Category: Around Hopkins
Unveiling an ancient Roman curse to celebrate Halloween
October 31, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum is celebrating Halloween by unveiling a recently conserved 2,000-year-old Roman curse tablet, which spells out an anonymous plea for the grisly demise of a slave named Plotius. It is one of five tablets that have been part of the university’s collection since 1908, when graduate student William Sherwood Fox began […]
Notices — October 31, 2011
October 31, 2011
Minority Global Health Disparities Research Program — Students in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences are invited to apply for the Minority Global Health Disparities Research Program, known as MHIRT, a summer internship for up to three months (from June to August). One student from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences will be […]
Switching IV to pill form of drugs could save millions
October 31, 2011
Switching hospitalized patients able to take medication by mouth from intravenous to pill forms of the same drugs could safely save millions of dollars a year, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. In a review of computerized records for the year 2010 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, the researchers estimated savings of more than $1.1 million […]
Through-the-nipple breast cancer therapy shows promise
October 31, 2011
Delivering anticancer drugs into breast ducts via the nipple is highly effective in animal models of early breast cancer, and has no major side effects in human patients, according to a report by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers in Science Translational Medicine on Oct. 26. The results of the study are expected to lead […]
Calendar — October 31, 2011
October 31, 2011
COLLOQUIA Mon., Oct. 31, and Tues., Nov. 1, daylong. The Lavy Colloquium—“Jews and Empire,” with various speakers. Sponsored by the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Jewish Studies Program. Smokler Center for Jewish Life (Hillel). HW Tues., Nov. 1, 4 p.m. “Televising the Live Event: Spectacle and Doubt in the Making of Indian Television News,” an […]
Sowing the seeds of community
October 31, 2011
A community garden will take root this fall on the Johns Hopkins at Eastern campus, thanks to the nurturing efforts of a small group of students and the support of several university offices. The garden was the idea of representatives from Real Food Hopkins, a student-run group committed to bringing local, sustainable, humane and fair food […]
CTY site for gifted math, science students wins ‘Science’ top honor
October 31, 2011
Cogito.org, a website and online community for gifted math and science students, won the prestigious Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) Oct. 27 in recognition of its success at bringing students from all over the world together to “geek out” about a wealth of topics ranging from extrasolar planets to epigenetics. Cogito was […]
Fewer Canadian drivers alcohol-impaired in U.S. fatal car crashes
October 31, 2011
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy and at Columbia University finds that the rate of alcohol involvement in fatal motor vehicle crashes in the United States is much lower among drivers with Canadian licenses than among drivers with U.S. or Mexican licenses. The prevalence of alcohol involvement […]
Feared spinal X-ray found to be safe, Johns Hopkins study shows
October 31, 2011
Medical imaging experts at Johns Hopkins have reviewed the patient records of 302 men and women who had a much-needed X-ray of the blood vessels near the spinal cord and found that the procedure, often feared for possible complications of stroke and kidney damage, is safe and effective. Reporting in the journal Neurology online Sept. […]
Two Johns Hopkins teams in Collegiate Inventors Competition finals
October 31, 2011
Two student teams from Johns Hopkins—one each in the undergraduate and graduate categories—have made it to the finals in the Collegiate Inventors Competition. The program, now in its 21st year, is run by Invent Now, a nonprofit organization that recognizes and encourages invention in people of all ages. This year’s 11 finalists are in the […]