Category: Around Hopkins
Provost’s Panel on Innovation wraps up lecture series
April 23, 2012
What is the best environment for creative and innovative thinking? In what ways does the academic culture promote innovation? Are innovative ideas best found within disciplines or at the intersection of disciplines? Is innovation the result of serendipity and flashes of insight, or the result of effort and hard work? The 2011–12 Provost’s Lecture Series, […]
Study: Genetically engineered compound for back pain falls short
April 23, 2012
Despite the great promise that injecting a new type of anti-inflammatory pain medicine into the spine could relieve the severe leg and lower back pain of sciatica, a Johns Hopkins–led study has found that the current standard of care with steroid injections still does better. Etanercept, sold under the brand name Enbrel, is a genetically […]
Spring Fair
April 23, 2012
David Vaino, Katie Radin, President Ron Daniels, Leah Granovskaya and Hong Tai were among the hundreds with lunch on their minds when Spring Fair opened at noon on Friday. The picnic tables filled up quickly as the scents of pizza, French fries, cheesesteaks, hot dogs and roasted turkey legs wafted over the Homewood campus, signaling […]
School of Ed to host 40-plus kids on city’s Pre-K at Play Day
April 23, 2012
Johns Hopkins’ School of Education will host more than 40 students from Samuel Morse Elementary School in West Baltimore for Baltimore City Public Schools’ second annual Pre-K at Play Day, to be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, April 26. Pre-K students will participate in a variety of interactive activities offered by the […]
Sunlight plus lime juice makes drinking water safer
April 23, 2012
Looking for an inexpensive and effective way to quickly improve the quality of your drinking water? According to a team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, sunlight and a twist of lime might do the trick. Researchers found that adding lime juice to […]
Head of U.K. Financial Services Authority to speak at SAIS
April 16, 2012
Adair Turner, chairman of the U.K. Financial Services Authority, will give the annual Rostov Lecture on International Affairs at SAIS at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 19. Turner has overseen the FSA, the regulator of the financial service industry in the U.K., since 2008. He will speak about “Shadow Banking, Prudential Risk and Social Value.” […]
Classifieds — April 16, 2012
April 16, 2012
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Notices — April 16, 2012
April 16, 2012
Spring Toiletries Drive — SOURCE is sponsoring a two-week spring toiletries drive to help people in need. A variety of items will be collected, including new and unopened shampoo, soap, deodorant, shaving cream, razors, Q-tips, feminine hygiene products, lotion, toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash and products for babies. The four drop-box locations, available between Monday, April 16, […]
Calendar — April 16, 2012
April 16, 2012
BLOOD DRIVES Tues., April 17, 7:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross blood drive. To schedule an apppointment go to redcrossblood .org/make-donation or call 443-997-0338. To learn about donating, to check eligibility criteria or find tips on preparing for your blood donation, call 866-236-3276. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW COLLOQUIA Mon., April 16, 4 p.m. […]
Milestones — April 16, 2012
April 16, 2012
ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS 25 years of service Merriman, Christine, Jhpiego 20 years of service Ringgold, Sharon, Johns Hopkins University Press 15 years of service Hartman, Melissa, Center for Talented Youth 10 years of service Robinson, Victoria, Jhpiego White, James, Center for Talented Youth 5 years of service Braverman, Joanne, Johns […]