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GTx drug meeting goals in clinical trial
Original at Bizjournals.com
• Thu, Jun 11
an investigator in the clinical trial and professor of medicine and oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said in a statement. ... and more »
UVa med school opens cancer research facility
Original at Daily Press
• Thu, Jun 11
WAVY-TV Officials say the new facility will help attract top researchers to the medical school and away from competitors such as Johns Hopkins University, ... U.Va. opens $70.7 million facility for cancer researchRichmond Times Dispatch all 15 news articles »
Honfest, Greek Festival, and more family fun this weekend
Original at The Swamp
• Thu, Jun 11
Films: Break out the lawn chairs and blankets for a screening of "Hairspray" on the Wyman Quadrangle at the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University, ... and more »
It's a wrap: Say goodbye to the school year, but not before a review
Original at San Jose Mercury News
• Wed, Jun 10
USA III Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. "Williams will do well at Johns Hopkins," Schoof said. "That's a good spot for him." DIEKROEGER UPDATE: Turns out Menlo School has had a higher draft pick than Diekroeger, who was selected the No. ...
JHU, partners launch “Research Means Hope” campaign
Original at rbr.com
• Wed, Jun 10
Virginia The JHU Gazette reports with medical science on the verge of numerous breakthroughs to cures and treatments for a host of human diseases, a coalition of research organizations led by The Johns Hopkins University and four other founding partners is ...
NASA Set To Launch LRO June 17
Original at Aviation Week
• Wed, Jun 10
NY We have seen interesting areas, but we're not calibrated yet so we don't have quantative numbers so the analysis is ongoing," says Ben Bussey of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, the deputy principal investigator on both Mini-RF ...
Fact or Fiction: Dogs Can Talk
Original at scientificamerican.com
• Wed, Jun 10
Back in 1912 Harry Miles Johnson of Johns Hopkins University said, emphatically, "no." In a paper in Science, he generally agreed with the findings of Oskar Pfungst of the Institute of Psychology at the University of Berlin who studied a dog famous for ...
Student Roundup
Original at Albany Times Union
• Wed, Jun 10
NY Jessica Buicko of Altamont was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. The daughter of David and Maria Buicko, she is a biology major. David Rokeach of Colonie was named to the dean's list for the fall ...
Donald N. Rothman
Original at Baltimore Sun
• Wed, Jun 10
Born in Baltimore and raised on Bryant Avenue, he was a 1939 City College graduate and earned a degree at the Johns Hopkins University, where he acted in ... and more »
Finding Cybersecurity Talent - Interview with Tom Stanton of Johns ...
Original at GovInfoSecurity.com
• Tue, Jun 9
New Jersey Academy of Public Administration and chaired its standing panel on executive organization and management. He co-edited Making Government Manageable: Executive Organization and Management in the 21st Century (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004).
City Rats Loyal to Their 'Hoods, Scientists Discover
Original at U.S. News & World Report
• Tue, Jun 9
U.S. News & World Report, DC Like any major city, Baltimore, Md., has many lively neighborhoods--each with its own personality. But scientists from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health say humans aren't the only Baltimoreans loyal to their 'hoods. ...
City researchers to take part in study on autism causes
Original at baltimoresun.com
• Tue, Jun 9
JHU, Kennedy Krieger experts to examine both genetic, environmental factors Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and Kennedy Krieger Institute will take part in what's being called one of the largest studies to examine the early causes of autism.
Blue Ridge seniors take home over $6 million in scholarships
Original at wmicentral.com
• Tue, Jun 9
AZ Rambler will head to the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks before attending Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. Simmons will first head to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., and then go to UCSD. Yazzie will attend the University of ...
Seminarians embark on journey to the priesthood
Original at The Catholic Review
• Mon, Jun 8
MD “I was compensated very well where I worked and I was good at what I did, but something was still missing,” said de Leon, who holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and who most recently ...
Hopkins scientists picked for cancer dream teams
Original at jhuniverse.jhu.edu
• Mon, Jun 8
MD There are some drugs already approved for diabetes management that have evidence of antitumor effects," said Chi Dang, vice dean for research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and adviser for the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research ...
Seeley Lake hosts Neuroscience retreat
Original at KRTV
• Sun, Jun 7
MT Montana is a wonderful state but it's a small state, there is not a medical school here, and it's a very competitive time to build world class research programs" Ames added. Johns Hopkins University awarded the neuroscience center a $600000 grant to ...
Routine Diabetes Screenings Could Cut Health-care Costs - Science Daily
Original at Science Daily
• Sun, Jun 7
In addition to Phillips, study authors were: KM Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, MBA, and Joseph Lipscomb, PhD, of Emory University; and Ranee Chatterjee, MD, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Chatterjee was lead study author. The research ...
Fidel Castro says he admires couple for 'courageous conduct'
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Sat, Jun 6
ABC News Myers went to prep school at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania and then graduated from Brown University. He went on to get a Ph.D in European history from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. ...
