Issue: 2012 January 30
Cheers — February 20, 2012
February 20, 2012
APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY Danielle Hilliard, a project manager in the Air and Missile Defense Department, has received the Black Engineer of the Year Community Service Award. Hilliard was honored for her volunteer efforts in the community, including work with students in Howard and Prince George’s counties and with the local chapters of the Mathematics, Engineering, […]
University to close internal printing operation
February 3, 2012
Johns Hopkins will be closing its longtime Printing Services operation, and the work it currently produces will be handled by outside vendors as the university seeks to rationalize operations and costs. The move is effective Feb. 24. In announcing the change, Glenn Bieler, vice president for communications, whose office oversees Printing Services, praised the operation’s […]
‘Federal Foodies’ exhibition opens at Homewood Museum
January 30, 2012
Charles Carroll Jr. took great pride and pleasure in creating a beautiful and productive setting for his Federal-era summer house, which is now the university’s Homewood Museum. Fields, gardens and orchards were set amid the property’s 130 picturesque acres. A new exhibition called Federal Foodies, opening Friday, Feb. 3, examines this intersection of house and […]
Notices — January 30, 2012
January 30, 2012
Peabody Preparatory Cuban Salsa Classes — This 10-week Adult and Continuing Education session has openings for couples and individuals who want to learn Cuban-style salsa. Classes will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. on Mondays at Peabody’s downtown campus. Tuition is $50, with a special rate for Hopkins and Peabody Conservatory students. For more […]
Calendar — January 30, 2012
January 30, 2012
COLLOQUIA Wed., Feb. 1, 4:30 p.m. “Yeast Telomerase RNP Architecture and Mechanism: The Nature and Extent of Flexible Scaffolding Provided by the 1157-nt RNA Subunit,” a Biology colloquium with David Zappulla, KSAS. Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW Fri., Feb. 3, 2 p.m. “Advanced Lithium Batteries: One Way to Use, Many Ways to Abuse,” an Applied Physics […]
Classifieds — January 30, 2012
January 30, 2012
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Brewers Hill, rehabbed 2BR, 2.5BA TH, gourmet kitchen, fin’d bsmt, deck, no pets, avail Feb 1. $1,850/mo. 410-303-1214 or hudsonstreetrental@hotmail.com. Canton/Fells Point (603 S Patterson Park Ave), 2BR, 2.5BA renov’d RH, 3 levels, 1,500 sq ft, CAC, hdwd flrs, expos’d brick, extra rms, laundry, rooftop deck, walk to park. $1,650/mo. fionalydon@hotmail.com. Deep […]
Study explores autism diagnosis change, co-occurring conditions
January 30, 2012
In a new Pediatrics article, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examined the relationship between the co-occurring conditions in children with autism spectrum disorders, and whether the children’s ASD diagnosis remained stable or changed. The study was published online Jan. 23 and will appear in the February edition of Pediatrics. The […]
Nursing research article is editor’s pick in AHA journal
January 30, 2012
An article by Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing researchers was selected as an editor’s pick in a recent issue of the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. The study, “Community Outreach and Cardiovascular Health (COACH) Trial: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Nurse Practitioner/Community Health Worker Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction in Urban […]
Schizophrenia: Small genetic changes pose risk for disease
January 30, 2012
Carrying both of two different genes with single DNA letter changes may increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, Johns Hopkins researchers reported in the Nov. 16 issue of Neuron. Causes for psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia and autism have been difficult to pinpoint because they may be triggered by many small genetic changes that alone […]
Popular colorectal cancer drug may cause permanent damage
January 30, 2012
Oxaliplatin, a platinum-based anti-cancer drug that’s made enormous headway in recent years against colorectal cancer, appears to cause nerve damage that may be permanent and worsens even months after treatment ends. The chemotherapy side effect, described by Johns Hopkins researchers in the September issue of Neurology, was discovered in what is believed to be the […]