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Now on tap: The ‘fizzics’ of beer

H1N1 flu cases on the rise

Physicist’s JHU Press book delves into science of popular beverage By Greg Rienzi

By Greg Rienzi

The Gazette

our beer into a glass and science happens—although some might think it magic. After the liquid touches the surface, foam bursts forth from a formation of bubbles that proceed to dance, swirl, collide and then rise to form a signature frothy head. While the head rises—a process pleasantly referred to as creaming—smaller bubbles cascade down and the beverage’s true color manifests, whether it is golden pale, porter black or somewhere in between. A little bubble drainage and Oswald ripening (the passage of gas between adjacent bubbles) later, a layer of dry foam is left resting upon liquid beer. Look good, even irresistible? That’s no accident, Mark Denny writes in his new book, titled Froth! The Science of Beer, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. “First impressions are important,” Denny writes, “and so commercial brewers have spent a lot of time and effort to ensure that their beer froths, foams, bubbles, effervesces, sparkles or fizzes in the most appealing manner.” Accomplished home-brewer and

s predicted, the flu bug has struck the Johns Hopkins student population this fall, with 214 presumed cases of H1N1 reported on all academic campuses as of Friday, Oct. 2. While the numbers are steadily increasing, university officials have Majority said that the rate of of affected new cases has slowed down of late and students on that Johns Hopkins has not been hit anyHomewood where near as badly as many of its peer institutions. campus In referring to H1N1 cases, the university uses the term “suspected” since onsite testing for the virus is not available, the students diagnosed meet the criteria for influenza-like illness, and there is no strain of flu other than H1N1 in wide circulation in the United States at this time. The majority of cases have been on the Homewood campus, where 175 students have been infected. Twenty-one student cases have been reported on the East Baltimore campus, 14 at Peabody and four at SAIS. One student on the medical campus required hospitalization. Due to practical reasons, the university has not been able to track the number of cases among staff and faculty, who receive care from many sources. The first presumed cases of H1N1 this fall surfaced among students at the Homewood campus in early September. Nearly 80 percent of the cases, to date, occurred between Sept. 12 and Sept. 25, according to Alain Joffe, director of the Student Health and Wellness Center on the Homewood campus. Most of the infected students have been undergraduates, and more than 40 percent have been freshmen. Joffe said that these numbers are to be expected as undergraduates, especially underclassContinued on page 4

In his local pub on Vancouver Island, physicist (and accomplished home-brewer) Mark Denny ponders the last of the foam in an empty beer glass.

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T E C H N O L O G Y

Sheridan Libraries awarded $20 million NSF grant Johns Hopkins–led effort will build infrastructure for curation of digital data By Brian Shields

University Libraries and Museums

he Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries have been awarded $20 million by the National Sci-

In Brief

Hungary honors SAIS prof; JHU scientists in White House stimulus video; FSRP moves

ence Foundation to build a data research infrastructure for the management of the ever-increasing amounts of digital information created for teaching and research. The five-year grant, announced Oct. 1, was one of two awarded by the NSF for what is being called “data curation.” The project, known as the Data Conservancy, involves several institutions, with Johns Hopkins serving as the lead and Sayeed Choudhury, the Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center and associate dean of university libraries at

Johns Hopkins, as the principal investigator. In addition, seven Johns Hopkins faculty members are associated with the Data Conservancy: from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Alexander Szalay, Bruce Marsh and Katalin Szlavecz; from the Whiting School of Engineering, Randal Burns, Charles Meneveau and Andreas Terzis; and from the School of Medicine, Jef Boeke. The Johns Hopkins–led project is part of a larger $100 million NSF effort to ensure Continued on page 4

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n Sept. 21, Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai presented Charles Gati, senior adjunct professor of Russian and Eurasian studies at SAIS, with one of the highest state decorations of the Republic of Hungary. The surprise ceremony took place in New York after Bajnai lectured on Hungarian economic and political developments. The award, given on the occasion of Gati’s 75th birthday, is the Commander’s Cross with the Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. Five years earlier, Gati received the award without the star. In his presentation, the prime minister cited Gati’s “objective and subtle” scholarly work on the politics of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe as well as the former Soviet Union. Gati came to the United States from his native Hungary when he was 22. Since the fall of communism in that country in 1989, three of his books and many of his articles have been published in Hungarian.

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rank Warren, who has been dubbed “the most trusted stranger in America” because of the secrets shared with him via postcards, will appear on the Homewood campus this week at an event sponsored by Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. Warren will talk about his new book, PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, in room 272 of the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy. The book is Warren’s fifth based on anonymous postcards he has received from around the world. This latest work was born from Warren’s collaboration with the All Faiths Beautiful exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. Warren, a small business owner who lives in Germantown, Md., started PostSecret .com as a community art project. Since November 2004, he has received more than 150,000 postcards. The Web site won two

aculty, Staff and Retiree Programs today formally joins the Office of Work, Life and Engagement with its move to Johns Hopkins at Eastern. This change was initiated to better reflect the HR mission “to support the university’s effort in attracting, developing, retaining and engaging a highperforming work force in support of excellence in the university’s mission.” The new address for FRSP, formerly located on the Homewood campus in the Wyman Park Building, is Johns Hopkins at Eastern, Office of WorkLife and Engagement, 1101 E. 33rd St., Suite C100, Baltimore, MD 21218. FSRP will continue to provide all the services and programs it currently does, and information about them can still be found at http://hr.jhu.edu/fsrp or by calling 410-5166060. For more information about additional programs offered through the Office of WorkLife and Engagement, go to www .hopkinsworklife.org or call 443-997-7000.

Student nurses seek funds for Hurricane Katrina relief work

or the past two years, the Student Nurses Relief Corps has volunteered to help communities affected by Hurricane Katrina. The SNRC is again hoping to send 12 nursing students, next spring, to New Orleans’ lower ninth ward and other recovering areas to rebuild homes and provide clinical services to local communities. If you would like to make a monetary donation to help make this service trip possible, make checks payable to JHU and send to Robin Hull, Student Nurses Relief Corps, 2807 Cresmont Ave. #202, Baltimore, MD 21211. To receive a receipt, include your address. For more information, e-mail rhull3@son.jhmi.edu or mflora1@ son.jhmi.edu.

Correction The Sept. 21 Gazette article on the Center for Talented Youth should have said that School of Education alumna Doris Lidtke, then an instructor in a Johns Hopkins computer science summer program, was the person who put CTY founder Julian Stanley in touch with Joseph Bates, the first gifted middle school student with whom Stanley worked. Mary Hyman, who was credited with that role in the article, created an important early pipeline of bright area kids to Stanley that helped advance his work. Also, the year in which Stanley learned about Bates was 1968 not 1972.

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MESSENGER gains critical gravity assist for Mercury orbit B y P a u l e t t e C a m pb e l l

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ESSENGER successfully passed Mercury on Tuesday, Sept. 29, on its third flyby, gaining a critical gravity assist that will enable it to enter orbit about Mercury in 2011 and capturing images of 5 percent of the planet never before seen. With more than 90 percent of the planet’s surface already imaged, MESSENGER’s science team had drafted an ambitious observation campaign designed to tease out additional details from features uncovered during the first two flybys. But an unexpected signal loss prior to closest approach hampered those plans. At approximately 5:55 p.m. EDT, the spacecraft passed by Mercury at an altitude of 142 miles and at a relative velocity of more than 12,000 miles per hour, according to Doppler residual measurements logged just prior to the closest approach point. As the spacecraft approached the planet, MESSENGER’s Wide Angle Camera captured a striking view that shows portions of Mercury’s surface that had remained unseen by spacecraft even after the three flybys by Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975 and MESSENGER’s two earlier flybys in 2008. “This third and final flyby was MESSENGER’s last opportunity to use the gravity of Mercury to meet the demands of the cruise trajectory without using the probe’s limited supply of on-board propellant,” said MESSENGER mission systems engineer Eric Finnegan, of Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory. A portion of the complicated encounter was executed in eclipse, when the spacecraft was in Mercury’s shadow and the spacecraft—absent solar power—was to operate on its internal batteries for 18 minutes. Ten

On Sept. 29, as MESSENGER approached Mercury for the mission’s third flyby of the solar system’s innermost planet, the spacecraft captured this image showing portions of Mercury’s surface that had remained unseen by spacecraft even after the three flybys by Mariner 10 in 1974–75 and MESSENGER’s two earlier flybys in 2008. The newly imaged terrain is located in a wide vertical strip near the limb of the planet (on the left side of Mercury’s partially sunlit disk). The Wide-Angle Camera image is one of 11 taken through the camera’s narrow-band color filters, and the set of images will be used to examine color differences on Mercury’s surface and to learn about the evolution of crustal rocks on the planet.

minutes after entering eclipse and four minutes prior to the closest approach point, the carrier signal from the spacecraft was lost, earlier than expected. Finnegan said that the spacecraft autonomously transitioned to a safe operating mode, which pauses the execution of the command load and “safes the instruments”

while maintaining knowledge of its operational state and preserving all data on the solid-state recorder. “We believe this mode transition was initiated by the on-board fault management system due to an unexpected configuration of the power system during eclipse,” Finnegan said.

