Day: February 22, 2010
Students encouraged to apply for temporary census jobs
February 22, 2010
The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring more than a million temporary employees to help conduct the 2010 census this spring, and college students 18 and older are being encouraged to apply. The part-time positions are considered resume builders for students, who will be able to note that they’ve worked for a widely recognized federal government […]
Whiteout: JHU vs. the snow of 2010 … Epic blizzard shut down university–but not all its staff
February 22, 2010
Mark Selivan, grounds manager for the Homewood campus, clearly recalls his Snowmageddon “cry uncle” moment. It came late on Feb. 10, the day a second storm unkindly dumped another 20 inches of snow on an area still reeling from 30-plus inches left from the previous weekend. Selivan stood on the horseshoe steps leading down to […]
Michela Gallagher named interim dean of Arts and Sciences
February 22, 2010
Michela Gallagher, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Brain and Psychological Sciences and vice provost for academic affairs, has been named interim dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. She will assume the position on April 1, when Adam Falk, the current James B. Knapp Dean of the school, leaves Johns Hopkins to assume the presidency of Williams College.
Senior VP search committee announced
February 22, 2010
President Ronald J. Daniels has announced the formation of a search committee to assist him in identifying a successor to James T. McGill, who will retire on June 30 from his position as senior vice president for finance and administration.
Dean Jessica P. Einhorn of SAIS
February 22, 2010
Jessica P. Einhorn made history the moment she assumed leadership of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in 2002. Einhorn, who earned a master’s degree in international affairs from SAIS in 1970, became the first graduate to return as dean. Upon her appointment, Einhorn said she viewed the role as that of […]
Personalized blood tests for cancer developed
February 22, 2010
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have used data from the whole genome sequencing of cancer patients to develop individualized blood tests they believe can help physicians tailor patients’ treatments. The genome-based blood tests, believed to be the first of their kind, may be used to monitor tumor levels after therapy and determine […]
Former Kellogg dean to give Carey Business School lecture
February 22, 2010
Dipak C. Jain, former dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, will speak in the Carey Business School’s Dean’s Lecture Series on Thursday, Feb. 25. His talk will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Mason Hall on the Homewood campus. Jain is currently the Sandy and Morton Goldman Professor in […]
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra plays with fire and water
February 22, 2010
The theme of “fire and water” ties together three Hopkins Symphony Orchestra events—two of them free—taking place from Thursday, Feb. 25, through Sunday, Feb. 28, on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. At noon on Thursday, pianist, improviser and composer Lee Pui Ming offers Soundings, an informal free workshop on improvisation, with audience involvement. The hour […]
It’s birthday time for Johns Hopkins University
February 22, 2010
Johns Hopkins turns 134 years old on Monday. Funny, it doesn’t look a day over 90.
NIH grant funds study on stem cells from ALS patients
February 22, 2010
A two-year $3.7 million stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow Johns Hopkins neurologist and lead researcher Jeffrey Rothstein to expand on his long-standing research into the nerve- and muscle-wasting disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Using stem cells developed in a laboratory from skin cell samples taken from 20 ALS patients and […]