Category: Featured
Navigating the minefield of inner-city adolescence
November 14, 2011
Julia Romano called it “the camp game.” The 10 teenage students at SunRise Academy day school in Washington, D.C., were asked to break up into two groups and negotiate joint use of a co-owned campground, replete with swimming hole, picnic area, cabins and open spaces. Do they cut the camp in half? Share use of […]
Brains come wired for cooperation, JHU neuroscientist asserts
November 7, 2011
When legal commentator Nancy Grace and her partner danced a lively rumba to Spandau Ballet’s 1980s hit True on Dancing With the Stars, more was going on in her brain than worry about her footwork. Deep in Grace’s cortex, millions of neurons were hard at work doing what they apparently had been built to do: […]
Blue Jay teams flying high
November 7, 2011
Fourteen minutes into a recent home game versus Gettysburg College’s women’s soccer team, senior Johns Hopkins midfielder Ava Scheininger took a quick cross from sophomore Pamela Vranis and stretched out with her right foot to deftly direct the ball on goal, some 15 yards out. The ball sailed to the bottom left-hand corner of the […]
Building better evacuation plans for U.S. municipalities
October 31, 2011
Imagine trying to plan for the evacuation of a populated coastal area without a major bridge to safety, or having to adjust an evacuation if a wildfire suddenly rendered an interstate highway unusable. State and local emergency management agencies need accurate, reliable evacuation plans covering these different scenarios, but creating those plans often requires complex […]
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 […]
Jhpiego receives $24.9 mill to innovate lifesaving tech
October 24, 2011
Jhpiego, a global health nonprofit organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University, will lead a $24.9 million effort to expand its array of simple inexpensive lifesaving technologies to address today’s global health challenges. A cooperative venture with three additional partners, the initiative will leverage the engineering and medical expertise of the university. The five-year project, […]
Baking better bread
October 24, 2011
Any way you slice it, a bread that contains critical nutrients could help combat severe malnutrition in impoverished regions. That’s the goal of Johns Hopkins undergraduates who are using synthetic biology to enhance common yeast so that it yields beta carotene, the orange substance that gives its color to carrots—and, when eaten, turns into vitamin […]
The arts: What is their role?
October 24, 2011
In the battle of right brain vs. left brain, The Johns Hopkins University is asking: Why not use both? The past, present and future of the arts at Johns Hopkins came squarely into focus earlier this month as arts program leaders from other major universities visited the Homewood campus to discuss the merits of blending […]
A United front
October 17, 2011
Five is the magic number for Johns Hopkins’ 2011 United Way of Central Maryland campaign, which kicked off last week. The combined university/Johns Hopkins Medicine financial goal for the campaign is $2.2 million, a total for contributions from all divisions except SAIS, whose donations are reported to the National Capital Area campaign in Washington, D.C., […]
Zelda Fitzgerald, Louise Wheatley exhibitions open at Evergreen
October 17, 2011
Evergreen Museum & Library will celebrate the opening of two special exhibitions this week at a reception at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The nearly 40-year career retrospective Intimate Earth: The Art of Louise Wheatley features a rotating display of 70 works by contemporary Maryland textile artist and weaver Louise Wheatley. Of astonishing intimacy […]