MESSENGER was returned to operational mode at 12:30 a.m. with all systems reporting nominal operations. All on-board stored data were returned to the ground by early morning and are being analyzed to confirm the full sequence of events. “Although the events did not transpire as planned, the primary purpose of the flyby— the gravity assist—appears to be completely successful,” Finnegan said. “Furthermore, all approach observing sequences have been captured, filling in additional area of previously unexplored terrain and further exploring the exosphere of Mercury.” “MESSENGER’s mission operations and engineering teams deserve high commendation for their professional and efficient approach to last night’s spacecraft safe-mode transition,” said MESSENGER principal investigator Sean Solomon of the Carnegie Institution of Washington on the morning following the flyby. “They quickly diagnosed the initial problem, restored the spacecraft to its normal operating mode and developed plans to recover as much of our post-encounter science observations as possible. Most importantly, we are on course to Mercury orbit insertion less than 18 months from now, so we know that we will be returning to Mercury and will be able to observe the innermost planet in exquisite detail.” MESSENGER (which stands for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) is a NASA-sponsored scientific investigation of the planet Mercury and the first space mission designed to orbit the planet closest to the sun. The spacecraft launched on Aug. 3, 2004, and, after flybys of Earth, Venus and Mercury, will start a yearlong study of its target planet in March 2011. APL built and operates the spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA. For more information about this encounter, go to http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/mer_flyby3 .html.

JHU and USC win $10.4 million A&S Dean Adam Falk named to study cancer epigenome president of Williams College

dam Falk, the James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins, has been elected the 17th president of Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. He will assume the post on April 1. The college’s trustees made the announcement Sept. 28. In a broadcast e-mail to the Johns Hopkins community, President Ronald J. Daniels said, “They have made, as so many of us here at Johns Hopkins will attest, an inspired Physicist choice.” Daniels described Dean Falk as “an from JHU extraordinary leader, teacher and scholar will assume who has done a spectacular job in the new post on Krieger School. “He has added, April 1 thoughtfully and strategically, to the excellence of the school’s faculty and academic programs,” Daniels said. “He has sharpened significantly our focus on the undergraduate experience, inside the classroom and out. He has provided important new opportunities for lifelong learning and career development to nontraditional students in the school’s Advanced Academic Programs. He has imagined, planned and executed important capital projects, not

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least the stunning renovation of Gilman Hall now under way. And he has worked tirelessly with faculty, staff, alumni volunteers and others to attract to the school the resources that have made possible all these advances.” Falk, a high-energy physicist, joined Johns Hopkins as an assistant professor in 1994 and became a full professor in 2000. In 2002, he was named vice dean of the faculty, a position later changed to dean of the faculty. He was named interim dean of the school in 2005 and assumed his current post in 2006. He has won both the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award and National Young Investigator recognition from the National Science Foundation. Falk completed his bachelor’s degree in physics with highest distinction at the University of North Carolina, where he was a Morehead Scholar, and earned his doctorate in physics at Harvard in 1991. Before joining Johns Hopkins, he held postdoctoral appointments at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and the University of California, San Diego. Daniels said that the university will move expeditiously to launch a search for the next James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School and will announce details when they are finalized.

Johns Hopkins Medicine

he National Cancer Institute has awarded $10.4 million to Johns Hopkins and the University of Southern California to decipher epigenetic marks in the cancer genome. The joint five-year grant is expected to help scientists develop drugs and tests that target epigenetic changes in cancer cells. Scientists at Johns Hopkins and at USC’s Epigenome Center will focus on all major cancers, including those of the breast, colon and lung. The data will be collected as part of the Cancer Genome Atlas, a program funded by the NCI and National Human Genome Research Institute to develop a molecular map of alterations in cancer. “We’ve learned that in addition to the DNA damage that happens at the genetic level, cancers can arise because of abnormal changes that occur in the way DNA is packaged,” said Stephen Baylin, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Cen-

ter and co-principal investigator with Peter W. Laird of USC. Abnormal DNA packaging “silences” genes that confer cancer protection, and the Johns Hopkins–USC team will scan hundreds of tumor samples to identify the important locations where DNA packaging goes awry. “The data may help us design better cancer drugs that reverse gene silencing and predict which patients would respond better to certain treatments than others,” Baylin said.

Related Web sites The Cancer Genome Atlas:

http://cancergenome.nih.gov

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center:

www.hopkinskimmelcancercenter .org

USC Epigenome Center:

http://epigenome.usc.edu

Cogito.org recognized with Parents’ Choice Gold Award

ogito.org, the science and math online community developed for gifted middle school and high school students by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, has won a prestigious Gold Award from the Parents’ Choice Foundation. In its write-up, Parents’ Choice said,

“This smart and easy-to-navigate site is above and beyond the call of curiosity for youngsters who demand more to think about.” Cogito also has been awarded additional funding of $273,000 from the Templeton Foundation.

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H1N1 Continued from page 1 men, tend to live in close quarters and socialize with each other more. During the second half of September, the Student Health and Wellness Center was seeing up to 120 students per day for a range of illnesses, not just flu. To accommodate the influx, the center opened a second waiting room. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been very, very busy here. The waiting room is packed all day long,â&#x20AC;? Joffe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since Saturday [Sept. 26] we have seen a decreased number, but that is not to say it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick up again.â&#x20AC;? With young adultsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and especially those living in close proximity to each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as the prime target of the H1N1 virus, Johns Hopkins officials began planning early for the return of students this fall and launched an intensive communications plan that focused on prevention. The Student Health and Wellness Center staff spent a lot of time this summer preparing for how to handle an influx of sick students, stocking up on antivirals and rapid flu

Libraries Continued from page 1 preservation and curation of engineering and science data. Beginning with the life, earth and social sciences, project members will develop a framework to more fully understand data practices currently in use and to arrive at a model for curation that allows ease of access both within and across disciplines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Data curation is not an end but a means,â&#x20AC;? Choudhury said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science and engineering research and education are increasingly digital and data-intensive, which means that new management structures and technologies will be critical to accommodate the diversity, size and complexity of current and future data sets and streams. Our ulti-

tests, and preparing separate sick and well waiting rooms. Johns Hopkins is following guidelines issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention both for treatment of ill students and for preventive treatment for students who have been exposed to the flu virus. Sick students are being told to isolate themselves, wear masks in the company of others, rest, drink plenty of fluids and take over-the-counter medicines containing ibuprofen or acetaminophen to help reduce fever. Students are told not to return to classes until they are fever-free without the use of medicines for at least 24 hours. Infected students are given a care packet that includes a flu information sheet, an instruction sheet for roommates, antiseptic wipes, masks, pain- and fever-reducing medications, thermometer if needed, cough drops and some soup, tea and coffee. Sick students living in residential complexes, and on meal plans, can give their JCard to roommates, friends or others to pick up fresh packaged â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flu Foodâ&#x20AC;? meals from the dining halls. At present, CDC guidance is that antiviral medications for treatment or prevention be given only to students at increased risk for complications from infection with H1N1 flu. This includes students with chronic

