Issue: 2012 February 20
JHU’s Ian Hsu named 2012 Gates Cambridge Scholar
February 20, 2012
Ian Hsu, a third-year medical student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is one of 40 students from the United States who have been awarded 2012 Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Hsu, who is from Troy, Mich., and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, will study for a master’s degree in social […]
JHU Engineers Without Borders to showcase humanitarian projects
February 20, 2012
Members of the Johns Hopkins University chapter of Engineers Without Borders—who have launched humanitarian efforts in Ecuador, Guatemala and South Africa—will discuss and raise funds for their work at the group’s annual Dessert Reception and Project Showcase. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, in the Glass Pavilion on the […]
Two from JHU awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships
February 20, 2012
Astrophysicist Brice Menard and biomedical engineer Feilim Mac Gabhann of The Johns Hopkins University have won 2012 Sloan Research Fellowships, which seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise by offering each a $50,000 grant, distributed over a two-year period. The two are among 126 young scientists and economists to […]
Anti-HIV drug combos: Which work better and why
February 20, 2012
Using a mathematical formula that carefully measures the degree to which HIV infection of immune system cells is stalled by antiretroviral therapy, AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins have calculated precisely how well dozens of such anti-HIV drugs work, alone or in any of 857 likely combinations, in suppressing the virus. Results of the team’s latest […]
Jazz series readies for opening note
February 20, 2012
Homewood, get ready to feel the groove. This weekend sees the premiere of Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club, a concert series that seeks to bring renowned, world-class musicians to the Baltimore area. The new series kicks off on Saturday night with a performance by the Jim Snidero Quartet at the Johns Hopkins Club, a […]
Training the Twitterati
February 20, 2012
Margaret “Meg” Chisolm loves a good tweet. The owner of two Twitter accounts, Chisolm plugs in whenever time allows to share news or offer some thoughts. In a world awash in social media, the existence of another tweeter or blogger comes as no shock. What might surprise some, however, is the fact that Chisolm is […]