Children should know their HIV status before eight years - experts
Original at The Monitor, Uganda
• Fri, Jun 5
Uganda The Zayed Makerere University Johns Hopkins University Family Centre will house a clinic and a nutritional centre under the Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration (MU-JHU), which has been conducting HIV/Aids prevention ...
UK College of Arts & Sciences Names New Dean
Original at UK News
• Fri, Jun 5
KY He earned his master's degree (1979) and doctorate (1988) in American history from The Johns Hopkins University. “I believe that public research universities are the key to our future. I am passionately committed to the mission of the University of ...
12 nanobiotechnology projects get state funds
Original at Baltimore Sun
• Thu, Jun 4
Researchers from the University of Maryland, the Johns Hopkins University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Union Memorial Hospital, and several private ... Maryland Names Winners of Inaugural $3M Nanobiotech Grant ProgramGenomeWeb Daily News all 4 news articles »
12 nanobiotechnology projects to get state funding
Original at Baltimore Sun
• Thu, Jun 4
United States Researchers from the University of Maryland, the Johns Hopkins University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Union Memorial Hospital, and several private companies and a foundation were the recipients of the awards.
Prasugrel's efficacy should be tested at a lower dose, doctor says
Original at SmartBrief
• Thu, Jun 4
DC Dr. Victor Serebruany of Johns Hopkins University urged the FDA to halt its evaluation of prasugrel, an anti-clotting drug by Eli Lilly and Co. and Daiichi Sankyo, and order the companies to test the treatment at 5 milligrams. ... Blood-thinning drug review protest Hospital Healthcare Eu...
US advocacy group asks FDA to halt review of the Lilly's drug
Original at TopNews United States
• Wed, Jun 3
Straits Times Arkansas A consumer watchdog Public Citizen Consumer and Dr. Victor Serebruany, a research professor at Johns Hopkins University, involved in early development of prasugrel, sent a letter to FDA to halt its review of the Lilly's drug prasugrel. ...
Johns Hopkins University, BD Diagnostics to team on bioscience degree
Original at Bizjournals.com
• Wed, Jun 3
NC Students accepted into the program will take bioscience regulatory affairs courses at Johns Hopkins' Montgomery County campus in Rockville and the school's main Homewood campus in Baltimore. Classes will also be available online. ...
City water rates will rise 9 percent; counties also face rate hikes - Daily Record
Original at mddailyrecord.com
• Wed, Jun 3
In a conference room following Wednesday's meeting, Pratt, showed a reporter city documents that indicated that the top 30 water users in Baltimore, including the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, ...
Furman joins Anesthesiology leadership team
Original at Vanderbilt University
• Sat, May 23
TN He also completed a fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine at Hopkins and has served on the faculties of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Chicago. Furman currently serves on the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Liver ...
Pelosi gives commencement address at Johns Hopkins University
Original at Examiner.com
• Fri, May 22
Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE, Md. – Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was on hand yesterday to speak at the commencement address for Johns Hopkins University's graduating class. The Baltimore native spoke passionately about climate change but did not mention ...
Stimulus funds spur flurry of grant bids from researchers
Original at baltimoresun.com
• Tue, May 19
After years of flat government funding for medical and scientific research, officials at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore have been working overtime recently, putting in hundreds of grant requests in hopes of grabbing some of the $13 billion in s...
Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland land stem cell funding
Original at Bizjournals.com
• Thu, May 14
Two Montgomery County firms, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland are among the recipients of nearly $19 million state funding for stem ... and more »
Pelosi to address Johns Hopkins University graduates
Original at Baltimore Sun
• Thu, May 14
AP Johns Hopkins University said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will address graduating seniors and receive an honorary degree. Pelosi will address seniors ... and more »
Researchers Uncover Genetic Clues to Blood Pressure - National Institutes of Health
Original at nih.gov
• Sun, May 10
The international research team included Cornelia M. van Duijn, Ph.D., Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Aravinda Chakravarti, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Bruce Psaty, MD, Ph.D., University of Washington; and Vilmundur Gudnason, ...
Former Microsoft Executive Jeff Bell Named Chairman of DOmedia - PR Newswire
Original at sev.prnewswire.com
• Wed, May 6
PR Newswire (press release), NY Bell holds a bachelor's degree in history and Spanish from Kenyon College, a master's degree in international economics from Johns Hopkins University, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on the boards of ...
Johns Hopkins to Fund 250 Youth in Summer Jobs Program
Original at jhu.edu
• Mon, May 4
MD The goal this year is to be able to offer jobs to 7000 young people, according to Baltimore City officials. "Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University have been tremendous YouthWorks supporters throughout the years," Mayor Dixon said at the ...
Gary Rodwell named BCCC board trustee
Original at baltimoresun.com
• Thu, Apr 30
Gary Duane Rodwell, a developer and urban affairs expert in Baltimore, has been appointed to a six-year term on the Baltimore City Community College board of trustees by Gov. Martin O'Malley. Rodwell is president and chief executive of Rodwell Development Group LLC, which negotiates wi...
