Day: November 16, 2009
Opening for business opens doors
November 16, 2009
Johns Hopkins considers itself a world leader in knowledge creation. In the past two years, the university has done a good deal of business creation, too.
Hats off to our best Blue Jays
November 16, 2009
The accomplishments of Johns Hopkins’ student-athletes never looked so good.
Recent visitors to Homewood’s Newton H. White Athletic Center would undoubtedly have noticed the attractive new displays in the building’s lobby that commemorate the 114 members of Johns Hopkins’ Athletic Hall of Fame and the university’s 35 NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipients.
CEO of Life Technologies to give ‘Leaders & Legends’ talk
November 16, 2009
Gregory T. Lucier, chief executive officer of Life Technologies and chairman of the company’s board of directors, will speak on the topic of “Building a 21st-Century Company” at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Leaders & Legends lecture series at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Legg Mason Tower in Harbor East.
Goal: Find out if diet and exercise affect cardiovascular health
November 16, 2009
Everyone knows that a healthy diet and adequate exercise are effective weapons in the battle against obesity and type 2 diabetes.
‘Scaffolding’ protein changes in heart strengthen link between Alzheimer’s, chronic heart failure
November 16, 2009
An international team of biochemists and cardiologists led by researchers at Johns Hopkins reports evidence from studies in animals and humans supporting a link between Alzheimer’s disease and chronic heart failure, two of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States.
Carey Business School moving to Legg Mason Tower
November 16, 2009
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School is moving to the new Legg Mason Tower at 100 International Drive in Baltimore’s Harbor East.
School of Education launches ‘Shaping the Future’ series
November 16, 2009
The School of Education will be hosting a panel discussion titled “What’s Next After No Child Left Behind?” in anticipation of next year’s reauthorization of the legislation. The program, which is the culminating event in the school’s 100th anniversary celebration, will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 7, in Shriver Hall Auditorium on the Homewood campus.
Back pain permanently sidelines soldiers at war, study finds
November 16, 2009
Military personnel evacuated out of Iraq and Afghanistan because of back pain are unlikely to return to the line of duty regardless of the treatment they receive, according to research led by a Johns Hopkins pain management specialist.
Surprising drug library find: 1930s med slows tumor growth
November 16, 2009
Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease. The newest surprise discovered by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a gonorrhea medication that might help battle cancer.
Less physical activity may not be factor in adolescent obesity rates
November 16, 2009
Decreased physical activity may have little to do with the recent spike in obesity rates among U.S. adolescents, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.