medical conditions requiring ongoing medical treatment, such as asthma or diabetes, or students who have an altered immune system or who take medications that suppress the immune system. Affected students have reported generally mild or moderate illnesses, which have lasted, on average, three to four days. A number have experienced fever of 103 degrees, or even higher, especially in the first few days they are ill. Other common symptoms include a cough, a sore throat, generalized body aches, significant low back pain and, for some, a headache and stiff neck. Susan Boswell, dean of student life, said that the sick students who live within three hours of campus have been advised to return home if possible, and many have done so. Boswell said that she is extremely pleased with how the university community has responded to the health concern. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Professors have been great, extremely understanding,â&#x20AC;? said Boswell, who co-chairs the Student Crisis Committee formed last spring in response to the initial H1N1 outbreak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were notified early on that if a student is ill to be accommodating, and they have been.â&#x20AC;? Contingency plans are in place if H1N1 becomes more virulent or if the number of

cases becomes so widespread as to require significant action such as the closing of residence halls and the canceling of classes, Boswell said. However, she said that at the current time such closings are highly unlikely. Boswell said that as soon as the recently approved H1N1 vaccine becomes available, it will be given out to prioritized at-risk students, meaning those with underlying health risks and certain chronic diseases. The university is already vaccinating employees and students against seasonal flu. Johns Hopkins will follow national and state guidelines about giving H1N1 vaccine first to certain priority or at-risk groups, such as patient care staff, pregnant women and people with certain chronic diseases. The university will then offer all other students and employees the H1N1 vaccine, probably late this year. Until Johns Hopkins receives the vaccine, university officials said that they will continue to focus primarily on efforts to suppress the spread of the H1N1 virus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preventive measures are really critical until a vaccine comes,â&#x20AC;? Joffe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That includes hand washing, covering your cough or sneeze and staying out of contact with others when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sick.â&#x20AC;? For more information and advice on H1N1, go to http://flu.jhu.edu. G

mate goal is to support new ways of inquiry and learning. The potential for the sharing and application of data across disciplines is incredible. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough to simply discover data; you need to be able to access it and be assured it will remain available.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are thrilled to be heading this initiative,â&#x20AC;? said Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So much information is now â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;born digitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that efforts like this are vital for the future of scholarship.â&#x20AC;? The Data Conservancy grant represents one of the first awards related to the Institute of Data Intensive Engineering and Science, a collaboration between the Krieger and Whiting schools and the Sheridan Libraries. Choudhury noted that although the impetus for the Data Conservancy was the need for large-scale digital data management in the science community, its applications

extend to the social sciences and humanities as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The pioneering work on the Roman de la Rose is a perfect example,â&#x20AC;? he said. A joint project of the Sheridan Libraries and the Bibliotheque nationale de France, the Roman de la Rose Digital Library is creating a digital repository of all known manuscript copies of the medieval French poem for study by scholars worldwide. In addition to the $20 million grant announced Oct. 1, the libraries have received a $300,000 grant from NSF to study the feasibility of developing, operating and sustaining an open-access repository of articles from NSF-sponsored research. Libraries staff will work with colleagues from the Council on Library and Information Resources and the University of Michigan Libraries to explore the potential for the development of a repository (or set of repositories) similar to PubMedCentral, the open-access repository

that features articles from NIH-sponsored research. This grant for the feasibility study will allow Choudhuryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group to evaluate how to integrate activities under the framework of the Data Conservancy and will result in a set of recommendations for NSF regarding an open-access repository. The Sheridan Libraries encompass the Milton S. Eisenhower Library and its collections at the Albert D. Hutzler Reading Room in Gilman Hall on the Homewood campus, the John Work Garrett Library at Evergreen Museum & Library and the George Peabody Library in Mount Vernon. Together these collections provide the major research library resources for the university. The mission of the Sheridan Libraries is to advance research and teaching by providing information resources, instruction and services. The libraries were rededicated in 1998 to reflect the extraordinary generosity of R. Champlin and Debbie Sheridan. G

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Johns Hopkins first in R&D expenditures for 30th year By Lisa De Nike

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he Johns Hopkins University performed $1.68 billion in medical, science and engineering research in fiscal 2008, making it the leading U.S. academic institution in total research and development spending for the 30th 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 $1.42 billion in FY2008 on research supported by NSF, NASA, the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. In FY2002, Johns Hopkins became the first university to reach the $1 billion

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other sources. In fiscal 2008, the university earned $13 million from 680 licenses and their associated patents related to research discoveries and inventions made at Johns Hopkins, up from $12.8 million in revenue in fiscal 2007. Johns Hopkins has led the NSF’s research expenditure ranking each year since 1979, when the agency’s methodology changed to include spending by the Applied Physics Laboratory in the university’s totals. Behind the University of California, San Francisco, on the FY2008 total research expenditure list is the University of Wisconsin, Madison, at $881 million, followed by the University of Michigan (all campuses), with $876 million. Completing the top five, with $871 million, is the University of California, Los Angeles. The total funding ranking includes research support not only from federal agen-

cies but also from foundations, corporations and other sources. In FY2010, The Johns Hopkins University is also getting a boost from funds administered through the federal stimulus package designed to advance scientific and medical knowledge while aiding the recovery of the U.S. economy. To date, Johns Hopkins has won 300 research grants totaling $148 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These grants are underwriting investigations ranging from the role that certain proteins play in the development of muscle-wasting diseases to research into what strategies best motivate drug addicts coming out of rehabilitation to agree to enroll in continuing sobriety support programs. For more information on the National Science Foundation rankings, go to www .nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf09318.

Vibrations: The Physics of Music (November) and Gold Medal Physics: The Science of Sports (December). Trevor Lipscombe, editor in chief of JHU Press, said that the books are intended to put a new spin on physics, which for some can be an impenetrable and dry subject. “Some of this stems from my own high school experience, where physics was all equations and wooden blocks sliding down inclined planes,” said the British-born Lipscombe, author of the recently released The Physics of Rugby. “We hope that books like these can make physics more teachable and interesting, and that high school teachers can use examples like these in their classes. Instead of having students just solve equations, how about making them look at a basketball and think about the optimum angle to throw it to make a basket?” Lipscombe said that Froth! began with a discussion on what subject to tackle next in the “physics of” series. “And beer just happens to be a topic of mutual interest between Mark and me,” Lipscombe said. “We thought we could educate and entertain with this topic. Mark wanted to take people who are interested in beer and get them interested in the world of science. Mark does a great job of keeping the science interesting by throwing in some wonderful anecdotes and funny one-liners. You can ignore the equations, and it’s still a very good read.” The semiretired Denny, born and raised in Yorkshire, England, now lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, where he writes books, watches birds and brews beer. He began home-brewing 15 years ago, when he was living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and got hooked on the hobby. “In the book, I offer some tips on how to brew better beer, but there are a lot of good books out on the subject,” he said. “Ultimately, I hope people who pick up the book learn some science and a bit of beer history, which I put in to provide some context.” Historians agree that beer brewing can be traced back some 10,000 years to the Middle East, and from there spread out to other parts of the world. Put simply, beer is a slightly alcoholic beverage made by fermenting starches or cereals (most commonly, malted barley) and flavored with hops. Early beer was dark, cloudy, smoky and tangy in flavor, stronger and less carbonated. All that changed with the industrial revolution, Denny says, when beer could be made in mass quantities with the help of steel, steam and refrigeration. Specifically, the industrial revolution allowed for the creation of Pilsener, a golden-colored lager beer that originated in the city of Pilsen in the Czech Republic. “Pilseners and pale ales became commonplace and quickly took over the world, and today account for most of the beer made,” said Denny, mentioning beers like Budweiser and Beck’s. “Before the industrial rev-

olution, you made beer from wood-burning fire, and that resulting smoke made its way into the beer. With steam, the change in the taste and appearance of beer became quite profound. Refrigeration is also key, which interestingly was invented by a brewer in Germany.” Denny says that when you get down to it, beer is a complex liquid that behaves in its own unique way. One of his personal favorites is Guinness, the Irish beer known for its creamy froth. “If you look at Guinness with a magnifying glass, you see that it produces very small bubbles that after a minute or two fall down the side of the glass,” he said. “It’s actually quite mesmerizing, but then again I have been known to stare at my beer rather intently.”