Johns Hopkins Expects to Hire for Science, Related Jobs
Original at jhu.edu
• Mon, Apr 27
MD By Lisa de Nike The Johns Hopkins University will hold a job fair on Saturday, May 2, seeking candidates for specialized science and administrative jobs expected to open up due to extra research funding in the federal government's economic stimulus ...
Hopkins to interview for specialized jobs
Original at baltimoresun.com
• Fri, Apr 24
The Johns Hopkins University will hold a job fair May 2 for job seekers who may qualify for specialized science and administrative positions. The jobs do not exist, but Hopkins expects an unknown number of them to be created soon, thanks to extra research funding included in the federal ec...
New AIDS Research Training Grants Awarded for Projects in 15 Countries - National Institutes of Health
Original at nih.gov
• Tue, Apr 14
Two planning grants were awarded to MU-JHU Care in Uganda (a partnership between Makerere University and Johns Hopkins University) and Investigaciones Médicas en Salud (Health Medical Research) in Peru. The MU-JHU grant will support planning a research ...
Peter and Paula Fasseas Chair at the Arizona Cancer Center Named - University of Arizona News
Original at uanews.org
• Mon, Mar 23
University of Arizona News (press release) We know that to find cures for cancer, cutting-edge research is essential." Yeager joined the Arizona Cancer Center in 2005. A graduate of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, his clinical and research activities focus on the ...
Public-Opinion Researchers Censure Hopkins Scholar Over Findings on Iraqi Deaths
Original at Chronicle of Higher Education
• Thu, Feb 5
By Andrew Mytelka The American Association of Public Opinion Research has censured a Johns Hopkins University professor for refusing to disclose “basic facts” about his controversial research that estimated the number of civilians who have died in Iraq since the 2003 invasion is hundreds of thousand...
2008 Highlights: FIRE Places Full-Page Ad in ‘U.S. News & World Report’ Calling Out ‘Red Alert’ Schools
Original at FIRE
• Wed, Dec 31
By greg@thefire.org (Greg Lukianoff) The other schools on FIRE's Red Alert list are: Johns Hopkins University, for passing a rule banning disrespectful speech on campus after punishing a student for a Halloween invitation it deemed to be offensive; Colorado College, for finding two studenst guilty of "violence" after th...
Liberty on Campus in 2008: FIRE’s Year in Review
Original at FIRE
• Tue, Dec 30
FIRE also informs prospective students and their parents about threats to rights on campus through Spotlight: The Campus Freedom Resource, a database with information on speech codes at over 400 colleges and universities, and through the Red Alert list of campuses that represent the...
David Kirby: Rain, Autism, and Mercury
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Nov 3
By David Kirby In my book, Evidence of Harm, I noted that Dr. Neal Halsey, director of the Vaccine Safety Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a vaccine authority, said in 1999 that, "Mercury accumulated in women is transferred to their children prenatally and in breast milk." S...
'U.S. News' Releases 2009 Rankings of Graduate Schools
Original at Chronicle of Higher Education
• Thu, Mar 27
By Lawrence Biemiller U.S. News & World Report released another of its ever-contentious rankings at midnight, this time picking what it says are the top graduate schools in various disciplines. Among the magazine’s listings: In business, Harvard and Stanford Universities tied for the Number 1 spot, foll...
Johns Hopkins U. Will Resume Publication of Long-Dead Literary Review
Original at Chronicle of Higher Education
• Tue, Oct 2
After a hiatus of more than five decades, the Johns Hopkins University’s literary journal The Hopkins Review will start publishing again this fall, according to The JHU Gazette. Founded in 1947 by the Hopkins Writing Seminars, the university’s writing program, the Review published wo...
First Woman Engineering Dean at Duke Named First Woman Provost at Johns Hopkins
Original at pratt.duke.edu
• Mon, Aug 20
By dahill Kristina M. Johnson, dean of Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, has been appointed provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at The Johns Hopkins University. She will be the first woman in the university’s history to hold that leadership post at Johns Hopkins.
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman: The Globalization of Electronic Election Theft
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, May 11
By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman E-voting machines have already been extensively studied and condemned by a wide range of expert committees, commissions and colleges, including the General Accountability Office, the Carter-Baker Commission, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, Stanford Universi...
Joshuah Bearman: Sane Republican?
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, May 26
Now, the second ideal that has been ingrained in you by Hopkins is a commitment to use science to help people. That's true at the Medical School and it's true across Wolf Street at the Schools of Public Health, and Nursing. In fact, it is a calling that is at the very essence of the entire East Bal...
Archeological dig offers online viewing
Original at Monsters and Critics.com
• Fri, Jan 6
UK - will find photos of Bryan and her students working on Johns Hopkins University`s 11th annual excavation at the Mut Temple Precinct in Luxor. ...
Podcast: Universe Today - Dark Matter Maps
Original at Universe Today
• Wed, Dec 14
By info@universetoday.com (Fraser Cain) What's the Universe made of? Don't worry if you don't have a clue, astronomers don't either. The Universe is dominated by a mysterious dark matter that seems to form the true mass of a galaxy, not the regular matter - like stars and planets - that we can actually see. Dr. James Jee from Johns Hopk...