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Former state economic development secretary Aris Melissaratos is leaving Johns Hopkins University for a job where he’ll have more power.

Melissaratos, who had been with Hopkins for seven years, on July 17 joined Stevenson University as interim dean of the Brown School of Business and Leadership. Melissaratos said he has always had an interest in academia and now will be able to play a leading role in preparing students to join the local workforce.