Category: Around Hopkins
Young Investigators honored
April 9, 2012
This year marks the 35th annual Young Investigators’ Award program, when School of Medicine trainee researchers are recognized for their stellar accomplishments in the lab. The event will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, April 13, in Mountcastle Auditorium in the Preclinical Teaching Building on the East Baltimore campus. Researchers will celebrate […]
Mystery: Why health outcomes can vary greatly
April 9, 2012
The price of gas or a gallon of milk can vary from one town to the next, but that’s hardly the end of the comparison. How about neighboring ZIP codes where residents of one live 20 years on average longer? Not an anomaly, this divergence repeats in areas across the United States. Faculty at Johns […]
Whole genome sequencing not informative at all, study finds
April 9, 2012
With sharp declines in the cost of whole genome sequencing, the day of accurately deciphering disease risk based on an individual’s genome may seem at hand. But a study involving data of thousands of identical twins by Johns Hopkins investigators finds that genomic fortune-telling fails to provide informative guidance to most people about their risk […]
First Friday Artists Market debuts on Homewood campus
April 5, 2012
The Levering Hall patio will explode with hues and creativity this Friday as a new monthly student-run event kicks off on the Homewood campus. The First Friday Artists Market provides a venue for student artists to sell their paintings, photography, pottery, sculptures, calligraphy and any other original pieces. The event, sponsored by the Student Government […]
Obese white women less likely to seek colon cancer screening
April 4, 2012
A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers shows that obese white women may be less likely than normal-weight counterparts and African-Americans of any weight or gender to seek potentially lifesaving colon cancer screening tests. Results of this study follow the same Johns Hopkins group’s previous research suggesting that obese white women also are less likely to […]
Hot Jobs — April 2, 2012
April 3, 2012
Homewood Office of Human Resources Wyman Park Building, Suite W600 410-516-7196 The Reporting Specialist and Special Projects position is located within Human Resources/Payroll Shared Services and will serve as the SAP reporting expert responsible for supporting the functional SAP processes and procedures as related to HR/Payroll Shared Services, which is a high-volume call center. The […]
New dean introduced at SAIS
April 2, 2012
Vali Nasr leads something of a double life. Triple, actually. There is Nasr the academic, a highly regarded teacher and scholar on Iran, the Middle East and the Islamic world. He has written eight books and played a leadership role on the school and university levels. And there is Nasr the counselor, consulted on foreign […]
Johns Hopkins first in R&D expenditures for 32nd year
April 2, 2012
The Johns Hopkins University performed $2 billion in medical, science and engineering research in fiscal 2010, making it the leading U.S. academic institution in total research and development spending for the 32nd year in a row, according to a new National Science Foundation ranking. The university also once again ranked first on the NSF’s separate […]
Undergrad tuitions set for 2012–13
April 2, 2012
Tuition for full-time liberal arts and engineering undergraduates at Johns Hopkins will increase 3.9 percent this fall, the fourth consecutive increase below 4 percent. The increase, amounting to $1,650, will bring 2012–13 tuition to $43,930 for the more than 5,000 full-time undergraduates in the university’s Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Whiting School of […]
Applications hit a record high, admissions a record low
April 2, 2012
For the 10th year in a row, a record-breaking number of people—20,496—applied for undergraduate admission to the schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University, a 5 percent increase over last year. At the same time, the university’s admissions rate fell to a record low: Only 17.7 percent of those applying […]