Issue: 2012 May 7
Maryland Hall is sporting new threads.
May 7, 2012
The original Engineering building on the Homewood campus is now adorned with banners marking the centennial of Johns Hopkins Engineering. In 1912, the Maryland State Legislature appropriated $600,000 “to establish a school or department of applied science and advanced technology” at Johns Hopkins, and at a cost of $285,500 (or $.21 per square foot), Maryland […]
Calendar — May 7, 2012
May 7, 2012
COLLOQUIA Fri., May 11, 2 p.m. “Remote Sensing and Climate Change,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Robert Cahalan, NASA Goddard. Parsons Auditorium. APL CONFERENCES Wed., May 9, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Europe After the Euro Crisis, a SAIS European Studies Program conference with various speakers. (All of the speakers’ comments will be […]
Classifieds — May 7, 2012
May 7, 2012
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Catonsville, medical office in multi-physician bldg, approx 1,000 sq ft, 2nd flr view of forest, opposite Charlestown Retirement Center. $1,675/mo + utils. 410-321-8889. Charles Village, updated 3BR, 1.5BA RH, W/D, storage in bsmt, hdwd flrs, lots of light, ample prkng on- and off-street, lg garden, pets considered, 2 blks to JHU campus/shuttle, […]
JHU researchers elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 7, 2012
Paul Englund, a professor emeritus of biological chemistry, and Rachel Green and Se-Jin Lee, both professors of molecular biology and genetics, were among 82 scientists inducted April 28 into the National Academy of Sciences for their distinguished research achievements. The induction ceremony took place at the group’s 149th annual meeting in Washington, D.C. An election […]
New clues to how brain cancer cells migrate and invade
May 7, 2012
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a protein that transports sodium, potassium and chloride may hold clues to how glioblastoma, the most common and deadliest type of brain cancer, moves and invades nearby healthy brain tissue. The findings, reported in May in the journal PLoS Biology, also suggest that an inexpensive FDA-approved drug already on […]
Tablet computers: A new tool to stop domestic violence?
May 7, 2012
Are pregnant women more likely to admit they’re victims of domestic violence to a computer than to a querying human? And if they are, could a tablet computer be a better route to encouraging abused women to get help in a safer, more expeditious manner? Those are among the questions being asked in a new […]
Evergreen Museum & Library hosts a garden party
May 7, 2012
The second Alice’s Wonderland Garden Party, sponsored by the Evergreen Museum & Library Advisory Council, will welcome spring from the formal gardens of Johns Hopkins’ Evergreen Museum & Library from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 10. Approximately 200 guests are expected to attend this festive fundraiser for the former Gilded Age estate of […]
SAIS gift, one of school’s largest ever, will support Foreign Policy Institute
May 7, 2012
SAIS has received one of the largest gifts in the school’s history: a residential property valued at $5.9 million from an anonymous donor. This property will be sold by the Johns Hopkins University Real Estate Office to create a permanent base of support for the Foreign Policy Institute. The FPI is the research arm of […]
Jhpiego-CBID partnership unveils global health innovations
May 7, 2012
Jhpiego and Johns Hopkins student engineers will today unveil BabyBeats and FeverPoint, two extremely affordable, innovative devices designed to help front-line health workers prevent maternal and newborn deaths in communities throughout the developing world. The projects, designed by Jhpiego-mentored students at the Whiting School of Engineering’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, or CBID, are […]
Black hole caught red-handed in stellar homicide
May 7, 2012
Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close. Supermassive black holes, weighing millions to billions times more than the sun, lurk in the centers of most galaxies. These hefty monsters lie quietly until an unsuspecting victim, such as a star, wanders close enough […]