http://gazette.jhu.edu News about Johns Hopkins University Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_2945" align="alignright" width="378" caption="Aris Melissaratos Photo: Sonja Kinzer"][/caption] 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. Aris Melissaratos, senior adviser to the president for enterprise development at Johns Hopkins since February 2007, ... http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/11/16/opening-for-business-opens-doors/ [caption id="attachment_2942" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A new display in the Newton H. White Athletic Center pays tribute to the 114 members to date of Johns Hopkins’ Athletic Hall of Fame. Photo: Jay Vanrensselaer"][/caption] The accomplishments of Johns Hopkins’ student-athletes never looked so good. Recent visitors to Homewood’s Newton H. White Athletic Center would ... http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/11/16/hats-off-to-our-best-blue-jays/ 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 ... http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/11/16/ceo-of-life-technologies-to-give-%e2%80%98leaders-legends%e2%80%99-talk/ [caption id="attachment_2941" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Kerry Stewart and his team are embarking on two studies addressing some of the nation’s biggest health problems: obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular health. Photo: Will Kirk"][/caption] Everyone knows that a healthy diet and adequate exercise are effective weapons in the battle against obesity and type 2 diabetes. But ... http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/11/16/goal-find-out-if-diet-and-exercise-affect-cardiovascular-health/ 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. The U.S., Canadian and Italian scientists say ... http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/11/16/%e2%80%98scaffolding%e2%80%99-protein-changes-in-heart-strengthen-link-between-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-chronic-heart-failure/ [caption id="attachment_3075" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Carey Business School will occupy four floors of the Legg Mason Tower in Harbor East. Photo: Phil Sneiderman"][/caption] The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School is moving to the new Legg Mason Tower at 100 International Drive in Baltimore’s Harbor East. The university has entered into a lease ... http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/11/16/carey-business-school-moving-to-legg-mason-tower/ 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, ... http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/11/16/school-of-education-launches-%e2%80%98shaping-the-future%e2%80%99-series/ 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. In a study published Nov. 9 in the Archives of Internal Medicine, ... http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/11/16/back-pain-permanently-sidelines-soldiers-at-war-study-finds/ 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. “Oftentimes we are ... http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/11/16/surprising-drug-library-find-1930s-med-slows-tumor-growth/ 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. Prompted by growing concern that the increase was due to decreased physical activity associated with increased TV viewing time and ... http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/11/16/less-physical-activity-may-not-be-factor-in-adolescent-obesity-rates/