Denny admits that he enjoyed researching his latest book. “To be honest, this book did involve me going to pubs and drinking beer,” he said. “Sometimes you have to make sacrifices for your art.” In connection with the release of Froth! and the worldwide celebration of Oktoberfest, the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association is sponsoring a three-stop East Coast book tour that involves a now sold-out event in Baltimore, on Oct. 12 at Max’s Tap House in Fell’s Point. The tour also includes stops at New York City’s Heartland Brewery on Oct. 14 and Washington, D.C.’s Capitol City Brewing Company on Oct. 16. Froth!, $25, is available at major bookstores and through the JHU Press Web site, www.press.jhu.edu. G

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Preventing med errors: Avoid blame game, punish offenders

a long way to encourage the disclosure of medical errors and getting buy-in for the idea that systemic safety problems existed and could be fixed,” said anesthesiologist Peter Pronovost, a patient safety expert at Johns Hopkins whose development of “medical checklists” has reformed and cut down on the number of wrong-site surgical errors and preventable bloodstream infections in hospital care worldwide. “But despite making systems safer and counseling staff on best practices, mistakes continue to happen, so it’s time to add some accountability and enforcement policies to address and stop unsafe practices,” he said.

atient safety experts at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere are taking their prescription for avoiding medical errors in hospital care one step beyond already successful “no fault, no blame” approaches, calling now for penalties for doctors and nurses who fail to comply with proven safety measures. Penalties should apply, these experts say, only when current “no blame” practices designed to prevent recurrences stall, and after warnings and counseling have failed to change health care workers’ behavior. “Our preference during the last decade for not assigning blame to individuals went

Israeli ambassador Michael Oren to speak at Homewood

ichael B. Oren, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, will speak at the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus on Wednesday, Oct. 7. The talk is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Mason Hall Auditorium. The ambassador will be introduced by Lloyd Minor, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. Oren, a noted international historian, was raised in New Jersey and moved to Israel in 1979 after receiving his undergraduate degree and a master’s degree in international studies from Columbia. He later returned to the United States to complete a doctorate in Near East studies at Princeton. He has held fellowships from the U.S. departments of

State and Defense and from the British and Canadian governments. Formerly, he was the Lady Davis Fellow of Hebrew University, a Moshe Dayan Fellow at Tel-Aviv University and the Distinguished Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale and Georgetown. A prolific author, the ambassador has written extensively for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The New Republic, where he was a contributing editor. His two most recent books, Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East and Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present, were both New York Times bestsellers.

Pronovost makes his case, along with fellow patient safety expert Robert Wachter, of the University of California, San Francisco, in the issue of the New England Journal of Medicine online Oct. 1. The pair bases its call on the estimated 100,000 yearly deaths in the United States from infections picked up by people while undergoing treatment, most often in hospitals. In their report, Pronovost and Wachter suggest penalties that they say could serve as a starting point for implementing an accountability system to run parallel to the “no blame” approach for four common but entirely avoidable medical errors. Health care workers who persistently fail to wash their hands before entering a patient’s room, for example, would be required to undergo mandatory training and re-education classes, and lose their patient care privileges, with loss of pay, for a week. Repeated failings by surgeons to conduct a “time out” prior to surgery would result in retraining sessions and a loss of access to the operating room for two weeks, with a commensurate loss in pay. Repeated failure to use and sign surgical checklists when inserting catheters would be similarly punished. To support their “get tough” approach, Pronovost and Wachter cite more than half a dozen examples in which the “no blame” approach has been successful only up to a certain point in correcting unsafe hospital practices and lowering the number of unintended mistakes in patient care. Included in this list are computerized systems to reduce medication errors caused by doctors’ sloppy handwriting or by similarlooking drug packaging, requirements that surgeons mark the site of an operation and

perform “timeouts” to double-check plans to stop wrong-site operations, and the placement of disinfectant hand-gel dispensers outside patient rooms to encourage rigorous hand hygiene. Although such efforts have been largely successful in reducing errors, the experts say that problems continue, noting the 4,000 wrong-site surgeries that still occur each year. Held up for particular scorn and example by the experts are persistent failures of hospital staff to follow mandatory hospital handwashing policies. No more than 70 percent of health care workers, at best, routinely wash their hands before entering a patient’s hospital room. Labeling those who habitually fail to comply with mandatory patient safety protocols “disruptive caregivers,” Pronovost and Wachter lay down eight principles to determine if punishments are warranted. Among them: Initial efforts must have been made to resolve underlying systemic problems that contribute to medical error, and re-training and counseling must have been tried. According to Pronovost, who is also medical director of Johns Hopkins’ Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care, finding the right balance between carrots and sticks will be hard work. He says that Wachter’s and his framework is meant to serve as a starting point for individual hospitals and other health care agencies to customize a system that suits their own circumstances. “Above all else, physicians and other health care providers need to recognize that the main reason to find the right balance between no blame and individual accountability is that doing so will save lives,” Pronovost said. —David March

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vangelos “Van” Moudrianakis, a Johns Hopkins University biologist and biophysicist, has won the 2009 Bodossaki Aristeio in Biomedicine for his pioneering work shedding light on the structure of the

complex web of DNA and proteins (histones) that make up chromatin—work that has provided valuable insight into how the genetic information of chromosomes is regulated. Often considered the “Greek Nobel Prize,” the Bodossaki Aristeio is given every two years by recommendation of an international committee through the board of trustees of the Bodossaki Foundation in recognition of any scientist of Greek heritage the world over who has devoted his or her life to science, and whose work has furthered and enhanced knowledge. This is the first time the award has been given to a biologist. “It is a great honor to be recognized for lifelong contributions of your work, especially when that constitutes something that, in its path, faced so many challenges and had to overcome accepted dogmas,” said Moudrianakis, a professor in the Biology Department of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. “However, all these provided the inspiration and empowered the will of the team to bring the long project to some meaningful state. It is rewarding to see now that the results of our work are used by others as the architectural framework of the new field of epigenetics.” Moudrianakis, who was born and raised in Crete, Greece, and came to Johns Hopkins for graduate studies, said he is particularly proud that “all of the work recognized in this award” was performed by young people who

started as graduate students in the departments of Biology and Biophysics and not by “[more] senior talent imported from other institutions.” Also a member of the Academy of Athens, Moudrianakis received the award at a special ceremony at the University of Athens attended by Karolos Papoulias, the president of Greece. The festivities included a symposium honoring Moudrianakis that featured talks by Lasker Award–winning scientist Carol Greider, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Nobel laureates Hamilton O. Smith, professor emeritus in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (co-winner of the 1978 Nobel in physiology or medicine) and Gunther Blobel, of the

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Calendar Continued from page 12 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Attitudes Toward Psychiatric Medications: 1998â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2006,â&#x20AC;? a Mental Health seminar with Ramin Mojtabai, SPH. B14B Hampton House. EB Wed., Oct. 7, noon.

Oct. 7, 2 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Evaluation of the Impact of an Electronic Health Record on a Program for All-Inclusive Care for Elders Site,â&#x20AC;? a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Paulina Sockolow. 688 Hampton House. EB

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Role of QSAR in Predicting in vivo Risk,â&#x20AC;? a Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing special seminar with Gilman Veith, International QSAR Foundation. Co-sponsored by Environmental Health Sciences. W7023 SPH. EB

Wed., Oct. 7, 3 p.m.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Synthetic Multifunctional Materialsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Intermetallic Laminate (MIL) Composites,â&#x20AC;? a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Kenneth Vecchio, University of California, San Diego. 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., Oct. 7, 3 p.m.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doubly Robust Estimation in a SemiParametric Odds Ratio Model,â&#x20AC;? a Biostatistics seminar with Eric Wed., Oct. 7, 4 p.m.

