Day: March 1, 2010
Commencement: One JHU, one big finish for academic year
March 1, 2010
The more the merrier, or so could be the motto for Commencement 2010. Taking a cue from President Ronald J. Daniels’ emphasis on “one Johns Hopkins,” the university will break from tradition and fuse the universitywide commencement ceremony with the undergraduate diploma ceremony for one grand graduation observance. The result will be a single ceremony […]
Montgomery County Campus to house NCI facility
March 1, 2010
The National Cancer Institute will soon house about 2,100 researchers and support staff on the Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center in Rockville, Md. NCI, a part of the National Institutes of Health, will occupy a new facility, consisting of twin seven-story buildings totaling 575,000 square feet of space. […]
JHU, Montgomery County sign MOU to advance biosciences
March 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels traveled to Montgomery County last week to sign a memorandum of understanding with the county reflecting the university’s and the county’s shared objectives of advancing the biosciences industry, higher education and work force development within the county. “It is our common goal to advance scientific and health care translational […]
Satellites, rockets and more
March 1, 2010
On Sept. 17, 1959, a little heralded Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Perched atop the rocket was Transit 1A, a satellite designed by scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory that the U.S. Navy hoped would provide accurate location information to ballistic missile submarines and be used as a […]
M. Gordon ‘Reds’ Wolman, 85, international expert in river science
March 1, 2010
(Read President Ronald J. Daniels’ message to the Johns Hopkins community regarding the passing of “Reds” Wolman) M. Gordon “Reds” Wolman, an internationally respected expert in river science, water resources management and environmental education, and an important and beloved member of The Johns Hopkins University faculty for more than half a century, died at his […]
Barton Childs, 93, eminent Hopkins pediatrician, geneticist
March 1, 2010
Barton Childs, professor emeritus of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a legendary geneticist and teacher who influenced the practice of generations of physicians and shaped their understanding of inherited disease, died Feb. 18 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital after a short illness. He was 93. “We have lost a giant […]
Alan J. Goldman, 77, expert in operations research
March 1, 2010
Alan J. Goldman, a widely respected expert in operations research who spent more than three decades on the faculty of the Whiting School’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, died Feb. 13 at his home in Baltimore. A memorial gathering in his honor will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March […]
Scanning for skin cancer: Infrared system looks for melanoma
March 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a noninvasive infrared scanning system to help doctors determine whether pigmented skin growths are benign moles or melanoma, a lethal form of cancer. The prototype system works by looking for the tiny temperature difference between healthy tissue and a growing tumor. The researchers have begun a pilot study of 50 […]
Going green in the hospital will save money, reduce waste
March 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins researchers say that recycling medical equipment saves money, reduces waste and is safe. Wider adoption of the practice of recycling medical equipment—including laparoscopic ports and durable cutting tools typically tossed out after a single use—could save hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars annually and curb trash at medical centers, the second-largest waste producers […]
‘Milk drops’ under the tongue appear to treat milk allergies
March 1, 2010
Placing small amounts of milk protein under the tongues of children who are allergic to milk can help them overcome their allergies, according to the findings of a small study at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Duke University. The findings were presented Feb. 28 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, […]