Category: Around Hopkins
Business prof writes on HR management, IT investments
February 20, 2012
Adam Seth Litwin, an assistant professor at the Carey Business School with expertise in the areas of strategic human resources management and employment relations, has had his paper “Not Featherbedding but Feathering the Nest: Human Resource Management and Investments in Information Technology” accepted for publication in the tier one journal Industrial Relations, published by the […]
JHM Corporate Security chooses two officers of the year
February 20, 2012
The Johns Hopkins Medicine Corporate Security Office has chosen two Baltimore City policemen to receive its sixth annual Officer of the Year Award. The recipients, Officer Exdol Williams of the Eastern District and Officer Robert Clark of the Southeast District, were recognized for their leadership ability, teamwork, dedication and exceptional enforcement activity to protect the […]
New institute to support first lady’s Joining Forces initiative
February 20, 2012
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has joined the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Association of Osteopathic Medicine to establish a Military and Veterans Health Institute as part of Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces initiative. The first lady’s initiative seeks to provide support for military service members and veterans in employment, education […]
Changes coming to Keswick-JHMI and JHMI shuttles
February 20, 2012
Some minor changes to the JHMI Shuttle and Keswick-JHMI Shuttle are about to go into effect. On Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25 and Feb. 26, the JHMI stop for the Homewood-JHMI Shuttle will be temporarily relocated to the corner of Broadway and Monument streets; buses will not stop at Rutland and Washington streets during what […]
JHU’s Ian Hsu named 2012 Gates Cambridge Scholar
February 20, 2012
Ian Hsu, a third-year medical student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is one of 40 students from the United States who have been awarded 2012 Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Hsu, who is from Troy, Mich., and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, will study for a master’s degree in social […]
JHU Engineers Without Borders to showcase humanitarian projects
February 20, 2012
Members of the Johns Hopkins University chapter of Engineers Without Borders—who have launched humanitarian efforts in Ecuador, Guatemala and South Africa—will discuss and raise funds for their work at the group’s annual Dessert Reception and Project Showcase. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, in the Glass Pavilion on the […]
Two from JHU awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships
February 20, 2012
Astrophysicist Brice Menard and biomedical engineer Feilim Mac Gabhann of The Johns Hopkins University have won 2012 Sloan Research Fellowships, which seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise by offering each a $50,000 grant, distributed over a two-year period. The two are among 126 young scientists and economists to […]
Anti-HIV drug combos: Which work better and why
February 20, 2012
Using a mathematical formula that carefully measures the degree to which HIV infection of immune system cells is stalled by antiretroviral therapy, AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins have calculated precisely how well dozens of such anti-HIV drugs work, alone or in any of 857 likely combinations, in suppressing the virus. Results of the team’s latest […]
Jazz series readies for opening note
February 20, 2012
Homewood, get ready to feel the groove. This weekend sees the premiere of Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club, a concert series that seeks to bring renowned, world-class musicians to the Baltimore area. The new series kicks off on Saturday night with a performance by the Jim Snidero Quartet at the Johns Hopkins Club, a […]
Training the Twitterati
February 20, 2012
Margaret “Meg” Chisolm loves a good tweet. The owner of two Twitter accounts, Chisolm plugs in whenever time allows to share news or offer some thoughts. In a world awash in social media, the existence of another tweeter or blogger comes as no shock. What might surprise some, however, is the fact that Chisolm is […]