Issue: 2011 August 15
Timetable changed for Charles Street construction
August 15, 2011
The early November planned shutdown of Charles Street between 29th Street and University Parkway near the Homewood campus has been delayed until after Jan. 1, 2012. A specific time is not yet known, and the university is awaiting new dates from the city’s Department of Transportation, according to Larry Kilduff, executive director of Facilities Management. […]
Blue Jay Shuttle goes fixed route
August 15, 2011
A significantly revised and enhanced shuttle service at Homewood is ready for liftoff. Effective Aug. 24, the Blue Jay Shuttle service will operate on a new fixed-route evening schedule in an area proximate to the Homewood campus. Under the new system, the fleet of vans will depart from Mason Hall—seen as the shuttle’s transportation hub—starting at […]
Human rights violations undermine medical professionalism
August 15, 2011
Doctors need to become more aware of how governments subtly but profoundly interfere with their professional obligations, with the result that patients’ human rights are violated, a law scholar at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics says in a commentary published Aug. 3 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The JAMA article […]
Agriculture expert Thompson joins SAIS as visiting scholar
August 15, 2011
Robert L. Thompson, a leading expert in the field of agriculture, has joined the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies as a visiting scholar. Thompson, who is based at SAIS’s Energy, Resources and Environment and International Development programs, most recently held the Gardner Endowed Chair in Agricultural Policy at the […]
Homewood Museum gift shop plans sale during Orientation
August 15, 2011
The Homewood Museum gift shop will be running a sale during New Student Orientation, from Aug. 24 to 28. Everyone with a valid Johns Hopkins ID will receive a 20 percent discount on all merchandise, excluding consignment items.
APL particle-detector heads for Jupiter on NASA spacecraft
August 15, 2011
A Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory instrument that will delve into the dynamics of the solar system’s largest planetary magnetic field was launched Aug. 5 aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The Jupiter Energetic-particle Detector Instrument, or JEDI, will measure energetic particles that flow through and are trapped within Jupiter’s space environment, called a “magnetosphere,” and study […]
Environmental Engineering and Science program goes online
August 15, 2011
Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals, part of the Whiting School of Engineering, has announced that one of its master’s degree programs, Environmental Engineering and Science, is now fully online. The program draws upon the expertise of faculty within the highly regarded Johns Hopkins Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, as well as leading environmental engineering […]
Mystery writer Laura Lippman to speak at Barnes & Noble
August 15, 2011
Baltimore mystery writer Laura Lippman, who has won every major award given to U.S. crime writings, will discuss and sign copies of her latest book, The Most Dangerous Thing, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. Since her first novel, Baltimore Blues, was published in 1997, Lippman has had […]
Cheers — August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011
BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Nilanjan Chatterjee, an adjunct professor of biostatistics, was named as the recipient of the 2011 Presidents’ and Snedecor awards at a special recognition session held Aug. 3 at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami. These awards are given by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies and are among the […]
Study: Blood tests for active TB not accurate or cost-effective
August 15, 2011
Commercial blood serum antibody tests—widely used in India and other developing countries to diagnose active tuberculosis—are not accurate or cost-effective, according to an analysis by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the University of Washington School of Public Health and McGill University. Use of serological tests in India resulted in more […]