Category: Divisions
Libraries in the information age
January 24, 2011
Winston Tabb likes a challenge, and he’s OK with change. Tabb became Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and director of the Sheridan Libraries in September 2002. Since his arrival at Johns Hopkins, he has accepted additional assignments, as dean of the university’s museums and as head of a number of arts initiatives. As Sheridan Dean, […]
Nursing extends its outreach
January 24, 2011
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, which already has strong local and international ties, wants to extend beyond its walls even further. In September 2010, the school launched the Center for Global Nursing to apply worldwide Johns Hopkins expertise in nursing education, practice, research and related policy. Closer to home, the school’s Community Outreach Program […]
Johns Hopkins Medicine cores have new online hub
January 10, 2011
The cores have a hub. Johns Hopkins Medicine’s ever-evolving assortment of “core” research facilities and services—one of the most comprehensive and advanced core sets in the country—can now be accessed through a single online portal. The new Web tool, dubbed the Hopkins Core Conduit, is designed to help researchers navigate and identify Johns Hopkins core […]
WSE receives largest gift, for new building
January 3, 2011
Liberty Media Corp. chairman and Johns Hopkins alumnus John C. Malone has given the university’s Whiting School of Engineering $30 million for a building where researchers will collaborate with colleagues from other Johns Hopkins divisions to learn to tailor therapies for individual patients and devise systems-based approaches to some of society’s biggest problems. The gift, […]
‘Shaky’ plan: Earthquake study could lead to sturdier buildings
December 13, 2010
Cold-formed steel has become a popular construction material for commercial and industrial buildings, but a key question remains: How can one design these structures so that they are most likely to remain intact in a major earthquake? To help find an answer, Johns Hopkins researchers have been awarded a three-year $923,000 National Science Foundation grant […]
Study: Gene-environment interactions influence psychiatric disorders
December 13, 2010
Male mice born with a genetic mutation that is believed to make humans more susceptible to schizophrenia develop behaviors that mimic other major psychiatric illnesses when their mothers are exposed to an assault to the immune system while pregnant, according to new Johns Hopkins research. What was most surprising to researchers was that the mental […]
Duke Cameron is named next director of Cardiac Surgery
December 13, 2010
Duke Cameron, a longtime Johns Hopkins surgeon who is internationally renowned for his work in surgical repair of the heart’s main blood vessel, the aorta, has been named director of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and cardiac surgeon in charge at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. In addition […]
Researchers uncover potential inroad to diabetes treatment
December 13, 2010
Amyriad inputs that report on a body’s health bombard pancreatic beta cells continuously, and these cells must consider all signals and “decide” when and how much insulin to release to maintain balance in blood sugar, for example. Reporting in Nature Chemical Biology in November, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have teased […]
Q&A with School of Education’s David Andrews
December 6, 2010
This is the last in a yearlong series of talks with the leaders of Johns Hopkins’ nine academic divisions and the Applied Physics Laboratory. To see the entire series, go to gazette.jhu.edu and click on “Q&A with the Deans and Directors” under the Departments heading. When David Andrews became dean of the School of Education […]
Carey School set to offer Executive MBA
December 6, 2010
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School will launch an Executive MBA program for senior-level professionals and fast-track managers looking to develop the skills necessary to succeed in today’s global business environment. Set to begin in May 2011, the 18-month program combines online distance learning with a series of 10 residencies to be held in Baltimore […]