Issue: 2012 June 25
University names VP, strategic initiatives, and VP, chief of staff and secretary to the board
June 28, 2012
President Ronald J. Daniels has announced two key administrative appointments at The Johns Hopkins University: a vice president, chief of staff and secretary to the board of trustees; and a vice president, strategic initiatives. Jacqueline Lee Mok, currently The University of Arizona’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, as well as senior vice […]
A great big family picnic
June 25, 2012
Almost 1,700 staff members, faculty and their families attended the JHU Staff Appreciation Picnic held June 8 on the grounds of Johns Hopkins at Eastern, where a catered BBQ dinner was served by members of the administration, and attendees played carnival games and sang karaoke. “The picnic is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and thank […]
For the Record: Cheers
June 25, 2012
BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER Clifton “Bing” Bingham III, an associate professor of medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center, has received a two-year $500,000 grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. A rheumatologist, Bingham is developing an interactive questionnaire that will help incorporate the unique, personal perspectives of individual rheumatoid arthritis patients into their […]
JHH recognized as one of best U.S. hospitals to work in
June 25, 2012
The Johns Hopkins Hospital has been ranked as one of the top 25 in the United States for which to work by HealthExecNews.com. The editors assessed such elements as opportunities for professional development, exceptional benefits, compensation, efficient workflow and employee satisfaction.
Microsorting device could catch roaming cancer cells
June 25, 2012
In life, we sort soiled laundry from clean, ripe fruit from rotten. Two Johns Hopkins engineers say that they have found an easy way to use gravity or simple forces to similarly sort microscopic particles and bits of biological matter—including circulating tumor cells. In the May 25 online issue of Physical Review Letters, German Drazer, […]
Correction
June 25, 2012
The June 11 Gazette article on the JHU Press’ War of 1812 book series incorrectly identified two books—187 Things You Should Know About the War of 1812 and In Full Glory Reflected—as being Press books and part of the series. The two works are being distributed by the Press but were published by the Maryland […]
JHU’s Bennett and WMAP team awarded Gruber Cosmology Prize
June 25, 2012
The Gruber Foundation announced June 20 that the 2012 Cosmology Prize will be awarded to Johns Hopkins University Professor Charles L. Bennett and the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe space mission science team that he led. Bennett and the WMAP team are being recognized by the foundation for their transformative study of an ancient light dating […]
Calendar
June 25, 2012
LECTURES Tues., July 3, 8 p.m. “Exploring the Depths of 30 Doradus,” an STScI public lecture by Elena Sabbi, STScI. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW SEMINARS Mon., June 25, noon. “Promoting Public Health and Bioethics in a Developing Country,” an International Health seminar with Myint Htwe, Myanmar Ministry of Health. RSVP to mnyunt@jhsph.edu. E6519 SPH. […]
Shuttle changes now in effect on two routes
June 25, 2012
Changes for two shuttle routes went into effect on June 18. The Stieff Building stop has moved from the Keswick-Homewood-Eastern-JHMI Shuttle route to the Homewood–Mount Washington Shuttle route. Approximate travel time to the Stieff Building from Homewood’s Mason Hall is two minutes; approximate travel time from Mount Washington’s McAuley Hall is 12 minutes. Departure times […]
‘Master molecule’ may improve stem cell heart attack treatment
June 25, 2012
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a single protein molecule may hold the key to turning cardiac stem cells into blood vessels or muscle tissue, a finding that may lead to better ways to treat heart attack patients. Human heart tissue does not heal well after a heart attack, instead forming debilitating scars. For reasons […]