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he founding of The Johns Hopkins University in 1876 ushered in the era of the modern research university in the United States. Johns Hopkins represented an entirely new educational enterprise whose aim was not only to advance JHU provost its students’ knowledge but to advance to initiate human knowledge through discovery dialogue on and scholarship. This dual emphawhere U.S. sis on learning and research revoluis headed tionized U.S. higher education. JHU was the first, but clearly not the last. Since 1876, the research-university field has become crowded as other institutions adopted the JHU model, and, more recently, Johns Hopkins and its peers are facing competition from other nations around the globe who see the value that research universities bring. In 2009, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia opened with a $10 billion endowment, a figure that tops that of all but three U.S. universities. China has also recently tossed its hat into the ring. Research universities create a critical competitive edge for future prosperity, and more and more countries are willing to spend freely for those benefits. To help foster a dialogue on how Johns Hopkins and other U.S. research universities will maintain a leadership position in higher education, Lloyd Minor, the university’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, will offer insights into what lies ahead in a presentation titled “At What Cost? Charting the Future of the American Research University.” The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, at the university’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
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lice Warder Garrett possessed eclectic and somewhat eccentric tastes. Her home, the Gilded Age mansion called Evergreen, would consequently be regularly altered in design, decoration and function. Alice and her husband, John Work Garrett, one-time ambassador to Italy, transformed the
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tions for preventing those mistakes in the future. Authors of the article, published in the February issue of Archives of Surgery, suggest that such open documentation may have played an important role in spurring groundbreaking medical treatment advances in Cushing’s era—and could have the same effect today. “Acknowledging medical errors is evidently something that doctors identified early on as critical to advancement,” said
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SAIS prof’s article lauded as one of journal’s best in 100 years
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n its list of the top 20 articles it has published in its first 100 years, the journal American Economic Review has included the 1974 article “The Political Economy of the Rent-Seeking Society” written by Anne Krueger, professor of international economics at SAIS. The selection committee based its choices on “sheer intellectual quality, influence on the ideas and practices of economists, and general significance or breadth.” To see the AER list and to access Krueger’s original piece, go to http://pubs.aeaweb.org/ doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.101.1.1.
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he university will roll out its new Johns Hopkins University 403(b) Retirement Plan package this week with a series of town hall meetings that will feature presentations on the plan and the upcoming choice period by Office of Benefits Services staff. In total, there will be 23 town hall meetings held from Feb. 28 to March 18 across the Johns Hopkins enterprise, including the Homewood campus, Peabody, SAIS, Johns Hopkins at Mount Washington, Green Spring Station and other campuses and satellite locations. The new plan’s “education phase” will also include two Retirement Choice Fairs, to be held on March 22 in Homewood’s Glass Pavilion and on March 25 in The Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Turner Concourse. Throughout the next month, employees will be able to meet one-on-one with representatives from the investment companies included in the new plan. Earlier this year, the university announced the creation of the Johns Hopkins University 403(b), a defined contribution plan that
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his week SAIS will hold a twoday conference, “Africa’s New Era: Learning From the Past and Preparing for the Future.” The event is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, and from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, March 2, in the Nitze Building’s Kenney Auditorium. Festus Mogae, president of Botswana from 1998 to 2008, will give the keynote address at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The conference, co-hosted by SAIS’ Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Constructive Capitalism and African Studies Program, will explore key political and economic factors that have contributed to the acceleration of the region’s development over the past decade. In addition, panelists will identify key risks and opportunities for African development. Experts from academia, government, think tanks, international organizations and the private sector will speak during the sessions. For the agenda, go to www.sais-jhu.edu/ centers/schwartzforum/africaconf.htm. Non-SAIS affiliates should RSVP to rbwashington@jhu.edu.
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oted journalist Bob Woodward is the next speaker in the student-run Foreign Affairs Symposium, held each year on the Homewood campus. Woodward has covered national politics at The Washington Post for more than 30 years and gained notoriety for his investigative reporting of the 1972 Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. He is also author or coauthor of 15 nonfiction books, all of which have been national bestsellers. His most recent book is Obama’s Wars (2010). His talk is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, in Shriver Hall Auditorium. The theme of the 2011 Foreign Affairs Symposium is Global Citizenship: Re-examining the Role of the Individual in an Evolving World.
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Former Afghan ambassador joins SAIS as diplomat in residence
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aid T. Jawad, Afghanistan’s former ambassador to the United States, has joined Johns Hopkins’ Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies as diplomat in residence. Jawad, who is based at the SAIS South Asia Studies Program, most recently served concurrently for seven years as the Afghan ambassador to the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico. In addition to his position at SAIS, he currently serves as chairman of the Foundation for Afghanistan, a nonprofit whose mission is to build human capital, and is chief executive officer of Capitalize, LLC, a U.S.-based strategic consulting company. He previously served as diplomat in residence at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, within the Future of Diplomacy Project. As diplomat in residence in SAIS’ Visiting
Scholar Program, Jawad will lead the efforts to provide a firsthand understanding of Afghanistan/Pakistan-related challenges. He will take part in a variety of forums, including public speaking engagements, conferences and policy-related planning sessions, on the future of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the region; U.S.-Afghanistan relations; and issues pertaining to terrorism and regional stability, and their impact on global security. In addition, he will interact with faculty and students at SAIS to provide the perspective of the people from that region of the world. “I am delighted to join SAIS and look forward to contributing to deepening our understanding of—and seeking policy solutions for—the serious challenges that we face in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central and South Asia,” Jawad said. “I look forward to being part of this prominent school,
formed by visionary statesmen to prepare a new generation of leaders to assume their global responsibilities in today’s volatile world.” “We are extremely pleased that Ambassador Jawad is a part of the SAIS community, enriching our studies and student activity with his experience as a senior diplomat from Afghanistan,” said SAIS Dean Jessica P. Einhorn. “SAIS has traditionally been a training ground for diplomats, and South Asia has surely raised some of the greatest diplomatic challenges. We look forward to learning from someone so recently active in the field.” Jawad speaks many languages and has worked extensively with international media and law firms. He returned to Afghanistan after 9/11 to assist in the state-building process, playing a versatile and crucial role
in the government as press secretary and chief of staff to the president of Afghanistan and as director of the Office of International Relations. In these positions, he formulated and managed strategies, implemented policies, worked with the international community to build and restore state institutions, and prioritized national reforms. Under his leadership, the Afghan Embassy in Washington, D.C., became the most active and successful Afghan mission abroad. Jawad received an LLB degree from the School of Law and Political Sciences at Kabul University, studied law at Westfalische Wilhelms University in Munster, Germany, and earned his MBA from the Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He is the recipient of many international awards and an honorary doctorate in organizational leadership. —Felisa Neuringer Klubes
Power struggle: Macho muscle cells force their way to fusion
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uscle, aptly enough, is born of cellular bullying, not mutual consent. In fact, according to new research from Johns Hopkins, the fusion of muscle cells is a power struggle that involves a smaller mobile antagonist that points at, pokes and finally pushes into its larger, stationary partner using a newly identified fingerlike projection. In a report published Nov. 29 in the Journal of Cell Biology, the researchers described experiments using fruit fly embryos to identify an invasive projection propelled by the rapid elongation of actin filaments as the main player in the cellular power struggle. “We found that two muscle cells don’t simply open up their membranes and symmetrically fuse together,” said Elizabeth H. Chen, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “Muscle cell fusion is actually an invasive battle.” Before the new study, it was assumed that
actin-enriched blobs sit equally divided atop the membranes of muscle cells preparing to fuse. But by observing the accumulation of these blobs by genetics means, the team concluded that the actin structure is produced in only one of the two muscle cell types—the aggressive fusion-competent myoblast—and not in the stationary founder cell. Further analyses of the images, made with an electron microscope, showed the myoblast is extending multiple fingerlike protrusions toward founder cells and ultimately forcing fusion with the founder cell by forming an open pore. “Where we once saw only blobs of actin, now we could clearly see fingerlike protrusions emanating from one cell into another,” Chen said. “That really helped us make the connection between this structure and invasive podosomes.” The new work shows what is believed to be the first time that an invasive podosomelike structure has been found in developing tissue of any kind, Chen said, noting that although podosomes were discovered several
Hip and thigh implants can raise bone fracture risk in children
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hildren with hip and thigh implants designed to help heal a broken bone or correct other bone conditions are at risk for subsequent fractures of the very bones that the implants were intended to treat, according to new research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Findings of the study, based on an analysis of more than 7,500 pediatric bone implants performed at Johns Hopkins over 15 years, were presented Feb. 16 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Although the absolute risk among the patients was relatively small—nine out of 1,000 hip and thigh implants were linked to hip and thigh fractures—it was 15 times higher than the risk for implant-related fractures in other bones, the researchers say. They urge orthopedic surgeons to carefully consider removing the implants a few years after surgery or once the bone has healed completely. Implant-related fractures are believed to stem from the pressure and stress that the implant exerts on the bone, especially in patients whose bones are still growing and in those with already weakened or brittle bones from pre-existing conditions such as cerebral palsy and some rare skeletal syndromes. Indeed, most of the 25 implant-related fractures in the study occurred in children with such diagnoses. The investigators note that hip and thigh bones experience the highest stress because their shape changes rapidly during growth, so removing these implants may be especially important for children. “Removing the implant early and as soon
