Issue: 2012 February 13
Calendar — February 13, 2012
February 13, 2012
BLOOD DRIVES Tues., Feb. 14, 7:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., and Wed., Feb. 15, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Valentine’s Day Homewood campus blood drive, sponsored by Work, Life and Engagement. Blood donors are urgently needed. Bring a friend to make a donation and be entered into a raffle for a gift card to Ms. […]
Classifieds — February 13, 2012
February 13, 2012
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Brewers Hill, rehabbed 2BR, 2.5BA TH, gourmet kitchen, fin’d bsmt, deck, no pets. $1,850/mo. 410-303-1214 or hudsonstreetrental@hotmail.com. Deep Creek Lake/Wisp, cozy 2BR cabin w/full kitchen; call for wkly/wknd rentals. 410-638-9417 or jzpics@yahoo.com (for pics). Ellicott City, spacious 3BR, 2.5BA corner TH, kitchen/dining area, fin’d walkout bsmt, new windows, deck/patio, in Centennial high […]
Registration now open for intensive bioethics summer courses
February 13, 2012
Registration is now open for summer courses in the new Berman Institute Bioethics Intensives program, launching in June. Offered by the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, the program is designed for participants from a wide range of professional and educational backgrounds. “We want this program to be accessible to anyone with an interest in […]
New nursing program promises to advance patient care quality
February 13, 2012
The Helene Fuld Health Trust of New York has awarded a grant to the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing to support the Helene Fuld Leadership Program for the Advancement of Patient Care Quality and Safety. The program will prepare 200 new clinical nurses over the next five years. The Fuld Leadership Program is designed […]
Applicants sought for annual undergraduate arts prizes
February 13, 2012
Students are invited to apply for the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts and the President’s Commendation for Achievement in the Arts in recognition of outstanding accomplishment in the arts for the 2011–12 academic year. Students who are in good standing and on track to receive a degree in May 2012 may apply simultaneously for […]
Memo to pediatricians: Allergy tests no magic bullet for diagnosis
February 13, 2012
An advisory from two leading allergists, Robert Wood of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Scott Sicherer of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, urges clinicians to use caution when ordering allergy tests, and to avoid making a diagnosis based solely on test results. In an article published in the January issue of Pediatrics, the […]
Bubble dynamics expert elected to National Academy of Engineering
February 13, 2012
Andrea Prosperetti, a Johns Hopkins professor who is an internationally respected expert in the mechanics of fluids, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the organization announced Feb. 9. Election to the academy is considered among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to […]
Johns Hopkins faculty weigh in on ethics of H5N1 research
February 13, 2012
In a commentary on the biosecurity controversy surrounding recent publication of bird flu research details, a bioethicist and a vaccine expert at Johns Hopkins reaffirm that “all scientists have an affirmative ethical obligation to avoid contributing to the advancement of biowarfare and bioterrorism” but that there are not sufficient structures in place to evaluate potential […]
Engineering Innovation course set for high school students
February 13, 2012
High school students selected for the Engineering Innovation course being offered at Johns Hopkins this summer will apply math and science concepts to practical projects designed to challenge and engage them. The intensive, multidisciplinary engineering course includes college-level lectures, hands-on lab activities, team projects and a spaghetti bridge competition. Current JHU employees who are interested […]
Winner by a thread
February 13, 2012
A Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering student recently won top honors at an inaugural international undergraduate research poster competition for his study of a simple and inexpensive diagnostic assay using cotton threads. Rohit Dasgupta, a senior from Centreville, Va., flew to Saudi Arabia last month to present his concept of threads as a matrix for diagnostic assay […]