Issue: 2011 August 29
Calendar — August 29, 2011
August 29, 2011
COLLOQUIA Thurs., Sept. 1, 4 p.m. “Well-Being in a World of Want: Some Reflections on Recent Fieldwork in Sierra Leone,” an Anthropology colloquium with Michael Jackson, Harvard Divinity School. 400 Macaulay. HW INFORMATION SESSIONS Mon., Sept. 1, 12:15 p.m. Joint HIV Counseling and Testing Program/Health Leads information session for faculty, staff and students. Sponsored by […]
Classifieds — August 29, 2011
August 29, 2011
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Bayview, 2BR, 2BA house, den, clean concrete backyd w/storage, walk to Bayview campus, grocery stores or sm shopping center, nr 95/895. 301-661-5627. Butcher’s Hill, 2BR or 1BR + den apt, 1 full BA, recently renov’d, open kitchen, microwave/stove/oven, dw, W/D in unit, sec sys, storage, on-street prkng, 4 blks south of JHMI; […]
JHU begins research to create blood platelets from stem cells
August 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins scientists have launched a pioneering research program to create, for the first time, human platelet cells from stem cells in order to study inherited blood-clotting abnormalities ranging from clots that cause heart attacks and stroke to bleeding disorders. The study is funded by a $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health […]
Policy change reduces racial disparity in kidney transplants
August 29, 2011
A national transplant policy change designed to give African-American patients greater access to donor kidneys has sliced in half the racial disparities that have long characterized the allocation of lifesaving organs, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. Before 2003, the researchers note, an African-American patient who joined the kidney transplant list on the same day as a […]
Nag factor: How do kids convince parents to buy junk foods?
August 29, 2011
Sure they’re fun and kids love them, but could cartoon characters used in marketing contribute to the obesity epidemic as well as create nagging children? Today, some parents find themselves having a battle in the cereal aisle. Recognizable characters and logos prompt children to make repeated requests for a range of products, including low-nutrition foods […]
New composite material may restore damaged soft tissue
August 29, 2011
Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins have developed a new liquid material that in early experiments in rats and humans shows promise in restoring damaged soft tissue relatively safely and durably. The material, a composite of biological and synthetic molecules, is injected under the skin, then “set” using light to form a more solid structure, like […]
Peabody season opens with music by Joe, Franz and Thad
August 29, 2011
Peabody’s 2011–2012 season will open on Tuesday, Sept. 20, with An Evening with Joe Burgstaller and Friends, the first of eight concerts in the Sylvia Adalman Chamber Series. Burgstaller, a former full-time member of the Canadian Brass who teaches trumpet at the Peabody Conservatory, will be joined by pianists Julian Lawrence Cargiulo and Hector Martignon, […]
Here comes the Class of 2015
August 29, 2011
In a synchronized swirl of activity, members of the Class of 2015 checked into the Homewood campus last week to begin their college adventure. Cars, trucks and vans, all stuffed with cargo, lined up in caravan fashion on Wednesday and Thursday as the freshmen moved into Johns Hopkins residence halls. It was a tale of […]
Can we build better science courses?
August 29, 2011
The Johns Hopkins University is, figuratively speaking, going back into the learning laboratory to augment, enhance, rejigger and, in some cases, reinvent its foundation science courses. Lloyd B. Minor, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, has launched a yearlong universitywide effort called the Gateway Sciences Initiative to promote wider adoption of successful teaching […]
$30 mill creates center for personalized cancer care
August 29, 2011
A $30 million gift from the Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research has enabled the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center to establish a Center for Personalized Cancer Medicine. The gift from the Richmond, Va.–based foundation will be used to support research and the development of new technologies that pinpoint the novel genetic characteristics of each patient’s cancer. […]