Issue: 2011 October 17
Classifieds — October 17, 2011
October 17, 2011
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Notices — October 17, 2011
October 17, 2011
Intersession Instructors Needed — The 2012 Intersession Personal Enrichment Program, Jan. 9 to 27, is seeking instructors for classes in music, art, dance and more. Applications are available in the Student Life Office, 102 Levering, or by calling 410-516-8209. Applications are due Friday, Oct. 28. Fall Food Drive — The Black Faculty and Staff […]
Strategies for work-life balance announced at Work, Family Fair
October 17, 2011
In celebration of National Work and Family Month, the Office of Work, Life and Engagement announced Johns Hopkins’ Top Ten Strategies for Achieving Work-Life Balance at its Work and Family Fair, which was held Oct. 5 on the East Baltimore campus. The strategies, submitted by employees of the Johns Hopkins Institutions, included taking advantage of […]
Calendar — October 17, 2011
October 17, 2011
COLLOQUIA Tues., Oct. 18, 4 p.m. “Care First … Learn From … Connect Histories: Three Principles for an Asian Humanities,” an Anthropology colloquium with Donald Davis, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 404 Macaulay. HW Tues., Oct. 18, 4:15 p.m. “Design of Efficient, Catalytic ‘Homo-Nazarov’ Methodologies,” a Chemistry colloquium with Stefan France, Georgia Institute of Technology. 233 […]
Johns Hopkins launches certificate in nonprofit management
October 17, 2011
Johns Hopkins has launched an online graduate certificate in nonprofit management, designed for working professionals who are looking to expand their expertise in nonprofit management with the latest skills and approaches taught by faculty at the forefront of their careers. The certificate will be offered through the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Advanced Academic […]
Brain Science Institute hosts conference to explore new drug paradigm
October 17, 2011
A symposium hosted by the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Baltimore Convention Center will bring together the pharmaceutical industry and academic-based research institutions with the common goal of exploring how the two can best work together to enhance and facilitate the discovery of new drugs. Although pharmaceutical companies and new […]
A United front
October 17, 2011
Five is the magic number for Johns Hopkins’ 2011 United Way of Central Maryland campaign, which kicked off last week. The combined university/Johns Hopkins Medicine financial goal for the campaign is $2.2 million, a total for contributions from all divisions except SAIS, whose donations are reported to the National Capital Area campaign in Washington, D.C., […]
Registration closes on Friday for DLC Diversity Conference
October 17, 2011
Registration will close on Friday, Oct. 21, for the Diversity Leadership Council’s eighth annual Johns Hopkins Diversity Conference, which will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 9, on the Homewood campus. The event opens with registration at 7 a.m. and will officially begin with a plenary session at 8:30 a.m. in Shriver Hall Auditorium, followed by […]
Nursing researcher links oxidative stress to racial discrimination
October 17, 2011
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing assistant professor Sarah Szanton, in collaboration with scientists from the National Institute on Aging and the University of California, San Francisco, has concluded that African-Americans who report more frequent racial discrimination have higher levels of oxidative stress in their bodies. Their study is published online in Springer’s International Journal […]
Invasive melanoma may be more likely in children than adults
October 17, 2011
A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of young people with melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, has found that some children have a higher risk of invasive disease than do adults. The study, published online Oct. 5 in the journal Cancer, is believed to be the first to compare disease spread in children and adults, […]