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June 6, 2011

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H O M E W O O D

A summer growth spurt

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he day featured uplifting speeches, several impromptu on-stage moments, and a joyous and raucous celebration of the Class of 2011. A cameo appearance by the Baltimore summer, however, might have stolen the show.

University On a humid day that had many dabconfers bing foreheads and degrees on guzzling water, President Ronald J. Daniels conferred degrees 6,634 new on 6,634 graduates at Johns Hopkins’ graduates 135th universitywide commencement ceremony, held on May 26.

The Thursday morning ceremony brought to Homewood Field thousands who fought to say cool on a day that crept into the upper 80s. The graduates—many decked out in sunglasses—drank bottled water, unfastened their robes and fanned themselves to beat the heat.

In a tradition begun last year, the undergraduates from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering first gathered on the Keyser Quadrangle to take a ceremonial “final walk” through campus, passing through the Freshman Quad, where their academic journey started, to reach Homewood Field. The Homewood students were joined in their walk this year by undergraduates from the Peabody Institute and the School of Nursing. All other graduates entered from the Athletic Center.

In his address, Daniels delivered personal words of advice on the importance of humanity and maintaining perspective.

Daniels had intended to focus his talk on President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address to the nation 50 years ago and how the “new global order” themes of that speech still resonate today. But he opted for a less serious talk that would leave any discussion of global themes to the featured commencement day speaker, television and print journalist Fareed Zakaria.

While the Brody Learning Commons, above, is moving into higher gear, two other major projects—the Undergraduate Teaching Lab and Biology Research Wing and the Cordish Lacrosse Center—are just getting started.

End of academic year signals start of building projects, big and small

By Greg Rienzi

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ere we grow again. Cranes, hard hat crews and the pop of nail guns will be omnipresent this summer on the Homewood campus as a bevy of capital projects, big and small, continue or commence.

The progress has a downside, however, as the sheer volume of projects will lead to

some detours and access issues from June into the fall semester.

Prominently, construction ramps up on the Brody Learning Commons, the new library facility that flanks the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. Concrete pouring and steel erection finished up Continued on page 7

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Johns Hopkins Medicine establishes innovative Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

By Stephanie Desmon

Johns Hopkins Medicine

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ecognizing the urgent need to advance the science of reducing preventable harm and to improve health care quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine is announcing the establishment of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and

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Outdoor movies; emergency alert system test; Live Near Your Work tours; Rand Paul talk

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Quality, an organization whose work will benefit not only patients at Johns Hopkins but those around the world.

A $10 million gift from C. Michael Armstrong, the chairman of the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins Medicine and the retired chairman of Comcast, AT&T, Hughes Electronics and IBM World Trade Corp., is funding the new institute.

“We are thankful for the leadership, vision,

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passion and generosity provided by Mike Armstrong to keep Johns Hopkins Medicine pre-eminent in research, education and patient care,” said Edward D. Miller, the Frances Watt Baker, M.D., and Lenox D. Baker Jr., M.D., Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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wo hit movies will be screened, free of charge, on two Friday nights this month on Homewood’s Keyser Quadrangle.

Hopkins Summer Outdoor Films will present Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 on June 10 and The Social Network— starring the Homewood campus as a stand-in for Harvard—on June 17.

Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to the green in front of Gilman Hall, which will be transformed into an open-air theater. A DJ will play music from 6:30 p.m. until the movie starts, and the Chesapeake Foods truck will be on hand to sell snacks and drinks. No alcoholic beverages are permitted. Each movie will start around 8:30 p.m., or as soon as it gets dark.

The rain location is Mudd Hall Auditorium.

The films are presented by the Office of Summer and Intersession Programs. For more information, call 410-516-4548 or go to www.jhu.edu/summer/films.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to speak Wednesday at SAIS

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and Paul, Republican senator from Kentucky, will speak at SAIS at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 8.

Paul, who serves on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, will speak about “A Conservative Constitutional Foreign Policy” at this forum hosted by the SAIS Center on Politics and Foreign Relations, Financial Times, SAIS Center on Transatlantic Relations, JHU Center for Advanced Governmental Studies and University of California Washington Center.

The session will be held in the Rome Building’s first-floor auditorium. Non-SAIS affiliates should RSVP to CPFR at bit.ly/ senrandpaulsais.

Test of Homewood emergency alert system set for June 14

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omewood Campus Safety and Security will conduct a test of the campus siren/public address system and the Johns Hopkins Emergency Alerts text messaging system at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14.

The test will be a full-scale simultaneous activation of both systems.

The siren/PA system, which is activated by radio signal from the Homewood Communications Center, is composed of speakers on Garland Hall, Whitehead Hall and the O’Connor Recreation Center. The sirens will simultaneously sound the alert tone and then sequentially broadcast the voice message announcing, “This is a test of the Homewood campus emergency warning system.”

Those who have subscribed to the text message alert system will receive a

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brief message that reads, “This is a test of the Homewood Emergency Alert text message system. There is NO EMERGENCY. Had there been an imminent threat additional information would follow.”

Shortly after the public address broadcast, an all-clear alert tone will sound, followed by the message saying, in part, “This has been a test of the Homewood campus emergency warning system. Had there been an actual emergency, you would have been given specific instructions on what to do.”

Because the public address system incorporates a silent self-test feature that exercises each module weekly, “live” tests are scheduled only three times a year. The main purpose of the exercise is to familiarize the Homewood community with the sound of the system.

Except for these periodic tests, the system will be used only in the event of an incident or situation that presents a significant threat to the lives or safety of the campus community.

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LNYW to lead walking tour of Bayview and Greektown

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he Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work Program, in partnership with the Southeast Community Development Corp., will lead a walking tour of the Bayview and Greektown neighborhoods from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 9.

The tour begins at 514 Oldham St. in Bayview, a tranquil neighborhood nestled within Southeast Baltimore’s urban setting.

Then, the group will head to Greektown on the opening night of the Greek Folk Festival.

The tour will end with a VIP reception at the festival, with Greek food and festivities.

During the tour, participants will learn how to qualify for low-interest Healthy Neighborhoods loans and other home-buying incentives, including Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work grants. To register, go to https://hrnt.jhu.edu/service/ fasapregistration or call 443-997-7000.

Contributing Writers Applied Physics Laboratory Michael Buckley, Paulette Campbell Bloomberg School of Public Health Tim Parsons, Natalie Wood-Wright Carey Business School Andrew Blumberg, Patrick Ercolano Homewood Lisa De Nike, Amy Lunday, Dennis O’Shea, Tracey A. Reeves, Phil Sneiderman Johns Hopkins Medicine Christen Brownlee, Stephanie Desmon, Neil A. Grauer, Audrey Huang, John Lazarou, David March, Vanessa McMains, Ekaterina Pesheva, Vanessa Wasta, Maryalice Yakutchik Peabody Institute Richard Selden SAIS Felisa Neuringer Klubes School of Education James Campbell, Theresa Norton School of Nursing Kelly Brooks-Staub University Libraries and Museums Brian Shields, Heather Egan Stalfort

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Clay Armbrister named senior vice president, chief of staff

By Dennis O’Shea

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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

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larence D. “Clay” Armbrister, chief of staff to Philadelphia’s mayor and former executive vice president of Temple University, has been appointed senior vice president and chief of staff of The Johns Hopkins University.

Armbrister will work closely with the university’s president, Ronald J. Daniels, helping him coordinate initiatives across the university and manage short- and long-term issues. He also will oversee the finances and administration of the president’s office.

“Clay is an extraordinarily accomplished individual who brings senior leadership experience from government, higher education and the nonprofit sector,” Daniels said. “I am very excited that he has agreed to make his new home at Johns Hopkins and look forward to welcoming him back to higher education.”

Armbrister, who will join Johns Hop-

Clay Armbrister assumes his new post at Johns Hopkins on July 11.

kins on July 11, has since January 2008 been chief of staff to Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, a job in many ways similar to his new position. He has advised the mayor, coordinated policy across cabinet agencies

and managed departments in the mayor’s office.

Armbrister said that returning to education is a natural step for him after serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Temple from 2003 to 2008.

“I had always thought of returning to higher education after my public sector work,” Armbrister said. “The opportunity to work for President Daniels at one of the finest institutions in the country is an opportunity that, when presented, you enthusiastically accept.”

Armbrister said he enjoys the largely behind-the-scenes role played by a chief of staff, advising his principal and supporting priorities outlined by the mayor or, now, the president.

“I like to think that I’m collegial,” Armbrister said. “I’m a team player, interested in trying to get things done and achieve the overall objectives. It’s not about glory; it’s about trying to get the work done.”

At Temple, Armbrister reported to the president and supervised student affairs, admissions and financial aid, facilities management, intercollegiate athletics, campus safety and other units. Before joining Tem-

ple, he was an investment banker at UBS PaineWebber Inc. in Philadelphia.

Armbrister also served as city treasurer of Philadelphia from 1994 to 1996. From 1996 to 1998, he was managing director of the Philadelphia public school system, where he reported to the superintendent and was responsible for finance and administration. He began his professional career as an attorney in the public finance department of the law firm Saul, Ewing, Remick and Saul, where he practiced for 12 years, the last six as a partner.

