Category: Around Hopkins
Study: Public disclosure of hospital infection rates vary by state
April 9, 2012
Only 21 states require public reporting of hospital data on surgical site infections, and even when disclosure is mandated, the information is often not easily accessed by patients who could use it to make decisions about their medical care, according to new Johns Hopkins research. The findings suggest that a haphazard, state-by-state system for reporting […]
Longtime family association ends in award-winning moment
April 9, 2012
Paul Jacobus and the Gottlich family go way back—to 1999, to be precise. Jacobus, a property manager at Homewood campus, supervised JHU undergraduate Andrea Gottlich and later, her brothers Jeremy and Paul. Jacobus first glimpsed Paul, then age 9, in a photo Andrea showed him at work one day. “Here was this red-headed kid with […]
Calendar — April 9, 2012
April 9, 2012
COLLOQUIA Tues., April 10, 4 p.m. “The Role of Arabic in Islamic Indonesia: A Linguistic Technology of the Self,” an Anthropology colloquium with Joel Kuipers, George Washington University. 404 Macaulay. HW Wed., April 11, 2 p.m. “Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Mark Maybury, USAF. Parsons Auditorium. APL […]
Guatemalan murals are subject of 2012 ‘Ancient Americas’ lecture
April 9, 2012
The Murals of San Bartolo and the Mythic Origins of Ancient Maya Gods and Kings” will be the subject of the 2012 Distinguished Lecture in Art of the Ancient Americas to be given this week by Karl Taube, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. Presented by the Department of the History […]
Unconscious racial bias in docs linked to poor communication
April 9, 2012
Primary care physicians who hold unconscious racial biases tend to dominate conversations with African-American patients during routine visits, pay less attention to patients’ social and emotional needs, and make these patients feel less involved in decision making related to their health, Johns Hopkins researchers report. Patients in the study also reported reduced trust in their […]
SAIS celebrates 25 years of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center
April 9, 2012
Hong Yinxing, professor of economics and chancellor of Nanjing University, will give the keynote address at an event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies at 4 p.m. today, April 9, at SAIS, which administers the center’s activities on behalf of Johns Hopkins. Hong will discuss “An Analysis of […]
Dates announced for 2012 Staff Recognition milestone events
April 9, 2012
T he Office of Work, Life and Engagement has announced the dates of the 2012 Staff Recognition events for those celebrating anniversaries of five, 10, 15, 20 and more years of service with the university, in increments of five years, and whose anniversaries fall between July 11, 2011, and July 10, 2012. The series of […]
Special event commemorates the Titanic’s 100th anniversary
April 9, 2012
Permission has been granted for members of the Johns Hopkins community to come aboard a journey into the history of the R.M.S. Titanic. Katherine Newman, dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, will lead the odyssey, which begins at 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, in 50 Gilman Hall. The evening’s adventure includes […]
Peabody at Homewood concert series kicks off April 10 with jazz
April 9, 2012
Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Museum announces the 12th edition of its Peabody at Homewood spring concert series, which showcases some of the top young talents from the university’s Peabody Institute. The performances are presented amid the splendid Federal-era architecture and furnishings of Homewood. This season, the concerts will be held at 5 p.m. on five consecutive […]
Evidence of banned antibiotics found in poultry
April 9, 2012
In a joint study, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Arizona State University found evidence suggesting that a class of antibiotics previously banned by the government for poultry production is still in use. Results of the study were published March 21 in Environmental Science & Technology. The study, conducted […]