Issue: 2011 December 5
John Lipsky, formerly of IMF, joins economics program at SAIS
December 5, 2011
John Lipsky, who recently retired from the International Monetary Fund, will join SAIS on Jan. 1 as a distinguished visiting scholar with the school’s International Economics Program. Lipsky served for five years as the IMF’s first deputy managing director, the organization’s No. 2 leadership role. Most recently, he was a special adviser to managing director […]
Open house at Evergreen
December 5, 2011
For those seeking a special holiday gift, 10 art chairs up for silent auction at Johns Hopkins University’s Evergreen Museum & Library offer a distinctive twist on functional furnishings. Continuing its tradition of celebrating the talents of local artists, artisans and designers, the Gilded Age house museum asked local talents to creatively decorate an IKEA […]
Ratcheting up teaching of sciences
December 5, 2011
Early in 2012, science education will get its day—and then some. A group of nationally renowned science education leaders will speak at Johns Hopkins next month at the first institutionwide Symposium on Teaching Excellence in the Sciences. The symposium seeks to advance the university’s Gateway Sciences Initiative, a yearlong effort launched this summer to promote […]
Presumed consent no answer to solving organ shortage in U.S.
December 5, 2011
Changing the organ donation process in this country from opt in—by checking a box on a driver’s license application, for example—to opt out, which presumes someone’s willingness to donate after death unless he explicitly objects while alive, would not likely increase the donation rate in the United States, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. Some organ […]
Mobile clinics, home visits don’t help asthmatic kids who need care
December 5, 2011
A new Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of Baltimore City children with asthma shows that two programs designed to improve disease outcomes among those who may be affected the worst fall short of expectations. The Breathmobile, a mobile clinic that brings preventive asthma care and education to low-income inner-city patients, did not improve asthma outcomes, nor […]
School of Nursing researcher to compare parenting programs
December 5, 2011
Do current parenting programs meet the needs of Baltimore families? Through a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, Johns Hopkins nurse researcher Deborah Gross will answer that question by comparing and measuring the impact on Baltimore families of two programs: Gross’ Chicago Parent Program and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, the current “gold […]
Peabody to celebrate life of musicologist Piero Weiss
December 5, 2011
Atribute to the prominent musicologist and longtime Peabody faculty member Piero Weiss will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11, in Peabody’s Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall. “A Celebration of the Life of Piero Weiss” will include performances and remarks by students and friends, including Leon Fleisher, Gary Graffman, Seymour Lipkin and Richard […]
Evidence grows for value of calcium test to gauge heart attack risk
December 5, 2011
Determining a person’s risk for a heart attack based on age, blood pressure, cholesterol levels and smoking history is often not clear-cut, so doctors may order a test called cardiac calcium scoring. The test uses a CT scan to look for a buildup of calcium in the walls of the coronary arteries and can be […]
Classifieds — December 5, 2011
December 5, 2011
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Cyclone sweeps the series
December 5, 2011
With the power of rubber bands, Walt Mayfield (hands up) and Khari Douglas (foreground), both first-year engineering students from Texas, won the annual Mechanical Engineering freshman design competition on Nov. 30 with their entry, the Texas Cyclone. For the project, part of Freshman Experiences in Mechanical Engineering, students could use up to six rubber bands […]