Armbrister is a 1979 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in economics and political science, with a concentration in public policy. He earned his law degree at the University of Michigan in 1982.

Armbrister will serve as successor to Jerome D. Schnydman, executive assistant to the president, who announced last month that he will retire in June 2012 after a 37-year career at his alma mater. Armbrister will be nominated upon Schnydman’s retirement to succeed Schnydman in his other role as secretary of the board of trustees.

Johns Hopkins expert finds randomness rules in turbulent flows

By Lisa De Nike

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t seems perfectly natural to expect that two motorists who depart from the same location and follow the same directions will end up at the same destination. But according to a Johns Hopkins University mathematical physicist, this is not true when the “directions” are provided by a turbulent fluid flow, such as you find in a churning river or stream. Verifying earlier theoretical predictions, Gregory Eyink’s computer experiments reveal that, in principle, two identical small beads dropped into the same turbulent flow at precisely the same starting location will end up in different—and entirely random—destinations.

“This result is as astonishing and unexpected as if I told you that I fired a gun aimed at precisely the same point on a target but the bullet went in a completely different direction each and every time. It’s surprising because even though the beads are exactly the same and the flow of water is exactly the same, the result is different,” said Eyink, a professor of applied mathematics and statistics in the Whiting School of Engineering. “It is crucial here that the flow is turbulent—as in whitewater rapids or a roiling volcanic plume—and not smooth, regular flow as in a quiet-running stream.”

An article about the phenomenon appears in a recent issue of Physical Review E and is available online at link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/ PhysRevE.83.056405.

To conduct his study, Eyink used a virtual “stream” that is part of an online public database of turbulent flow created with Whiting School colleagues Charles Meneveau and Randal Burns, and physicist Alexander Szalay of the Krieger School of Arts and Sci-

Related website Gregory Eyink:

www.ams.jhu.edu/~eyink

ences. Into this “stream” Eyink tossed virtual “particles” at precisely the same point and let them drift within the fluid. The researcher then randomly “kicked” each particle as it moved along, with different kicks at different points along the way. As one would expect, the particles, when subjected to different kicks, followed different paths.

“But here’s the surprising thing,” Eyink said. “As the kicks got weaker and weaker, the particles still followed random—and different—paths. In the end, the computer experiment seemed to show that the particles would follow different paths even if the kicks vanished completely.”

This phenomenon is called “spontaneous

stochasticity,” which basically means that objects placed in a turbulent flow—even objects that are identical and are dropped into the same spot—will end up in different places.

“Thus, we know that ‘God plays dice’ not only with subatomic particles but also with everyday particles like soot or dust carried by a turbulent fluid,” Eyink said.

Eyink’s study also revealed that the magnetic lines of force that are carried along in a moving magnetized fluid (such as a stream of molten metal) move in a completely random way when the fluid flow is turbulent.

This contradicts the fundamental principle

of “magnetic flux-freezing,” formulated in 1942 by Nobel Prize–winning astrophysicist Hannes Alfveen, which states that magnetic lines of force are carried along in a moving fluid like strands of thread cast into a flow.

“This principle of Alfveen’s is fundamental to our understanding of how fluid motions in the Earth’s core and in the sun generate those bodies’ magnetic fields, and my study may provide a solution to the longstanding puzzle of why flux freezing seems to fail in violent solar flares and in other turbulent plasma flows,” Eyink said.

This study was supported by the National Science Foundation.

SoN’s Nightingale wheelchair is part of centennial celebration

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piece of nursing history has traveled across the U.S. as part of a celebration honoring a century of nursing excellence. Florence Nightingale’s wheelchair, until recently on display at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, was carefully crated and shipped to the Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing to be displayed as part of its centennial celebration, held late last month.

“It is truly an honor to have this rare piece of nursing history in our midst,” said OHSU Nursing dean Michael Bleich. “We are very grateful to the Johns Hopkins School of

Nursing for loaning it to us as we mark this milestone in our institution’s history.”

Nightingale, a pioneer of modern nursing, used a wheelchair toward the end of her life, and in 1921 noted Johns Hopkins physician Howard Kelly purchased the chair and gave it to the School of Nursing. “If an intimate object can convey a lesson and transmit an inspiration, may this chair suggest the spiritual presence of your great apostle of nursing and prove a blessing to the nursing school,” Kelly wrote in a letter bestowing the gift.

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The 1,302 members of the class of 2015 were drawn from 19,388 applicants, a tally that set another record high. A third broken record marks an all-time low: The admit rate for freshman undergraduates entering in the fall is just 18 percent, showing the university’s increasing selectivity, Latting said.

The new class is also Homewood’s most diverse, with 18 percent (237 students) coming from underrepresented minority groups, including 136 Hispanic/Latino students and 94 African-American students, Latting said.

Academically, 63 percent (823 students) are enrolling in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and 37 percent (479 students) in the Whiting School of Engineering. Forty-eight percent of freshmen are women. As for academic preparation, the class hit record highs in SAT scores and GPAs. The class of 2015 hails from 46 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and 11 percent of the class (143 students) are from foreign countries, including 61 students from Asia, 40 from Europe and 16 from Canada.

Across the board, the record-setting numbers become even more impressive when compared to the admissions profile for the class entering 10 years ago.

The fall 2001 yield was nearly as strong at 33 percent (1,023 students), but the applicant pool was 112 percent smaller at 9,132 applicants. The 34 percent admit rate (3,135 students) was also much higher than today. And in 2001, only 6.8 percent (70 students) of enrolling students came from underrepresented minority groups, Latting said.

Latting said that improvements to undergraduate life at Homewood and physical upgrades to the campus are both key factors in the “tremendous progress” that has been made in the university’s admissions outcomes, as are the people from all walks of campus life who help recruit new students.

“We have a really dedicated, energetic and talented team in the Admissions and Financial Aid offices, and we benefit from the efforts of an incredible group of Hopkins student volunteers who help us recruit as tour guides, overnight hosts, emailers, callers, greeters and so on,” Latting said. “Alumni, faculty, staff and even Hopkins parents have a strong hand in recruiting these days, too. Our Web presence and communication with admitted students, generally, are strong, too. Finally, I think Johns Hopkins is increasingly thought of as a place offering an education of unusual quality, with rare opportunities for students to prepare themselves for life. These characteristics seem to be ever more valued by students in America, and all around the world.”

The anticipated target number for the class is 1,245, allowing for “summer melt,” the admissions term describing the seasonal phenomenon when some students change their enrollment plans.

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Peninsula Regional joins Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network

By Gary Stephenson

Johns Hopkins Medicine

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eninsula Regional Medical Center, in Salisbury, Md., is the latest health system to join the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network. Developed by the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, JHCRN is designed to establish a network of academic- and community-based clinical researchers who provide new opportunities for research collaborations and accelerate the transfer of new diagnostic, treatment and disease-prevention advances from the research arena to patient care.

The JHCRN was established by Johns Hopkins Medicine in early 2009 and includes Anne Arundel Medical Center, Greater Baltimore Medical Center and Inova Health System as well as the medical centers that comprise Johns Hopkins Medicine. JHCRN creates a bridge for research between Johns Hopkins and community-based medical centers by linking physician-scientists and staff from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions with community-based medical centers in the region, and makes clinical trials

available to patients who may not ordinarily have access to them.

“The JHCRN is a unique research resource that increases patients’ access to innovative therapies and outcomes research in their own local communities while empowering physicians to develop and conduct a broad array of research projects most relevant to their respective communities,” said Charles M. Balch, JHCRN director and a professor of surgery and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Peggy Naleppa, president and CEO of Peninsula Regional Medical Center, said, “It’s an honor for Peninsula Regional Medical Center to join with Johns Hopkins and the elite Hopkins Research Network, both of which are respected and admired nationally for providing exceptional health care and research opportunities. Through this network affiliation,” she said, “the vision we collectively embrace for community collaboration around chronic diseases—diabetes, cardiac and respiratory conditions, and cancer—will advance our ability here on the Delmarva Peninsula to better meet our mission of improving the health of the communities we serve.”

The JHCRN directly addresses the many

Patient safety Continued from page 1 care right now than improving patient safety and the quality of health care. All of us acknowledge these imperatives, but few of us have taken the steps to formally erect a framework that will tackle these issues head on. The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality will allow us to use the best research methods and minds to develop the best practical tools, which we can share with our colleagues all over.”

“I believe that everything we do at Johns Hopkins Medicine—research, education, clinical practice, hospital care—is driven by our priority and focus on patients,” Armstrong said. “We have been making excellent progress on patient safety and quality, but we can do better. We must take our patient safety research and results to the next level, to be the best.”

The Armstrong Institute will oversee all current patient safety and quality efforts throughout Johns Hopkins Medicine. It is designed to rigorously apply scientific principles to the study of safety for the benefit of all patients, not just those at Johns Hopkins.

The focus will be on eliminating preventable harm for patients, abolishing health disparities, ensuring clinical excellence and creating a culture that values collaboration, accountability and organizational learning.

