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.
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has awarded Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist Charles L. Bennett one of the oldest and most celebrated awards in science, the Rumford Prize, an honor Bennett now shares with Thomas Edison and the scientists that invented instant photography and the world’s first nuclear reactor.
In nominating Bennett for the award, the American Academy credited him with a singular achievement in advancing humankind’s understanding of the universe, writing “the single most significant experiment—the one that transformed our view of the Universe from a rough sketch to a remarkably precise picture—was the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe led by Chuck Bennett. “
January 13, 2022 Tags: American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Charles Bennett, cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Rumford Prize, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, WMAP
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Johns Hopkins University engineers are the first to use a non-invasive optical probe to understand the complex changes in tumors after immunotherapy, a treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. Their method combines detailed mapping of the biochemical composition of tumors with machine learning.
October 13, 2021 Tags: bioengineering, cancer research, Immunotherapy, machine learning, Raman spectroscopy
| Category: biology, Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Uncategorized
A team of Johns Hopkins University students are among the finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition for their invention of a device to reduce pain from nerve damage in people with amputations.
September 13, 2021 Tags: amputation, biotechnology, Collegiate Inventors Competition, Engineering, materials science, National Inventors Hall of Fame, nerve damage, prosthetics, Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: biology, Engineering, Student-Related News, Uncategorized
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels will lace up their running shoes Monday for the grand opening of the Henderson-Hopkins school’s new track.
September 10, 2021 Tags: Baltimore City Public Schools, East Baltimore, Henderson-Hopkins, Johns Hopkins Football, Johns Hopkins Lacrosse, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Education, Mayor Brandon Scott, Ron Daniels
| Category: Education/K-12, Events Open to the Public, Uncategorized
August 30, 2021 Kait Howard Cell: 443-301-7993 kehoward@jhu.edu jhunews@jhu.edu As Louisiana officials assess the destruction caused by Hurricane Ida, Johns Hopkins University experts can discuss anticipated damage, the effectiveness of the levee system, and next steps for search-and-rescue efforts and restoring power. Available experts include: Gonzalo Pita is an associate scientist and director of the […]
August 30, 2021 Tags: climate, Hurricane Ida, hurricanes, Louisiana, New Orleans
| Category: Engineering, Environment, Uncategorized
August 29, 2021 Kait Howard Cell: 443-301-7993 kehoward@jhu.edu jhunews@jhu.edu As the Gulf Coast braces for a potentially devastating Category 4 hurricane, Johns Hopkins University experts can discuss possible trajectories the storm can take, and what can be done to lessen the damage. Available experts include: A climate modeler, Anand Gnanadesikan looks at the atmospheric and […]
August 30, 2021 Tags: climate, Hurricane Ida, hurricanes, Louisiana, New Orleans
| Category: Earth Science, Environment, Uncategorized
People born blind have never seen that bananas are yellow but Johns Hopkins University researchers find that like any sighted person, they understand two bananas are likely to be the same color and why. Questioning the belief that dates back to philosopher John Locke that people born blind could never truly understand color, the team of cognitive neuroscientists demonstrated that congenitally blind and sighted individuals actually understand it quite similarly.
August 16, 2021 Tags: Blind people, blindness, Color, Marina Bedny
| Category: Psychology, Uncategorized
Apple has announced plans to scan iPhones and other Apple devices for images of child sexual abuse and report them to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. A Johns Hopkins University expert is available to discuss how the technology works, as well as potential privacy concerns.
August 5, 2021 Tags: Apple, cryptography, CSAM, encryption, iCloud, iPhone, privacy
| Category: Computer Science, Technology, Uncategorized
Johns Hopkins University scientists have developed a new tool for predicting which patients suffering from a complex inflammatory heart disease are at risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
July 28, 2021 Tags: artificial intelligence, cardiac arrest, cardiac imaging, cardiac modeling, cardiac sarcoidosis, Cardiovascular Research, irregular heartbeat, machine learning
| Category: biology, Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Uncategorized
The Biden Administration and Western allies have formally accused the Chinese government of being behind a massive cyberattack on Microsoft email software and of working with cybercriminals on a range of other ransomware attacks and other cybercrimes.
July 19, 2021 Tags: Biden Administration, China, cyberattack, cybersecurity, hacking, Microsoft
| Category: Computer Science, International Affairs, Uncategorized
Johns Hopkins University will award an honorary degree to German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her principled and courageous global leadership at a Thursday July 15 ceremony at the university’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.
July 15, 2021 Tags: Angela Merkel, honorary degree, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
Researchers have identified a specialized protein that appears to help prevent tumor cells from entering the bloodstream and spreading to other parts of the body.
July 12, 2021 Tags: cancer, cell biology, cell intravasation, RNA interference, shear stress sensor, tumor metastasis
| Category: biology, Medicine and Nursing, Uncategorized
In the wake of the devastating collapse of a Miami-area condominium tower, a Johns Hopkins University civil engineer can discuss the possibility that shifting soil beneath the building led to the massive structural failure.
