Day: March 29, 2010
Hormone mimic lowers ‘bad’ cholesterol in statin users
March 29, 2010
People whose “bad” cholesterol and risk of future heart disease stay too high despite cholesterol-lowering statin therapy can safely lower it by adding a drug that mimics the action of thyroid hormone. In a report published in the March 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Johns Hopkins and in Sweden […]
Causes found for ‘stiff skin’ syndrome affecting young adults
March 29, 2010
By studying the genetics of a rare inherited disorder called stiff skin syndrome, researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have learned more about scleroderma, a condition affecting about one in 5,000 people that leads to hardening of the skin as well as other debilitating and often life-threatening problems. The findings, which appeared last […]
Online session planned on Johns Hopkins Takes Time for Schools
March 29, 2010
The Office of Work, Life and Engagement will offer an online FastFacts session about the new Johns Hopkins Takes Time for Schools program at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 1. This 45-minute session, which you can attend at your desk using a computer and telephone, will provide an overview of the service partnership aimed at […]
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to speak at SAIS
March 29, 2010
Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, will give the annual Rostov Lecture on International Affairs at SAIS at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31. Breyer’s talk is titled “The Court and Foreign Law.” The event will be held in the Nitze Building’s Kenney Auditorium. Non-SAIS affiliates should RSVP to 202-663-5636 or saisevents@jhu.edu. A live […]
WSE students seek voting support for South Africa project
March 29, 2010
Johns Hopkins students who are helping to build irrigation systems to improve the productivity of agricultural gardens in an impoverished region of South Africa are urging supporters to vote online to help them win a $50,000 prize to fund their efforts. This project, entered by the Johns Hopkins chapter of Engineers Without Borders–USA, is a […]
Notices — March 29, 2010
March 29, 2010
CPR/AED Training — Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator training is being offered to faculty and nonclinical staff from 1 to 4 p.m., on Wednesday, April 14, on the Homewood campus. The adult CPR training combines lecture, video demonstrations and hands-on manikin training. AED training prepares participants to aid victims of sudden cardiac arrest. A […]
Calendar — March 29, 2010
March 29, 2010
COLLOQUIA Tues., March 30, 4 p.m. “Drawing Together: Materials, Gestures, Lines,” an Anthropology colloquium with Tim Ingold, University of Aberdeen. 400 Macaulay. HW Wed., March 31, 4:15 p.m. “The History of Missed Opportunities: British Romanticism and the Emergence of the Everyday,” an ELH colloquium with William Galperin, Rutgers University. Sponsored by English. 201C Dell House. […]