Johns Hopkins will serve as a learning laboratory to test the best that its researchers have to offer in the fields of patient safety and quality improvement.

More than a decade ago, the Institute of Medicine published a landmark report, “To Err Is Human,” in which it identified patient safety as a significant nationwide problem and stated that efforts to address this problem should focus on systems and not providers. Despite this, there is little evidence to suggest that safety has improved as a result of this report.

American Hospital Association statistics show that at least 44,000 and perhaps as many as 98,000 Americans die in hospitals every year due to medical errors. And so many more deaths are preventable, with 100,000 patients dying annually from health care–acquired infections, roughly 800,000

complexities of conducting multisite and multi-institutional trials by providing investigators with a larger patient pool and a seamless platform that uses common research protocols. The goal of the network is to speed the approval of new trials while ensuring careful oversight of patient safety. Rapid start-up and timely completion of research studies, aided by more local access to clinical trials, will make promising therapies available for patient use more quickly.

Naleppa added that PRMC anticipates that its affiliation with the JHCRN will serve as a catalyst to attract physicians to the Delmarva Peninsula in select specialties where shortages currently exist. “The pool of new medical school graduates any hospital can draw from is very limited to begin with,” she said. “The nation’s best new physicians are looking to join those hospitals that provide them the best opportunity to not only advance their skills but also contribute through cutting-edge research. Being a part of the elite Hopkins Research Network provides that to us and to them.”

PRMC also anticipates, she said, the future creation of a Peninsula Regional Medical Center Research Institute.

Adrian Dobs, JHCRN deputy director and vice chair of the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins, noted that “we are delighted that Peninsula Regional Medical Center has joined us in this important initiative to combine our research strengths for the improvement of health of the citizens in our region.”

Initially, JHCRN focused on expanding cancer-related clinical trials, including medical, surgical and radiation therapy aspects of treatment. It soon expanded to the development of diabetes and surgical studies. Future collaborations will include a wide range of research areas, including pediatrics; inten-

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The institute is funded by a $10 million gift from C. Michael Armstrong.

from diagnostic errors and thousands more due to communications and teamwork errors. All of this harm is avoidable.

“Donations like Mike Armstrong’s are vital, as patient safety research is significantly underfunded,” Miller said. “For every dollar the U.S. government spends on research, 98 cents is spent on finding new genes and new drugs, while only two pennies go to safety and quality initiatives.”

Armstrong has long been a great friend of and benefactor to Johns Hopkins. The Anne and Mike Armstrong Medical Education Building—the centerpiece of a revolutionary new medical school curriculum—could not have been built without a $20 million gift from the Armstrongs. The state-of-theart facility opened in 2009.

Armstrong also has endowed a professorship in medicine.

He chairs not only the Johns Hopkins Medicine board of trustees but the boards of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Health System. He has served on the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins Medicine since its inception in 1996 and is a past chair of the Johns Hopkins Medicine board of visitors. He is also vice chair of The Johns Hopkins University board of trustees.

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The JHCRN is a program of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, part of a national consortium aimed at transforming how clinical and translational research is conducted at academic health centers around the country.

“This level of collaboration between an academic medical center and communitybased research institutions is unprecedented in the region and is bringing a wide array of benefits to both patients and investigators,” said Daniel E. Ford, vice dean for clinical investigation for Johns Hopkins Medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.

The JHCRN is developing new and improved tools for analyzing research data and managing clinical trials, supporting outreach to underserved populations, working with local community and advocacy organizations and health care providers, and forging new collaborations with private and public health care organizations.

Network researchers from participating hospitals use a centralized data system to coordinate information from diverse information technology and electronic medical record sources. Clinical research methodologies, data management, research reporting documentation, patient consent forms, and quality and safety control criteria are standardized for each protocol. “With this uniformity, network hospitals can better develop and coordinate their own clinical research activities or joint clinical trials with other JHCRN institutions,” Ford said.

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he oral antifungal drug itraconazole, most commonly used to treat nail fungus, may keep prostate cancer from worsening and delay the need for chemotherapy in men with advanced disease.

Details of the finding, from a clinical trial led by Johns Hopkins experts, were presented June 4 at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.

Currently, the drug is approved to treat fungal infections in nails and other organs.

Serious side effects can include heart failure,

and Johns Hopkins experts caution that itraconazole needs further study before it can be considered for prostate cancer treatment.

Identified as a potential anticancer drug after Johns Hopkins scientists scoured a database of more than 3,000 FDA-approved drugs, itraconazole appears to block tumor blood vessel growth—the only drug in its class to do so—much like the anticancer drug bevacizumab (Avastin).

The antifungal also disrupts a key cancerinitiating biological pathway called Hedgehog. Laboratory testing by Johns Hopkins scientist Jun Liu has shown that human prostate tumors implanted in mice shrink when treated with itraconazole.

CHECK: Ryan Scott makes his move at the eighth annual Baltimore City Chess Tournament, held May 24 at Homewood’s Glass Pavilion. The fourth-grader from Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School joined 148 other elementary school students from 38 city schools in the event, which was hosted by Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youth.

“The most effective therapy we have right now for metastatic prostate cancer is hormone therapy, and when it doesn’t work, the next step is usually chemotherapy,” said Emmanuel Antonarakis, assistant professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. In a search for compounds that could put off chemotherapy, the Johns Hopkins team turned to itraconazole.

For the study, patients with prostate cancer that had spread to other organs and did not respond to hormone therapy were randomly assigned to receive low or high doses of itraconazole. Over 24 weeks of daily treatment with oral itraconazole, the investigators tracked the length of time for each patient’s prostate cancer to worsen (called progression-free survival). Evidence of worsening disease was measured by a 25 percent increase in their blood level of prostate specific antigen, a marker for prostate cancer.

Early in the trial, preliminary analysis of 17 men receiving low doses of itraconazole showed that only two of them (11.8 percent) had stable or declining PSA. Because of the limited response, no further men were given low doses of the drug.

However, 11 of 24 men (48.4 percent) taking high doses of itraconazole had stable or declining PSA levels lasting at least 24 weeks. In addition, nearly a third of men taking the high dose had PSA reductions of 30 percent or more. Metastatic prostate cancer patients receiving no treatment typically would worsen in eight to 12 weeks, according to Antonarakis.

The investigators also found that 12 of 14 men taking high doses of itraconazole had lower levels of circulating tumor cells present in their blood after therapy, compared with their baseline levels.

Seven patients experienced side effects, including low potassium, hypertension and fluid retention, but the problems were resolved with potassium replacement pills, anti-hypertension drugs and diuretics.

“We also tested whether itraconazole acted as hormone therapy by tracking levels of testosterone and DHEA (a testosterone derivative) in the blood, and we found no reductions of either testosterone or DHEA,” Antonarakis said. “This finding shows that itraconazole is not just another hormone therapy, and has a unique mechanism of action.”

Antonarakis and colleagues next plan to examine blood and skin samples taken from study participants, specifically to look for levels of proteins linked to tumor blood vessel formation and the Hedgehog pathway.

“With these results, we believe that highdose itraconazole is worth studying in a larger group of men with advanced prostate cancer,” Antonarakis said.

The clinical trial was funded by the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program, the Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research, the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, a 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award granted to Antonarakis and the National Cancer Institute.

In addition to Antonarakis, investigators participating in the research on behalf of the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium were Amanda Blackford, Serina King, Anja Frost, Seun Ajiboye, Sushant Kachhap, Michelle Rudek and Michael Carducci, all of Johns Hopkins; Elisabeth Heath, of the Karmanos Cancer Institute; David Smith, of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Dana Rathkopf and Daniel Danila, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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COURTESY OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

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The Undergraduate Teaching Lab and Biology Research Wing is shown at top.

Construction Continued from page 1 in May, but framing kicks into gear over the next few months. The work will limit access to the Krieger Hall and Maryland Hall loading docks, and the plaza between the library and learning commons will be closed for the majority of the summer. Access from The Beach to the Keyser Quad will now be on the library’s north side.

The Brody Learning Commons, scheduled to open in summer 2012, is a four-story facility designed to foster collaborative learning and will include a quiet reading room, 15 group study rooms, an atrium and cafe, and robust technology throughout. The building is named in honor of William Brody, the 13th president of the university, and his wife, Wendy.

Renovation work will continue in the Whiting School’s New Engineering Building, related to a new center dedicated to the study of the physics of cancer. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology were awarded a $14.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to launch the research center, aimed at unraveling the physical underpinnings that drive the growth and spread of cancer.

The New Engineering Building will feature new lab and office space dedicated to this effort. Work on the building’s ground floor began last summer and is scheduled for completion by mid-September. Construction on the second floor began in May and will continue through Aug. 19. The building’s roof will be replaced in August.

The renovations will reroute pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the area.

While a number of existing projects wind down or continue, two new major construction projects will get under way.

