Issue: Spring 2015, Volume 12, Number 2
Features
The Eyes Have It
By examining randomness on a microscopic level, biologist Robert Johnston and his team are working to better understand gene regulation.
Play Ball!
The Blue Jays are loving their new state-of-the-art Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium. Check out their first win in the new digs.
Other Lives
From flamenco dancing to powerlifting, many professors in the School of Arts and Sciences lead dramatically different lives outside the classroom.
Resilient to the Core
What happens when hardworking students encounter discouraging obstacles? Meet a few Hopkins students who have demonstrated resiliency in the face of daunting challenges.
News
Drug Restores Brain Function and Memory in Early Alzheimer’s Disease
A novel therapeutic approach for an existing drug reverses a condition in elderly patients who are at high risk for dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.
New Major in Medicine, Science, and the Humanities
Students who want to explore the intersections between medicine and the humanities will be interested in a new interdisciplinary major.
Krieger School Welcomes New Dean
Get to know the new dean of the Krieger School, Beverly Wendland.
Science Postdocs Take to the Classroom
The Dean’s Postdoctoral Science Teaching Fellowships program has two goals: to offer more small science courses to undergrads, and to help postdocs develop their own courses and teaching experience.
Big Data Expert Named Bloomberg Professor
Alexander Szalay, a professor in the Krieger School’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor.
New Computing Center Will Deliver a Hefty Digital Punch
Two Maryland universities are preparing to open the nation’s sixth largest academic computing center.
New Aronson Center Will Address World Problems, Train Future Leaders
Jeff and Shari Aronson’s gift will bring the Krieger School and SAIS (JHU’s School of Advanced International Studies) together in closer collaboration.
From the Dean's Desk: New Vision for the Krieger School
As the newly named James B. Knapp Dean, my job now is to begin formulating a vision for the School of Arts and Sciences.
Is There Value in Violence?
Benjamin Ginsberg, the David Bernstein Professor of Political Science and the director of JHU’s Center for Advanced Governmental Studies, explores the worth of violence.
Faculty
More Faculty Books
See what our faculty members have recently published.
Unraveling the True Machiavelli
Niccoló Machiavelli gets a bum rap, charges Christopher Celenza, chairman of the Department of Classics and Charles Homer Haskins Professor, in his new book, Machiavelli: A Portrait.
Student Research
Finding the Payoff in Classroom Misbehavior
Economics graduate student Victor Rondo is examining why women make less money than men, and his research has taken some unexpected turns.
Jesse Chen '16: Asian-American Sensibilities
Jesse Chen traveled to major cities to interview a broad range of Asian-American people and to film them for a documentary.
Piper Janoe '16: Refugee Stories
The research of Piper Janoe is a pilot study aimed at discovering what it’s like to be a child refugee in the United States.
Katrina Rios '15: Improving Dialysis Experience
Katrina Rios is conducting a pilot study on mental health improvements through activity-based learning in dialysis patients.
Ahmed Elsayyad '15: Rethinking Clinical Trials
Ahmed Elsayyad is investigating the ethical implications of an alternative way to get consent for human subject research.
Helen Zhao '16: Vaccination Wars
Helen Zhao is using philosophy to explore the controversial topic of vaccines.
William Cunningham '16 and Alexander Delavega '16: Rocket to the 14th Century
Two physics majors are designing and reconstructing a Ming Dynasty rocket mentioned in 14th-century Chinese military treatises.
Arielle Kaden ’16: Saving the Shtetlach
Arielle Kaden is researching the resurgence of Jewish life in Europe in the post-Holocaust era.
James Keiler '17: Unlocking Parkinson's Disease
Neuroscience major James Keiler’s lab is using gene knockout to try to isolate the protein responsible for the propagation of Parkinson’s disease.
Classroom
Getting Hands-on with Ancient Greece
Recreating Ancient Greek Ceramics isn’t a conventional class; it is a new hands-on course in experiential archaeology.
Alumni
Improving Life for Kids with Facial Deformities
For nearly 25 years, Ethylin Wang Jabs ’74 has been a mutation hunter. Her ultimate goal? To improve life for the hundreds of children born each year with facial deformities, by finding genetic causes and developing drugs for prevention and treatment.
"The Professor" Who Hit the Big Leagues
Dave Leonhard ’62’s tenure with the Orioles coincided with the team’s glory years, including three consecutive trips to the World Series.
Putting the Virgo Cluster on the Map
Laura Ferrarese ’95 PhD says she pursued her graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University at just the right time. It was the early 1990s, and the Hubble Space Telescope was sending its first images back to Earth.
The Remediator
Scott Neese ’81 PhD launched an environmental consulting company focusing on remediation of common laboratory hazards.
Insights
More Faculty Books
See what our faculty members have recently published.
Getting Hands-on with Ancient Greece
Recreating Ancient Greek Ceramics isn’t a conventional class; it is a new hands-on course in experiential archaeology.
Unraveling the True Machiavelli
Niccoló Machiavelli gets a bum rap, charges Christopher Celenza, chairman of the Department of Classics and Charles Homer Haskins Professor, in his new book, Machiavelli: A Portrait.