Category: Around Hopkins
APL team developing solar probe for closest-ever flights past sun
March 12, 2012
Two-thousand-degree temperatures, supersonic solar particles, intense radiation—all of these await NASA’s Solar Probe Plus during an unprecedented close-up study of the sun. The team led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory—which has been developing the spacecraft for this extreme environment—has been given the nod from NASA to continue design work on the probe, […]
HIV rates for urban black women five times higher than estimated
March 12, 2012
A national team of AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere say that they are surprised and dismayed by results of their new study showing that the yearly number of new cases of HIV infection among black women in Baltimore and other cities is five times higher than previously thought. The data show that infection rates […]
The big reveal, Homewood-style
March 12, 2012
Earlier this month, Wolman Hall residents were given the first glimpse of the building’s recently completed renovation. The “oohs” and “ahhs” came fast and furious. The 92-year-old apartment building (once home to F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda) has been outfitted with a slew of upgrades, new spaces and multimedia knickknacks to make the […]
Volunteer groups wanted to ‘adopt’ classes in city schools
March 12, 2012
More than 30 Baltimore City Public School teachers have requested ongoing assistance in one-on-one projects, small group activities and overall classroom support through Adopt-a-Class, a Johns Hopkins Takes Time for Schools initiative. Adopt-a-Class provides support to Baltimore City classrooms by matching them with five or more volunteers from a JHU department/office. Eligible volunteers can use […]
Radiothon raises $866,000 for kids at Hopkins Children’s
March 12, 2012
The 23nd annual MIX 106.5 Radiothon benefiting Johns Hopkins Children’s Center raised nearly $866,000 during its three-day broadcast, bringing the total raised to date to more than $15 million. The numbers were unveiled March 5 on the MIX 106.5 Morning Show with DJs Jojo Girard and Reagan Warfield.
Team of scientists announces ‘birth’ of a baby crystal
March 12, 2012
A team of scientists has determined the size of the smallest, cubic, lead sulfide cluster that exhibits the same crystal structure as bulk lead sulfide (rock salt). Determining the size of nanoscale and subnanoscale assemblies of atoms or molecules at which they first take on recognizable properties of the same substance in the macroscopic world is […]
Making memories: How one protein does it
March 12, 2012
Studying tiny bits of genetic material that control protein formation in the brain, Johns Hopkins scientists say that they have new clues to how memories are made and how drugs might someday be used to stop disruptions in the process that lead to mental illness and brain-wasting diseases. In a report published in the March […]
Going to physician visits with older loved ones could improve care
March 12, 2012
Family companions who routinely accompany older adults to physician office visits could be helpful to health care quality improvement efforts, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The authors found that three-quarters of older adults who attend physician visits with a family companion are consistently […]
Peabody Opera Theatre presents Robert Ward’s ‘The Crucible’
March 12, 2012
A politically charged period in American history—the Salem witch trials of the 1690s—is set to music in The Crucible, Robert Ward’s Pulitzer Prize–winning opera, to be presented this week by the Peabody Opera Theatre. The stage director and designer is Roger Brunyate, director of Opera Programs at the Peabody Conservatory. Faculty member JoAnn Kulesza will conduct […]
University’s internal communications rated ‘good’ to ‘very good’
March 5, 2012
The Johns Hopkins community feels generally well informed about university-related news, and learns about all things JHU through a multitude of print and online sources, according to a recent survey. The Office of Communications launched the survey Dec. 5 to gauge the effectiveness of current internal communications and build new strategies for sharing information, news […]