Notably, work on the new Undergraduate

Teaching Lab and Biology Research Wing kicks off this month, with a groundbreaking set for today. The 105,000-square-foot facility will complete the existing Mudd Hall, Levi Building, Biology East complex by closing off the open fourth side of the courtyard and will create a new face toward the Bufano Sculpture Garden to the north. The northern facade of the new facility will be entirely glazed to maximize views of the wooded hillside and allow ample daylight to enter the labs. A new enclosed student gathering spot with coffee bar—to be called Mudd Commons—will be created on the rooftop of the existing Mudd Hall lecture hall to serve as a focal point for interaction for the natural sciences community. The interior quad of the complex will feature rain gardens that provide natural treatment, control and absorption of storm water. Rain gardens will be created outside the complex as well.

Undergraduate teaching laboratories for Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience and Biophysics will take place on the lower three floors of the new building, with direct student access from both Mudd Commons and the new walkway to the east. The upper floor will accommodate Biology Department research and have lab space, meeting and seminar rooms, and faculty offices for seven principal investigator–led research groups.

The occupancy date for the facility is scheduled for summer 2013. While access to the Mudd complex loading dock will be maintained, the north end of the parking area outside of Levi will be closed for the duration of the project. Pedestrian traffic will be rerouted north of the construction area.

Construction also begins this month on the Cordish Lacrosse Center, a $10 million 14,000-square-foot facility being built at Homewood Field’s east end as a new home for the men’s and women’s lacrosse programs.

The first facility of its kind, the Cordish Center will house locker rooms and coaches’ offices for the men’s and women’s teams, a 50-person theater, a conference room,

The glazed facade of the new facility overlooks the Bufano Sculpture Garden.

an academic center and a training room.

A reception area on the second floor will lead to a patio overlooking the field that can be used for receptions and for game day spectators. On the field level, exhibits will chronicle the history of both programs.

The center is named for David Cordish, chairman of the Cordish Cos., a 1960 Johns Hopkins graduate, three-year lacrosse player and lead donor to the project. Completion is slated for spring 2012. While the exact site logistics are still being determined, it is anticipated that access to the campus through the North Gate will be maintained.

Also in June, renovation begins on Macaulay Hall’s basement. A utility shutdown in the building will be required but will be coordinated with the occupants.

Last month, Shaffer Hall closed for renovation and will remain offline until late August. The work inside includes air handling unit replacement, complete renovation of the second and fourth floors, and minor reconfiguration of the ground- and third-floor classrooms. The work will temporarily reroute pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the building area.

The Levering Hall dining area will be closed for the summer while it receives a cosmetic upgrade that includes new lighting, flooring and seating.

The ongoing renovation to Dunning Hall’s third and fourth floors will be completed by the end of June. The building’s elevator will be modernized and out of service during the months of June and July.

Garland Hall will undergo a minor renovation and reconfiguration of the first, second and third floors in July and August. The building will remain occupied, however, and construction coordinated with the occupants.

A section of the Johns Hopkins Club roof will be replaced this summer, and it’s likely that a few spaces on the top level of the adjacent garage will be utilized for staging.

In July, enlargement of the Bloomberg

Hall computer server room will be completed. The work will require some utility shutdowns within the building, to be scheduled in advance.

The second floor of the Homewood Apartments will be renovated to create new Health and Wellness and Counseling centers. The project is scheduled for completion later this month, with the centers to relocate there in July.

AMR I will be closed for the summer as miscellaneous infrastructure upgrades are being completed. The offices for the campus food service provider, Aramark, will be temporarily relocated to the Homewood Annex, located on 3003 N. Charles St. Jody Latimer, director of Design and Construction for the Homewood Office of Facilities Management, said that like last summer, Homewood will bristle with construction crews.

“There will be a very high level of construction the next few months, especially with groundbreaking on two major projects,” she said.

Latimer said that the most significant “pedestrian bottleneck” will be on the south end of the campus near the Brody Learning Commons, and that large cranes will be associated with that building and the New Engineering Building and Shaffer Hall projects.

She said the majority of the “real noisy work” will be done prior to 9 a.m., although work will continue through the workday.

In addition, as part of the Charles Street reconstruction project announced earlier this spring, BGE will replace the gas main in the southbound lanes of Charles Street between 28th Street and University Parkway. This work is slated to begin in June and continue through the fall. BGE plans to maintain traffic along Charles Street utilizing steel plates in the work areas. There may be periodic outages in JHU facilities as service is being moved from the old main pipe to the new pipe. G

First cohort completes Racism, Immigration and Citizenship course B y K at e P i p k i n

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he first cohort of students enrolled in a new academic concentration called Racism, Immigration and Citizenship has just completed its course of study. Created in 2007 under the umbrella of the Center for Africana Studies, this interdisciplinary program explores the complex interactions of three topics that are traditionally studied individually.

On May 10, Michael Hanchard, a professor in the Department of Political Science and co-director of the RIC program, awarded certificates of completion to 18 undergraduate and seven graduate students. The RIC concentration is rooted in the field of gradu-

ate-level comparative politics but is designed to attract undergraduates from other fields within the Political Science Department, as well as students from other disciplines who take political science classes as electives, expanding the range of options for both political science majors and nonmajors.

“Our hope for this program is that it will help shape the career paths of our students,” said Erin Chung, the Charles D. Miller Professor in the Department of Political Science and co-director of the RIC concentration.

According to Hanchard, racism, immigration and citizenship are independent but overlapping processes. He says that studying their interaction is key to understanding politics and culture in contemporary societies.

Daisy Kim, a graduate student and a

Fulbright scholar, agrees. “The courses I’ve taken in the concentration have helped me broaden my theoretical and historical perspective and think about the implications of migration and the myriad ways migration is shaped by racism and citizenship and vice versa,” she said.

Kim is researching the increase in the number of women from China and Southeast Asia who migrate to South Korea for marriage and settlement. She credits her course work in the RIC concentration with contributing “immensely to my growth as a budding scholar.”

Other topics that graduate students in the program are currently researching include immigrant labor in the U.S. Gulf region, the expulsion of the Roma in France and intercultural adoptions in Japan and Korea.

Graduate student Meghan Luhman says that the RIC course of study has given her the tools to “think about how immigration and deportation policies intersect with ideas about national belonging and race.”

Claire Cravero, who received her degree on May 26, says that the program gave her “a whole new perspective on my studies.”

An international studies major, Cravero is heading to West Africa to work on health projects with the Peace Corps.

Lester Spence, an assistant professor in the Political Science Department, who teaches several courses in the concentration, said, “The RIC program leads students to careers where they can talk about these issues. It brings a certain type of knowledge to the world which might otherwise get swept under the carpet.”

8 THE GAZETTE • June 6, 2011

JHM, Walgreens to collaborate on population-based research

By Gary Stephenson

CHARLES BECKMAN

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Bologna Director Kenneth Keller, center, and academic and student affairs coordinator Veronica Pye, right, with some of the laurel wreath-wearing graduates.

SAIS Bologna celebrates grads B y O d e t t e B o ya R e s ta

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n May 28, a cloudless sunlit Saturday morning in Bologna, Italy, the SAIS Bologna Center Class of 2011, parents, friends, faculty and staff gathered in the center’s auditorium for the annual commencement ceremony.

Remarks were made by Kenneth H. Keller, director of the center and professor of science and technology policy, and Erik Jones, professor of European studies, who spoke about “What to Expect in the Next 20 Years (and More): A Retrospective View.”

In accordance with tradition, C. Grove Haines Awards in European Studies, International Relations and International Economics were presented to three students— Christina Politi of Greece, Martin Ross of Canada and Annabel Lee of the United States, respectively—for their superb work in these academic disciplines.

Students who completed their degrees this spring in Bologna received special recognition. PhD student Robert Shum of Canada,

MAIA students Valeria Calderoni of Italy and Anna Fritzsche of Germany, MA student Daniel McCleary of the United States and MIPP students Erland Pison of Belgium and Christoph von Toggenburg of Switzerland were adorned with laurel wreaths, an ancient symbol used to celebrate graduates’ hard work and accomplishments.

The Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award for SAIS is awarded each year at the Bologna Center, based on a student vote conducted at the end of the academic year. This year two professors claimed the honor. Arna Hartmann, adjunct professor of international development and consultant to the Brookings Institution, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and Fabrizio Jacobellis, adjunct professor of international economics and senior manager in the Department of Economics at Ernst & Young in London, were the students’ pick this year. In true Bolognese fashion, the ceremony was followed by an elegant lunch on the Robert J. Abernethy Terrace for the nearly 300 people present to honor the Class of 2011 and send them off into the world with their stomachs, minds and spirits full.

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ohns Hopkins Medicine and Walgreens have entered into a wide-ranging agreement designed to promote collaboration on population-based research and to jointly review and develop protocols to improve outcomes of patients with chronic diseases.

In addition, JHM and Walgreens will explore together the development of new models for improving care for individuals. This will include the creation of new educational and training programs for Walgreens’ 70,000 health care service providers.

The agreement provides JHM with the opportunity to develop innovative population-based research ideas with a nationwide industry leader that is committed to improving health care outcomes and possesses advanced data systems and a large patient base, prerequisites for such large-scale studies. As part of a commitment to patient privacy, all patient information used for these studies will be anonymous.

JHM has for years provided its expertise to the health care industry and to corporations seeking to improve the care and outcomes of their patients or employees.

