Day: July 6, 2009
Suburban Hospital Healthcare System joins JH Medicine
July 6, 2009
Ahead of schedule, officials of Suburban Hospital Healthcare System and the Johns Hopkins Health System Corp. on June 30 completed and signed documents officially integrating the Montgomery County–based SHHS into the Johns Hopkins Health System.
Faculty, staff donations needed at July 14 Homewood blood drive
July 6, 2009
Blood donations from faculty and staff are particularly needed at the Homewood campus drive on Tuesday, July 14, in the Glass Pavilion, which is run by the office of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs.
Co-op learning tops list of best approaches for secondary math
July 6, 2009
Cooperative learning methods have been found to be most effective in raising the math scores of middle and high school students, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins School of Education’s Center for Research and Reform in Education.
Predicting prostate cancer return: Study betters success odds
July 6, 2009
Cancer experts at Johns Hopkins say that a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median of eight years has shown that a three-way combination of measurements has the best chance yet of predicting disease metastasis.
Johns Hopkins Nursing launches research podcast series
July 6, 2009
The School of Nursing is launching a series of audio podcasts highlighting new research and focusing on critical health topics that span the issues of today’s nursing profession.
Online Guided Care Nursing Course endorsed by NGNA
July 6, 2009
The National Gerontological Nursing Association, the nation’s first specialty organization dedicated to improving the quality of nursing care for older adults, has endorsed the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing’s new online Guided Care Nursing Course. The unique six-week course, which launched in June, was developed in collaboration with the Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated […]
Nichols House to be closed over summer for renovations
July 6, 2009
Nichols House on the Homewood campus will be closed this summer and events usually held there will be moved elsewhere while deferred maintenance and refurbishments are completed. Work will be done to bring the university president’s official residence, completed in 1959, up to current code in such areas as electrical service, heating and air conditioning, […]
CSOS grant to support work with Baltimore high schoolers
July 6, 2009
Johns Hopkins’ Center for Social Organization of Schools was recently awarded a $286,816 grant from AT&T to support the Baltimore Talent Development High School.
Notices – July 6, 2009
July 6, 2009
Grantcraft Workshop — The Professional Development Office’s Grantcraft workshop is designed to assist faculty and advanced postdoctoral fellows with preparing an NIH or other peer-reviewed grant application. Registration is required. The workshop consists of a one-day didactic session, focusing on the federal grant process, followed by small discussion sessions during which participants use what they […]