as the bone heals is a wise consideration for all children with hip and thigh implants but even more so for patients with already vulnerable bone structure,” said senior investigator Paul Sponseller, director of Orthopedic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Thigh implants carried the highest risk; 20 of the 25 fractures observed in the study involved hip and/or thigh implants, or nine fractures per 1,000 such implants. The overall risk for fractures caused by implants in any bone was three per 1,000, while the risk of fracture was less than one per 1,000 in the hand, arm, forearm, leg, ankle and foot bones. Low-risk implants in healthy children are best left in, the researchers add, because the surgical risks of removing them may outweigh the benefits. “To remove or not remove an otherwise asymptomatic implant has been a longstanding question in orthopedic surgery, and we hope that our findings will help surgeons and patients make such decisions,” Sponseller said. The average time between implant insertion and fracture was 2.6 years. Co-investigators on the research were Amit Jain, Arabella Leet and Michael Ain, all of Johns Hopkins, and Gurkan Erkula, formerly of Johns Hopkins. —Ekaterina Pesheva
Related websites Paul Sponseller:
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decades ago in studies of cells growing in dishes, they have not been seen in a developing animal or implicated as a mechanism in cell fusion. “It may be that this new understanding of muscle cell fusion will apply generally to other cells that fuse, such as egg and sperm, for instance, as well as bone resorption cells and cells that are vital for immune responses,” Chen said. Muscle fusion is an integral part of muscle regeneration in genetic and acquired muscle diseases, and an accurate understanding of this basic cellular event could have important clinical applications in people with muscular dystrophy and other degenerative disorders, Chen said. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. In addition to Chen, authors on the
paper are Kristin L. Sens, Shiliang Zhang, Peng Jin, Rui Duan, Fengbao Luo and Lauren Parachini, all of Johns Hopkins; and Guofeng Zhang, of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. —Maryalice Yakutchik
Related websites Chen lab:
www.jhu.edu/chenlab/elizabeth .html
Chen podcast:
jcb.rupress.org/site/biobytes/ biobytes_dec_13_2010.xhtml
‘Journal of Cell Biology’:
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Seminal successes linked to tolerant regulatory oversight, hope By Michael Pena
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elatively lenient regulations regarding human subjects protections in the 1950s played an important role in pediatric oncology being the first field of medicine in which doctors simultaneously treated patients and carried out clinical research, according to a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. The review, by Yoram Unguru, makes clear that a combination of factors unique to pediatric oncology allowed patient care and experimental research to intertwine successfully—and so, the case may not necessarily serve as a model for other fields. However, Unguru says that his analysis does raise anew some basic questions about whether the two endeavors always present an ethical dilemma, and whether regulatory oversight needs to be strict and rigid in all fields. “Historical transgressions in human subjects research have been quite stark and even horrifying. So it seems obvious that we need strict and structured oversight in place to prevent them from happening again,” said Unguru, whose review is online on the website for the journal Pediatric Blood & Cancer. “But I’m also curious to see what kind of feedback, good or bad, others might have about this paper.” The more tolerant regulatory climate during the mid-20th century applied not only to human subjects protections but also to approvals for new treatments, Unguru’s paper points out. This gave physician-investigators considerable freedom to present novel therapies to parents, many of whom were willing to try anything that might prolong their child’s life in the face of an incurable disease. This was true, he notes, even in the face of “therapeutic misconception or misunderstanding.” That phrase describes the notion that patients—or in the case of pediatric oncology, often parents—misconstrue clinical trials as being more in their immediate medical interest than might actually be the case. Eventually, though, the work of the physician-investigators led to the first cure
of a childhood cancer—acute lymphoblastic leukemia—via the experimental use of multi-agent chemotherapy. Doctors subsequently applied the strategy to other types of childhood cancers, curing them as well, and ultimately, to the treatment of adult cancers. “That tolerant regulatory oversight contributed to such breakthroughs is historically intriguing,” said Unguru, who is also on the faculty at the Herman and Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai, in Baltimore. Unguru cites other equally important factors that allowed patient care and research to come together, leading to “countless breakthroughs and advances.” These included the large-scale, multicenter nature of the studies; the highly collaborative and selfless spirit among physician-investigators; the relatively small number of children who develop cancer; and, again, the hope of patients’ parents. In the United States, about 1.5 million adults developed cancer in 2009, while for those under the age of 20, that figure was approximately 12,500. Hence, because the patient pool was small and scattered throughout the country at the time of his study, physicians needed to collaborate closely and constantly in order to compare notes and come to a consensus about what worked, Unguru says. Unguru says he was compelled to write the review because of the ongoing debate over whether practice and research should be kept at arm’s length in the clinical setting. Those who insist they should, cite the contrasting nature of their goals: Practice aims to promote the patient’s best interest, whereas research seeks to secure generalizable knowledge to help future patients, with the interests of the research subject receiving secondary consideration. But given the increasing amount of research being done in the clinical setting, especially among children with cancer, the line between practice and research gets blurrier by the day, he says. Hence, some practitioners question whether such strict division needs to be observed if, in some cases, the aim is to improve care.
“There is fairly good evidence showing that many pediatric oncologists feel the main purpose of clinical trials is to come up with new treatments, and that’s one way they get around this tension of being both a physician and a research investigator,” Unguru said. “I can tell you that I struggle with that tension all the time.” The article begins by tracing the successful integration of patient care and experimentation in pediatric oncology to 1953, when doctors and researchers were brought under one roof, at the National Cancer Institute’s Clinical Center. This led to collaboration and the introduction of novel chemotherapy methods, epitomizing the notion of “bench to bedside.” Over the next few years, researchers launched the first randomized clinical controlled trial, or RCT, involving children with cancer, and group efforts such as the Acute
Future Continued from page 1 International Studies, located at 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW in Washington, D.C. Minor, a widely respected surgeon and scientist who became provost in 2009, will address concerns such as the effects of a spending-constrained U.S. economy on higher education but will argue that the cost of not maintaining pre-eminence is too high for our society to bear. The talk also will be a broad discussion about American higher education: what has made us so great, the legacy of scientific and medical advances, and whether we can expect to maintain this pinnacle position. “We are now in a moment of national reconsideration in which everything is on the table,” Minor said in advance of his talk. “For those of us in higher education, we have to remember that past success does not guarantee future performance. It’s important we start a national conversation about how America’s research universities will best
Leukemia Task Force were born, Unguru explains. He adds that the task force was responsible for highly successful programs that led to the widespread implementation of multiple-drug chemotherapy regimens that dramatically lengthened remissions among children enrolled in subsequent RCTs. Hence, experimental treatments were rapidly adopted and seemingly widely accepted as the standard of care in pediatric oncology. Unguru notes that the current survival rate among children with cancer is 80 percent, whereas fewer than 10 percent survived prior to the proliferation of RCTs. Today, nearly 70 percent of children with cancer enroll in such trials, primarily via their physician-investigators, largely because these studies offer the most promising and cutting-edge treatments. To read Unguru’s article, go to onlinelibrary .wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pbc.22976/full.
serve our country’s needs going forward, and about which core academic values have been—and must continue to be—the foundation of all we do.” Minor said that Johns Hopkins and other institutions of its kind must maintain a commitment to research, reinvest in core competencies and make changes where necessary to adapt to a changing global landscape. Minor’s talk will be followed by a Q&A session in which SAIS Dean Jessica P. Einhorn will also participate. A reception will follow. The university has invited JHU faculty, staff and alumni in the D.C. area to the event, which is open to the public. Also expected to attend are representatives of colleges and universities in the D.C. area, and leadership of higher education associations and education consuls. Members of Congress, congressional committees with jurisdiction over higher education, and representatives from the Department of Education have also been invited. The speech will be available via live webcast on SAIS’ homepage at www.sais-jhu .edu. G
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Study: Parents’ influence on children’s eating habits is limited B y N ata l i e W o o d - W r i g h t
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s primary caregivers, parents are often believed to have a strong influence on children’s eating behaviors. However, previous findings on parent-child resemblance in dietary intakes are mixed. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reviewed and assessed the degree of association and similarity between children’s and their parents’ dietary intake based on worldwide studies published since 1980. The meta-analysis is featured in the December issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. “Contrary to popular belief, many studies from different countries, including the United States, have found a weak associa-
Evergreen Continued from page 1 she could “hold court” with friends during her bath. Art they collected would continuously rotate on the walls of their home. The famous Baltimore couple were constantly inspired by new art and trends from their travels to Europe, South America and other parts of the United States. When James Archer Abbott became director and curator of Evergreen Museum & Library in November 2007, he wanted to honor this legacy of evolution left by Alice Garrett, who died in 1952. “The house was ever-evolving with her mind,” Abbott says. “I wanted Evergreen to personify the everchanging palette that Alice Garrett had.” This eclectic and transformational spirit will be on full display this spring, as Evergreen will host myriad events from March to May. The spring season at Evergreen kicks off this Sunday, March 6, with Spring Exhibitions Opening Celebration, to be held from 1 to 4 p.m. The event marks the opening of two new Evergreen exhibitions, Scott Sedar: Triumph and Slavery and The Art of Diplomacy: The Garretts in Rome. The current Evergreen artist in residence, Scott Sedar is a Washington, D.C.-based performing and visual artist. His exhibition, which will run from March 6 to May 29, was inspired by John Work Garrett’s monograph on Italian art, Trionfi e Schiavitu (Triumph and Slavery). Sedar spent his 2010 residency exploring themes of triumph and slavery as they relate to art subjects, artists and the lives of the Garretts, and developing a sitespecific theatrical/art installation event. In two back-to-back performances on March 18 and 19, Sedar will re-create a fanciful 1920s theater evening, a distant relation to the social triumphs hosted by the Garretts in Evergreen’s Bakst Theatre. Unlike Mrs.