For example, JHM’s Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care has been creating new models of health care delivery that improve patient safety, quality and efficiency at Johns Hopkins and in hundreds of hospitals in the United States and around the world.

“By collaborating with Johns Hopkins Medicine, we will access some of the best expertise in health care to develop research, protocols and training programs designed to improve patient outcomes through our nationwide network of accessible community pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physicians and other clinicians,” said Kermit Crawford, Walgreens president of pharmacy, health and wellness.

Fred Brancati, professor of medicine and director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said, “Improving the care of people with chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, obesity, high blood pres-

Debra Mathews named Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar in Bioethics

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sure and heart disease is a central goal of health professionals, health systems and U.S. policymakers.

“It makes sense medically, and under health care reform, it makes sense financially, too,” Brancati said. “It’s a part of the Hopkins mission that Walgreens can help us advance. Combining our clinical expertise and research know-how with their nationwide resources—including pharmacies, clinics, worksite health centers, information systems and 70,000 health care service providers—will generate new approaches to improve population health.”

According to Patricia Brown, president of Johns Hopkins HealthCare, “With its large patient and client base, sophisticated IT infrastructure and commitment to improving health care outcomes for its patients, Walgreens provides us with a unique opportunity to conduct large-scale population-based research. It also affords us the chance to augment Walgreens’ existing quality and education programs to enhance care and outcomes for a very large number of people.”

Specifically, the agreement sets up opportunities for: • Research programs. In conjunction with the current Walgreens research team, JHM experts will develop new ideas for research in disease management, screening and prevention that they will spin off into proposals for funding.

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• Professional training. By leveraging the capabilities within JHM in the areas of onsite and distance education for physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, technicians, pharmacists and others, JHM hopes to develop a comprehensive program to expand and enhance the ongoing training of the professionals within the Walgreens network.

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Mathews, also an assistant professor of pediatrics in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will begin her research this summer, focusing on ethical issues raised by implantable brain-interfacing devices that are used to treat disorders of movement and mood—devices ranging from cochlear implants and prosthetic limbs to deep-brain stimulation.

The first phase of her project will be to collect data, via qualitative empirical methods, on the experiences and views of deep-brain stimulation clinicians and scientists, as well as the views of patients and caregivers. Mathews will then develop an ethical framework for this class of emerging technologies that could be used to guide practice, policy and research.

The Greenwall Foundation program is designed to allow junior faculty to carry out original research on policy and moral dilemmas at the intersection of ethics and the life sciences, supporting their work over three years. Based in New York City, the foundation is one of the leading independent supporters of bioethics scholarship.

Mathews is a core faculty member at the Berman Institute. She focuses on the intersection of science, public policy and society, specifically in areas of neuroscience, emerging technologies and stem cell research.

—Michael Pena

June 6, 2011 • THE GAZETTE

Off they go Continued from page 1 In his opening, Daniels discussed the demands heaped upon Johns Hopkins students, who live in “the relentless pursuit of excellence.”

“Where else could you find a student body that took such sheer, some would say perverse, delight in the totally unreasonable workloads inflicted upon you by the faculty?” said Daniels, whose question was followed by a round of laughter from the audience. He then told the story of his first day on campus, when he overheard a group of undergraduates discussing the highlight of their week—organic chemistry. “And there was no sarcasm,” he joked.

But Johns Hopkins students, he said, were able to meet these demands and still maintain a social life filled with sports, cultural pursuits and volunteer service.

“You get us,” he said. “While Johns Hopkins is about excellence, it is very much about humanity. I have seen this firsthand in the dizzying array of community activities that you did while you were here: mentoring of underprivileged children, tutoring

Zakaria sounded notes of optimism when discussing the world that the graduates were about to venture into. In a growing chorus of gloom and anxiety about the economy, terrorism and war, Zakaria said he sees a world that “isn’t that bad.”

He cited a world with diminishing poverty, fewer civil wars, sprouting democracies and increased cooperation.

“You are living in remarkably peaceful times,” he said. “You don’t have the great kind of power rivalry that dominated the world for hundreds of years and precipitated war after war.”

He referenced what he calls the “rising of the rest,” the growing number of nations who have joined the world economy and found paths to political stability. “The most dramatic result of this has been in China, where we’ve seen a quadrupling of the average Chinese income,” he said. “But similar gains can be found among the people of India and South Africa, and large parts of Latin America.”

He spoke about what he sees as a brave new imperfect world.

“I won’t deny that there are great problems that we face,” he said. “But I also think that there is an extraordinary human response to these problems that we always forget about.

We have seen that human beings, human

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President Daniels thanks gift chairs Samuel Lichtenstein and Max Dworin for the senior class gift of almost $18,000.

inmates, counseling adults and administering to those suffering wretched illness. You understood. You embraced the idea that excellence without humanity is void of true and enduring meaning. You understand what at our core we are about.”

Daniels said that this call to humanity will “echo in your hearts and minds throughout the rest of your lives.

“Class of 2011,” he said. “Our work is done. Yours is just beginning. I know you will make us proud.”

Joshua Ayal, senior class president, used his remarks to reflect on how his fellow graduates got to this point. Ayal praised the roles of parents and family, and spoke of the special bond the class had formed, living through good times and bad.

“I, for one, can stand here today and say that every single one of us would not be here had it not been for the love, help and support of at least one other person in the audience,” he said. “We have all faltered, but as a class we took on each obstacle as it came, only to recognize once more that our capacity to persevere may well be limitless.

We now leave this fine institution equipped with the pride of our parents, the faith of our friends and the knowledge that we have it within our power to face whatever comes our way.”

Ayal then introduced Zakaria, who hosts CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and also serves as editor at large for Time magazine and as a columnist for The Washington Post.

ingenuity, technology and invention always triumph, and we find a way to have a better life for ourselves and our children. You will face particular challenges, a world with extraordinary competition where technology is operating at warp speed and other countries are beginning to do things that the United States has done well. But this is surely a better challenge to have than our predecessors faced, such as the rise of communism, Nazism and world wars. What you are now about to do is create a peaceful and prosperous world where everyone can participate, and the fruits of this prosperity can be shared in a global fashion.”

The ceremony recognized the new members of the Society of Scholars—former postdoctoral fellows, postdoctoral degree recipients, house staff and junior or visiting faculty who have served at least a year at Johns Hopkins and thereafter gained marked distinction elsewhere in their fields of physical, biological, medical, social or engineering sciences or in the humanities and for whom at least five years have elapsed since their last Johns Hopkins affiliation.

Honorary degrees were awarded to Zakaria; C. Michael Armstrong, who will conclude his six-year tenure as chairman of Johns Hopkins Medicine at the end of June; novelist John Barth, professor emeritus in the Krieger School’s Writing Seminars; Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; David M. Serwadda, a physician and pioneering

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Members of the Class of 2011 celebrate their achievement.

researcher of AIDS and its transmission; and David Simon, author and writer/producer of NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street and HBO’s The Wire and Treme.

Toward the end of the ceremony, families and friends sought to load up on water and seek shade.

Steve Jampol used the time after his son walked on stage to scout out the perfect spot to meet him and shoot some more video.

Russell Jampol, a chemical and biomolecular engineering major, was graduating at age 20 with honors.

“We are really proud of our son. He has been a fantastic student and just a great kid,” Steve Jampol said. “We are just really excited. I just wish my father was alive to see this.”

Eric Brodie, who graduated with a degree in applied math and statistics, got caught in a slight snafu on stage and had his name announced twice. His name was first called before officials realized that some more nurs-

ing students needed to be called on stage. He then got a do-over.

Brodie said he just made the most of the moment, almost moonwalking his way back to the on-stage handshaker.

“I’m really happy. I’m ready to go conquer the world,” said Brodie, who couldn’t stop grinning.

Brodie’s mother was equally all smiles.

“I’m elated,” said Susan Brodie, who relished being out of the heat. Her trick during the ceremony was to stand in the shade underneath the stands.

Elizabeth Martinez, a graduate with a mechanical engineering degree, pretty much summed up the mood of the students following the ceremony.”

“I feel good. I’m really excited. I’m just really hot right now,” Martinez said with a laugh. “I can’t wait to get out of these robes.”

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Seven MacArthur Fellows to inaugurate new speaker series

By Gary Stephenson

Johns Hopkins Medicine

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even recipients of MacArthur “genius” fellowships—all from the Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia region—will kick off the first Johns Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series, to be hosted on the East Baltimore campus. The theme for the event, to be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today, June 6, in the Anne and Mike Armstrong Medical Education Building, is communication, particularly how creative and public intellectuals talk about and interest their peers, policymakers and the general public in their ideas and work. Neither tickets nor reservations are required to attend.

Speakers plan to discuss how the art and science of communication play an important role across their disciplines and how creative experts can engage the public and promote understanding of their interests within and beyond their fields. Event organizers launched the series, they say, to inspire

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he newest wave in artisan drinks— the craft spirits movement—comes to Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Museum on Friday, June 10, with potent shots of vodkas, whiskeys and heritage liqueurs made by modern American micro-distillers who are resurrecting pre-Prohibition traditional techniques and recipes using locally sourced ingredients.