Tchetgen, Harvard School of Public Health. W2030 SPH. EB Thurs.,

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Microscale Manipulation of Cells and Their Environment for Cell Sorting and Stem Cell Biology,â&#x20AC;? a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with Joel Voldman, MIT. 110 Maryland. HW Thurs., Oct. 8, 11 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Psychosocial Motivations for Repeat HIV Testing Among Ethiopian Women,â&#x20AC;? a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Heather Bradley. E4517 SPH. EB

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vaccination-Induced Protection Against TB,â&#x20AC;? a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Willem Hanekom, University of Cape Town and South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Cape Town. W1020 SPH. EB Thurs., Oct. 8, noon.

Thurs., Oct. 8, noon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Decoding

Inositol Intracellular Signaling Pathways: Lessons Learned From a Six-Carbon Cyclitol,â&#x20AC;? a Cell Biology seminar with John York, Duke University Medical Center. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB Thurs., Oct. 8, noon. Randolph Bromery Seminarâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;What the Heck Is Carbon Sequestration?â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Pictureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Worth a Thousand Words: Engaging Youth in Research Through the Creative Arts to Learn About Neighborhood Safety,â&#x20AC;? a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Jessica Burke, University of Pittsburgh, and Michael Yonas, University of Pittsburgh. Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. 208 Hampton House. EB â&#x20AC;&#x153;How Does Topoisomerase IV Distinguish Left From Right?â&#x20AC;? a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Keir Neuman, NHLBI/ NIH. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Using Two-Photon Microscopy to Monitor and Manipulate Cell Physiology,â&#x20AC;? a Neuroscience seminar with Graham Ellis-Davies, Drexel University College of Medicine. West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Convex Polytopes With Abelian, VertexTransitive Symmetry,â&#x20AC;? an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with James Lawrence, George Mason University. 304 Whitehead. HW

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Signaling Cross-Talks in Testicular Gonocyte Development,â&#x20AC;? a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Martine Culty, McGill University School of Medicine. W2030 SPH. EB

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Thurs., Oct. 8, 4 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remote Listening and Passive Acoustic Detection in a 3-D Sound Environment,â&#x20AC;? an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Colin Barnhill, WSE. 110 Maryland. HW Thurs., Oct. 8, 4 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Characterizing Barth Syndrome Mutant Tafazzins: There Is More Than One Way to Kill a Transacylase,â&#x20AC;? a Biology seminar with Steven Claypool, SoM. 100 Mudd. HW Fri., Oct. 9, 11 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Windfarm Impacts on Climate and Weather,â&#x20AC;? a CEAFM seminar with Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, University of Maryland. 110 Maryland. HW

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JHU holds symposium on reducing college-age drinking Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, an agency of the National Institutes of Health; Toben Nelson, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health; and Jonathan Gibralter, president of Frostburg State University, who was awarded the inaugural Presidential Leadership Award for his comprehensive efforts to reduce drinking on his campus. The event is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Student Life, Student Health and Wellness Center, and Center for Health Education and Wellness, all at Homewood; and the Bloomberg School of Public Health and its Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, Center for Adolescent Health and Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth.

Registration opens for DLCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nov. 5 Diversity Conference

egistration is now open for the Sixth Annual Diversity Conference, sponsored by the Diversity Leadership Council. Leadership: Transforming Diversity Into Inclusion will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, on the Homewood campus and will feature two speakers and two workshops. Deborah Elam, vice president and chief diversity officer at General Electric, will address participants at the morning plenary session, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. in Shriver Hall Auditorium. University President Ronald J. Daniels will speak at the luncheon, which is limited to the first 400 people who register.

For more information on the conference, go to Our Latest News on the Office of Institutional Equity Web site at http://web .jhu.edu/administration/jhuoie/index.html or the Diversity Leadership Council Web site at http://web.jhu.edu/administration/dlc. Any inquiries should be directed to diversity _conference@jhu.edu. To register, log onto http://my.johnshopkins .edu or http://my.jhmi.edu and look for the DLC Registration tab on the top menu bar. APL employees should call 410-5168075 for registration instructions or e-mail diversity_conference@jhu.edu. Registration is open through Monday, Oct. 26.

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symposium for college administrators, community leaders, policymakers, students and faculty will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, to discuss how to reduce the harmful use of alcohol on college campuses in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels will open the symposium, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reducing Drinking on College Campuses: Where to From Here?â&#x20AC;? The event will take place in Homewoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mason Hall Auditorium. The symposium will highlight issues surrounding the use of alcohol on college campuses and the evidence-based methods to address them, and will conclude by addressing potential next steps. Speakers will include Ralph Higson, director of the Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research at the National Institute on

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altimore-area undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in solving urban problems have an opportunity to test their ideas, be recognized by city decision-makers and win up to $4,000 by entering the 2010 Abell Award in Urban Policy competition. Cosponsored by the Abell Foundation and the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies, the award is given annually to the students who author the most compelling papers on a pressing problem facing the city of Baltimore. The first place prize is $4,000, and second place is $1,000. “The purpose of this award is to encourage fresh thinking about the serious challenges facing this city and to tap the intellectual capacity of the city’s college and graduate students,” said Bob Embry, president of the Abell Foundation. The contest is open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students at Coppin State University; Goucher College; The Johns Hopkins University; Loyola University Maryland; Morgan State University; the College of Notre Dame; Towson University; the University of Baltimore; the University of Maryland, Baltimore; the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; the University of Maryland, College Park; and Stevenson University. Winners are selected by a panel of judges comprising Baltimore opinion

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leaders and practitioners. Past winners have focused on strategies for reusing vacant properties, new approaches for preventing and reducing youth violence, the impact of zero-tolerance school discipline policies, measures to reduce infant mortality and policies to reduce high Latina birth rates. “The judges and I have been extremely impressed with the thoughtful analysis and creative solutions that are offered by these papers,” said Sandra Newman, professor and director of the IPS Center on Housing, Neighborhoods and Communities, who oversees the competition. “It is clear that Baltimore’s graduate and undergraduate students have much to contribute to the solution of these very challenging problems, both during their schooling and, hopefully, beyond.” In addition to the monetary award, winners will have their papers distributed to key city and state decision-makers, featured in the Abell Foundation newsletter and posted on the IPS Web site, http:// ips.jhu.edu. The competition is a three-step process: Applicants must complete and submit a one-page contest entry form by Oct. 23, a thorough abstract by Nov. 23 and a final paper by March 5, 2010. For details, including the entry form, a sample abstract, official guidelines, FAQs and examples of winning papers, go to http://ips.jhu.edu/pub/Abell-Award-inUrban-Policy or e-mail abellaward@jhu .edu.

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cer Research Fund. Awards of a maximum of $75,000 for up to two years are available to fund career development and developmental research programs (pilot projects). New ideas are encouraged. Deadline for applications is Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. For more information, go to http://prostatecancerprogram .onc.jhmi.edu.

SoE review identifies most effective reading interventions

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Urban policy competition seeks solutions for Baltimore

ne-to-one tutoring by certified teachers and reading specialists is the “gold standard” among interventions for struggling readers, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s Center for Research and Reform in Education. As part of the review process, Robert Slavin, director of the center, and his research team looked at hundreds of existing studies evaluating the effectiveness of various interventions for struggling readers. A total of 96 studies met the review’s rigorous inclusion standards. The types of interventions reviewed included one-to-one tutoring by teachers, one-to-one tutoring by paraprofessionals and volunteers, small group tutorials, classroom instructional process approaches and instructional technology. “To ensure reading success for all children, it is important to understand which interventions have been proven effective for struggling readers,” Slavin said. “Educators need unbiased, meaningful data on the types of programs likely to help their lowachieving students.”

