Year: 2010
Study: Nonprofit job growth in Maryland defies recession
January 11, 2010
Despite the recession, nonprofit employment in Maryland increased by 2.7 percent in 2008, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. By contrast, for-profit employment in Maryland decreased by 3.3 percent during this same period.
Smoking cessation may increase diabetes risk
January 11, 2010
Cigarette smoking is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but new research from Johns Hopkins suggests that quitting the habit may actually raise diabetes risk in the short term.
Vaccine appears to ‘mop up’ leukemia cells drug leaves behind
January 11, 2010
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers say preliminary studies show that a vaccine made with leukemia cells may be able to reduce or eliminate the last remaining cancer cells in some chronic myeloid leukemia, or CML, patients taking the drug Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec).
Peabody Jazz students, alumni to perform in Kawasaki, Japan
January 11, 2010
A sextet of Peabody Conservatory jazz students and alumni will depart for Japan tomorrow, Jan. 12, with Gary Thomas, director of Jazz Studies and the Richard and Elizabeth Case Endowed Professor in Jazz. The city of Kawasaki invited the group, billed as the Baltimore City Peabody Jazz Ensemble, for a week and a half of performing and sightseeing. Baltimore and Kawasaki have been sister cities for more than 30 years. The participants are alto saxophonists Daniel Cherouny, a senior, and Russell Kirk, a 2005 alumnus; double bassist Blake Meister, a 2008 graduate; guitarist Kevin Clark, a sophomore; pianist Jacob Silver, a 2009 alumnus and a Graduate Professional Diploma candidate; and drummer Daniel Marcellus, a 2006 graduate. They will appear with ensembles of Japanese jazz students and professionals in concerts at Senzoku Gakuen University, Kawasaki International Center and Showa University of Music.
SAP upgrade scheduled for May; training plans TBA
January 11, 2010
In May, SAP will be upgraded to take advantage of future improvements and maintain SAP product support. The upgrade will primarily affect the look and feel of the screens in the shopping cart transaction but will not change functionality or impact business processes. Additionally, R/3 will be renamed to ECC, an acronym for ERP Central Component.
APL engineer scores with song in ‘The Blind Side’
January 11, 2010
About a third of the way through the new hit movie The Blind Side, about Baltimore Ravens rookie lineman Michael Oher, some APL staffers might be hearing a familiar voice. The hip-hop song playing when Oher returns to the rough neighborhood where he grew up is by Ashley Llorens, an engineer in APL’s National Security and Technology Department.
Notices — Jan. 11, 2010
January 11, 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.
Calendar — Jan. 11, 2010
January 11, 2010
DISCUSSIONS/TALKS Thurs., Jan. 14, 10:30 a.m. “North Korea–South Korea Relations in the New Era,” a U.S.–Korea Institute at SAIS discussion with Lee Yoon-Sung, vice speaker, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. Rome Building Auditorium. SAIS Fri., Jan. 15, 6:30 p.m. “Egyptomania: The Egyptian Style From Assyria to Obama,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion […]
Seven from JHU named AAAS fellows
January 4, 2010
Seven Johns Hopkins researchers from four of the university’s schools have been elected by their peers as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Johns Hopkins to buy former Zurich Insurance property
January 4, 2010
Johns Hopkins has entered into a contract to acquire the former Zurich Insurance Co. property in north Baltimore and will use it to consolidate financial, data processing and administrative functions currently spread out in a number of area locations.