Year: 2010
Forget the forest, scientists say—pre-humans lived in savannahs
June 7, 2010
Pre-humans in East Africa 4.4 million years ago lived among grassy, tree-studded plains, not in the forests, according to a new study. The finding by a multi-university team of scientists adds new fuel to the debate over why early humanlike species came down out of the trees and began walking on two legs. The team’s […]
Genetic ‘parts’ list created for key part of brain
June 7, 2010
A Johns Hopkins and Japanese research team has generated the first comprehensive genetic “parts” list of a mouse hypothalamus, an enigmatic region of the brain—in humans, roughly cherry-sized—that controls hunger, thirst, fatigue, body temperature and wake-sleep cycles and links the central nervous system to control of hormone levels. Flaws in hypothalamus development may underlie both […]
‘The Glorious Ones’ opens at Swirnow Theater
June 7, 2010
Theatre Hopkins will open its final production of the season, the Maryland première of the musical comedy The Glorious Ones, on Friday, June 11, at the Swirnow Theater in the Mattin Center on the Homewood campus. The score and book, adapted from a novel by Francine Prose, are by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, who […]
Notices — June 7, 2010
June 7, 2010
FDA Mini-Course: Regulation of Medical Devices — Do you see yourself as one day inventing a solution to a critical clinical need that will help millions of patients? To achieve that vision, you need insight into the world of FDA regulations. This summer, Biomedical Engineering’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design is opening its mini-course […]
Classifieds — June 7, 2010
June 7, 2010
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Calendar — June 7, 2010
June 7, 2010
BLOOD DRIVE Tues., June 15, and Wed., June 16, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross blood drive. For more information, go to johnshopkinsblooddrive@jhmi .edu or call 410-614-0913. Turner Concourse. EB FILM/VIDEO Fri., June 18, 7:30 p.m. JHU Summer Film Series presents The Addams Family. Sponsored by the Office of Summer and Intersession Programs. […]
SAIS honors Bologna’s Mahrukh Doctor for excellence in teaching
June 7, 2010
She made me think and question things.’ This is a simple yet stirring comment made by one student about Mahrukh Doctor, adjunct professor of Latin American studies at the SAIS Bologna Center, who was awarded the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award during the commencement ceremony in Bologna on May 28. A […]
Academic year comes to a close
May 24, 2010
The academic year culminates this week with a big JHU bash and a new tradition. In an effort to promote a more unified Johns Hopkins family, the university has fused the universitywide commencement ceremony with the Homewood undergraduate diploma ceremony for one grand graduation observance. The result will be a single ceremony for graduates from […]
Best in class
May 24, 2010
Some teachers are practical. They pepper students with real-world examples to illustrate course content. Some like to inject a little fun. To spice up a potentially boring lecture, one Johns Hopkins public health professor will have his students devise a financial analysis—for an ugly-baby clinic. Some openly show passion for the subject. Picture a music […]
Society of Scholars inducts new members
May 24, 2010
The Society of Scholars was created on the recommendation of then president Milton S. Eisenhower and approved by the university board of trustees on May 1, 1967. The society—the first of its kind in the nation—inducts former postdoctoral fellows, postdoctoral degree recipients, house staff and junior or visiting faculty who have served at least a […]