Issue: 2011 November 14
Navigating the minefield of inner-city adolescence
November 14, 2011
Julia Romano called it “the camp game.” The 10 teenage students at SunRise Academy day school in Washington, D.C., were asked to break up into two groups and negotiate joint use of a co-owned campground, replete with swimming hole, picnic area, cabins and open spaces. Do they cut the camp in half? Share use of […]
Johns Hopkins Hospital contractors turn over keys to new facility
November 14, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Hospital becomes the official owner today of the new 1.6 million-square-foot facility that will house the Sheikh Zayed Tower and Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center. At 12:30 p.m., construction company officials will hand over a ceremonial key to Edward D. Miller, dean of the School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins […]
Addressing childhood obesity
November 14, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded a $16 million U54 cooperative agreement from the National Institutes of Health to establish a global center of excellence to address the childhood obesity epidemic. The Johns Hopkins Global Center for Childhood Obesity will emphasize the integration of geospatial analysis with a systems science […]
Classifieds — November 14, 2011
November 14, 2011
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Bolton Hill, studio/1BR apt, huge windows, fp, full kitchen, deck, yd, priv prkng, huge BA w/double vanities, sep shower, soaking tub, can be partly furn’d, great for short-term residents. $950/mo. erasmocha@yahoo.com. Butchers Hill/Patterson Park, bright brick TH, 1BR + office, hdwd flrs, W/D, patio, nr park, conv to JHMI/JHH, refs req’d. $800/mo […]
Carey School and MICA partner for innovative degree
November 14, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and the Maryland Institute College of Art will partner to launch the MBA/MA in Design Leadership, focusing on the integration of creative thinking into all aspects of organizational management and development. In addition to providing the knowledge and skills traditionally associated with an MBA curriculum, this full-time, dual-degree program […]
Frontiers in Medicine and Science Day
November 14, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus recently hosted 600 seventh-graders for the third annual Frontiers in Science and Medicine Day. The event, which is run in partnership with 17 other research centers, companies and health care organizations, includes an hour of hands-on science and medical activities at the campus and an hourlong lab tour at […]
Demo, discussion of ‘green’ transportation set for Tuesday
November 14, 2011
Demonstrations of new fuel-efficient vehicles and a discussion of “green” transportation technology will take place Tuesday, Nov. 15, on the Homewood campus. The event was organized by Ford Motor Co., the Johns Hopkins Sustainability Office and the Baltimore Electric Vehicle Initiative. Speaking and fielding questions between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in the Mason Hall […]
Needy families and seniors can be ‘adopted’ for holidays
November 14, 2011
The Office of Work, Life and Engagement is partnering with local nonprofit and social service agencies to provide gifts, clothing and/or grocery gift certificates to families, children and seniors who are facing hardships and are in need of assistance during the holiday season. All Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, students and retirees are invited to help […]
Common bacteria cause some colon tumors by altering a gene
November 14, 2011
Working with lab cultures and mice, Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a strain of the common gut pathogen Bacteroides fragilis causes colon inflammation and increases activity of a gene called spermine oxidase, or SMO, in the intestine. The effect is to expose the gut to hydrogen peroxide—the caustic, germ-fighting substance found in many medicine […]
Nonemergency angioplasty OK at hospitals without cardiac surgery
November 14, 2011
Hospitals that do not have cardiac surgery capability can perform nonemergency angioplasty and stent implantation as safely as hospitals that do offer cardiac surgery. That is the finding of the nation’s first large randomized study to assess whether patients do just as well having nonemergency angioplasty performed at smaller community hospitals that do not offer […]