Issue: 2012 April 16
Two SoM faculty members set up educational endowment
April 16, 2012
Franklin Adkinson Jr., professor of medicine and director of the School of Medicine’s postdoctoral training in allergy and immunology, as well as of the Bloomberg School’s graduate training program in clinical investigation, and Robert Hamilton, professor of medicine and pathology, have established a $600,000 Adkinson-Hamilton Education Endowment in the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. […]
Detectable pancreatic lesions common in those at high risk for hereditary pancreatic cancer
April 16, 2012
A team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins researchers has found that more than four in 10 people considered at high risk for hereditary pancreatic cancer have small pancreatic lesions long before they have any symptoms of the deadly disease. Moreover, the scientists report that the frequency of the abnormal precancerous lesions increases with age, and […]
Physics Fair forecast: Lots of bright lights, loud noises, rockets and more
April 16, 2012
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is hosting its ninth annual Physics Fair from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 21, coinciding with the Spring Fair celebration on the Homewood campus. Events will take place in the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy. The fair will feature individual and team competitions for local […]
Attacca Quartet to play Evergreen April 21
April 16, 2012
Evergreen Museum & Library will conclude its 2011–12 Music at Evergreen concert series on Saturday, April 21, with a 3 p.m. performance by the Attacca String Quartet in the museum’s Bakst Theatre. Featured on the program will be Haydn’s String Quartet No. 67 in F major, Op. 77, No. 2, Hob.III:82 (Lobkowitz), Janacek’s String Quartet […]
Sequencing cancer mutations: There’s now an app for that
April 16, 2012
Using precise information about an individual’s genetic makeup is becoming increasingly routine for developing tailored treatments for breast, lung, colon and other cancers. But techniques used to identify meaningful gene mutations depend on analyzing sequences of both normal and mutant DNA in tumor samples, a process that can yield ambiguous results. Now, a team of […]
Theatre Arts and Studies Program sings Sondheim
April 16, 2012
The Johns Hopkins University Theatre Arts and Studies Program will present A Celebration: The Music of Stephen Sondheim during three performances this week in the John Astin Theatre in Homewood’s historic Merrick Barn. Curtain times are 8 p.m. on Friday, April 20, and Saturday, April 21, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 22. The show […]
HSO season finale features Concerto Competition winners
April 16, 2012
The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra will perform its season finale concert on Sunday, April 22. In addition to the monumental Symphony No. 1 by Johannes Brahms, the concert will feature performances by two Johns Hopkins undergraduates who are the co-winners of the 2012 Hopkins Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. Matthew Lochner will perform Camille Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto […]
Cheers — April 16, 2012
April 16, 2012
BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER Constantine Lyketsos, professor and director of the Department of Psychiatry, has received the 2012 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry’s Distinguished Scientist Award. Lyketsos, also director of the Memory and Alzheimer’s Treatment Center, is a lifetime member of the association, which strives to enhance the knowledge and practice standards in geriatric psychiatry. […]
Poet Ron Padgett to give 15th Ringel Memorial Reading
April 16, 2012
The Joshua Ringel Memorial Reading celebrates its 15th season on Sunday, April 22, when eminent poet Ron Padgett will read from his work at 5 p.m. in the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Meyerhoff Auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. The self-described son of an Oklahoma bootlegger, Padgett started […]
U.S. postmaster general to give Leaders + Legends Lecture
April 16, 2012
Patrick R. Donahoe, postmaster general and CEO of the United States Postal Service, will be the featured speaker for the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Leaders + Legends lecture series on Wednesday, April 18. The event will take place at 7:30 a.m. in the Legg Mason Tower in Harbor East. Donahoe, whose remarks are titled […]