tion between parent-child dietary intake,” said Youfa Wang, lead author of the study and an associate professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of International Health. “This is likely because young people’s eating patterns are influenced by many complex factors, and the family environment plays only a partial role,” he said. “More attention should be given to the influence of the other players on children’s eating patterns, such as that of schools, the local food environment and peer influence, government guidelines and policies that regulate school meals, and the broader food environment that is influenced by food production, distribution and advertising. “Parents need to be better empowered to be good role models and help their children eat a healthy diet,” he said. Wang, along with colleagues from the National Institute on Aging and the Uni-
versity of Zaragoza in Spain, systematically reviewed and analyzed relevant studies published in different countries between 1980 and 2009. They compared the correlations of the dietary intakes of parent-child pairs by type (for example, mother-daughter versus father-son), world regions and dietary assessment methods, and over time. They found differences in parent-child dietary intake resemblance, across nutrients and dietary assessment approaches. In addition, the meta-analysis provided evidence that correlations have become weaker over time. Compared to non-European countries, in particular, parent-child correlations in intakes of energy and total fat seem to be weaker in the United States. “Findings of this study will help enhance our understanding of the factors that may affect children’s dietary intake patterns and provide useful insights for developing
effective intervention programs to promote healthy eating in young people,” said May A. Beydoun, a co-author of the review, staff scientist at the National Institute on Aging and a former postdoctoral fellow at the Bloomberg School. “More research is needed to study the parent-child resemblance in the diet, the differences in the association between population groups and the determinants.” In addition to Wang and Beydoun, authors of the study are J. Li and Y. Liu, both of Johns Hopkins; and L.A. Moreno, of the University of Zaragoza. The research was funded in part by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program.
Garrett’s performances, Sedar’s parody will evoke local and European history through the use of caricature, monologues, songs and audience participation. As a prop, Sedar will make use of a Bausch & Lomb “Magic Lantern” Balopticon. His collection of such machines, along with self-painted glass slides and paintings, will make up the art installation that coincides with the performances. The Art of Diplomacy: The Garretts in Rome, which runs through May 29, is a studentcurated show that explores how the Garretts used their status within Roman society to further an exchange between the art worlds of the two nations, and the temporary relocation of their celebrated art collection to the American Embassy in Rome, which unofficially became known as Evergreen East. The Garretts counted Rome as a second home between 1929 and 1933, when John Garrett served as the United States ambassador to Italy. On display will be Mrs. Garrett’s detailed scrapbooks, key official papers of the ambassador, reviews of the couple’s efforts to celebrate American art with a new audience and examples of Italian art acquired by the Garretts during their time abroad, including works from the 1930 Venice Biennale. The exhibition is organized by 2010 Evergreen Museum & Library student curator Courtney “Kit” Harris, a senior majoring in both international studies and the history of art, with a minor in the Program in Museums and Society, in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Harris will present a talk about her exhibition at the March 6 opening celebration. In keeping with the Garretts’ other great love—music—Evergreen’s spring series also includes concerts by the Edmar Castaneda Quartet on March 12 and violinist HahnBin on April 16. A protege of the famed Itzhak Perlman, the 23-year-old South Korean violinist has won critical acclaim for his “extraordinary, intelligent and beautiful performances,” raved The Washington Post.
Another notable event this spring is the new Edible Evergreen: Kitchen Garden Series with Chef John Shields. Beginning in March and continuing into October, Evergreen will host a five-part kitchen garden series presented by Shields and his restaurant, Gertrude’s at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The series, which will highlight three seasons of sustainable growing and preparing fresh organic produce, includes gardening workshops, cooking demonstrations, a chef’s tour of the 32nd Street Farmers’ Market in Waverly and a fall harvest luncheon at Gertrude’s. Participants will receive printed material on home kitchen garden planning and growing techniques, and recipes incorporating the featured crops. Evergreen’s fourth annual The House Beautiful Lecture Series will run from March 30 to May 18. The series explores decor from the perspectives of the iconic tastemaker Madeleine Castaing, the contemporary design world and the museum. It includes a visual tutorial on the mansion’s rooms and a discussion of Castaing, one of the most influential players in the mid-century melding of 18th-century Bourbon elegance and modern living. Abbott says that The House Beautiful Lecture Series honors the status of Evergreen as “Baltimore’s dream house.” “There isn’t a more eccentric or finer example of the personal dream house than Evergreen,” Abbott says. “It seemed like the perfect fit to have an annual series that could bring in scholars, museum curators and designers to talk about the evolution of design. It’s not stuffy; it’s like you’re coming into the residence of the ambassador and Mrs. Garrett. It’s very personal, and that is the intent of Evergreen. We are not the Walters [Art Museum] or the BMA; we are a residence and also a museum.” Abbott says that the Edible Evergreen series capitalizes on the largest object at Evergreen, its lush landscape. He says the series also celebrates the past, when some of
the finest chefs and gardeners in Baltimore would apply their art in the Garretts’ home. Edible Evergreen will literally take participants from the planting of seeds to the canning of the produce. “That is part of Evergreen and part of its purpose,” Abbott says. “It’s not a stagnant museum. It’s not the museum where you experience everything behind barriers or from behind glass. You actually can invest in the landscape and be a part of it. Evergreen is used as learning tool, which was the intent of Ambassador John Garrett when he made the gift to Johns Hopkins University.” On June 26, 1942, John Work Garrett died and left Evergreen and all of his collections to Johns Hopkins University, which had played an important role in his family’s cultural and social life for two generations. Surrounded by Italianate gardens, Evergreen Museum & Library houses a collection of fine and decorative arts, rare books and manuscripts assembled by two generations of Baltimore’s Garrett family, who made their fortune from the B&O Railroad, and has become a vibrant, inspirational venue for contemporary artists. The collection counts among its many treasures post-Impressionist paintings, Chinese porcelain, Japanese lacquerware and one of the country’s largest private collections of Louis Comfort Tiffany art glass. Since Abbott became curator, Evergreen has opened up three rooms previously closed to visitors and expanded access to collections, which are constantly rotating. “You see something fresh and new and different each time you come to Evergreen,” he says. “Evergreen can do things that other museums can’t. We can be more spontaneous and take chances, such as bringing in undiscovered artists. We can take over a space, reinvent it and then, before you know it, it’s gone.” G For information on tours and a full list of Evergreen events to see before they disappear, go to www.museums.jhu.edu.
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Motorcycle helmet myth debunked; use decreases cervical spine injury
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otorcycle helmets, long known to dramatically reduce the number of brain injuries and deaths from crashes, appear also to be associated with a lower risk of cervical spine injury, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests. “We are debunking a popular myth that wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle can be detrimental during a motorcycle crash,” said study leader Adil H. Haider, an assistant professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “Using this new evidence, legislators should revisit the need for mandatory helmet laws. There is no doubt that helmets save lives and reduce head injury. And now we know they are also associated with a decreased risk of cervical spine injury.” For more than two decades, the researchers say, activists lobbying against universal helmet laws have cited a small study suggesting that in the event of a crash the weight of a helmet could cause significant torque on the neck that would be devastating to the spine. But results of the new study, published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, shows that helmeted riders were 22 percent less likely to suffer cervical spine injury than those without helmets. The study reviewed and mined the National Trauma Databank, looking through information on more than 40,000 motorcycle collisions between 2002 and 2006. Even with what researchers say are mountains of evidence that helmets reduce mortality and traumatic brain injury after a collision, many states, including Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas, have over the past 15 years repealed their mandatory helmetuse laws following lobbying from motorcycle riders, Haider says. Anti-helmet lobbyists often cite a 25-year-old study that found more spine injuries in helmet wearers. That
study has been criticized by many, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, because of flawed statistical reasoning. “Additionally, helmet technology has significantly improved since that time; now helmets are much lighter but even sturdier and more protective,” Haider said. Forty years ago, Haider says, nearly all states required helmets for motorcyclists of any age in the United States. Today, helmets are mandatory for all riders in only 20 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Motorcycle use has risen sharply over the past 10 years in the United States. Since 1997, motorcycle injuries here have increased by roughly 5,000 per year, and motorcycle fatalities have nearly doubled, according to the new journal article. Haider’s study, like many others before, found a reduction in risk of traumatic brain injury in helmet wearers (65 percent) and decreased odds of death (37 percent). But the new paper, Haider says, is the strongest evidence yet that helmets significantly reduce cervical spine injury, which can result in paralysis. Other Johns Hopkins researchers who contributed to this study are Curt Bone, Keshia M. Pollack, Cassandra Villegas, Kent Stevens, David T. Efron and Elliott R. Haut. —Stephanie Desmon
Related website Center for Surgical Trials and Outcomes Research at Johns Hopkins:
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Trio Appassionata performs on Wednesday at the Freer Gallery of Art.