Findings of the review showed that one-to-one tutoring is highly effective in improving the reading performance of lowachieving students and that an emphasis on phonics greatly improves tutoring outcomes. Classroom instructional process programs, especially cooperative learning, were also found to have positive effects. In particular, the research showed that tutoring in first grade followed by cooperative learning throughout the elementary grades had the best long-term outcomes for low-achieving students. On the contrary, traditional instructional technology programs, which use computerassisted instruction software, were found to have little impact on struggling readers. “Schools should focus on everyday classroom teaching and include various forms of cooperative learning and phonics-oriented programs,” Slavin said. “Not only does this benefit the children who are struggling to read but the whole class.” The full report is available on the Best Evidence Encyclopedia Web site at www .bestevidence.org. The School of Education’s Center for Research and Reform in Education is a nonprofit center that received funding from the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. For more information on the center, go to http://education.jhu.edu/crre.

October 5, 2009 • THE GAZETTE

Classifieds APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Anneslie, sabbatical rental, Jan 1-July 30, furn’d 3BR house nr Stoneleigh schools, W/D, dw, no pets. $1,700/mo + utils. sheingate@ gmail.com. Baltimore, updated 1BR condo in secure, gated community, assigned prkng, swim, tennis, nr hospital and university. $1,200/mo incl utils. 410-804-2087 or 410-583-0400. Bolton Hill, 1,500 sq ft, 10.5' ceilings, 1-2 lg BRs, walk-ins, marble BA w/whirlpool, living rm, kitchen, W/D, public transportation. $1,300/mo incl gas, water. sykewup@aol.com. Canton, rehabbed 2BR, 1.5BA TH, CAC, W/D, stainless steel appls, granite countertops, bsmt storage, rooftop deck, pets welcome. 410375-3298. Canton (2443 Fleet St), 2BR, 2.5BA house, new appls, CAC, granite countertops, jacuzzi, roofdeck, nr JHH/park/water/Square. $1,700/ mo + utils. 410-375-4862 or okomgmt@ hotmail.com. Canton, 2BR, 2.5BA rehabbed TH, beautiful inside, lots of upgrades, perf location, conv to JHH, 1 blk north of water, nr Safeway, rent reduced. $1,500/mo. Courtney, 410-340-6762. Canton (Lighthouse Point), 2BR, 2BA waterfront condo w/garage. $1,995/mo. sres1@ comcast.net. Canton, 2 or 3BR, 2.5BA house, fully rehabbed, full fin’d bsmt, prkng pad, 1 blk NE of Square. $1,850/mo. 410-563-2305 or kevin.comegys@ gmail.com. Cedarcroft, 3BR, 1.5BA TH, dw, W/D. $1,250/ mo + utils. 410-378-2393. Charles Village, corner 2BR, 2BA condo w/ balcony, 1,200 sq ft, clean, CAC, 24-hr front desk, steps to Hopkins shuttle, all utils incl’d. 410-466-1698. Cross Keys Village, 1BR condo, CAC/heat, hdwd flrs, 24-hr security, free prkng, swimming pool. $900/mo + utils (water incl’d). 646-2842279 or tamrirev@yahoo.com. Federal Hill, 3BR, 2.5BA house, eat-in kitchen opens to fenced garden, den or office, bsmt, W/D, CAC, dw, 2 decks. $1,990/mo (or $2,300/mo furn’d). 443-854-1841. Glen Burnie, furn’d waterfront house, 2BRs, huge deck/ lg pier avail. $1,795/mo (discounted). 443-997-5657. Hampden, 1BR, 1BA apt below the Avenue, newly renov’d/rehabbed, new crpt, appls, W/D, flooring, pets OK, nr JHU/shops/galleries/ restaurants, extremely convenient, pets OK. $875/mo + utils. Alan, 410-602-0240. Jefferson Court, 2BR, 2.5BA TH, hdwd flrs, W/D, CAC, quiet area w/active community association, steps to JHMI/SoN/SoM. $1,200/ mo + utils. 443-838-5575. Patterson Park, 2BR, 1.5BA house, hdwd

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flrs, crpt upstairs, stainless steel appls, skylight, expos’d brick, 1.25 mi to Johns Hopkins. $1,100/mo. 443-286-4883. Patterson Park, 2BR, 1BA RH, W/D, dw, expos’d brick, yd, avail early November. $1,250/mo w/ incentives. 410-241-2767 or jdph@me.com. Remington, renov’d 4BR TH, new appls, 2 full BAs, 5 blks to Homewood campus. $950/mo + utils. Brian, 410-493-2993 or brian@bcoi .net. Roland Park area, 1BR apt, 2nd flr, private entrance, nr JHU/MTA, unique neighborhood, refs req’d. $800/mo incl all utils. 410-889-9336. Roland Park/Medfield (Highpointe Condos, 4409 Falls Bridge Dr), 2BR, 1BA, great location nr JHU/Homewood campus. $800/mo. edoh75@yahoo.com. Upper Fells Point, 2BR, 1BA apt, W/D, CAC, dw, kitchen, living rm, gated fence, backyd, mins to JHH. 410-733-4622. 1BR condo in high-rise, W/D in unit, pool and exercise rm, secure bldg w/doorman, nr Homewood. $1,200/mo incl all utils. 757-773-7830. 1 E University Pkwy, studio apt. $625/mo incl all utils. 443-286-9367. 27th and St Paul, 2-level loft apt, AC, shared W/D, full kitchen, walk-in closet, big windows allow natural light, nr Safeway, half-blk to MTA/JHU shuttle stop. $845/mo. sheehan .megan@yahoo.com (to schedule visit).

HOUSES FOR SALE

Printer, computer, microwave, digital piano, beach chairs (2), 3-step ladder, stool, chair, tripods, reciprocating saw. 410-455-5858 or iricse.its@verizon.net.

F nonsmoker wanted to share new 2BR, 2.5BA house in Patterson Park, easy to park, no pets, great neighbors. $850/mo incl all utils. Delia, 908-347-7404.

Kenmore kitchen appliances (freezer, gas range and dishwasher), white, perf cond, $500; almost new Ikea furniture, glass dining table w/4 chairs, $100; daybed w/mattress, $150; TV table, $75, coffee table, $75. 443-231-7125 or mannu2528@hotmail.com.

Rms in new TH, no smoking/no pets, walking distance to JHMC. $500/mo + 1/3 utils. 301717-4217 or xiaoningzhao1@gmail.com. F wanted for lg sunny rm, share lg house, high-speed Internet, kitchen, W/D, living rm, dining rm, porch, deck, 12 blks to Homewood campus. $450/mo + utils. 410-963-8741. F wanted to share 2BR, 1BA RH in Canton, fully furn’d bsmt rm, close to medical campus and Bayview. $350/mo incl utils. olapshin@ gmail.com. Lg BR w/priv BA in owner-occupied TH in Pigtown (Washington Village), safe neighborhood nr UMB, W/D, CAC, pet-friendly, bus direct to JHMI. $600/mo + utils. therongjr@ yahoo.com. Furn’d BR w/own BA in 3BR Fells Point apt, W/D, free Internet access, safe neighborhood, 5-min walk to stores/restaurants/bus stations/ park, 15-min walk to SoM, compensation for monthly bus pass for student and postdoc. $400/mo + utils. xzhan45@gmail.com. F wanted for rm in quiet, residential Columbia neighborhood, no smoking/no pets, mins to 95/rts 100 and 32. $590/mo incl utils, Internet. cjjave09@gmail.com. Mature F wanted to share 3BR house in Bayview/Greektown, partly furn’d 2 rms, W/D, free Internet access, safe neighborhood, street prkng, short walk to Bayview shuttle. $500/mo incl all utils. Carol, 443-386-8477. Rm w/priv BA in Carney/Perry Hall area, share w/young M prof’l, no smoking/no pets, W/D, exercise equipment, sauna, short-term. $550/ mo incl Internet, cable and utils + sec dep ($500). Joseph or Teresa, 443-850-3520, 443739-7510 or teresatufano@gmail.com.

Hampden, renov’d 3BR, 2.5BA house, screened porch, fenced yd, priv prkng, walk to Homewood campus/shops/restaurants/grocers/theater. $299,000. 919-607-5860 or 410-962-5417.

