Category: Around Hopkins
Making learning come alive
May 21, 2012
Students inherently want to learn and succeed. Great teachers help them achieve these aims. They use passion, humor, dedication and even the occasional puppy or other prop to aid students on their path of discovery. Good teachers also know how to adapt and, in these attention span–challenged days, keep topics interesting and engaging. One Johns […]
Blood transfusions still overused, may do more harm than good
May 21, 2012
Citing the lack of clear guidelines for ordering blood transfusions during surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers say that a new study confirms that there is still wide variation in the use of transfusions and frequent use of transfused blood in patients who don’t need it. The overuse of blood is problematic, the researchers say, because blood […]
Calendar
May 21, 2012
BLOOD DRIVES Thurs., May 24, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross blood drive. For more information, call 410-614-0913 or email johnshopkinsblooddrive@jhmi.edu. Mount Washington campus. COLLOQUIA Wed., May 23, 3:30 p.m. “The Galaxy-Halo Connection Across Mass and Time,” an STScI colloquium with Risa Wechsler, Stanford University. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW EXHIBITIONS Tues., May […]
Hermansky installed as Smith Professor in Electrical Engineering
May 21, 2012
Hynek Hermansky, director of The Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Language and Speech Processing, was installed on April 19 as the Whiting School of Engineering’s Julian S. Smith Endowed Professor in Electrical Engineering. Hermansky, an expert in bio-inspired speech processing, is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the International Speech […]
Maternal gluten antibodies linked to schizophrenia risk in children
May 21, 2012
Babies born to women with sensitivity to gluten appear to be at increased risk for certain psychiatric disorders later in life, according to research by scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. The team’s findings, published online April 25 ahead of print in the American Journal of Psychiatry, […]
Inaugural Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy installed
May 21, 2012
Jeffrey Kahn, deputy director for policy and administration at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and an authority on research and public health ethics, was installed May 1 as the inaugural Robert Henry Levi and Ryda Hecht Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy. Ronald J. Daniels, president of The Johns Hopkins University, was […]
SPH receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant
May 21, 2012
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is a winner of a grant from Grand Challenges Explorations, a $100 million initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Alain Labrique, director of the Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project titled “mTikka—Harnessing a Mobile-Cloud […]
Pomp and ceremonies close year
May 21, 2012
The 2011–12 academic year culminates this week with a flurry of events to celebrate JHU’s new pack of alumni, headlined by the Commencement ceremony for graduates from all divisions and campuses. The universitywide event will take place this year, rain or shine, from 8:40 a.m. to noon on Thursday, May 24, on Homewood Field. […]
Blue Jays Forever
May 15, 2012
From face painting to class banner waving—and even some sword swallowing—thousands displayed all manner of Blue Jay spirit at Alumni Weekend 2012, held May 4 to 6. Homecoming featured more than 70 events this year, including Saturday’s new Hullabalooza, a late-night dance party with live music and a “glow bar” under a tent on the […]
Calendar — May 14, 2012
May 14, 2012
COLLOQUIA Wed., May 16, 3:30 p.m. “Habitable Planet Detection and Characterization With Far Infrared Coherent Interferometry,” an STScI colloquium with James Lloyd, Cornell University. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW DANCE Sun., May 20, 1 and 4 p.m. Preparatory Spring Dance performance of Cinderella. (See photo, this page.) Advance ticket purchase required; call 410-234-4626. Friedberg Hall. […]