Peabody Conservatory groups to take center stage in D.C. Concert at Freer Gallery will include faculty from Shanghai Conservatory By Richard Selden
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series of “Peabody in Washington” concerts is on the agenda this semester for three student groups from the Peabody Conservatory. This week, a student chamber ensemble called Trio Appassionata will be joined by musicians from the Shanghai Conservatory for a free concert at the Freer Gallery of Art, and the Peabody Quartet will perform in a Washington Performing Arts Society concert at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Trio Appassionata will perform Tibetan Tunes by Chen Yi and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50. The trio’s members are violinist Lydia Chernicoff, cellist Andrea Casarrubios and pianist Ronaldo Rolim. Playing traditional Chinese pieces on traditional instruments will be the Silk String Quintet, a faculty ensemble from the Shanghai Conservatory. Bass-baritone Shen Yang, a Shanghai alumnus, and pianist Wang Jue,
Errors Continued from page 1 Hospital. After deciphering the notes—a monumental task, the authors say, owing to Cushing’s poor handwriting, abbreviations and pages crowded with notes of other physicians, too—the researchers selected 30 cases in which errors were clearly delineated. The cases fell into categories of errors similar to those that plague doctors today, the authors say, classifying 11 of the cases as errors of judgment in which Cushing made the wrong choice during a surgery. One example: operating on the wrong side of a patient’s brain. Seventeen cases were identified as “human error,” mistakes in which Cushing revealed clumsy or careless behavior, such as dropping an instrument into a surgical wound. Three of the errors were considered equipment or tool oversights, such as the case in which a woman’s heavy bleeding left Cushing and his colleagues without enough wax, a substance used at the time to seal blood vessels. Latimer and her colleagues say they were surprised by Cushing’s frank and copious documentation of his own shortcomings. His notes acknowledged mistakes that may have resulted in patients’ deaths, as well as those that didn’t seem to harm patients’ outcomes. They say the documentation took place in an era in which malpractice litigation was becoming a growing concern for
a Shanghai faculty member, will perform works by Chopin, Tchaikovsky (arranged by Liszt), Rachmaninoff and Huang Zi. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, in the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Auditorium at the Freer Gallery of Art. No tickets are required. At 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, the Peabody Quartet will illustrate and perform Mozart’s Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525, “Eine kleine Nachtmusik,” as part of the What Makes It Great? series with Rob Kapilow, presented by the Washington Performing Arts Society. The members of the quartet are Lauren Rausch and Charlene Kluegel, violins; Maria Lambros, viola; and Ismar Gomes, cello. The event will take place in Baird Auditorium of the National Museum of Natural History. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased online at www.wpas.org. Last week, piano students Sungpil Kim, Sheng-Yuan Kuan and Sejoon Park, and voice student Erica Hamby, gave a free concert in the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater as part of the center’s Conservatory Project. The program included works by Chopin, Mozart, Debussy, Montsalvatge, Scarlatti, Schumann and Liszt. For a listing of upcoming performances by Peabody faculty, students and alumni in the nation’s capital, go to www.peabody.jhu.edu/ washington.
doctors. Though malpractice penalties were substantially smaller in Cushing’s day, lawsuits presented a serious risk for physicians’ reputations, the authors note. The authors also emphasize that Cushing practiced in a time of enormous surgical innovation. For example, patient mortality from surgical treatment of brain tumors fell from 50 percent to 13 percent during his career. While some of this jump was due to improving technology, the authors suggest that part of the reason was open documentation of errors, which helped Cushing and other surgeons develop fixes to avoid them. “People are human and will make medical mistakes,” Latimer said, “but being vigilant about your own shortcomings is critical to improving. To keep medical innovation flowing, we need to strive to maintain this same vigilance today.” Alfredo Quinones, associate professor of neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and senior author of the study, adds that today’s medical errors continue to have a tremendous impact on patients and their families. “Recognizing errors and reporting them can help us greatly improve medicine,” he said. “After all, we are all working toward the same goal: better patient care.” G
Related website Neurology and Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins:
www.neuro.jhmi.edu
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Two-week French film festival opens on March 2 with ‘Paris’
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ednesday, March 2, marks the beginning of the second Tournees Festival of Contemporary French Cinema presented by the Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures at Johns Hopkins University. The free two-week festival, to be held on the Homewood campus, will begin with a screening of Paris, an ensemble film that follows a cast of characters of vastly different backgrounds through the city. It is directed by Cedric Klapisch, who also directed The Spanish Apartment (L’auberge espagnole). The film will be presented by Kristin Cook-Gailloud, director of the French language program in German and Romance Languages and Literatures. The festival continues on Thursday, March 3, with Abderrahmane Sissako’s Bamako, a political film about the African debt crisis that imagines the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund as defendants in a trial taking place in the courtyard of an apartment building in urban Mali as daily life goes on around it. The film will be presented by Siba Grovogui, a professor in the Department of Political Science.
The first week of the festival will conclude on Saturday, March 5, with a double feature of classical dance on film. First is the Maryland premiere of Claude Bessy: Traces of a Life, an intimate portrait of the great French ballerina, who was Gene Kelly’s partner in Invitation to the Dance and director of the Paris Opera Ballet School from 1972 until 2004. The film, directed by Fabrice Herrault, will be presented by Olivia Sabee, a graduate student in the Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures. The second feature will be La Danse: Le Ballet de l’Opera de Paris, by the groundbreaking documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, director of Titicut Follies, Welfare and High School. The day will conclude with a panel discussion of the Wiseman documentary with John Mann, a documentary filmmaker and a lecturer in Film and Media Studies; and Susan Mann, professor of dance at Towson University. The second week of the festival will open on Tuesday, March 8, with the important contemporary filmmaker Claire Denis’ 35 Shots of Rum (35 Rhums), a meditation on the relationship between a widowed father, who is a conductor on the Parisian commuter railroad, and his university-student
Tournees Festival of Contemporary French Cinema All screenings are on the Homewood campus. Wednesday, March 2, 7:30 p.m.
26 Mudd Hall. Paris, 2007; 130 min. Thursday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.
101 Remsen Hall. Bamako, 2006; 115 min. Saturday, March 5
26 Mudd Hall. Double feature on dance. 1:45 p.m. Claude Bessy: Traces of a Life, 2010; 50 min. 3 p.m. La Danse: Le Ballet de l’Opera de Paris, 2009; 158 min., followed by a discussion of the film.
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26 Mudd Hall. 35 Shots of Rum (35 Rhums), 2008; 100 min. Wednesday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.
101 Remsen Hall. It’s Hard Being Loved by Jerks (C’est dur d’etre aime par les cons), 2008; 105 min. Thursday, March 10, 7:30 p.m.
101 Remsen Hall. Days of Glory (Indigenes), 2006; 120 min.
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daughter. The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Matt Porterfield, of Film and Media Studies, and Anne Eakins Moss, of the Humanities Center. On Wednesday, March 9, the festival will present Daniel Leconte’s It’s Hard Being Loved by Jerks (C’est dur d’etre aime par des cons), a documentary on the 2007 Paris trial of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for racist slander due to its decision to reprint the controversial Danish political cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed. The film explores issues of freedom of the press, censorship and the rights of religious minorities. It will be presented by Peter Jelavich, a professor in the Department of History. The festival continues on Thursday, March 10, with Rachid Bouchareb’s Days of Glory (Indigenes), relating the forgotten story of the African recruits who fought to liber-
ate France in 1944 and 1945. The film will be presented by Emine Fisek, a postdoctoral fellow in German and Romance Languages and Literatures. The final screening of the festival, on Saturday, March 12, will be Cheik Djemai’s 2004 documentary on the short, intense life of Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist, philosopher, theorist of racism and revolutionary, Frantz Fanon: His Life, His Struggle, His Work (Frantz Fanon: Sa vie, son combat, son travail). All films are in French with English subtitles; see box for times and locations. The Tournees Festival was made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture along with the Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment. For more details, go to the festival website, https:// sites.google.com/site/jhutournees2011.
