Issue: 2011 December 12
Three Jays named to Academic All-America Football Team
December 12, 2011
Fresh off one of the greatest seasons in school history, the 2011 Johns Hopkins football team continued to roll in honors last week as the Blue Jays had three players named to the 2011 CoSIDA/Capital One Division III Academic All-America Football Team. Senior tackle Roland Massimino was named to the first team, while senior guard […]
Theater in Homewood’s Merrick Barn named for John Astin
December 12, 2011
Johns Hopkins University has honored John Astin by naming the recently renovated theater in the Merrick Barn after the noted actor and teacher. The naming took place Dec. 3 at an event celebrating the completion of renovations to the barn, and recognizing Astin’s 10-year anniversary of teaching, acting and directing at Johns Hopkins. Notable actor […]
Nursing grads beat employment odds, debunk hiring myths
December 12, 2011
Numerous polls show that recent college grads have been hit hard by the recession and are facing tough odds in finding well-paying employment. Others show the classes of 2010 and 2011 to be underemployed, with many not finding jobs in their preferred fields or geographic locations. Nursing grads might be proving to be the exception. […]
Johns Hopkins Medicine International signs MOU with Peru’s Pacifico Salud
December 12, 2011
Johns Hopkins Medicine International and Lima, Peru–based Pacifico Salud, a subsidiary of Credicorp Ltd., the leading financial services holding company in Peru, have signed a memorandum of understanding to improve patient care and management at the medical facilities recently acquired by the Peruvian company. Under the terms of the agreement, signed Dec. 2, in Lima, […]
Michael G. Callas Professorship established at Whiting School of Engineering
December 12, 2011
The Johns Hopkins University has established a new named professorship in civil engineering supported by an endowment set up by Michael G. Callas, a leading Maryland structural engineer, who died in 2004. The university recently conducted a ceremony to recognize the gift and to designate Somnath Ghosh as the inaugural Michael G. Callas Professor of […]
The world, and its data, at their fingertips
December 12, 2011
With the room’s lights turned low, the projector screen in Stan Becker’s Population Health and Development class suddenly bursts alive with a detailed 2-D topographical map of the Earth. A Homewood undergraduate, remote in hand, zooms in on Southeast Asia like an animation culled from a National Geographic Channel special. With another click, cartoonlike icons […]
Landmark DNA study finds easier way to diagnose pancreatic cysts
December 12, 2011
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have surveyed the DNA in four common types of pancreatic cysts and have determined that each type bears a distinct pattern of gene mutations. Pancreatic cysts are present in about 2 percent of U.S. adults and can, in some cases, require surgical removal and microscopic analysis to determine their type and […]