Year: 2010
Cheers — October 18, 2010
October 18, 2010
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE Marketing and Communications has been recognized with two awards from the Washington-area chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Dome has won a Thoth Award, the top prize in its category, while the office’s H1NI flu campaign received the second place honor, the Award of Excellence. The Dome honorees include then-editors […]
Milestones — October 18, 2010
October 18, 2010
ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS 25 years of service Dale, Mary Jo, Institute for Policy Studies 20 years of service Czarnowsky, Lora, Johns Hopkins University Press 10 years of service Chamorro, Corina, Center for Talented Youth 5 years of service Gibson, Hannah, Jhpiego BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 30 years of service Clark, Shirley, Facilities Fleming, […]
Notices — October 18, 2010
October 18, 2010
Composting Focus Group — In the coming weeks, the School of Public Health will be launching the first phase of a composting program at the Wolfe Street and Hampton House locations. Initially this program will collect only materials from the kitchen and animal cage wash areas; eventually the program will be expanded to include dining […]
Calendar — October 18, 2010
October 18, 2010
COLLOQUIA Mon., Oct. 18, noon. “Molecular Mechanism of Activation and Inhibition of Bax in Cell Death Regulation,” a joint Biophysics/Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Nico Tjandra, NIH. 111 Mergenthaler. HW Tues., Oct. 19, 4 p.m. “When Custom Is a Crime: Law, Life and the Goddess in Rural South India” with Hester Betlem, KSAS; and “Some […]
Classifieds — October 18, 2010
October 18, 2010
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Baltimore City, updated 1BR condo in secure gated community, assigned prkng, swimming, tennis, nr hospital and university; option to own ($135,000). $1,200/mo incl utils. 410-951-4750. Bayview, 2-3BR apt on 1st flr. $700/mo + sec dep. 443-243-1651. Bologna, Italy, visit between Oct 22-30, stay in a flat under the Due Torri. www.airbnb .com/rooms/9262. […]
This is your brain on art
October 11, 2010
The classic Led Zeppelin track Stairway to Heaven, FM dial well-worn as it is, still elicits the desire to turn up the volume, particularly just before guitarist Jimmy Page’s signature solo. The listener lets Page’s effortless plucking wash over him, eyes instinctively close to concentrate on the notes. The sudden urge to air drum or […]
Egyptian art arrives from Eton College
October 11, 2010
A renowned collection of Egyptian decorative art from Eton College in Windsor, England, has arrived at The Johns Hopkins University for long-term research and display in the university’s Archaeological Museum. Glazed blue ceramic vessels, ritual amulets and a gilded mummy mask are among the approximately 1,900 pieces of small-scale artifacts on loan for 15 years from […]
Wanted: Minorities to study reproductive health
October 11, 2010
Scientists from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Morgan State University have received a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant designed to promote racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity in reproductive science research. The grant to five investigators—Sally Radovick and Andrew Wolfe of Johns Hopkins, and Gloria Hoffman, Michael Koban and Wei Wei Le of Morgan […]
Bloomberg School of Public Health receives $38.6 mill for orthopedic trauma research
October 11, 2010
The Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded $38.6 million by the Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program of the U.S. Department of Defense to expand its Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium. METRC, which was established in September 2009 with a Defense Department award of […]
Kellogg adds support to New Frontiers of Philanthropy Project
October 11, 2010
The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies has announced that the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has joined a broad coalition of foundations, venture philanthropists and public agencies in supporting the center’s New Frontiers of Philanthropy Project. The Kellogg Foundation’s $150,000 gift will significantly advance this project’s objective to open a new era in financing solutions […]