Day: July 20, 2009
Historian moves among the movers and shakers of oldtime Baltimore
July 20, 2009
Wayne Schaumburg brakes for historic cemeteries. Well, the bumper sticker on his car says he does, and after spending a few moments with the lifetime Baltimore resident, you realize it’s probably not just a one-line
Summer jobs welcome 250 local youth; students exposed to various career paths
July 20, 2009
Approximately 250 young Baltimoreans are in their fourth week of employment on the Homewood and East Baltimore campuses through Johns Hopkins Institutions’ partnership with the city’s YouthWorks Summer Jobs Campaign.
APL part of team expanding space weather radar network
July 20, 2009
Space weather researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory are helping expand a global radar network used to study electrical disturbances in our atmosphere that can create auroral displays or disrupt communications, knock out electrical power grids, damage satellites or even affect astronaut
Ethicists: Include pregnant women in kids’ study
July 20, 2009
A team of ethicists from Johns Hopkins, Duke and Georgetown universities is urging organizers of a recently begun $3 billion decades-long study of children’s health to immediately add provisions to look at the health and medical profiles of the children’s mothers during their pregnancies.
Johns Hopkins scientist named outstanding woman vet
July 20, 2009
A Johns Hopkins veterinarian whose vocation is HIV research and avocation is the care of dog “athletes” has been named the 2009 Outstanding Woman Veterinarian of the Year by the Association for Women Veterinarians Foundation.
Two Johns Hopkins faculty members receive 2009 White House early career awards
July 20, 2009
Two Johns Hopkins faculty members are among the 100 winners of this year’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
JHH tops ‘U.S. News’ Honor Roll for 19th year in a row
July 20, 2009
The Johns Hopkins Hospital has once again—for the 19th consecutive time—earned the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of more than 4,800 American hospitals, placing first in three medical specialties and in the top 16 in 13 others.
The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center ranked in top 10
July 20, 2009
The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is among the top 10 children’s hospitals in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of American children’s hospitals.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Recognition
July 20, 2009
See photos of some of the more than 570 staff members to be recognized—289 with five years of service, 190 with 10 years and 92 with 15.
INBT presents last Professional Development Seminar of series
July 20, 2009
Matthew J Lesho’s talk, “Life After Graduate School: Or, Lessons Learned After 15 years in Industry,” will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, in 110 Maryland Hall, Homewood campus.