Studio w/priv yd across from JHMI, free Internet, W/D, assigned prkng. $500/mo (based on 1-yr lease + 1/5 utils) or add $75/mo for monthto-month rent. happyhut4u@yahoo.com.

Roland Park, beautifully maintained 6BR, 3.5BA Victorian, numerous updates, garage. $675,000. 410-591-8740.

F (1 or 2) wanted to share safe, newly renov’d 3BR, 2BA apt in Mt Vernon w/F prof’l, 2 blks to JHU shuttle. $595/mo + elec. 410-533-7615 or emaistrellis@gmail.com.

Timonium (8 Tyburn Ct), updated, spacious 4BR, 3BA house on cul-de-sac, move-in cond, 1-yr AHS warranty, walk to Dulaney High, 2 mi to I-83 and lt rail station. $375,500. Debbie, 410-241-4724. 501 University Pkwy, 2BR, 1.5BA co-op, pets OK, open house Sun, Oct 11, 1-3pm, $667/mo fee incl prop taxes, heat, co-op purchase = less cash at closing. $138,725. Clair, 443-413-6838.

CARS FOR SALE ’02 Honda Odyssey minivan, slate green, power everything, orig owner, excel cond, 149K mi. $5,800. 410-365-1806.

ITEMS FOR SALE ROOMMATES WANTED F wanted for 3BR, 4BA TH in Locust Point, master-style BR w/priv BA, huge walk-in closet. $1,125/mo + utils. Cindy, 410-961-7664. Lg, partly furn’d bsmt BR w/priv BA avail in

We extend a warm welcome to all of our referral departments at JHMI & others who wish to learn more about our hospitality & accommodations to attend our:

Folding table w/4 folding chairs, $30; GE microwave, $30; Durabrand 12-cup coffeemaker, $15; new winter down jacket, $50; organizers (1 plastic and 1 wood), $25. ranganathan _balu@yahoo.com. Nikon 77mm clear NC filter, $50; Nikon 52mm clear NC filter, $25; Haier air conditioner w/remote, 12,000 BTUs, almost new, $100; queen air mattress w/pump, $35. 410807-5979 or aroop@cyberdude.com. Sm Whirlpool refrigerator, 13-15 cu ft, 4 yrs old, like new condition; buyer picks up. $75. Lindsay801@comcast.net. 2007 Honda Spirit motorcycle VT1100C, low miles, w/windshield and highway bars. $6,900. 443-668-3303. Twin mattress and boxspring, $60; TV stand, $30; coffee table, $20; bedside table, $20; VCR, $20; paper shredder, $15. wjfj@hotmail.com. 24" x 36" fin’d cedar/maple drafting board, adjustable height, tilting board from 0-80 degrees, rarely used. Best offer. 410-243-1910. Doctoral robe, black polyester w/royal blue velvet strip down front, 3 bar stripes on puffy sleeves, size XL, 55" long, perf cond, w/matching black velvet tam. $150. Linda, 410-608-0925. Red Cross pins from Europe, 20 different, $39; WWII commemorative pins from Russia, 30 different. $44. 443-517-9029 or rgpinman@ aol.com.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED PT nanny available, 2 yrs’ experience as occupational therapist, references available. Stephanie, 443-438-4217. Interior/exterior painting, grass cutting and home or deck power washing, licensed and insured, free estimates, very affordable. 410335-1284 or randy6506vfw@yahoo.com. Power washing, no job too small, free estimates. Donnie, 443-683-7049. Horse boarding, 20 mins from JHU, beautiful trails from farm. $500/mo (stall board) or $250/mo (field board). 410-812-6716 or argye .hillis@gmail.com. NYC bus trip, Sat, Dec 5, depart Towson 7:30am, Fallston 7:45am and Chesapeake House, 8am, arrive NYC about 10:30 am, depart 7pm. $55. 410-206-2830 or nlheyls@ yahoo .com.

Conn alto saxophone, mint condition. $650/ best offer. 410-488-1886.

Learn Arabic (MSA and colloquial) w/native speaker and experienced teacher, all levels, lessons tailored to needs. thaerra@hotmail.com.

Bread machine, $25; 5.1 speaker, $25; 2.1 speaker, $10; Evenflo breast pump, $25. fedora9600@gmail.com.

We will come to your vehicle and detail it on the spot; all types of vehicles; call for quote. 443-421-3659.

Moving sale: TV, sm stereo, dining rm set, 2 chairs, desk, tall and short bookshelves, filing cabinet. 443-824-2198.

Affordable landscaper/certified horticulturist avail to maintain existing gardens, also design, planting, masonry; free consultations. 410-6837373 or grogan.family@hotmail.com.

Queen sleep sofa and loveseat, in good cond, mattress still sealed in orig plastic cover. $300. sofas4sale@earthlink.net.

Piano lessons w/Peabody doctorate, all levels/ ages welcome. 410-662-7951.

14th Annual Open House

Wednesday, October 7th, 12:00 -3:00 pm.

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renov’d Mayfield RH, across from Herring Run Park, nr Lake Montebello, 10 mins to JHMI, 5 mins to Morgan. $600/mo incl utils and wireless. mayfieldroom@gmail.com.

Canton, renov’d 3-story house, 3 full BRs, 2 full BAs and half-BA, gourmet kitchen, granite counters, stainless steel, zoned HVAC, rooftop deck, balconies on each level, storage, 2-car prkng pad. $599,900. June, 410-292-0100.

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WYMAN COURT APTS. (BEECH AVE.) Effic from $570, 1 BD Apt. from $675, 2 BD from $775 HICKORY HEIGHTS APTS. (HICKORY AVE.) 2 BD units from $750 Shown by Appointment 410-764-7776

Central to all Baltimore Johns Hopkins Locations! Brand New Units: Only 4 left! $1250-$1400 2 BD 2 Full BA All with full size W/D, D/W, micro., carpet, CAC, Free off-street parking. 2300 N. Calvert St. 410 .764.7776 www.BrooksManagementCompany.com

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Calendar COLLOQUIA

“The Far-From-Equilibrium Chemistry of Driven Colloidal Suspensions,” a Chemistry colloquium with Rigoberto Hernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology. 233 Remsen. HW Tues., Oct. 6, 4:15 p.m.

MSE Symposium

G RA N D ROU N D S

“Relevance of Informatics and Terminologies for Swedish Health Care,” Health Sciences Informatics grand rounds with Ulla Gerdin, National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden. W1214 SPH. EB

Fri., Oct. 9, 12:15 p.m.

I N FOR M AT I O N SESSIONS

Wed., Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m. Information session for the MA in Government program; meet faculty, discuss credentials and program requirements and submit an application. RSVP online at http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/ index.cfm?ContentID-1613. LL7, Washington DC Center.

Wed., Oct. 7, 4:30 p.m. “Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s— Quantum Dots as Probes of Surface Receptor Organization,” a Biology colloquium with Michael Edidin, KSAS and SoM. Mudd Auditorium. HW

Tues., Oct. 6, 10:30 a.m.

“The Origins of the Rule of Law: Europe and the Middle East” by Francis Fukuyama, part of his lecture series Getting to Denmark: Where the State, Rule of Law and Accountable Government Come From. Sponsored by the Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Constructive Capitalism. For more information or to RSVP, phone 202-349-0985 or e-mail scolby2@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building. SAIS Wed., Oct. 7, 12:30 p.m.

“Access to Experts,” a Center for Global Health career panel discussion with Jason Farley, SoN; Brenda Rakama, Jhpiego; and Heather Sanders, JHCCP. Co-sponsored by the Office of Career Services. W1030 SPH. EB Conversation with Meglena Kuneva, European Commission, on the challenges of maintaining consumer protection standards in the face of globalization and rapid technological change. Sponsored by the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5880 or e-mail transatlanticrsvp@jhu.edu. 806 Rome Building. SAIS

Tues., Oct. 6, noon.

