Day: February 7, 2011
A course freshmen can dig into
February 7, 2011
Two dozen Johns Hopkins freshmen will get their hands dirty next fall, scratching in the soil of the Homewood campus in search of undiscovered organisms as part of an innovative one-year course offered through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science Education Alliance. Johns Hopkins recently became one of only 12 colleges and universities nationwide in […]
A spirited adventure
February 7, 2011
Decked out in black with a Victorian top hat, Cliff Long waved his handy-dandy “ghost meter” at the iron fence in front of the Fell family grave marker on Shakespeare Street in Fells Point. First the device registered nothing, then it emitted a series of lights and clicks. Long, a guide with Baltimore Ghost Tours, […]
Spring Provost’s Lecture Series announced
February 7, 2011
Embryologist and science enthusiast Steve Farber will kick off the spring schedule of the Provost’s Lecture Series, launched last spring to spread the wealth of academic excellence at Johns Hopkins among its campuses. Farber, a principal investigator with the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Embryology and an adjunct associate professor in the Krieger School […]
Egyptian demonstrations change plans of traveling JHU affiliates
February 7, 2011
Twenty-four Johns Hopkins affiliates working or studying in Egypt fled the country last week—many of them having to abandon their plans—when demonstrations marred by violence broke out in protest against the government. In all, five undergraduates, eight graduate students, one alumnus, one faculty member, four staff members, four family members and one other affiliate left […]
JHM appoints VP for health care transformation, strategic planning
February 7, 2011
John Michael Colmers, former secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, has been named Johns Hopkins Medicine vice president for health care transformation and strategic planning. In this role, Colmers will support the executive leadership of Johns Hopkins Medicine in strategically positioning the expanding Johns Hopkins system to respond to health care […]
Zenilman named JHM vice chair and regional director of surgery
February 7, 2011
Michael E. Zenilman, who was until recently the chairman of the Department of Surgery at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., has been appointed vice chair and regional director of surgery for Johns Hopkins Medicine. Zenilman, a gastrointestinal surgeon and a specialist in geriatric surgery, will also operate a clinical practice out of Suburban […]
Henry Tom, 64, longtime executive editor at JHU Press
February 7, 2011
Henry Y.K. Tom, longtime executive editor at the Johns Hopkins University Press, died unexpectedly on Jan. 10. He was 64. “Henry had retired just this summer,” said Press director Kathleen Keane, “and by all accounts was enjoying himself tremendously. His contributions to publishing and scholarship were many and well-known, and we are all deeply saddened […]
Richard Oles, JHU fencing coach for 44 years, dies at 77
February 7, 2011
Richard Francis “Dick” Oles, who coached Johns Hopkins fencing athletes to more than 600 team victories over 44 years, died Jan. 27 after being struck by a vehicle while walking during a snowstorm along Mountain Road in Anne Arundel County, near his home. He was 77. Oles was head coach of the university’s men’s fencing […]
Harry Marks, historian of medicine, dies at 64
February 7, 2011
Harry M. Marks, an associate professor in the History of Medicine Department at the School of Medicine and the Elizabeth Treide and A. McGehee Harvey Professor of Medical History since 1989, died at his home in Baltimore on Jan. 25 of prostate cancer. He was 64. Author of The Progress of Experiment: Science and Therapeutic […]
Harry Marks, historian of medicine, dies at 64
February 7, 2011
Harry M. Marks, an associate professor in the History of Medicine Department at the School of Medicine and the Elizabeth Treide and A. McGehee Harvey Professor of Medical History since 1989, died at his home in Baltimore on Jan. 25 of prostate cancer. He was 64. Author of The Progress of Experiment: Science and Therapeutic […]