Guests at Evening of Traditional Beverages: Homegrown Spirits will discover how spirits were made 200 years ago from Dennis Pogue, chief historian at Mount Vernon, where George Washington’s own spirit recipes have been recently re-created; enjoy

craft spirits, cocktails and appetizer pairings; bid on one-of-a-kind items in a silent auction; and meet and mingle with distillers.

Proceeds will benefit Homewood Museum’s exhibitions and educational programming.

The 15th annual Traditional Beverages event takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Homewood Museum’s lawn or, in the event of rain, Levering’s Great Hall. Tickets (must be 21 or over) are $40/$30 for members and are taxdeductible over $15. Space is limited, and reservations are requested by Wednesday, June 8, online at www.brownpapertickets .com/event/171923 or by calling 410-5165589.

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Piano tuning. $70-$120 (depending on how much out of tune). 410-209-0326 or thebirdcage@gmail.com.

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lively exchange and creative collaboration by gathering the brightest minds of our society in one room for one special evening.

The participating MacArthur Fellows are Marin Alsop, conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Lisa Cooper, an internist and epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins; Ruth DeFries, an environmental geographer at the University of Maryland; Janine Jagger, an epidemiologist at the University of Virginia; Liz Lerman, a choreographer and founder of Dance Exchange; Peter Pronovost, a patient safety expert at Johns Hopkins; and Adam Riess, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins.

The panel discussion, followed by a question-and-answer session, will be chaired by Atul Nakhasi, a first-year Johns Hopkins medical student and chairperson of the series.

Joann Rodgers, a veteran science journalist and senior communications adviser to the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, is the moderator.

The event concludes with a reception.

Homegrown spirits on tap at Homewood Museum event

Mother of 2 kids ages 5 and 8 offers babysitting on PT basis, clean, safe, loving environment, reasonable rates. shaylean@gmail .com.

This is a partial listing of jobs currently available. A complete list with descriptions can be found on the Web at jobs.jhu.edu.

B O A R D

Masterpiece Landscaping: knowledgeable, experienced individual, on-site consultation, transplanting, bed preparation, installation, sm tree and shrub shaping; licensed.

Terry, 410-652-3446.

Great photos! Headshots for interviews, auditions, family pics, production shots, weddings, events. Edward S Davis photography and videography. 443-695-9988 or esdavisimaging@gmail.com.

Would you like to play indoor tennis this summer on a Johns Hopkins team? Tuesday evenings, June through August, men’s, women’s, mixed doubles, approx 3.0-4.0 level. Peter Barker, pbbark@gmail.com.

M resident assistants needed to supervise 100 high school students for 1-wk camp at Homewood campus, July 22-29. skh9701@ gmail.com.

Clarinet/piano lessons by Peabody clarinet master’s student, avail throughout the sum-

Mama, do you want your body back? Eightweek weight loss and fitness program, proven results. blorinc@gmail.com.

Licensed landscaper avail for spring/summer lawn maintenance, yd cleanup, other services incl’d fall/winter leaf and snow removal, trash hauling. Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-812-6090 or romilacapers@ comcast.net.

Tutor for all subjects/levels; remedial and gifted; also help w/college counseling, speech and essay writing, editing, proofreading. 410-337-9877 (after 8pm) or i1__@ hotmail.com.

Affordable and professional landscaper/ certified horticulturist available to maintain existing gardens, also designing, planting or masonry; free consultations. David, 410-683-7373 or grogan.family@hotmail .com.

Mobile detailing and power wash service.

Jason, 443-421-3659.

Need help with your JHU retirement plan investments portfolio? Free consultation.

410-435-5939 or treilly1@aol.com.

Friday Night Swing Dance Club, open to public, great bands, no partners necessary.

410-663-0010 or www.fridaynightswing.com.

Working, high-energy dance band needs lead vocalist who can also play guitar. seekingguitarist@hotmail.com.

June 6, 2011 • THE GAZETTE

Classifieds APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT

Bayview, 3BR, 2BA house, W/D, CAC, fin’d bsmt, sec dep and refs req’d; must see.

410-633-2064 or 443-600-8037.

Bayview, efficiency apt mins to JH Bayview campus. $400/mo + utils (or best offer).

443-386-9146 or lcmbfan@yahoo.com.

Bayview, rehabbed 3BR, 2BA RH, hdwd flrs, ceramic, granite, Kohler fixtures, prkng for 2. $1,450/mo. George, 410-529-9644.

Belvedere, beautifully renov’d 3BR, 2BA TH w/fin’d bsmt, avail July 1, email for pics. $1,650/mo (furn’d) or $1,500/mo (unfurn’d).

410-929-6008 or belvedererental@gmail .com (for pics).

Bolton Hill, 3BR Victorian brownstone, 3 full BAs, 1 half-BA, 2 kitchens, upgraded appls, W/D, top flr deck off master BR, hdwd flrs, backyd, prkng in rear, on quiet, cobbled street w/gazebo, email to request pics, arrange viewing. $1,910/mo. tymbuk2@ gmail.com.

Butchers Hill, beautifully remodeled 3-story house w/rooftop deck, three 1BR suites, 3.5BAs, kitchen, W/D, dw, sec sys, avail July 1. $2,399/mo. Sharon, 443-695-9073.

Canton, fully renov’d 2BR, 2.5BA RH, stainless steel appls, granite, W/D, CAC, patio, pref nonsmoker, pets OK. $1,650/ mo + utils. 703-868-6810 or sofiashea@ hotmail.com.

Charles Village apt avail for August/September occupancy. $975/mo (2BR) and $1,350/ mo (3BR). 443-253-2113 or pulimood@ aol.com.

Charles Village (Charles and University), sunny 1BR studio apt next to JHMI shuttle, AC, storage, laundry, avail August 1. $650/ mo. 443-540-1540 or charlesvillage1br@ gmail.com.

Cockeysville, 4BR, 2.5BA single-family house, hdwd flrs, deck, 1-car garage, great schools (Dulaney/Cockeysville/Warren), avail July 15. $2,100/mo + utils. 443-7682399 or gongjp1@hotmail.com.

Cross Keys, top-level, renov’d 2BR, 2BA condo, updated HVAC, beautiful new kitchen and BAs, laundry in unit. $1,575/ mo. 301-906-8194.

Deep Creek Lake/Wisp, cozy 2BR cabin w/full kitchen, call for wkly/wknd rentals, pics avail at jzpics@yahoo.com. 410-6389417.

Eastwood (6904 Eastbrook Ave), beautiful, renov’d 2BR, 1.5BA house nr Bayview. $1,195/mo. 443-570-5492 or dave918@ gmail.com.

Ellicott City, 5BR, 3.5BA single-family house, 3,104 sq ft, 42" kitchen cabinets w/ Corian countertops, full backsplash, fin’d bsmt, nr #1 Centennial schools. 443-2575136 or pakshree@hotmail.com.

Ellicott City, furn’d 3BR EOG TH in safe, kid-friendly neighborhood, 2 full BAs, 1 half-BA, upgraded kitchen, CAC, dw, hdwd flrs, cable-ready, no pets, 1-yr lease (we pref long-term). $2,200/mo + sec dep ($2,000).

443-416-7254 or ychai8@gmail.com.

Federal Hill, 2BR, 2.5BA RH, many upgrades, new CAC, decks w/water views,

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plenty of prkng, avail July 1. $1,800/mo.

410-340-0146 or scitanium@gmail.com.

Fells Point (Jefferson Court), 2BR, 2.5BA TH, hdwd flrs, W/D, CAC, rear yd, offstreet prkng incl’d, steps to medical campus, avail June 1. $1,200/mo + utils. drniabanks@ gmail.com.

Hampden, 2BR, 1BA TH, CAC, modern kitchen, W/D, storage, 5 mins to JHU Homewood campus. $1,100/mo + utils. 410366-4635.

Homewood, lg 1BR condo, dw, W/D, dining rm/office, prkng, avail July 1. $1,100/mo. 410235-2190 or csokolom1989@yahoo.com.

Mt Vernon, 2BR, 1.5BA TH in quiet gated community, W/D, dw, CAC, hdwd flrs, front patio, prkng space in rear, 7- to 10-min drive to JHH/SPH, 5-min walk to Hopkins shuttle; email for pics and to arrange viewing. $1,800/mo. dradri23@gmail.com.

Mt Vernon, 2BR, 2BA luxury condo, 21st flr w/amazing views. 1101.st.paul@gmail.com or http://tinyurl.com/3p2aqdb.

Mt Vernon, sublet 1BR, 1BA apt, avail June-August, walk to Hopkins shuttle, CAC, furniture incl’d, no smokers/no pets. erin.mead@gmail.com.

Ocean City (120th St), 2BR, 2BA condo, sleeps 6, immaculate, new appls/living rm furniture, enclos’d courtyd, 2 blks to beach, indoor/outdoor pools, tennis, racketball. 410992-7867 or joel.alan.weiner@gmail.com.