Tues., Oct. 6, 4:15 p.m. “Philip Roth’s Holocaust,” an English talk with Eric Sundquist, UCLA. Salon B, Charles Commons. HW

“What Must Be Done Now to Make Afghanistan a Hub of Continental Trade and Transport,” a Central Asia-Caucasus Institute discussion with Wahidullah Shahrani, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. For information and to RSVP, phone 202663-7723 or e-mail saiscaciforums @jhu.edu. Rome Building Auditorium. SAIS

Tues., Oct. 6, 5:30 p.m.

“The Political Economy of Nation Formation in Modern Tanzania,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with Elliot Green, London School of Economics. For information and to RSVP, phone 202663-5676 or e-mail itolber1@jhu .edu. 736 Bernstein-Offit Building.

Wed., Oct. 7, 12:30 p.m.

SAIS

“Economic Crises and Political Deadlock: What the United States Can Learn From Argentina,” a Latin American Studies Program discussion with Klaus Veigel, Princeton University. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5734 or e-mail jzurek@jhu.edu. 517 Nitze Building. SAIS Wed., Oct. 7, 12:45 p.m.

Frank Warren will discuss his new book, PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God. (See “In Brief,” p. 2.) Sponsored by Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. 272 Bloomberg Center. HW

Thurs., Oct. 8, 7 p.m.

Mon., Oct. 5, 12:15 p.m. “Ovar-

“Academic Science: A Good Career Choice for Women?” a lecture by Phoebe Leboy, national president, American Women in Science. Inaugural event for the AWIS Greater Baltimore chapter. 510 Kennedy Krieger Institute. EB

“Put a Tiger in Your Test Tube: Organisms, Molecules and the Comparative Perspective,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Bruno Strasser, Yale University. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Library. EB

Mon., Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m.

REA D I N G S / B OO K TA L K S

S E M I N AR S L E C TURE S

Thurs., Oct. 8, 3 p.m.

D I S C U S S I O N s / TA L K S

School of Public Health, an opportunity for prospective students to learn about the school’s academic community, tour the building and meet faculty, department coordinators and current students. Registration required; go to www.jhsph .edu/admissions/visit_jhsph/open_ house/Open_House_Registration_ Page. 615 N. Wolfe St. EB

You’ve probably read at least one of his best-sellers: ‘Tipping Point,’ ‘Blink’ and ‘Outliers.’ This week, author Malcolm Gladwell speaks on the Homewood campus. See Special Events.

“The Challenge of Moderation in Islam: Egypt’s Religious Institution vs. Extremism,” a SAIS Middle East Studies Program discussion with Ali Gomaa, grand mufti of Egypt. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute for Peace. For information and to RSVP, e-mail katarina@jhu.edu. Rome Building Auditorium. SAIS

Thurs.,

Oct. 7, 2 p.m. “Ten Years After the NATO Intervention: Challenges for an Independent Kosovo,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Bujar Bukoshi, member of the Kosovo parliament and former prime minister of the Kosovo government-in-exile. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-6635880 or e-mail transatlanticrsvp@ jhu.edu. 500 Bernstein-Offit Building. SAIS

Thurs., Oct. 8, 6 p.m. “My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran,” with author Haleh Esfandiari. Part of the SAIS Cultural Conversations series. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5635 or e-mail laustin@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building. SAIS

Wed., Oct. 7, 1 p.m.

Wed.,

Wed., Oct. 7, 5:30 p.m. “The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War,” a panel discussion of James Mann’s book by the same name with Mann; John McLaughlin, SAIS; Fritz Ermarth, former chair, National Intelligence Council; Richard Perle, former U.S. assistant secretary of defense; and Michael Mandelbaum, SAIS. Sponsored by the American Foreign Policy Program. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5790 or e-mail kkornell@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building. SAIS Thurs., Oct. 8, 12:15 p.m. “Now

What? The Future of the European Union After the Second Irish Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty,” a European Studies Program panel discussion with Angelos Pangratis, deputy head, European Commission Delegation; David Calleo, SAIS; Peter Doran, Center for European Policy Analysis; and Mitchell Orenstein (moderator), SAIS. For information or to RSVP, phone 202-663-5796 or e-mail ntobin@jhu.edu. 812 Rome Building. SAIS

Oct.

12:30

p.m.

“Congo Masquerade: Why Reform Initiatives Have Failed,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with Theodore Trefon, Belgian Reference Centre for Expertise in Central Africa. For information or to RSVP, phone 202-663-5676 or e-mail itolber1@jhu.edu. 736 Bernstein-Offit Building. SAIS

“Gender Dimensions of HIV/AIDS,” an International Development Program discussion with Geeta Rao Gupta, president, International Center for Research on Women. Co-sponsored by the SAIS Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative and Gender and Development Forum. For information or to RSVP, phone 202-663-5943 or e-mail developmentroundtable@ jhu.edu. Rome Building Auditorium. SAIS

Fri., Oct. 9, 12:30 p.m.

Mon.,

Oct.

12,

12:30

p.m.

“Keynsian Intervention and Its Effects on the U.S. and World Economy,” a Global Theory and History Program discussion with Jonathan Kirshner, Cornell University. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5714 or e-mail sLee255@jhu.edu. 812 Rome Building. SAIS “Unlawful Combatants and the International Committee of the Red Cross,” an International Law and Organizations Program discussion with Gary Solis, Georgetown University Law Center. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-6635982 or e-mail tbascia1@jhu.edu. 812 Rome Building. SAIS Mon., Oct. 12, 4:30 p.m.

“On Modernism and Early Postcolonial Style,” a Tudor and Stuart Lecture by Simon Gikandi, Princeton University. Sponsored by English. 201C Dell House. HW

Thurs., Oct. 8, 4:15 p.m.

Thurs.,

Oct.

5:15

p.m.

“Archival Identities: Foucault and Michon,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Michael Sheringham, All Souls College, Oxford University. 101A Dell House. HW “The Emergence of Latin American Literature: Cultural Capital and the Politics of Scholarship,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Fernando Degiovanni, Wesleyan University. 201C Dell House. HW

Thurs., Oct. 8, 5:15 p.m.

MUSIC Oct. 6, 8 p.m. Amit Peled, violoncello, will perform music by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov; with guest artist pianist Eli Kalman. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Tues.,

The Peabody Wind Ensemble performs the world premiere of Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra, Solar Traveller by Judith Lang Zaimont, with pianist Timothy Hoft. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Wed., Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m.

O P E N HOU S E S

Fall Open House for the Bloomberg

Mon., Oct. 12, 1 to 5 p.m.

ian Histogenesis, Sex Determination and Regulation of Menopause,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with David Schlessinger, National Institute on Aging, IRP. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

“Counterexamples to the Strichartz Estimates for the Wave Equation in Domains,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Oana Ivanovici, KSAS. Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger. HW

Mon., Oct. 5, 4 p.m.

“ ‘Red Cross, Double Cross’: Race and America’s World War II–Era Blood Donor Service,” a History seminar with Tom Guglielmo, George Washington University. 102B Dell House. HW

Mon., Oct. 5, 4 p.m.

Tues., Oct. 6, noon. “Regulation of Calcium Signaling in T Lymphocytes by Natural and NonNatural Inhibitors,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Jun Liu, SoM. 612 Physiology. EB Tues., Oct. 6, 12:10 p.m. “Legal and Community Interventions to Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Ralph Hingson, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. 250 Hampton House. EB

“The International Upper Great Lakes Study: Forensic Science of the St. Clair River,” a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Eugene Stakhiv, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Oct. 6, 3 p.m.

“Early Phase Clinical Cancer Trials: Where the Rubber Hits the Road,” a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Stuart Grossman, SoM. Sponsored by Epidemiology. W2030 SPH. EB

Wed., Oct. 7, 8:30 a.m.

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Calendar

Key

(Events are free and open to the public except where indicated.)

APL Applied Physics Laboratory BRB Broadway Research Building CSEB Computational Science and

EB HW PCTB SoM SoN SPH WBSB

Engineering Building East Baltimore Homewood Preclinical Teaching Building

School of Medicine School of Nursing School of Public Health Wood Basic Science Building