Saturday, March 12, 3:30 p.m.
26 Mudd Hall. Frantz Fanon: His Life, His Struggle, His Work (Frantz Fanon: Sa vie, son combat, son travail), 2004; 52 min.
SoN celebrates 50 years of Peace Corps, 20 years of school’s Peace Corps fellows he Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is this week honoring the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps and the 20th anniversary of the school’s Peace Corps Fellows Program. President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961 to promote world peace and friendship, and in 1991, the school started its Peace Corps Fellows Program for returned Peace Corps volunteers. The program was the first of its kind at a school of nursing, and since its inception, Johns Hopkins has graduated more than 300 returned Peace Corps volunteers. The Hopkins Nursing Peace Corps week will feature events showcasing the returned volunteers’ experiences, including a poster display highlighting their countries of service; and students sharing stories about how the Peace Corps influenced their career choice, in podcasts on the school’s website. The event culminates with a keynote speech by Sheila Davis, director of Global Nursing at Partners in Health and a former faculty member at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, whose specialties include domestic and international HIV/ AIDS and infectious diseases. The celebration will also feature a tribute to the late Sargent Shriver, a driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps and its first director.
Claire Denis’ ‘35 Shots of Rum’ is a meditation on the relationship between a widowed father and his university-student daughter.
The events are as follows: • Today, Feb. 28, through Wed., March 2, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Carpenter Room. Countries of Service Poster Display, including artifacts, photos and videos. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., SoN Cafe. Winners of the Women’s Stories from Around the World Photo Competition. • Today, Feb. 28, noon, Carpenter Room. “Tell Your Story” open mic event and celebratory cake. • Tues., March 1, noon, Rooms 9 and 10. Returned Peace Corps volunteers give brief presentations about their service and answer questions. 7 p.m., Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave. “Bringing the World Home” celebration in partnership with the University of Maryland. Returned volunteers will share stories from Albania to Zimbabwe, and friends of Sargent Shriver will recount memories of the founding days of the Peace Corps. Refreshments, music, photo and artifact displays, and an open mic storytelling booth. Tickets, $13, will be sold at the school on Feb. 28 and March 1. • Wed., March 2, 4 to 6 p.m., Alumni Auditorium. Keynote speech by Sheila Davis, director of Global Nursing at Partners in Health, who will speak about her work in global nursing, the current work of Partners in Health and strategies for nurses interested in a career in global nursing and global health.
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Continued from page 12 nant and Non-Pregnant Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Pharmacokinetic and Safety Studies,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Daniel Roth. W4013 SPH. EB Mon., Feb. 28, noon. “CDX2, a Transcription Factor With Dynamic Binding Sites and Distinct Functions During Differentiation,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Michael Verzi, Harvard Medical School. 612 Physiology. EB
“Global Enclosures, Food Crises and the Ecological Contradictions of Capitalism,” a Sociology seminar with Farshad Araghi, Florida Atlantic University. 526 Mergenthaler. HW
Mon., Feb. 28, noon.
“A Moral Framework for Parental Decision Making: Being a ‘Good’ Parent,” a Berman Institute of Bioethics lunch seminar with Cynda Hylton Rushton, SoN and SoM. Lunch provided. W3008 SPH. EB
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“The Changing Landscape of Cancer Genomics,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Kenneth Kinzler, SoM. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW Mon., Feb. 28, 1:30 p.m. “Using FRET Microscopy to Monitor the Activation, Assembly and Subunit Swapping of CaMKII in Living Cells,” a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Steven Vogel, NIH/NIAAA. 709 Traylor. EB (Videoconferenced to 110 Clark. HW )
The David Bodian Seminar—“Rapid Loss of Long-Term, Stable Spatial Firing Patterns of Place Cells by Inhibiting PKM?” with Jeremy Barry, SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 28, 4 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 28, 4 p.m. “The Aleksandrov-Fenchel Inequalities of k+1-Convex Domains,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Yi Wang, Princeton University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger. HW Mon., Feb. 28, 4 p.m. “Reading the Trial of Dr. Sacheverell,” a History seminar with Brian Cowen, McGill University. (Rescheduled from Feb. 21.) 308 Gilman. HW Tues., March 1, 12:10 p.m.
“A Cross-National Comparison of Intimate Partner Homicide,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy seminar with Jacquelyn Campbell, SoN. Sponsored by the Center for Injury Research and Policy, the Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence and the Center for Gun
The M. Gordon Wolman Seminar— “Interpreting Fluxes From Hydrochemically Diverse Catchments” with Sarah Godsey, Pennsylvania State University. Sponsored by Geography and Environmental Engineering. 234 Ames. HW
Tues., March 1, 3 p.m.
Tues., March 1, 4 p.m. “Aristotle and the Sophists,” a Philosophy seminar with Stephen Menn, McGill University. Co-sponsored by Classics. 288 Gilman. HW
“The Congruence Subgroup Kernel and the Reductive Borel-Serre Compactification,” an Algebraic Geometry/Number Theory seminar with Leslie Saper, Duke University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 308 Krieger. HW
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“Reflections on the Ethics of Postmarket Safety Research,” a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Ruth Faden, SPH. W2008 SPH. EB Wed., March 2, 12:15 p.m.
Wednesday Noon Seminar— “Genetics of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder” with Gerald Nestadt, SoM. Sponsored by Mental Health. B14B Hampton House. EB Wed., March 2, 3 p.m. “MultiFunctional Smart Materials From Hierarchically Ordered Polymeric Systems,” a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Rajeswari Kasi, University of Connecticut. 110 Maryland. HW
“TexaneBased Tumor-Targeting Chemotherapeutic Agents,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Iwao Ojima, SUNY, Stony Brook. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
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“Approaches to Measuring NonFatal Health Outcomes: Disability at the Iganga-Mayuge Demographic Surveillance System (IMDSS) in Uganda,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Abdulgafoor Bachani. W2030 SPH. EB Thurs., March 3, 10:30 a.m.
“The Dynamic Regulation of Mitochondrial Morphology and Mitofusin Function by Bax,” a Biology thesis defense seminar with Megan Cleland, NIDS/NIH. 107 Jenkins. HW Thurs., March 3, 10:45 a.m.
“Platelets, Coagulation and Cancer Metastasis: A Sticky Situation in the Blood,” a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with Owen McCarty, Oregon Science and Health University. 110 Maryland. HW “ActinInduced Plasma Membrane Deformation Triggers Protein Recruitment to Shape Neuronal Mor-
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phology,” a Cell Biology seminar with Milos Galic, Stanford University Medical Center. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB “Quickest Detection of Hidden Clinical and Behavioral State-Transitions: An Optimal Control Approach,” an Institute for Computational Medicine distinguished seminar with Sabatino Santaniello, WSE. Sponsored by Biomedical Engineering. B17 Hackerman. HW
Thurs., March 3, noon.
“Three Mischievous Cytokines,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Noel Rose, SoM. W1020 SPH. EB
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Thurs., March 3, noon. “Metals, Reproductive Hormones and Oxidative Stress in Women in Consideration of Correlated Biomarker Measurement Error,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Anna Pollack. W2030 SPH. EB
The Bromery Seminar—“Dynamic Structures in the Deep Mantle” with Saswata Hier-Majumder, University of Maryland. Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Auditorium. HW
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“Natural Disasters and Civil Conflicts: Priorities for Research,” a Center for Refugee and Disaster Response seminar with Debby Guha-Sapir, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. W4013 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 3, noon.
“Neural Circuit Control of Memory and Motivation in Drosophila,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Scott Waddell, University of Massachusetts Medical School. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
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“A Model for the Cooperative Dynamics of Processive Molecular Motors,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Avanti Athreya, Duke University. 304 Whitehead. HW Thurs., March 3, 2 p.m. “Sexual Health, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in Almaty, Kazakhstan,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Mark Berry. W3031 SPH. EB Thurs., March 3, 3 to 6:15 p.m., and Fri., March 4, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Futures
Seminar—Department of Philosophy with featured speakers Michael Williams, KSAS; Peter Godfrey Smith, Harvard University; Julia Driver, Washington University, St. Louis; Ned Block, NYU; L.A. Paul, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and Robert Brandom, University of Pittsburgh. Mason Hall Auditorium (Thursday) and Charles Commons (Friday). HW
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“Application of Compressive Sensing to Cognitive Radio and Digital Holography,” an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Sang “Peter” Chin, APL. 316 Hodson. HW
Thurs., March 3, 3 p.m.
“Health Reform: Implementation and Evaluation,” a Social Policy seminar with Linda Blumberg, Urban Institute. Sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies and the departments of Economics and of Health Policy and Management. 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW
Thurs., March 3, 4 p.m.