Ocean City, Md (137th St), 3BR, 2BA condo, ocean block, steps from beach, offstreet prkng (2 spaces), swimming pool, walk to restaurants/entertainment. 410-544-2814.

Old Catonsville, 5BR, 3BBA house, 2,100 sq ft, completely renov’d, garage. Mike or Wendy, 410-274-6670.

Orlando, FL, 1BR, 1BA timeshare, sleeps 4, fully equipped. $400/wk. 646-441-1534 (afternoons).

Remington (Lil Garden Paradise), adorable 2BR, 1.5BA apt steps from Homewood campus. $1,200/mo. Alonzo, 443-683-3023 or adljr@comcast.net.

Roland Park, lg 1BR corner apt w/views, secure bldg, elevator, big closets. $1,150/mo incl AC, prkng, swimming pool. 240-4419096 or aazm2@yahoo.com.

Towson, 3BR, 2BA EOG TH, off-street prkng (2 pads), deck, 15 mins to downtown Baltimore/Hopkins campus. $1,400/ mo. 443-255-4954 or 410-817-4945.

Tuscany/Canterbury, spacious, safe 2BR, 1BA apt across the street from JHU, nr JHU/Union Memorial Hospital/Loyola, full kitchen, living rm, dining rm, sunrm, hdwd flrs, no smoking/no pets, W/D on premises, prkng avail. $1,700/mo. 213-550-6689.

Wyman Park/Hampden, 3BR TH, 2 full BAs, renov’d kitchen and BAs, hdwd flrs, garden/ patio, walk to supermarket/drugstore, park, multiple trails for running/walking/biking, walk to Homewood, 10-min drive to JHMI. 301-807-6111 or lindgrec@gmail.com.

33rd St (nr Giant), RH avail for the summer, on a temporary basis or monthly, furn’d or unfurn’d. 917-553-6461.

1BR condo in quiet neighborhood, close to JHU campus. $950/mo. 443-857-0529 or christineepps0@msn.com.

HICKORY HEIGHTS WYMAN COURT HFS! Federal Hill -“The hip side of Just Renovated! A lovely hilltop setting on the Harbor” newly renov. 3BR 2.5BA,

Beech Ave. adj. to JHU!

Studios - $595 - $630 1 BD Apts. - $710-740 2 BD from $795

Hickory Avenue in Hampden!

2 BD units from $750 w/Balcony - $785!

Shown by appointment - 410-764-7776 www.BrooksManagementCompany.com

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perfect for post-doc fellows - live in Penthouse and rent the other BRS! Priced below market! Photos/info: https://sites.google.com/site/ thebaltimoreresidence/home or email mhholding@verizon.net

Beautiful, spacious 3BR, 2BA condo w/ garage, great location, walk to Homewood campus. $1,800/mo. 443-848-6392 or sue .rzep2@verizon.net.

Luxury 1BR condo in high-rise nr Guilford/ JHU, secure bldg w/doorman, W/D, CAC/ heat, swimming pool, gym, underground prkng available. $1,200/mo. 757-773-7830 or norva04@gmail.com.

HOUSES FOR SALE

Bolton Hill, renov’d 2BR, 2BA carriage house, stainless steel appls, Silestone counters, huge master closet, CAC, close to JHU shuttle. $249,000. 410-456-9084.

Catonsville, 4BR, 3BA house. $355,000.

443-253-6641, n.agopian@gmail.com or www.postlets.com/repb/5630802.

Catonsville/Violetville, beautiful, totally rehabbed RH in quiet neighborhood, 2 spacious BRs, 2BAs, hdwd flrs, new appls, fin’d lower level, 15 mins to JHH, walk to St Agnes Hospital. $130,000 (or rent to own). Jan, 410-456-2565 or janetmargaret@ verizon.net.

Gardens of Guilford, lg, newly renov’d 2BR, 2BA condo in elegant setting, easy walk to Homewood campus. 410-366-1066.

Gardenville, 3BR, 1.5BA RH in quiet neighborhood, new kitchen and BA, CAC, hdwd flrs, club bsmt w/cedar closet, fenced maintenance-free yd and carport, 15 mins to JHH. $139,500. 443-610-0236 or tziporachai@juno.com.

Remington (2717 Atkinson), 3BR house w/updated BA, tankless H2O, remodeled kitchen, 10-min walk to Homewood campus. 410-935-3642.

903 University Pkwy, 2BR condo in quiet bldg, clean, freshly painted, W/D, CAC/ heat, garage. $141,000. 410-371-3473 or quarkhitch@gmail.com.

3402 Mt Pleasant Ave, completely rehabbed house close to all Johns Hopkins, just for the prof’l. $165,900. Pitina, 410-900-7436 or www.cbmove.com.

kitchen, no living rm. 443-269-8463 or 410383-2876 (for appointment for viewing).

F wanted for furn’d rm and priv BA in 2BR, 2BA Guilford condo, gym, sauna, swimming pool, front desk, 24-hr security desk, fantastic view, walk to Homewood campus/ shuttle. $1,000/mo incl all utils. 443-8313374 or monanoureldin@hotmail.com.

1BR in furn’d 3BR, 2BA apt in Fells Point, W/D, free Internet access, quiet street, best neighborhood, close to everything, free shuttle to SoM. $350/mo to $400/mo + utils. xzhan45@gmail.com.

Two needed for 3BR, 3.5BA Canton TH, close to square, 2 decks, prkng avail, avail July 1, must see. $850- $875/mo + 1/3 utils. kellinmd@yahoo.com.

1 or 2 BRs in 3BR TH in Owings Mills, W/D, dw, Internet, quiet neighborhood, 10 mins to metro. $500-$750/mo + 1/2 utils.

443-841-2098 or gjhoward@gmail.com.

Efficiency/studio w/priv entrance across from JHMI, kitchen, BA, W/D in unit, fully fenced yd, share w/JHU grad students. 410680-6971 or happyhut4u@yahoo.com.

Nonsmoker wanted for furn’d rm in 3BR single-family house in Hamilton neighborhood, avail June-August, house has W/D, dw, off-street prkng, mins to Homewood/ JHMI by car, conv to bus routes #44 and #19. amoon@mica.edu.

Share 2BR apt in Mt Vernon, you get your own flr, share W/D and kitchen, 1 blk to Subway and Superfresh, free WiFi. $495/mo + utils. dswanke1@gmail.com.

F nonsmoker wanted for 2BR, 1BA apt, 3rd flr, W/D, dw, hdwd flrs. $675/mo + 1/2 utils and cable/Internet. joyt1775@gmail.com.

F grad student/prof’l wanted to share 2BR, 1BA Charles Village apt w/30-yr-old F, 3 blks from JHU campus, 1-yr lease. $475/mo + utils. 706-799-0836.

CARS FOR SALE

’05 Subaru Forester X, automatic, silver, original owner, very good cond, 100K mi. $10,000. 410-833-5781.

ROOMMATES WANTED

JHU grad student wanted to sublet 1BR in fully furn’d 2BR apt, own BA/shower, sep kitchen, balcony, laundry rm, in safe neighborhood (W 39th St), avail June 16-August 18 (flexible), share w/quiet F nonsmoker. $605/mo + utils (negot). 845-240-5182.

924 N Broadway, refurbished 4BR TH, share w/med students, 2 full BAs, CAC, W/D, dw, w/w crpt, 1-min walk to JHMI. gretrieval@aol.com.

F nonsmoker wanted for furn’d BR (700 sq ft) in 3BR Cedonia house owned by young F prof’l, mod kitchen, vaulted ceilings, landscaped yd, deck, prkng, 5 mi to Homewood, Bayview, YMCA, nr public transportation. $550/mo + utils. 410-493-2435 or aprede1@ yahoo.com.

ITEMS FOR SALE

Oak entertainment center, $600; 1967 Americana Wurlitzer jukebox, restored, hundreds of 45s, delivery avail, $700; Fender acoustic guitar, $250; overnight stay at Hilton White Marsh (expires July 7), $50; also teak outdoor furniture, baby items, clothing, hats, boots, crpt, more. Chris, 443-326-7717.

Signed framed photo, Ray Lewis sacking Rothlisberger. $225. 410-661-0554.

Dyson DC14 vacuum cleaner, upright w/ telescope reach wand, used once. $300/best offer. judyhampden@gmail.com.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED

F nonsmoker wanted for lg BR w/priv BA and high-speed Internet, 8-min walk to JHH. $750/mo incl utils. irajk100@yahoo.com.

Free to good home: 7-yr-old M Yorkie, up to date w/shots, mostly housebroken, loves attention. Wanda, 443-831-2029.

Rooming unit w/shared BA, hdwd flrs, no

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“Design, Fabrication and Characterization orf a Micromechanical Directional Microphone,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Lt. Cmdr. (retired) Mike Touse, Naval Postgraduate School. Parsons Auditorium. APL Fri., June 10, 2 p.m.

DISCUSSIONS/ TAL K S

Wed., June 8, 8:30 a.m. “A Con-

servative Constitutional Foreign Policy,” a SAIS Center on Politics and Foreign Relations panel discussion with Sen. Rand Paul (R- KY); Robert Guttman, SAIS; and Richard McGregor, Financial Times. To RSVP, go to http:// senrandpaulsais.eventbrite.com.

