Day: August 30, 2010
NCI to break ground on JHU Montgomery County Campus
August 30, 2010
Johns Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley are among dozens of dignitaries who will gather on Wednesday, Sept. 1, to celebrate the start of construction on a $200 million facility for the National Cancer Institute on the grounds of the university’s Montgomery County Campus in Rockville. Daniels will lead the list […]
APL-led team demonstrates space weather observation system
August 30, 2010
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, with help from Boeing Co. and Iridium Communications, has successfully implemented a new system to monitor Earth’s space environment. Known as the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment, or AMPERE, the system provides real-time magnetic field measurements using commercial satellites as part of a new observation network […]
Overweight American children, adolescents becoming fatter
August 30, 2010
Overweight American children and adolescents have become fatter over the last decade, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the National Institute on Aging. Examining adiposity shifts across sociodemographic groups over time, they found that U.S. children and adolescents had significantly increased adiposity measures such as body mass index, […]
JHU-built online universe wins AAAS educational award
August 30, 2010
A website that brings the universe into the homes and onto the computer screens of professional and amateur astronomers alike has won a Science Prize for Online Resources in Education, known as SPORE, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Built by a Johns Hopkins University team led by astrophysicist and computer scientist Alexander […]
A promising target for treatment of Parkinson’s
August 30, 2010
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that using specific drugs can protect nerve cells in mice from the lethal effects of Parkinson’s disease. The researchers’ findings are published in the Aug. 22 issue of Nature Medicine. The newly discovered drugs block a protein that, when altered in people, leads to Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease causes […]
Notices — Aug. 30, 2010
August 30, 2010
Hopkins Toastmasters — Individuals who would like to polish their speaking skills before a seminar or scientific presentation, or to prepare for formal or extemporaneous speeches, are invited to join the Hopkins Toastmasters Club. The club meets every second or fourth Monday at alternating times: 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. (second Monday) or 5:30 to 7 […]
Classifieds — Aug. 30, 2010
August 30, 2010
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Baltimore City, updated 1BR condo in secure gated community, assigned prkng, swimming, tennis, nr hospital and university; option to own ($135,000). $1,200/mo incl utils. 410-951-4750. Baltimore City (Old Pimlico Rd), spacious, furn’d 2BR, 2BA condo in secure community, nr light rail and Summit Park ES, free prkng, swimming, tennis. $950/mo incl utils. […]
Calendar — Aug. 30, 2010
August 30, 2010
INFORMATION SESSIONS Wed., Sept. 1, 4:30 p.m. Tour of MSE Library and Introduction to Research, a guide to locating journals, books and DVDs; generating quick bibliographies; accessing databases and journals from off-campus; and other timesaving strategies. Electronic Resource Center, M-level, MSE Library. HW LECTURES Fri., Sept. 3, noon. “Will Alien Life Resemble Us (and How […]