“Mapping Olfaction,” a Biology seminar with Charles Greer, Yale University School of Medicine. 100 Mudd.
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HW Fri., March 4, noon. “A New Approach to Wind Energy,” a joint CEAFM and Civil Engineering seminar with John Dabiri, Caltech. 110 Hodson. HW Fri., March 4, 1 p.m. “Pathogenesis of Genetic and Autoimmune Mouse Models of Myopathy: Identification of Therapeutic Targets,” a Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology seminar with Kanneboyina Nagaraju, Bayview Medical Center. G03 BRB. EB Fri., March 4, 2 p.m. “Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Reproductive Agency in Jordan,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Jennifer McCleary-Sills. W2030 SPH. EB
“Disparities in Obesity Prevalence: Role of Diet Quality and Diet Cost,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Anju Aggarwal. W2008 SPH. EB
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Mon., March 7, noon. “Deconstructing Cilia and Flagella Function With Cryo-Electron Tomography and Structural Proteomics,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Daniela Nicastro, Brandeis University. W1020 SPH. EB Mon.,
World, with journalist and author Bob Woodward. (See In Brief, p. 2.) Shriver Hall. HW Thurs., March 3, 5:30 p.m. “At What Cost? Charting the Future of the American Research University,” an Office of the Dean and Office of the Provost discussion with Provost Lloyd Minor. (See story, p. 1.) For more information, go to www.sais-jhu.edu/bin/m/x/ provost.pdf. To RSVP, e-mail saispubaffairs@jhu.edu or call 202663-5648. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS Fri., March 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2011 Public Health Career Fair, providing a venue for students to meet with representatives from employers around the country to discuss employment opportunities, consultancies, internships and to obtain career information in the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors. Sponsored by the Career Services Office. For more information, go to www.jhsph .edu/careers or call 410-955-3034. E2030 SPH (Feinstone Hall) and Gallery. EB Mon., March 7, 2 p.m. Women in
Science Tea, in honor of Women’s History Month, bringing together female scientists from various academic levels and sectors of science to network, make new friends, mentor or be mentored. Sponsored by the Biomedical Scholars Association, the Hopkins Biotech Network and the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the Association for Women in Science. Turner Concourse. EB
Mon., March 7, 5:30 p.m. “Cartooning, Internet Addiction, Religion and Starting a College,” a slide talk by cartoonist and graphic novelist James Sturm on his work; a book signing will follow. (See story, p. 12.) Co-sponsored by Homewood Art Workshops and Homewood Arts Programs. 101 F. Ross Jones Bldg., Mattin Center. HW
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“Invasive Podosomes and CellCell Fusion,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Elizabeth Chen, SoM. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.
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March 7, 4 p.m. “A Republic Amidst the Stars,” a History seminar with Eran Shalev, Haifa University. Co-sponsored by Humanities. 308 Gilman. HW
Facility Symposium 2011 featuring exhibits from the GRCF and 16 leading life science companies, as well as seminars on various topics. For more information, go to http://grcf.med.jhu.edu and click on the GRCF Symposium Guide. Sponsored by the Institute of Genetic Medicine. Turner Concourse. EB
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Thurs., March 3, 1 p.m. “Introduction to Blogs and Wikis,” a Bits & Bytes workshop, providing an introduction to these popular communication tools. The training is open to Homewood faculty, lecturers and TAs; staff are also welcome to attend. Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW
HW Mon.,
School of Nursing honors the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, and the 20th anniversary of SoN’s Peace Corps Fellows Program. The week includes poster displays, open mic events, a photo competition and a keynote speech (Wed., March 2, 4 p.m. ) by Sheila Davis, director, Global Nursing at Partners in Health; the event will also include a tribute to the late Sargent Shriver, first director of the Peace Corps. (See story, p. 7.) Anne M. Pinkard Bldg. EB The 2011 Foreign Affairs Symposium— Global Citizenship: Re-examining the Role of the Individual in an Evolving
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Fri., March 4, 2 to 6 p.m. WGS Summer Fellows Workshop with Adam Bisno and Ren Pepitone (History); Caroline Block, Serra Hakyemez and Megha Sehdev (Anthropology); and Jessica Valdez (English). Sponsored by Women, Gender and Sexuality. Conference Room A, Levering. HW
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An unusual APL mission: Develop apps for soldiers’ phones B y G e o f f B r o wn
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merican special operations soldiers gathering critical intelligence and data in hostile territory have found that sometimes the best tool for the job is a civilian device, not a military one. A new favorite of these elite war fighters is the commercial smart phone: a compact, flexible, powerful piece of electronic gear. While the operators have managed to get their smart phones to perform some of the specialized functions they need in the field, there’s still a list of as-yet-unwritten applications they’d like, from instant translation to accurate mapping to fast intelligence analysis. Creating these applications for operators, or “Apps for Ops,” was the mission facing the 12 members of the 2010 Applied Information Systems Department’s Innovation Challenge. The staffers, all new and younger employees, met with instructors from Fort Bragg, N.C., home of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (aka “The School House”). These volunteers, all veterans of multiple missions across the globe, came to APL to meet with the AISD teams, which were three groups of four staff each. “Our adversary is fast and agile,” said AISD’s Alison Carr, who has been co-lead for the 2009 and 2010 challenges. “We need to help our soldiers be just as fast and agile. Why not give them something of military grade and quality?”
That sort of critical thinking and approach is the goal of the Innovation Challenge, created in 2008 by then AISD head (now APL director) Ralph Semmel and the AISD Diversity Resource Team, led by Tao Jen. The Innovation Challenge was designed to provide an alternative to the barriers that can form in large departments, and to give young AISD staffers the chance to work across different disciplines and learn things outside of their “comfort zone.” The 2009 challenge involved key card readers, and met with great success and posi-
tive feedback from the participants and AISD leadership. “We all got to do a super scaleddown project manager course, which was very, very useful,” said Paul Velez, leader of the winning 2009 team, who became 2010’s co-lead thanks to his team’s victory. “We also got documentation training from [the Technical Communications Group] for the whole team. It was nice to be able to get that.” For the 2010 challenge, Army operators described to the APL teams the things they wished they could do better in the field. It required the teams to both listen and do some technical translation. “They needed to hear what the operator wants,” Carr said, “and also understand the problem he’s trying to solve. We wanted the team to get at the root problem.” Another issue was usability. “These guys [who would use the apps] are really intelligent and bright,” Carr continued, “but [the Army operators] reminded us that they might be up for 72 hours straight. They’re going to be exhausted and hungry.” That meant they wouldn’t be great at performing complex software operations; they need something that could be run with simple clicks or inputs. As the teams got to work, it was clear that the goal of getting staffers to veer outside their comfort zones was going to be easily met. “We had hardware people writing software libraries, analysts doing presentations, applied mathematicians programming phones,” Velez said. “We had a real eye to mix the teams and create working relationships, and put people
Teens with HIV at risk for pregnancy, complications B y E k at e r i n a P e s h e va
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eenage girls and young women infected with HIV get pregnant more often and suffer pregnancy complications more frequently than their HIV-negative peers, according to new research led by Johns Hopkins investigators. A report on the multicenter study, based on an analysis of records from 181 patients with HIV, ages 13 to 24, treated at four hospitals over 12 years, is published in the Feb. 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings are alarming for at least two reasons, the investigators say. First, teen pregnancies—planned or not—put these already vulnerable patients and their fetuses in grave danger for complications. Second, the findings signal that HIV-infected teens and young women continue to practice unsafe sexual behaviors and to have unprotected sex, the researchers say. Pregnancy rates were especially high in one subgroup of HIV-infected youth: teens who acquired the virus behaviorally rather than during birth. Behaviorally infected teens had five times the number of pregnancies compared to their HIV-negative counterparts and were more prone to premature births and spontaneous abortions than their HIV-negative peers. Because of its retrospective nature, the study did not capture why the patients got pregnant. The answer to this question, the researchers say, would supply critical information for future pregnancy counseling and risk-reduction efforts. “Our analysis revealed a problem. Now we need to figure out why that is and how we, as providers, can give appropriate counseling and care to these girls and women,” said lead investigator Allison Agwu, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. All HIV-infected patients should be informed about pregnancy risk, including the risk of transmitting HIV to their partners during attempts to become pregnant and to their babies during the pregnancy itself, the researchers say. Therefore, physicians who treat HIV-infected youth should
have regular and honest discussions about these risks, they say. More than one-third (66) of the 181 patients in the study got pregnant, with some having more than one pregnancy, for a total of 96 pregnancies. Premature births were more common among HIV-infected mothers (34 percent) compared with moms in the general population (22 percent), as were spontaneous abortions (14 percent among HIV-infected moms compared with 9 percent among pregnant women in the general population). Twenty-eight of the 130 teen girls and women infected at birth got pregnant compared with 38 of the 51 who were behaviorally infected. The pregnancy rate of behaviorally infected patients was seven times higher than the rate of those infected at birth, the researchers found. Teen girls and women with behaviorally acquired HIV tended to have repeated pregnancies—37 percent of them had more than one pregnancy—more often than their counterparts infected at birth, of whom 14 percent got pregnant more than once. Those infected at birth were four times more likely to choose to terminate the pregnancy—41 percent of them did so—compared with those who contracted HIV later in life, 10 percent of whom ended the pregnancy.
