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.
It is a mystery that has stymied astrophysicists for decades: how do black holes produce so many high-power X-rays? In a new study, astrophysicists from The Johns Hopkins University, NASA and the Rochester Institute of Technology conducted research that bridges the gap between theory and observation by demonstrating that gas spiraling toward a black hole inevitably results in X-ray emissions.
June 14, 2013 Tags: astronomy, black holes, NASA, physics, supercomputing, X-rays
| Category: Physics and Astronomy, Uncategorized
This year’s theme, Fruitful Brews, spotlights fruit beer and cider makers who are crafting a comeback—reviving America’s orchard heritage, revisiting traditional styles, and bringing new sophistication to these age-old farmhouse beverages.
May 9, 2013 | Category: Uncategorized
The Innovation for Humanity course of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Global MBA program is being honored in the inaugural Green Blue Jay Awards presented by the Johns Hopkins University Office of Sustainability.
April 12, 2013 Tags: Carey Business School, Global MBA, Green Blue Jay Awards, Innovation for Humanity, Johns Hopkins Office of Sustainability
| Category: Business and Economics, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Student-Related News, Uncategorized, University Administration
The Johns Hopkins University performed $2.1 billion in medical, science and engineering research in fiscal 2011, making it the leading U.S. academic institution in total research and development spending for the 33rd year in a row, according to a new National Science Foundation ranking. The university also once again ranked first on the NSF’s separate list of federally funded research and development, spending $1.88 billion in FY2011 on research supported by NSF, NASA, the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense.
November 28, 2012 Tags: APL, Applied Physics Laboratory, Department of Defense, federal expenditures, Johns Hopkins University, Jonathan Bagger, NASA, National Science Foundation, R & D
| Category: Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
November 27, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Patrick Ercolano 410-234-9296 pae@jhu.edu Janet Marie Smith, celebrated architect and driving force behind the design of Baltimore’s iconic Oriole Park at Camden Yards, will be the speaker at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s annual Allan L. Berman Lecture on Wednesday, December 5, 2012. The lecture will [...]
November 27, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized
Astrophysicist Brice Ménard of the Johns Hopkins University has been selected by the Maryland Academy of Sciences as the Outstanding Young Scientist of 2012. He received the award at a ceremony to be held at the Maryland Science Center yesterday. Ménard, an assistant professor in the Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, was recognized for his research in extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology.
October 25, 2012 Tags: American Astronomical Society, Brice Ménard, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, cosmology, extragalactic astrophysics, Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Kavli Institute for Physics and Mathematics, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Maryland Science Center, Max Panck Institute for Astrophysics, Outstanding Young Scientist of 2012, Tokyo University
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Physics and Astronomy, Uncategorized, University-Related
Refuting their image as careless polluters, “large and dirty” industrial firms are recognizing that it makes economic sense to adopt eco-friendly strategies, says a Johns Hopkins University business professor who has co-authored a paper on the topic.
October 1, 2012 Tags: Carey Business School, corporate governance, environment, industry, Johns Hopkins University, Phillip H. Phan
| Category: Business and Economics, Environment, Uncategorized
A new study by a Johns Hopkins University business professor finds that social rejection can inspire imaginative thinking, particularly in individuals with a strong sense of their own independence.
August 21, 2012 Tags: Cornell University, creativity, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Sharon Kim, social rejection
| Category: Business and Economics, Psychology, Uncategorized
While promoters of concerts and sporting events have opposed the ticket-resale industry for what they say is its negative impact on their sales, a study by researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Michigan argues that promoters actually can profit from the presence of the secondary market.
August 7, 2012 Tags: Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Business and Economics, Uncategorized
Joshua G. McIntosh, an experienced administrator who has devoted his career to enriching all aspects of university student life, has been named Dean of Academic Services at The Johns Hopkins University. McIntosh, currently associate dean at Harvard University’s Harvard College, will join Johns Hopkins in the newly created post on August 6.
July 10, 2012 Tags: Appalachian State University, Dean of Academic Services, Harvard University, Joshua G. McIntosh, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Sarah B. Steinberg, Susan Boswell, Syracuse University, Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Uncategorized, University Administration, University-Related
The Evergreen Museum & Library Advisory Council is pleased to announce the second Alice’s Wonderland Garden Party, which will welcome spring from the magnificent formal gardens of Johns Hopkins University’s Evergreen Museum & Library, on Thursday, May 10, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
May 7, 2012 Tags: Evergreen Museum & Library
| Category: Uncategorized
An exhibit designed to recognize and publicize the crucial role that black students, faculty and staff have played in the rich history of The Johns Hopkins University has opened on the Homewood campus in Charles Village and will circulate among the various Johns Hopkins campuses through fall. Called “The Indispensable Role of Blacks at Johns Hopkins,” the freestanding display and set of window decals pay tribute to 50 people, past and present, whose professional and personal achievements have brought honor to the institution.
May 7, 2012 Tags: Benjamin Carson, BFSA, Debbie Savage, Homewood campus, Juneteenth, Minnie Hargow, Percy A. Pierre, Ronald L. Daniels, The Indispensable Role of Blacks at Johns Hopkins, The Johns Hopkins University, the Johns Hopkins University Black Faculty and Staff Association, Vivien Thomas
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News, Uncategorized, University Administration, University-Related
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School has reorganized to focus its degree programs on the study of business issues related to healthcare and the life sciences, Interim Dean Phillip Phan has announced. “We’re making this move not just because we are Johns Hopkins, with the best medical institutions in the world, but also because health care is an increasingly important part of the economic discussion in the United States,” said Phan.
