Day: September 13, 2010
A new home for IPS in Public Health
September 13, 2010
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, a longtime freestanding organization of the university, has a new academic home: the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. The move, effective immediately, is intended to maximize IPS’s potential as a resource for the university. Current plans are for the institute […]
Serving up dinner and discourse
September 13, 2010
Guess who’s coming to dinner? If you’re Katherine Newman, the answer is 800 undergraduates. That’s the number of students the new James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences expects to welcome to her home throughout the 2010–2011 academic year, thanks to two informal dinner-and-discussion programs pairing distinguished Krieger School faculty and […]
Cloud computing method improves gene analysis
September 13, 2010
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed software that greatly improves the speed at which scientists can analyze RNA sequencing data. Known as Myrna, the new software—which is available for free download at http://bowtie-bio.sf.net/myrna—uses “cloud computing,” an Internet-based method of sharing computer resources. RNA sequencing is used to compare differences […]
BET founder Robert L. Johnson to give Leaders + Legends talk
September 13, 2010
Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of the RLJ Cos. and Black Entertainment Television, is the featured speaker at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Leaders + Legends lecture series on Thursday, Sept. 16. The event will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Legg Mason Tower in Harbor East. Johnson’s remarks are […]
Law prof presents ‘A Skeptical View of Constitution Worship’
September 13, 2010
Harvard Law School professor Michael J. Klarman will discuss civil rights and civil liberties at The Johns Hopkins University’s 2010 Constitutional Forum, a discussion of important legal issues held in conjunction with the annual observance of Constitution Day. During his talk, “A Skeptical View of Constitution Worship,” Klarman will discuss how our civil rights and […]
WSE names Dexter G. Smith associate dean for EP programs
September 13, 2010
Dexter G. Smith has been appointed the Whiting School of Engineering’s associate dean for Engineering for Professionals, which offers part-time education for working engineers and scientists. The appointment is effective Oct. 1. Smith, who has been affiliated with Johns Hopkins since 1995, currently serves as a member of the principal professional staff of the university’s […]
APL shapes ‘precursor’ mission for exploration of an asteroid
September 13, 2010
Ten years ago, NASA’s Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission made history as the first spacecraft to orbit and land on an asteroid. Now the team behind that successful mission proposes a sequel that could pave the way for astronauts to explore an asteroid for the first time. Engineers and scientists at Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics […]
Researchers identify genes tied to deadliest ovarian cancers
September 13, 2010
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified two genes whose mutations appear to be linked to ovarian clear cell carcinoma, one of the most aggressive forms of ovarian cancer. Clear cell carcinoma is generally resistant to standard therapy. In an article published online in the Sept. 8 issue of Science Express, the […]
JHM researchers unravel clues to infertility in obese women
September 13, 2010
Obese women have a well-known risk for infertility, but a new Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study has unraveled what investigators here believe is the mechanism that accounts for the risk. The research, conducted in mice and published online Sept. 8 in the journal Cell Metabolism, shows that the pituitary gland actively responds to chronically high […]
Tick-Tock: Rods help set internal clocks, Hopkins biologist says
September 13, 2010
We run our modern lives largely by the clock, from the alarms that startle us out of our slumbers and herald each new workday to the watches and clocks that remind us when it’s time for meals, after-school pickup and the like. In addition to those ubiquitous timekeepers, though, we have internal “clocks” that are […]