Co-sponsored by the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, the JHU Center for Advanced Governmental Studies, the Financial Times and the University of California Washington Center. Rome Auditorium. SAIS Thurs., June 9, 12:30 p.m. “The Role of Culture in Foreign Affairs: Toward a European Smart Power,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Francois Rivasseau, deputy head, the EU delegation to the United States.

To RSVP, email transatlanticrsvp@ jhu.edu or call 202-663-5880. 500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg. SAIS Tues., June 14, 9:30 to 11 a.m. “Human Security and Sta-

bilization in Afghanistan and Beyond: New Research,” a SAIS Conflict Management Program panel discussion with Christian Dennys, UK Defence Academy and Cranfield University; Peter Walker, Tufts University; and John Agoglia (moderator), IDS International. Co-sponsored by Search for Common Ground. For information or to RSVP, go to https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/ o/6060/p/salsa/event/common/ public/?event_KEY=32427. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS F I L M / V I D EO The Hopkins Summer Outdoor Films Series , sponsored by the

Office of Summer and Intersession Programs. (See In Brief, p.

2.) Bring lawn chairs or blankets.

Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. DJ plays music beginning at 6:30 p.m. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase (no alcoholic beverages permitted). Wyman Quad (rain location: Mudd Auditorium). HW

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Fri., June 17.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.

Network.

The Social

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Flute virtuoso Marina Piccinini to perform at Peabody

seminar with Evanthia Pashos.

G-007 Ross. EB

Thurs., June 9, 2 p.m. “The Association Between State Medicaid Program Characteristics, WellChild Care and Age at Autistic Disorder Diagnosis Among a National Sample of MedicaidEnrolled Children With Autistic Disorder,” a Mental Health thesis defense seminar with Amy Daniels. 188 Hampton House. EB

Mon., June 20, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar—“Does Activity in the Primary Visual Cortex Support Perceptual Experience?” with Alexander Maier, NIMH. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Recital opens fourth year of international master classes

“Making Sense of Skin-Regulating Keratinocyte Differentiation and Survival,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Richard Eckert, University of Maryland School of Medicine. E2014 SPH. EB

By Richard Selden

Mon., June 13, noon.

Peabody Institute

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eabody Conservatory faculty artist Marina Piccinini, one of the world’s leading flute virtuosos, will give a recital with pianist Colette Valentine at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 17, in Peabody’s Leith Symington Griswold Hall.

Piccinini The recital officially opens the fourth year of the Marina Piccinini International Flute Master Classes at Peabody. There will be 25 performing participants this year, ranging in age from 11 to 51. Selected on the basis of their years of study and sample performances on CD, the participants—most of whom are between 15 and 25—will come to Baltimore from as far away as Texas, Arizona, British Columbia and Croatia.

Piccinini, the first flutist to win an Avery Fisher Career Grant from New York’s Lincoln Center, has been a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Tokyo Symphony and many other leading ensembles. She has been a faculty artist at Peabody since 2001. Valentine, for many years the official staff pianist for the William Kapell International Piano Competition, the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and others, teaches collaborative piano at the University of Texas’ Butler School of Music.

On the June 17 program are works by Carl Reinecke (Sonata Op. 176, Undine), Richard Strauss (Sonata, Op. 18) and contemporary composer David Ludwig (Canzoniere). “The program is a love story, intertwined in mythology and reality,” Piccinini says. “I am giving full vent to my romantic nature.”

Tickets for the June 17 recital are $10. To reserve tickets, call 410-2344772. For more information about the master classes, go to www.peabody .jhu.edu/piccininimc.

tion session designed to explore opportunities for career advancement, with representatives from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and SAIS. To RSVP, go to http://irgradschools.com/ ?page_id=3&event_id=76. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS LE C TURE S

“Looking to the Future With JWST,” an STScI public lecture by John Mather, Goddard Space Flight Center. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW

Mon., June 6, 8 p.m.

flute virtuoso Marina Piccinini, with pianist Colette Valentine.

The recital opens the fourth year of Piccinini’s international flute master classes. (See story, this page.) Tickets are $10. To reserve tickets, call 410-234-4772. Griswold Hall. Peabody REA D I N G S / B OO K TAL K S Tues., June 7, 3 p.m. John Bader, former JHU associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs, will discuss and sign copies of his latest book, Dean’s List.

Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.

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Mon., June 6, 4 p.m. The David

“Regulation of Medical Devices,” a lecture

by Nada Hanafi, SPH. Part of the FDA Lecture Series, sponsored by the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design. West Lecture Hall. EB

Bodian Seminar—“Giving Sight to the Blind: The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System” with Arup Roy, Second Sight Medical Products Inc. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute.

338 Krieger. HW

“O-GlcNAc, A Novel Regulator of the Cellular Stress Response and Cell Survival,” a Biological Chemis-

Wed., June 8, 6 p.m.

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MUSIC

Mon., June 13, 6 to 8 p.m.

“Summer Fest,” an informa-

try seminar with Natasha Zachara, SoM. 612 Physiology. EB

Tues., June 17, 7 p.m.

Recital by

Mon., June 13, noon.

“A Recent Idea for the Mouse Sperm Stem Cells and Their Niche,” a Cell Biology seminar with Shosei Yoshida, National Institute for Basic Biology. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB Mon.,

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“Men Who Sell Sex to Men in China: Identity, Work and HIV,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Kathryn Muessig. W2030 SPH. EB The David Bodian Seminar— “Convergence of Faces and Voices in the Prefrontal Cortex” with Lizabeth Romanski, University of Rochester. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., June 13, 4 p.m.

“Risk Factors for Schizophrenia Subtypes: An Investigation Utilizing Danish Registries and Latent Variable Modeling,” a Mental Health thesis defense seminar with Katie Nugent. 181 Hampton House. EB

Tues., June 14, 10 a.m.

Tues., June 14, 1:30 p.m. “Urban

Floaters: Examining Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Migrant Youth in Shanghai, China,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with May Sudihinaraset. E4611 SPH. EB

“SVA Elements: Genomic Impact and Insights Into L1-Mediated Retrotransposition,” an Institute of Genetic Medicine thesis defense seminar with Dustin Hancks.

G-007 Ross. EB

Wed., June 15, 2 p.m.

Wed., June 15, 3 p.m. “The Impact of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Treatment on the Development of Gout,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Mara McAdams DeMarco. Room 1-500, 2024 E. Monument St. EB Fri., June 17, noon. “Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among U.S. Children and Adolescents: Measurement and Determinants,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Amy Branum. W2017 SPH. EB Fri., June 17, 1 p.m. “Family Planning in Retail Health Clinics: The Clinician Perspective,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Anna Copland Robert.

E4611 SPH. EB

“Understanding Cell Fate Decisions Through the Transcriptional Control of ptf1a,” an Institute of Genetic Medicine thesis defense

Fri., June 17, 2 p.m.

S P E C I AL E V E N T S

Mon., June 6, 4 p.m. Inaugural Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Series presents a MacArthur Fellows dialogue on the topic “Communication: How Creative Minds Engage the Public” with Marin Alsop, conductor, BSO; Lisa Cooper, Peter Pronovost and Adam Riess, JHU; Ruth DeFries, Columbia University/University of Maryland, College Park; Janine Jagger, University of Virginia; and choreographer Liz Lerman. (See story, p. 10.) Strauch Auditorium East, Armstrong Medical Education Bldg. EB

Annual SAIS employee recognition ceremony. Sponsored by the Office of Human Resources. (Event is open to SAIS staff and faculty only.)

500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg. SAIS

Wed., June 8, 3 p.m.

Fri., June 10, 6 to 8 p.m. An Evening of Traditional Beverages— Homegrown Spirits, with Dennis Pogue, chief historian at Mount Vernon. $30 for Homewood Museum members, $40 for nonmembers (must be 21 or over). (See story, p. 10.) Space is limited and registration is requested by June 8; go to www.brownpapertickets .com/event/171923 or call 410516-5589. Proceeds will benefit Homewood Museum’s exhibitions and educational programming.

Homewood Museum lawn (rain location: Great Hall, Levering).

HW Sat., June 11, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The JH-U-Turn Sale, supporting the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund and the United Way campaign by the sale of donated clothing, furniture, books, electronics and household items. O’Connor Recreation Center. HW Sun., June 12, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Historic Homewood Art-

Walk, a free walking tour covering historic and artistic sites between Homewood Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Departs at 1 p.m. from Homewood Museum and at 2 p.m. from the BMA. Reservations requested (410-5165589 or homewoodmuseum@jhu .edu). HW

Calendar

Key

APL BRB CRB CSEB

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

Applied Physics Laboratory Broadway Research Building Cancer Research Building Computational Science and

Engineering Building EB East Baltimore HW Homewood KSAS Krieger School of Arts

and Sciences NEB New Engineering Building PCTB Preclinical Teaching Building SAIS School of Advanced

International Studies SoM School of Medicine SoN School of Nursing SPH School of Public Health WBSB Wood Basic Science Building WSE Whiting School of

Engineering