May 3, 2012 Tags: Johns Hopkins; Carey Business School; Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; healthcare; life sciences; business degrees
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Business and Economics, Engineering, Environment, Institutional News, Medicine and Nursing, Psychology, Public Health, Social Sciences, Technology, Uncategorized
The Johns Hopkins University has won an award worth up to $90 million from the U.S. Army to tap the expertise of the nation’s top academic researchers to help the Army develop new lightweight materials to better protect soldiers and vehicles. Toward this goal, Johns Hopkins is forming a new institute where researchers will try to understand precisely what happens when impacts on materials result in “extreme dynamic environments.”
April 24, 2012 Tags: Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, material science, mechanical engineering, protective materials, U.S. Army
| Category: Uncategorized
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School will team up with the Johns Hopkins Office of Technology Transfer and the University at Albany Business School on Thursday, April 19, to present “Making a Quantum Leap in Technology Transfer.”
April 16, 2012 | Category: Business and Economics, Engineering, Technology, Uncategorized
“The Murals of San Bartolo and the Mythic Origins of Ancient Maya Gods and Kings” will be the subject of a free lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, in Gilman Hall, Room 50, on the Homewood campus of The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore.
April 5, 2012 Tags: Distinguished Lecture in Art of the Ancient Americas, Karl Taube, Lisa DeLeonardis
| Category: Uncategorized
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School has appointed James E. Rogers, founder of a media company that owns 11 NBC and FOX affiliate television stations in five Western states, as an executive in residence.
April 3, 2012 Tags: Johns Hopkins Carey Business School; James E. Rogers; Intermountain West Communications
| Category: Business and Economics, Uncategorized
The political beliefs of corporate CEOs strongly influence the tax-avoidance strategies of the firms they run, and those firms with Republican chief executive officers show a significantly higher level of tax avoidance than do companies with CEOs of no obvious political preference, according to a new study co-authored by a Johns Hopkins business professor.
March 13, 2012 Tags: Carey Business School, CEOs' Political Beliefs, Johns Hopkins, Tax Avoidance, Xian Sun
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Business and Economics, Government and Politics, Uncategorized
The man who left his fortune and his name to launch The Johns Hopkins University and The Johns Hopkins Hospital will be honored at his grave on Saturday, Dec. 24, the 138th anniversary of his death. All are welcome.
December 20, 2011 Tags: Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, Green Mount Cemetery, Mr. Johns Hopkins
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Events Open to the Public, Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
Economic incentives can significantly increase blood donations from the public, according to a new study co-authored by a Johns Hopkins business professor.
The findings also suggest that similar methods could be used to build up life-saving supplies of human bone marrow, organs, and body parts for transplantation.
December 20, 2011 Tags: American Red Cross, blood, body parts, bone marrow, donors, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Mario Macis, Nicola Lacetera, organ, Robert Slonim
| Category: Business and Economics, Medicine and Nursing, Psychology, Public Health, Social Sciences, Uncategorized
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, in conjunction with the Food and Drug Law Institute, will hold a symposium, “Issues in Global Health: Advancing Efficiency and Quality through Regulatory Science,” from 7:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 2, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Funding is provided by Johnson & Johnson. Carey professors Toby Gordon and Dipankar Chakravarti are co-conveners of the event.
November 21, 2011 Tags: Dipankar Chakravarti, FDLI, Food and Drug Law Institute, inspection issues, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Johnson & Johnson, Lloyd Minor, medical-device companies, pharmaceuticals, Toby Gordon
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Business and Economics, Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News, Medicine and Nursing, Public Health, Uncategorized
President Ronald J. Daniels sent a broadcast email message to students, faculty and staff at The Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday, Oct. 4, congratulating Professor Adam G. Riess, the just-announced co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. This is the text of that message.
October 4, 2011 Tags: Adam Riess, Nobel Prize, Ronald J. Daniels
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Homewood Campus News, Physics and Astronomy, Uncategorized, University-Related
An update on the university’s continuing efforts to promote the safety of students, faculty and staff on foot and on bicycle in the Homewood area.
September 15, 2011 Tags: bicyclist safety, campus safety and security, Homewood campus, Johns Hopkins University, pedestrian safety
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Student-Related News, Uncategorized, University Administration, University-Related
An existing anti-seizure drug improves memory and brain function in adults with a form of cognitive impairment that often leads to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study led by neuroscientist Michela Gallagher of The Johns Hopkins University. The findings raise the possibility that doctors will someday be able to use the drug, levetiracetam, already approved for use in epilepsy patients, to slow the abnormal loss of brain function in some aging patients before their condition becomes Alzheimer’s.
July 20, 2011 Tags: Alzheimer's disease, amnestic cognitive impairment, Arnold Bakker, brain function, Gregory Krauss, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, levetiracetam, Marilyn Albert, memory loss, Michela Gallagher, neuroscience, the National Institutes of Health
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Homewood Campus News, Psychology, Public Health, Uncategorized
The Johns Hopkins University’s Engineering for Professionals program, part of the Whiting School of Engineering, is offering a new concentration in the field of human systems engineering. The concentration, a new option in the part-time master’s degree program in systems engineering, will be available beginning in fall 2011.
June 15, 2011 Tags: Engineering for Professionals, human systems engineering, Johns Hopkins Engineering, systems engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: Engineering, Technology, Uncategorized
