Issue: 2011 December 12
Alexander Szalay wins Microsoft’s Jim Gray eScience Award
December 12, 2011
Johns Hopkins astrophysicist and computer scientist Alexander Szalay, a national leader in advancing understanding of the role of computing in discovery across a wide range of scientific disciplines, has been recognized by the Microsoft Corp. with a Jim Gray eScience Award. Szalay, the Alumni Centennial Professor in the Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and […]
East Baltimore Community School to receive funding for library
December 12, 2011
The East Baltimore Community School, run by Johns Hopkins in partnership with Morgan State University, was announced last week as one of four recipients of funding from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation’s Baltimore Elementary/Middle School Library Project. The multimillion dollar, multiyear initiative, which involves more than 15 community and government partners, will work with […]
Researchers discover why many cells are better than one
December 12, 2011
Researchers from Johns Hopkins have quantified the number of possible decisions that an individual cell can make after receiving a cue from its environment and, surprisingly, it’s only two. The first-of-its-kind study combines live-cell experiments and math to convert the inner workings of the cell decision-making process into a universal mathematical language, allowing information processing […]
Jhpiego to lead $55 million five-year project in Indonesia
December 12, 2011
Jhpiego has been awarded a $55 million five-year cooperative agreement from the U.S. Agency for International Development to collaborate on the implementation of Expanding Maternal and Neonatal Survival in Indonesia. The EMAS program will improve quality of maternal and neonatal health services at 150 hospitals and increase efficiency and effectiveness in referral systems between their […]
Ovary removal in young women linked to bone thinning, arthritis
December 12, 2011
Having both ovaries removed before age 45 is strongly associated with low bone mineral density and arthritis in later years, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins oncologists and epidemiologists. The analysis covered several thousand women who took part in a U.S. government–sponsored multiyear national health study, and excluded women whose ovaries were removed […]
Reports cite must-have sexual health services for teen boys
December 12, 2011
Two newly published reports by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center highlight the need for greater recognition of the sexual and reproductive health care needs of teen boys, and enumerate the essential services that this traditionally overlooked group should receive at least once a year. The first report, published in the December issue of […]
Deadline is today, Dec. 12, for last ‘Gazette’ issue of semester
December 12, 2011
Because of the midyear vacation, The Gazette will not be published the weeks of Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. Next week’s calendar will include events scheduled from Monday, Dec. 19, through Monday, Jan. 9. The deadline for calendar and classifieds submissions for that issue is noon today, Dec. 12. The deadline for the Jan. 9 […]
Classifieds — December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011
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Carey Business School offers ‘global immersion’ course
December 12, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School plans an information session today, Dec. 12, on a “global immersion” course the school will offer next spring in Baltimore and Istanbul. The session will take place via conference call from noon to 1 p.m. Open to Johns Hopkins graduate students interested in learning how business competitiveness is developed […]
Patterns of malaria drug resistance show human, mosquito contrast
December 12, 2011
A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute and their Zambian colleagues detected contrasting patterns of drug resistance in malaria-causing parasites taken from both humans and mosquitoes in rural Zambia. Parasites found in human blood samples showed a high prevalence for pyrimethamine resistance, which was consistent with the class of drugs widely […]