Day: October 12, 2009
Our newest Nobelist: Carol Greider
October 12, 2009
Carol Greider honored for her groundbreaking work on telomeres
Reaching out in time of need
October 12, 2009
The university’s 2009 United Way of Central Maryland campaign, which kicks off on Wednesday, will stress efficiency and maximize the dollars donated like never before, according to campaign leadership.
JHU brings virtual learning to Baltimore County schools
October 12, 2009
Software engineers at Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory, in collaboration with JHU’s Center for Technology in Education, have developed a prototype Virtual Learning Environment to provide Baltimore County students with a gaminglike experience to augment existing math and science curricula.
Raise the Roof – Gilman Hall
October 12, 2009
Crews — with the indispensable assistance of a 200-foot, 350-ton crane — last week completed the steel grid frame for the 60-by-60-foot glass skylight that will top Gilman Hall’s new atrium space. Designed, fabricated and installed by Novum Structures, the skylight will feature 154 square glass panels and span the entire courtyard without intermediate support. The arched structure, a precisely engineered combination of compression members and tension cables, will be less than 10 inches thick. The glass panels and cables will be installed in the coming weeks to shut out the elements and allow work to continue in the atrium below. Gilman, the oldest academic building on the Homewood campus, is scheduled to reopen for the fall 2010 semester.
Carey School presents Daniel Mudd, CEO of Fortress Investment Group
October 12, 2009
Daniel Mudd, chief executive officer of Fortress Investment Group, will speak on “Houses Divided: Lessons Learned and the Future of Home Buying in America” at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Leaders & Legends lecture series to be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Legg Mason Tower in Harbor East
Autism: Genomewide hunt reveals new genetic links
October 12, 2009
About 90 percent of autism spectrum disorders have suspected genetic causes, but few genes have been identified so far. Now, leading an international team, Johns Hopkins researchers have identified several genetic links to autism, chief among them a variant of semaphorin 5A, whose protein product controls nerve connections in the brain.
Latin American Studies celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
October 12, 2009
The Program in Latin American Studies in the Krieger School will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with three events this week: a lecture on how Latinos and immigration have been portrayed in the media, a bilingual roundtable discussion about the Latino population in Baltimore and across the state and a reggae concert. Other events are planned throughout the month, all on the Homewood campus.
Hispanic children rarely get top-notch care for brain tumors
October 12, 2009
Hispanic children diagnosed with brain tumors get high-quality treatment at hospitals that specialize in neurosurgery far less often than other children with the same condition, potentially compromising their immediate prognosis and long-term survival, according to research from Johns Hopkins published in October’s Pediatrics.
Countries slow to use lifesaving diarrhea treatments for children
October 12, 2009
Despite evidence that low-cost diarrhea treatments such as lower osmolarity oral rehydration salts, or ORS, and zinc supplements could drastically reduce the number of deaths among children, little progress has been made in implementing these lifesaving techniques, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
‘Mask debate’ diverts from flu-preventive measures that work
October 12, 2009
Infection control experts at Johns Hopkins and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that a contentious debate in the medical community over what type of protective masks health workers should wear to prevent the spread of H1N1 and other flu viruses is dangerously distracting the health care community from focusing on simple prevention measures that are clearly known to work.