Starting in February 2010, Johns Hopkins will offer a National Science Foundation-supported technology commercialization program called “Innovate!” at the Montgomery County Campus.
Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools, the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins communications offices.
Seven Johns Hopkins Researchers Named AAAS Fellows
December 17, 2009
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On New Lab Chip, Heart Cells Display a ‘Nanosense’ That Guides Their Behavior
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers, working with colleagues in Korea, have produced a laboratory chip with nanoscopic grooves and ridges capable of growing cardiac tissue that more closely resembles natural heart muscle. The scientists say this tool could be used to design new therapies or diagnostic tests for cardiac disease.
A Cell’s ‘Cap’ of Bundled Fibers Could Yield Clues to Disease
It turns out that wearing a cap is good for you, at least if you are a mammal cell. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Engineering in Oncology Center have shown that in healthy cells, a bundled “cap” of thread-like fibers holds the cell’s nucleus, its genetic storehouse, in its proper place. Understanding this cap’s influence on cell and nuclear shape, the researchers say, could provide clues to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as cancer, muscular dystrophy and the age-accelerating condition known as progeria.
HSO Vocal Extravaganza: Opera Excerpts and Gounod Mass
Music director Jed Gaylin and the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra welcome several guest artists for an evening of opera excerpts and Gounod’s rarely performed St. Cecilia Mass. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, in Shriver Hall Auditorium on the Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. WBJC-FM program director Jonathan Palevsky gives the pre-concert talk at 7 p.m.
A panel discussion titled “U.S., Afghanistan and Pakistan: Moving Forward”
President Obama is scheduled tonight to announce his strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and in response, three student groups at Johns Hopkins have organized a panel discussion for Thursday night, reflecting the discussions happening nationwide on the topic.
Stanford’s Susskind To Give 2009 Brickwedde Lecture
Leonard Susskind, Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University, will give the 2009 Ferdinand G. Brickwedde Lecture in Physics at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at the Johns Hopkins University. Titled “The World as a Hologram,” Susskind’s lecture will take place in the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy’s Schafler Auditorium on the university’s Homewood campus. It is free and open to the public.
Study Investigates What Support Works Best After Inpatient Rehab
One of the greatest challenges in helping substance abusers recover is ensuring that they have access to— and participate in — follow-up care, counseling and support after their release from inpatient rehabilitation programs. Using a $959,822 National Institute on Drug Abuse grant funded by the federal stimulus act, Maxine Stitzer, a professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, will study what programs are most successful in helping encourage people coming out of inpatient treatment centers to enroll in care that will support their recovery.
“Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” at Johns Hopkins
The Johns Hopkins University Theatre will present “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” a new full-length play by prize-winning student playwright Eric Kalman Levitz, over two weekends, beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, in the Merrick Barn on the University’s Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore.
“Season of Celebration” at the Johns Hopkins Museums
Let the holidays begin as the Johns Hopkins University Museums showcases the sights and sounds of the season with lavishly decorated period rooms, artfully trimmed trees, and unique holiday activities. Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library are enchanting, entertaining, and educational this holiday season.
Carey Business School Moving to Legg Mason Tower
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School is moving to the new Legg Mason Tower at 100 International Drive in Baltimore’s Harbor East, giving the business school about 80,000 square feet of space on four floors.
Panel discussion: “What’s Next After No Child Left Behind”
The Johns Hopkins University School of Education is hosting a panel discussion on Monday, Dec. 7, titled “What’s Next After No Child Left Behind” in anticipation of next year’s reauthorization of the legislation.
New Transparent Insulating Film Could Enable Energy-Efficient Displays
Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it. By orienting the compound in a different way, the researchers have turned it into a thin film insulator, which instead blocks the flow of electricity, but can induce large electric currents elsewhere. The material, called solution-deposited beta-alumina, could have important applications in transistor technology and in devices such as electronic books.
Michael Steele and Congressman Aaron Schock participate in a discussion on the role and future of young people in public service
Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Aaron Schock (R-IL), the youngest member of Congress, will participate in a discussion on the role and future of young people in public service.
New Optical Tool Could Produce ‘Virtual Biopsies’ in Brain Cancer Cases
As a Johns Hopkins electrical engineer, Jin U. Kang has spent years tinkering with lasers and optical fiber, studying what happens when light strikes matter. Now, he’s taking on a new challenge: brain surgery. More precisely, Kang is building a tool to help brain surgeons locate and get a clear look at cancerous tissue.
Ninth Grade Retention Rates and Early Intervention
More than 90,000 students from six states repeated ninth grade in 2004-05, with nearly three in 10 students repeating ninth-grade in one of them, according to a new report from the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University.
Engineering Center to Probe Forces that Cause Cancer to Spread
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology have been awarded $14.8 million from the National Cancer Institute to launch a research center aimed at unraveling the physical underpinnings of the growth and spread of cancer.
Cogito.org Wins Parents’ Choice Foundation’s Gold Award
Announced last month, the award honors Cogito.org, produced by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, as one of the highest quality Web sites geared toward children and young adults.
Researchers Say They Can Predict Hurricane-Related Power Outages
Using data from Hurricane Katrina and four other destructive storms, researchers from Johns Hopkins and Texas A&M universities say they have found a way to accurately predict power outages in advance of a hurricane.
