Day: January 19, 2010
H1N1 lessons: Critical illness in kids unpredictable, survivable
January 19, 2010
Lessons learned from the first 13 children at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center to become critically ill from the H1N1 virus show that serious complications developed quickly, unpredictably, with great variations from patient to patient and with serious need for vigilant monitoring and quick treatment adjustments.
JHU mathematician shares Veblen Prize
January 19, 2010
William P. Minicozzi II, a Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences, received the 2010 American Mathematical Society’s Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry on Jan. 14 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco.
Getting a better look at life
January 19, 2010
Gary Brooker is no stranger to new technology. He’s been inventing microscopes to assist him and other scientists throughout the world in the discovery process for decades. His latest challenge: developing two new widefield nonscanning imaging technologies for fluorescence 3D microscopy so that scientists can see more detail inside live cells to help unravel the mysteries of how cells function in health and disease.
Theatre Hopkins announces productions for 2010 season
January 19, 2010
Theatre Hopkins, celebrating its 88th season, has announced that it will present two musicals in 2010 at the Swirnow Theater on the Homewood campus. Opening in February will be Follies: Concert Version and in June, the Maryland premiere of The Glorious Ones. The concert version of Follies, featuring Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award–winning score, with book […]
Men in Nursing to host talk on future of the profession
January 19, 2010
Michael Bleich, dean of the Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing, will give a presentation next week about the future of nursing. The event will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26, in room 140 of the School of Nursing, with a reception to follow in the Carpenter Room. […]
Cheers — January, 2010
January 19, 2010
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE Barbara Cook, medical director of Johns Hopkins’ TAP (The Access Partnership) program, which improves access to specialty care for uninsured East Baltimore patients; Desiree De La Torre, TAP’s project manager; Matt Emerson, TAP’s senior analyst; and Anne Langley, director of TAP, won the Service Quality Award from Permanente Journal for their poster […]
Milestones — January, 2010
January 19, 2010
ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS 25 years of service Boney, Treva, Facilities, CTY 20 years of service Inouye, Irene, West Coast Office, CTY BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Retiree Napolitano, Geraldine, 12 years, Rakai Project 25 years of service Krenn, Susan, Center for Communication Programs 15 years of service Gouel-Tannous, Therese, International Health Gray, Roberta, Epidemiology […]
Notices
January 19, 2010
The 2010 YouthWorks Summer Jobs Program — Teens interested in working in the YouthWorks Summer Jobs Program 2010 can participate in a paid summer internship designed to provide exposure to careers, mentoring and education while developing responsibility and experience. This year 250 high school and college students will have the opportunity to gain work experience […]
Calendar — January 19, 2010
January 19, 2010
COLLOQUIA Fri., Jan. 22, 1 p.m. The A.I. Mahan Colloquium—“Extremist Jihadi Social Networks,” with Jeffrey Bardin, ITSolutions. Sponsored by the Applied Physics Laboratory. Parsons Auditorium. APL DISCUSSION/TALKS Wed., Jan. 20, 5:30 p.m. “Israel, Turkey and Azerbaijan: Strategic Shifts,” a Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS panel discussion with author Alexander Murinson; Khazar Ibrahim, deputy chief of […]