Issue: 2011 November 7
SAIS hosts launch of Eliot Cohen book on the American way of war
November 7, 2011
The Nitze School of Advanced International Studies will host a discussion of Conquered Into Liberty: Two Centuries of Battles Along the Great Warpath That Made the American Way of War, a new book by Eliot Cohen, director of the SAIS Strategic Studies Program, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10. Cohen’s introductory remarks will be […]
Calendar — November 7, 2011
November 7, 2011
BLOOD DRIVES Wed., Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross Blood Drive. For information, email johnshopkinsblooddrive@ jhmi.edu or call 410-614-0913. Johns Hopkins at Eastern. COLLOQUIA Tues., Nov. 8, 4:15 p.m. “Toward Understanding and Combating Bacterial Resistance to Aminoglycoside Antibiotics,” a Chemistry colloquium with Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, University of Michigan, LSI. 233 Remsen. HW […]
JHU’s got talent—and passion
November 7, 2011
Got a great idea to share, or a skill to show off? Johns Hopkins this week launches a new multimedia, community-building experience that is part open-mic night and part grown-up show and tell. Ignite@JHU is a series of five-minute talks where presenters—students, staff and faculty—will share their personal and professional passions using 20 slides that […]
Cancer-causing protein tied to hormone resistance in breast cancer
November 6, 2011
In dozens of experiments in mice and in human cancer cells, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists has closely tied production of a cancer-causing protein called TWIST to the development of estrogen resistance in women with breast cancer. Because estrogen fuels much breast cancer growth, such resistance—in which cancers go from estrogen-positive to estrogen-negative status—can […]