue to paly a role locally in shaping Baltimore's future while promoting a national agenda of innovation, leadership and service."

Mikulski also has agreed to donate her congressional papers to the university, which will make them available to researchers.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.