Despite the small number of patients involved in the study, the researchers say that their analysis shows intriguing differences among youth with HIV, depending on how they got infected in the first place. “Our findings suggest that teens who were infected with HIV later in life may engage in different sexual behaviors than those infected at birth. Further analysis into these differences will help us find ways to prevent unwanted pregnancies and avoid complications from planned ones,” said senior investigator Kelly Gebo, a Johns Hopkins infectious disease specialist. Funding for the study came from the National Institutes of Health and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Kelly Gebo has received research funding from Tibotec, developer of anti-infective pharmaceuticals, including HIV/AIDS drugs. The terms of these arrangements are being managed by The Johns Hopkins University in accordance with its conflictof-interest policies. Co-authors on the study are Susie Jang, of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston; P. Todd Korthuis, of Oregon Health and Science University; and Maria Rosario G. Araneta, of the University of California, San Diego.
Global MBA students to present Innovation for Humanity projects By Andrew Blumberg
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he charter class of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Global MBA program will present the results of its inaugural Innovation for Humanity project from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Friday, March 4, at the school’s campus in Harbor East. Touted by Forbes magazine as one of the “10 most innovative business school classes” of 2010, Innovation for Humanity was designed to develop agile and conscientious business leaders who can propose
innovative solutions to society’s most pressing needs while faced with limited resources in emerging markets. The project created the opportunity for Global MBA student teams to gain these skills and perspectives by working with local entrepreneurs in India, Kenya, Peru or Rwanda on projects focused on health, energy and the environment. Johns Hopkins alumni, staff and students are invited to discover the lessons learned as selected teams present the results of their experiences. RSVP to Dan Sheats at dansheats@jhu.edu for full information and directions. A reception for presenters and guests will follow the presentation.
together who don’t work together very often and wouldn’t know one another.” As development continued, design decisions sometimes required an expert opinion. Thankfully, Carr said, “there are some former operators here at the Lab, and it was great for the teams to be able to bounce some ideas off the guys here as things were developing.” The teams’ diligence and hard work paid off when the operators returned to APL to view the finished products. “It was great to hear from the operators as we showed them the apps,” Carr said. “They were pleasantly surprised at how much our younger tech people actually ‘heard’ them when they were explaining their needs.” Several of the applications proved viable enough that they may have life after the Innovation Challenge. “We went to several program managers and said, Do you have a sponsor who might be interested in this application?” Carr said. “We’ve gotten some introductions scheduled, and a few of the projects have been identified as having potential. Because we had program manager support, follow-on support is now available.” The winning team—Katherine Schulte, Tammara Massey, Derek Pryor and Elizabeth Reilly—received coffee mugs with the Apps for Ops logo and a trip in February to Fort Bragg, where they learned more about the real-world events that led to the operators’ specific requests for custom applications. “They [got] to sit in on training courses and find out where the problems they were addressing came from,” Velez said, “and see exactly how their solutions could literally fit into a real situation.” The past two Innovation Challenge tasks were suggested by AISD staffers; future challenges will tackle problems from sponsors. This article appeared previously in The APL News.
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Hopkins scientists tie cell cycle ‘clock’ to childhood cancers By Maryalice Yakutchik
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bnormal chromosomes have long been detected in children with leukemias and lymphomas, and now research by Johns Hopkins scientists has linked such abnormalities with a molecular clock that controls the timing of a highstakes genetic exchange inside dividing immune system cells. When an immune cell divides, its DNA breaks into snippets that pair up anew with all the dynamism and daring of a troupe of trapeze artists. The Johns Hopkins team showed how this cellular act—the crash of which can result in cancer—depends as much on precision timing as any circus performance. “We expose ourselves to the real possibility of cancer every time we make a new immune cell,” said Stephen Desiderio, director of the Institute for Cell Engineering Immunology Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “One of the many safeguards in place to ensure that bad things don’t happen often now appears to be a cellular clock that times these potentially dangerous events and regulates them.” The Johns Hopkins study, reported Feb. 24 online in Immunity, reveals that the swap act known as V(D)J recombination is tethered to a cellular clock that determines when DNA will be cleaved and its segments reshuffled inside dividing immune cells. When the team uncoupled recombination from the clock in immune cells from mice, abnormal chromosomes and cancer cells resulted. V(D)J recombination enables an immune cell’s offspring to confer all-new and different protection than the parent cell from which they derived, ultimately allowing for diversity in an immune system that must recognize and stave off a huge variety of invaders. About 10 million such recombination events will occur while you read this, making potential mismatches of genetic bits a threat that could generate abnormal rearrangements in growth-control genes. Such rearrangements may wreak havoc in the immune system instead of bolstering it. For their study, Desiderio and his team first isolated chromosomes from the tumor cells of mice that had been genetically manipulated so that the molecular knife that chops up DNA inside of immunesystem cells—a protein called Rag2—would stay active all the time. The manipulation essentially uncoupled the V(D)J recombination from the cell cycle clock. Instead of being destroyed by a protector protein, Rag2 continued to cut DNA into pieces during all phases of the cell cycle. Rag2 normally is available only at one discrete window of time during the cell cycle when V(D)J recombination occurs. Rag2 promptly is disabled and cleared away from the cell by a regulatory protein acting like
the gears of the cell cycle clock and guiding proper DNA reassembly. All of this occurs before the cell cycle progresses into its next phase when DNA replicates. Desiderio said that the researchers’ work shows that if not disabled prior to DNA replication, Rag2 could chop the wrong genetic material at the wrong places at the wrong time. Strange bits could join promiscuously in odd ways, causing abnormal chromosomes to occur. “The ability to rearrange genetic material oscillates, and that oscillation corresponds to the cell cycle,” Desiderio said. By using a chromosome “painting” technique to render the severed pieces of genes in different colors, the team could see under a microscope that cells in the developing immune system died at a much greater rate than normal, presumably because the broken bits of DNA weren’t properly recombining. In addition, they noticed that many of the combination reactions that did occur had faulty “seams” where the gene segments had joined, and they revealed that bits of genes not normally involved in the V(D) J recombination process—most notably, cancer-causing genes—had joined in the swapping act. “The DNA sequences at those abnormal junctures we saw in mouse tumor cells mimicked the kind that were seen in a previous study of cells taken from children with lymphoid cancers,” Desiderio said. “This could provide an explanation about why those junctures occurred in those children and why we see abnormal chromosomes.” In a final experiment, the team crossed two mutant mouse strains: one in which they had mutated the Rag2 gene in order to unfasten the cell cycle clock from V(D)J recombination, and one that lacked a gene regulating cell death. These animals, lacking both Rag2 and the ability for aberrant cells to die as they normally would, developed florid tumors. “Knowing the underlying mutations that make it more likely for a child to get these abnormalities could mean, at the very least, that we might be able to identify those children and watch more closely,” Desiderio said. “And perhaps in the future, the knowledge might even instigate new therapy.” Authors of the paper, in addition to Desiderio, are Li Zhang and Taylor Reynolds, both of Johns Hopkins, and Xiaochuan Shan, of the University of Pennsylvania. This research was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute and a gift to the Institute for Cell Engineering.
