Category: Divisions
School of Education launches blog for educators
November 8, 2010
The School of Education has introduced a blog for educators—soetalk.com. Designed for students, teachers, administrators, policymakers and other interested persons, soetalk.com features articles and opinion pieces addressing policy and legislative proposals at the state and national levels, and practices of interest to teachers. The blog provides a forum where educators can express their thoughts on […]
Fall deadline nears for CTY grades 2–8 gifted testing
November 8, 2010
Nov. 22 is the fall deadline for enrolling a gifted child in grades 2 through 8 in the 2010–2011 Center for Talented Youth Global Talent Search. Enrolled students take above-grade-level tests that can lead to eligibility for CTY’s popular online and summer courses. Enrollment by Nov. 22 helps families meet future test deadlines so they […]
Sibley Memorial Hospital joins Johns Hopkins Medicine
November 8, 2010
In a move to address a growing need for integrated regional health care services for patients, officials of Sibley Memorial Hospital and The Johns Hopkins Health System signed documents on Nov. 1 to integrate the Washington, D.C.–based Sibley Hospital into the Johns Hopkins Health System. Under terms of this transaction, which does not involve any […]
‘Intelligent’ surgical drill wins prize for JHU student inventors
November 1, 2010
An “intelligent” drill developed by Johns Hopkins students to improve orthopedic surgical procedures was awarded third-place honors in the undergraduate division of the 2010 Collegiate Inventors Competition. The team received $2,500 in prize money for its entry, which was among five finalist projects competing Oct. 27 at a Washington, D.C., ceremony. The students built the […]
Q&A with Katherine Newman of the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences
October 25, 2010
This is part of a yearlong series of talks with the leaders of Johns Hopkins’ nine academic divisions and the Applied Physics Laboratory. Even before she rolled up her sleeves as dean, Katherine S. Newman began thinking about a long-range vision for the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences that would focus on the quality […]
School of Public Health receives $2.4 mill high school safety grant
October 25, 2010
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will receive $2.4 million from the U.S. Department of Education over the next four years as part of the Safe and Supportive School Grants program. Under a $13.2 million grant awarded to the Maryland State Department of Education, researchers from the Bloomberg School and Sheppard Pratt Health […]
Surviving trauma: Being female confers advantages
October 25, 2010
Women who have been severely injured are 14 percent more likely to survive than similarly injured men, according to a new Johns Hopkins study, a difference that researchers believe may be due to the negative impact of male sex hormones on a traumatized immune system. Published in the September issue of The Journal of Trauma, […]
Chronic stress may cause long-lasting changes
October 25, 2010
Long-term exposure to a common stress hormone may leave a lasting mark on the genome and influence how genes that control mood and behavior are expressed, a mouse study led by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The finding, published in the September issue of Endocrinology, could eventually lead to new ways to explain and treat depression, […]
SAIS hosts forum on state of marriage in United States
October 25, 2010
In the second installment of the 2010–2011 Provost’s Lecture Series, SAIS will host a forum titled “The Marriage-Go-Round: How and Why Family Life Is Different in the United States Than in Other Wealthy Nations,” featuring a lecture by Andrew J. Cherlin, professor of sociology and public policy at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. […]
Johns Hopkins named Center of Excellence in Nursing Education
October 25, 2010
The National League for Nursing has named the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education. According to the NLN website, schools so designated “demonstrate sustained, evidence-based and substantive innovation in the selected area; conduct ongoing research to document the effectiveness of such innovation; set high standards for themselves; […]