Day: April 25, 2011
Fungus reveals clue to immune system protection
April 25, 2011
A discovery by Johns Hopkins scientists about how a single-celled fungus survives in low-oxygen settings may someday help humans whose immune systems are compromised by organ transplants or AIDS. A report on the discovery in a yeast called Schizosaccharomyces pombe appears April 22 in Molecular Cell. Previous work by the Johns Hopkins team showed that Schizosaccharomyces […]
Icy moon zaps Saturn with electron beams
April 25, 2011
Scientists working with data from NASA’s Cassini mission—now in its sixth year of operations at Saturn—have discovered an electrical current running between Saturn and its moon Enceladus that creates an observable emission on the ringed planet. Don Mitchell, Cassini science team co-investigator from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, first observed the current connection […]
Unreliable measures hamper efforts to assure safer care
April 25, 2011
With a push to make hospitals and doctors more accountable for health care quality, more attention must be paid to the accuracy and reliability of measures used to evaluate caregivers, says a prominent Johns Hopkins patient safety expert. Writing in the April issue of the journal Health Affairs, Peter J. Pronovost, a professor of anesthesiology […]
Jeffrey Gray named Faculty Scholar in Whiting School of Engineering
April 25, 2011
Jeffrey Gray, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named the Whiting School of Engineering’s inaugural F. Stuart Hodgson Faculty Scholar. The award was established through a gift from alumnus F. Stuart Hodgson. After graduating from Johns Hopkins in 1967 with a degree in chemical engineering, Hodgson went on to […]
Dates announced for 2011 Staff Recognition milestone events
April 25, 2011
The Office of Work, Life and Engagement has announced the dates of the 2011 Staff Recognition events for those celebrating five, 10, 15, 20 and greater milestones in increments of five years of service with the university, and whose anniversaries fall between July 11, 2010, and July 10, 2011. The series of events starts with […]
JHM establishes new Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians
April 25, 2011
To align the needs and direction of physicians in the Johns Hopkins Health System with those of faculty clinicians in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Edward D. Miller, dean of the medical faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, announced last week the creation of the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians, to be headed […]
Last Peabody orchestra concerts of season set for this week
April 25, 2011
The two student orchestras of the Peabody Conservatory will give their last performances of the season at 8 p.m. on April 27 and 30 in Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall. Faculty members Edward Polochick and Leon Fleisher will conduct. On Wednesday, Polochick will conduct the Peabody Concert Orchestra in a performance of Robert Schumann’s Symphony […]
MCC, Writer’s Center team up in programs for high schoolers
April 25, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus has forged a partnership with the Writer’s Center to offer five summer writing programs for high school students. The programs—which range in topics from fiction writing and playwriting to documentary filmmaking and writing a college essay—will be offered on the university’s Rockville campus, and the Writer’s Center in Bethesda […]
Classifieds — April 25, 2011
April 25, 2011
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Calendar — April 25, 2011
April 25, 2011
BLOOD DRIVES Mon., April 25, through Wed., April 27, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross blood drive. For eligibility requirements, go to http://www.hopkinsworklife.org/community/blood_drive_locations.html. To schedule a donation, call 410-550-0289. Francis X. Knott Conference Center. Bayview COLLOQUIA Tues., April 26, 4:15 p.m. “Ligands Which Provide Hydrogen Bonds Near and Far From the Metal Center,” […]