Category: Around Hopkins
Cell energy sensor mechanism is discovered
February 27, 2012
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and National Taiwan universities have discovered more details about how an energy-sensing “thermostat” protein determines whether cells will store or use their energy reserves. In a report in the Feb. 9 edition of Nature, the scientists showed that a chemical modification on the thermostat protein changes how it’s controlled. Without the […]
John Ashcroft opens foreign affairs series
February 27, 2012
The annual student-run Foreign Affairs Symposium at The Johns Hopkins University returns on Tuesday, Feb. 28, when former Attorney General John Ashcroft will be the first of six prominent speakers to visit the Homewood campus during the spring semester. Ashcroft’s talk, at 8 p.m. in Shriver Hall Auditorium, begins the series of topical lectures and […]
First in space
February 27, 2012
Like most people her age, Jessica Noviello uses Facebook to announce exciting developments in her life. So when the 19-year-old sophomore from Smithtown, N.Y., learned that she had become the first student approved for a new minor course of study at The Johns Hopkins University, she proclaimed it via social media. “I’m now a space […]
Home-schoolers’ field trip
February 20, 2012
Fifty home-schooled students grades pre-K to seven—all part of the LEAP Co-op in Montgomery County—got a hands-on science lesson on Feb. 6, thanks to representatives from the JHU Center for Biotechnology Education. After a brief primer on lab safety from Audrey Moshfeghian, CBE senior lab coordinator at Johns Hopkins’ Montgomery County Campus, the pre-K through […]
Chlorhexidine umbilical cord care can save newborn lives
February 20, 2012
Cleansing a newborn’s umbilical cord with chlorhexidine can reduce his risk of infection and death during the first weeks of life by as much as 20 percent, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study, conducted in rural Bangladesh in partnership with ICDDR,B and Bangladeshi […]
Classifieds — February 20, 2012
February 20, 2012
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Brewers Hill, 2BR, 2.5BA rehab, gourmet kitchen, fin’d bsmt, deck, no pets. $1,850/mo. 410-303-1214 or hudsonstreetrental@hotmail.com. Charles Village, lg 1BR apt in the Marylander, avail until March 10, spacious, semi-furn’d, 2-min walk to JHU shuttle stop, ideal for a student. $450/3 wks incl utils. sumerabhojani@hotmail.com. Deep Creek Lake/Wisp, cozy 2BR cabin w/full […]
Calendar — February 20, 2012
February 20, 2012
COLLOQUIA Tues., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. “Bembe and the Outside: Exteriority and Creole Becoming in a Central Cuban Praise Feast,” an Anthropology colloquium with Todd Ochoa, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 404 Macaulay. HW Tues., Feb. 21, 4:15 p.m. “Transition Metal Complexes as Functional Mimics of Metalloenzymes That Process O2 or NO,” a Chemistry […]
Notices — February 20, 2012
February 20, 2012
Public Health Career Fair -— The 28th Annual Public Health Career Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, March 2, in the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Feinstone Hall and Gallery. Sponsored by the Career Services Office, the fair is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to meet with […]
Milestones — February 20, 2012
February 20, 2012
ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS 35 years of service Smith, Patricia, Johns Hopkins University Press 15 years of service Amir, Elaine, Montgomery County Campus Brodsky, Simeon, Center for Talented Youth White, Galen, III, Center for Talented Youth 10 years of service Kim, Young, Jhpiego Peroutka, Paul, Johns Hopkins University Press 5 years of […]
Cheers — February 20, 2012
February 20, 2012
APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY Danielle Hilliard, a project manager in the Air and Missile Defense Department, has received the Black Engineer of the Year Community Service Award. Hilliard was honored for her volunteer efforts in the community, including work with students in Howard and Prince George’s counties and with the local chapters of the Mathematics, Engineering, […]