Issue: 2011 August 29
Calendar — August 29, 2011
August 29, 2011
COLLOQUIA Thurs., Sept. 1, 4 p.m. “Well-Being in a World of Want: Some Reflections on Recent Fieldwork in Sierra Leone,” an Anthropology colloquium with Michael Jackson, Harvard Divinity School. 400 Macaulay. HW INFORMATION SESSIONS Mon., Sept. 1, 12:15 p.m. Joint HIV Counseling and Testing Program/Health Leads information session for faculty, staff and students. Sponsored by […]
Classifieds — August 29, 2011
August 29, 2011
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Bayview, 2BR, 2BA house, den, clean concrete backyd w/storage, walk to Bayview campus, grocery stores or sm shopping center, nr 95/895. 301-661-5627. Butcher’s Hill, 2BR or 1BR + den apt, 1 full BA, recently renov’d, open kitchen, microwave/stove/oven, dw, W/D in unit, sec sys, storage, on-street prkng, 4 blks south of JHMI; […]
Freshmen’s used test prep books heading to city high schools
August 29, 2011
Along with their computers, clothes and toiletries, many of the freshmen arriving at Homewood last week brought along with them something they didn’t need: the SAT and AP test prep books they’d used as high schoolers. Thanks to a call put out by junior Alexandra Larsen, those books will soon be going to students at […]
‘The Gazette’ returns to weekly publishing schedule
August 29, 2011
With this issue, the first of the 2011–2012 academic year, The Gazette returns to its weekly publishing schedule. The next edition will appear on Tuesday, Sept. 6, because of the Monday holiday. Calendar and classified submissions are due at noon on Monday a week before the publication date.
Gateway Sciences grant applications wanted
August 29, 2011
The Provost’s Office wants your ideas for how to improve the gateway science courses. The purpose of the RFP process is to garner bold, creative, culture-changing ideas for transforming these courses based on sound precedents and accompanied by rigorous assessment plans. Projects may focus on existing courses, develop new courses or programs, enhance or advance […]
Air cleaners ease asthma in kids living with smokers
August 29, 2011
A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of Baltimore City children who have asthma and live with smokers shows that indoor air cleaners can greatly reduce household air pollution and lower the rates of daytime asthma symptoms to those achieved with certain anti-inflammatory asthma drugs. Although the air cleaners improved the overall air quality in homes, they […]
Coronary calcium better for predicting risk of heart attack, stroke
August 29, 2011
Results of a study published in the Aug. 19 issue of The Lancet have important implications for deciding whether cholesterol-lowering statin medication should be prescribed for people who have heart disease risk factors but normal levels of LDL, the so-called “bad” cholesterol. An estimated 6 million American adults fall into that gray-zone category. According to […]
JHU begins research to create blood platelets from stem cells
August 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins scientists have launched a pioneering research program to create, for the first time, human platelet cells from stem cells in order to study inherited blood-clotting abnormalities ranging from clots that cause heart attacks and stroke to bleeding disorders. The study is funded by a $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health […]
Policy change reduces racial disparity in kidney transplants
August 29, 2011
A national transplant policy change designed to give African-American patients greater access to donor kidneys has sliced in half the racial disparities that have long characterized the allocation of lifesaving organs, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. Before 2003, the researchers note, an African-American patient who joined the kidney transplant list on the same day as a […]
Nag factor: How do kids convince parents to buy junk foods?
August 29, 2011
Sure they’re fun and kids love them, but could cartoon characters used in marketing contribute to the obesity epidemic as well as create nagging children? Today, some parents find themselves having a battle in the cereal aisle. Recognizable characters and logos prompt children to make repeated requests for a range of products, including low-nutrition foods […]