Issue: 2011 December 12
By withholding trust in negotiations, parties ‘pay a price’
December 12, 2011
Studies have long documented that people from different cultures negotiate in different ways, though it is unclear why this happens. But a new research paper argues that different levels of trust account for these divergent bargaining strategies, with negotiators from less-trusting cultures engaging in counterproductive behaviors that lead to poor outcomes. Recently published in the […]
Notices — December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011
Funding for Musculoskeletal Research Projects — The Johns Hopkins Center for Musculoskeletal Research announces the availability of funding for pilot and feasibility projects. The CMR funds are available to encourage innovative research in pathogenic mechanisms, basic science and therapeutic approaches related to muscle and bone research. Three grants of $30,000 (direct costs only) for a […]
Degrees of failure: Many high school graduates are unprepared
December 12, 2011
A significant number of American teenagers graduate from high school unprepared to take their next big steps toward adulthood, according to a study by researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona’s Center for the Study of Higher Education. More than 40 percent of high-schoolers do not follow a college preparatory track or […]
Trauma patients more likely to die at hospitals serving minorities
December 12, 2011
Seriously injured patients cared for at hospitals serving larger numbers of minorities are significantly more likely to die than those treated at hospitals serving mostly whites, regardless of the race of the patient, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. The racial makeup of the general patient population in a trauma care facility may be a major […]
Calendar — December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011
COLLOQUIA Wed., Dec. 14, 3:30 p.m. “Signatures of Supermassive Black Hole Coalescence,” an STSci colloquium with Tamara Bogdanovic, University of Maryland. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW Wed., Dec. 14, 4:30 p.m. “New Methods and Results—Old Problem: AraC,” a Biology colloquium with Robert Schleif, KSAS. Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW DISCUSSION/ TALKS Wed., Dec. 14, 2 p.m. […]
Institute for retired faculty launched at Krieger School
December 12, 2011
The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences has taken a significant step to retain the expertise, talents and wisdom of its distinguished veteran faculty. In an effort to underscore the importance of research among retired Krieger School faculty, President Ronald J. Daniels and Dean Katherine S. Newman recently announced the establishment of The Academy at […]
Bioethicist Ruth Faden receives lifetime achievement award
December 12, 2011
Ruth Faden, founding director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, is a co-recipient with her husband, bioethicist Tom L. Beauchamp, of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Research Ethics from Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research. The award, presented Dec. 3 at the 2011 Advancing Ethical Research Conference at the Gaylord Hotel […]
Hodson Trust awards Johns Hopkins nearly $2 mill
December 12, 2011
The Hodson Trust this month awarded nearly $2 million to Johns Hopkins University to support undergraduate scholarships, research in oncology and nephrology, and the Hodson Curator of the University Archives. The grant was awarded Dec. 1 following the annual Hodson Scholars Luncheon, at which two students expressed their gratitude for the Hodson Trust’s support. Pictured […]
Online J-List offers housing listings, discussion forums
December 12, 2011
The Office of Work, Life and Engagement has launched J-List, an online resource providing housing classifieds and discussion forums. Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, students and retirees who want to buy, sell, rent or share their home can list them on the site, and users will be able to search the database by home type and […]
Solving unknown causes of inherited diseases
December 12, 2011
The McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine, has been named one of three Mendelian Disorders Genome Centers by the National Human Genome Research Institute and will receive $16 million over the next four years to identify causes of genetic disease. The center will be called the […]