June 29, 2021 Tags: civil engineering, condo tower collapse, construction materials, Florida, Miami, Surfside, systems engineering
| Category: Engineering, Uncategorized
As triple-digit temperatures scorch millions in California and the Desert West, stoking wildfires and exacerbating drought conditions, Johns Hopkins experts can discuss the environmental and health impacts of the heat wave, and how officials can better prepare for the rest of the summer.
June 16, 2021 Tags: Arizona, Ben Zaitchik, California, drought, environment, environmental justice, health equity, heat, heat wave, Nevada, urban heat, Utah, Wildfires
| Category: Earth Science, Environment, Uncategorized
The Biden Administration is urging corporate executives and business leaders to take immediate steps to counter ransomware attacks following major cybersecurity breaches in the U.S. oil and meat industries. Johns Hopkins University experts are available to offer perspective on the new guidelines.
June 3, 2021 Tags: Anton Dahbura, Aviel Rubin, Biden Administration, cyberattacks, cybersecurity, JBS, Johns Hopkins, ransomware, White House
| Category: Computer Science, Technology, Uncategorized
As world leaders protest the Belarusian government’s brazen interception of a plane carrying a dissident journalist, Johns Hopkins University senior fellow Anne Applebaum can describe the political situation in Belarus, and how the incident fits into a pattern of increasing authoritarianism in countries across the globe.
May 25, 2021 Tags: Alexander Lukashenko, authoritarian governments, Belarus, dissident journalists, Johns Hopkins University, political dissidents, Roman Protasevich
| Category: Government and Politics, International Affairs, Uncategorized
In an open access paper published in Science Advances, Johns Hopkins physicists and colleagues at Rice University, the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), present experimental evidence of naturally occurring quantum criticality in a material.
May 24, 2021 Tags: Institute for Quantum Matter, Johns Hopkins University, physics, quantum materials, quantum technology
| Category: Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Technology, Uncategorized
As the death toll mounts in Gaza and the Israeli government resists calls for a ceasefire, Johns Hopkins University experts can offer perspective on why the fighting continues, and whether the United States can play a role in stopping it.
May 18, 2021 Tags: Gaza, Israel, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Johns Hopkins, Joseph Biden, Middle East, Palestine, Steven R. David, U.S. foreign policy
| Category: International Affairs, Uncategorized
With fighting between Palestinian militants and the Israeli military escalating, a Johns Hopkins political scientist can offer perspective on the causes of the most recent violence and the potential for full-fledged war.
May 12, 2021 Tags: Gaza, Israel, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Johns Hopkins, Middle East, Palestine, Steven R. David
| Category: International Affairs, Uncategorized
Today, Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the launch of the Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative devoted to addressing historic underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and preparing a new, more diverse generation of researchers and scholars to assume leadership roles in tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges. The $150 million effort funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies will be endowed to create additional pathways for students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to pursue and receive PhDs in STEM fields.
May 11, 2021 Tags: Bloomberg Philanthropies, HCBUs, Johns Hopkins University, PhDs, STEM, Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative
| Category: Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
New Johns Hopkins University simulations offer an intriguing look into Saturn’s interior, suggesting that a thick layer of helium rain influences the planet’s magnetic field.
May 5, 2021 Tags: Earth Science, NASA, physics, planetary science, Saturn
| Category: Earth Science, Physics and Astronomy, Uncategorized
Johns Hopkins University theoretical physicist Marc Kamionkowski is one of three physicists to be awarded the 2021 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their contributions to methods essential for studying the early universe.
May 5, 2021 Tags: cosmic microwave background, cosmology, dark energy, dark matter, Gruber Cosmology Prize, Gruber Foundation, physics, theoretical physics
| Category: Physics and Astronomy, Uncategorized
Jeanne-Marie Jackson, an associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the English Department at Johns Hopkins University, is among 26 scholars to be named to the Andrew Carnegie Fellows class of 2021 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
April 28, 2021 Tags: African literature, Andrew Carnegie Fellows, Carnegie, Carnegie Fellowship, Casely Hayford, Ghana, Jeanne-Marie Jackson
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Homewood Campus News, Uncategorized, University-Related
A virtual fireside chat with Anthony Fauci will launch the Johns Hopkins University’s Health Policy Forum, a new quarterly series of discussions providing a platform for JHU students, faculty, staff, and alumni to engage in dialogues with Washington leaders around interdisciplinary health policy issues.
October 12, 2020 Tags: Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, Ellen MacKenzie, Fauci, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University’s Health Policy Forum, President Ronald J. Daniels
| Category: Institutional News, Public Health, Public policy, Uncategorized, University Administration, University-Related
August 12, 2020 CONTACT: Doug Donovan Cell: 443-462-2947 dougdonovan@jhu.edu @dougdonovan A new robotic system allows medical staff to remotely operate ventilators and other bedside machines from outside intensive care rooms of patients suffering from infectious diseases. The system, developed by a team of Johns Hopkins University and Medicine researchers, is still being tested, but initial […]
August 12, 2020 Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, medical robotics
| Category: Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Uncategorized