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Belvedere, beautifully renov’d 3BR, 2BA TH, available June, discount for 2-yr lease. $1,600/ mo (furn’d) or $1,450/mo (unfurn’d). 410929-6008 or belvedererental@gmail.com. Bolton Hill (Park Ave), beautiful 8-rm apt, 1,300 sq ft, 1BR + guestroom and 1BA separate office and dining rm, gorgeous shared yd. $1,595/mo. gbaranoski@covad.net. Deep Creek Lake/Wisp, cozy 2BR cabin w/ full kitchen, call for wkly/wknd rentals, pics avail at jzpics@yahoo.com. 410-638-9417. Hamilton, cute 1BR apt, 2nd flr, priv entrancy, new refrigerator, w/w crpt, driveway, no pets, credit and refs req’d. $550/mo + utils + sec dep. 410-661-4360. Hampden, lg 1BR apt on the Avenue, updated, spacious BA, updated kitchen w/ stainless steel appls, expos’d brick, fin’d bsmt, back porch, yd. $1,150/mo. Richard, 410-206-8979. Hampden, 4BR, 2BA apt, private prkng. $1,300/mo + utils. adecker001@yahoo.com. Hampden, 3BR, 2BA TH, dw, W/D, fenced yd, nr light rail. $1,100/mo + utils. 410378-2393. Harborview (23 Pier Side Drive), 1BR unit on 1st flr has great views of water and swimming pool, 2 health clubs, garage prkng, 24-hr security incl’d, safe area; applicant must have good credit. $1,600/mo. 443-471-2000. Mt Vernon (Charles Towers), beautiful junior 1BR, 1BA apt, 725 sq ft, heat/ AC, natural light, swimming pool, gym, W/D in bldg, 5-min walk to shuttle, sublet April to end of August w/option to renew. $1,030/mo incl utils. 443-453-8604 or vanvliete@gmail.com. Ocean City, Md, 3BR, 2BA condo (137th St), ocean block, steps from beach, off-street prkng (2 spaces), lg swimming pool, walk to restaurants/entertainment. 410-544-2814. Ocean City, Md, bright 2BR, 2BA apt (76th St), lg balcony overlooks ocean, plenty of prkng, no pets, avail Sat-Sat. $850 + tax. 410-842-7319. Parkville, charming 1BR, 1BA cottage house w/huge yd, new flrs, W/D, bsmt, driveway. $900/mo (negotiable). 410-4220146 or pelelika2001@yahoo.com. Patterson Park (Belnord Ave), 2BR, 1BA TH, CAC, W/D, fenced yd, great neighborhood and neighbors. $1,025/mo. Gene, 410-375-5761. Perry Hall, beautiful 3BR, 2.5BA TH, hdwd flrs, deck, garage, pets welcome, walk to restaurants, grocery, parks. $1,900/mo. 443621-7984 or jjohnston76@gmail.com. Reisterstown, 3BR, 2.5BA TH, lg, spacious rms, new appls, deck, backyd, 10 mins to Owings Mills metro. $1,500/mo. www.21136rent.com (for pics and details). Roland Park, spacious 2BR, 2BA condo, furn’d, W/D, walk-in closet, swimming pool, cardio equipment, .5 mi to Homewood, secure area. $1,600/mo. 410-218-3547 or khassani@gmail.com. Towson/Loch Raven area, 3BR, 2BA TH, located on bus line to JHU Homewood, ready to move in. $1,600/mo. http://
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ITEMS FOR SALE
Singer Touch&Sew, new in sealed box, never used, fully electronic, 70 built-in stitches, many accessories. $150. wightp1959@ hotmail.com.
Moving sale: furniture, electronics, children’s items less than 1 yr old; e-mail for full list and prices of 50 items. chinnjing@ pacific.net.sg. Yamaha outdoor 2-way spkrs, black, model# NS-AW1, $50; Thule Set-to-Go kayak saddles (2 pairs, 4 total), can sell separately, $125/both pairs; Thule rooftop ski carrier, holds 2 pairs of skis, great cond, $75; best offers accepted, e-mail for photos. grogan .family@hotmail.com. Conn alto saxophone, best offer; exercise rowing machine, $50; both in excel cond. 410-488-1886. Printer, dresser w/shelves, sand beach chairs (2), reciprocating saw, digital piano, amplifier. 410-455-5858 or iricse.its@verizon.net.
SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED
Group of medical students looking for partly furn’d 2BR, 2BA apt March 31-June 30, nr JH shuttle, pref walking distance to JHMI, safe neighborhood, budget of $1,200/ mo (negotiable) incl utils. dr.saran.soman@ gmail.com. Badminton racket stringing service, quick turnaround time, arrange for pick-up. badminton@jhu.edu Free: Arcsonic by Baldwin piano and bench, to anyone who can pick it up from my Columbia home, excel cond. 410-207-4475. Volunteers needed for ambitious ecology project. Mark, 410-464-9274. Free public lecture, “Reverence and Ethical Culture,” 10:30am, Sun, March 6, at Baltimore Ethical Society. http://bmorethical.org. Responsible F college student looking to babysit family for the summer, has car, Red Cross CPR- and babysitting-certified. ctgodack@eckerd.edu.
Genuine Chesterfield leather sofa w/2 armchairs, like new. melinv@hotmail.com.
Depression/bipolar support group, Sundays 11 am-12:30pm at Grace Fellowship Church in Lutherville. Dede, 410-486-4471 or dedebennett@comcast.net.
Leather couch and loveseat, $500; 7-pc queen bedrm set, black, $700; tall bookcases (2), $100/both; elec fireplace display, $50; couch/loveseat sets (2), $100/ea; lg file drawers (2), $50/both; all in excel cond. 443-670-1046 or lan.afram@comcast.net.
Need a photographer or videographer for headshots, weddings or other events? Edward S Davis photography/videography. 443-695-9988 or esdavisimaging@gmail .com.
Baby items, almost brand new: huge play yard, combi stroller, bumbo seat, rainforest bouncer, much more; pics available. anuray6@gmail.com.
Licensed landscaper avail for lawn maintenance, yd cleanup, fall/winter leaf and snow removal, trash hauling. Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-812-6090 or romilacapers@ comcast.net.
Elton John concert tickets (2) for March 26. $200. 410-294-1781. Tory Burch shoes, red patent leather, size 10, $75; black leather Gucci replica bag w/tassels, $150; sm white Prada bag, $70; gold Coach handbag, $75; Tylie Malibu bags (2), black suede w/Swarovski crystals in black leather strap, $100, and a green suede w/Swarovski crystals in brown leather strap, $80. 410-3714318 or sullivan89@gmail.com. Sealy Posturepedic king and twin mattress sets w/bedframes, $450 and $250; 42" plasma TV, $410; Ikea “Billy” bookcase, $45; more. 443-760-8566 or loo.jing.liang@ snec.com.
Absolutely flawless detailing and mobile power-wash service. Jason, 443-421-3659. Friday Night Swing Dance Club, open to public, great bands, no partners needed. 410-663-0010 or www.fridaynightswing .com. Piano/harpsichord lessons offered by Peabody Institute grad student, reasonable rates; call to schedule an appointment. 425-890-1327. LCSW-C providing psychotherapy for adults and couples w/sexual health or sexuality concerns, EHP accepted. 410-235-9200 #6, or shane.grant.lcswc@gmail.com.
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panel discussion of the film with John Mann, documentary filmmaker and lecturer in Film and Media Studies at Johns Hopkins, and Susan Mann, professor of dance, Towson University.) G RA N D ROU N D S Wed., March 2, noon. “The Molecular Pathology of Dominant Mutations in Parkinson’s Disease,” Pathology grand rounds with Huaibin Cai, SoM. G-007 Ross Bldg.
“How the Brain Invents the Mind,” a Psychological and Brain Sciences colloquium with Rebecca Saxe, MIT. 234 Ames. HW Tues., March 1, 4 p.m.
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Tues., March 1, 4 p.m. “Anthropology of Water Sustainability,” an Anthropology colloquium with Steve Caton, Harvard University. 400 Macaulay. HW
I N F OR M AT I O N SESSIONS
Tues., March 1, 4:15 p.m. “Firefly Luciferase Bioluminescence— The Hopkins Connection,” a Chemistry colloquium with Bruce Branchini, Connecticut College. 233 Remsen. HW
Mon., Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m. Information session for the Master of Arts in Government degree program, sponsored by Advanced Academic Programs. RSVP online at http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/ index.cfm?ContentID=2898. Washington D.C. Center
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Tues., March 1, 7 p.m.
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3:30
p.m.
“Investigating the Interior Structure of Transiting Planets, From Super Earths to Hot Jupiters,” an STSci colloquium with Jonathan Fortney, University of California, Santa Cruz. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW Wed.,
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2,
4:30
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“Zebrafish Chewing the Fat: A Study of Lipid Processing With Guts,” a Biology colloquium with Steve Farber, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW “Glarean, Poet/Professor/Scholar,” a Peabody DMA Musicology colloquium with Inga Mai Groote, Ludwig Maximilian University and the University of Zurich. 308 Conservatory Bldg. Peabody
Wed., March 2, 5 p.m.
“The People’s War Against Earthquakes: Science, Natural Disasters and Mass Politics in Communist China,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Fa-Ti Fan, SUNY Binghamton. 300 Gilman. HW
Thurs., March 3, 3 p.m.
C O N F ERE N C E Tues., March 1, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wed., March 2, 9:30 a.m. to noon. “Africa’s
New Era: Learning From the Past and Preparing for the Future,” a Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Constructive Capitalism conference, with keynote speaker Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana. (See In Brief, p. 2.) For full agenda of the conference, go to www.sais-jhu.edu/bin/o/q/ africaconfoverview.pdf. Co-sponsored by the SAIS African Studies Program. To RSVP, e-mail rbwashington@jhu.edu or call 202-663-5650. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS
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“The Use of Open Space Technology in China and Around the World,” a SAIS Grassroots China Initiative discussion with Harrison Owen, originator, Open Space Technology; and Song Qinghua, president, Shining Stone Community Tues., March 1, 4 p.m.
From James Sturm’s ‘Slate’ column, 2010. See Special Events.
Cartoonist James Sturm to speak at Homewood
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artoonist and graphic novelist James Sturm will present a slide talk on his work on Monday, March 7, at The Johns Hopkins University. “Cartooning, Internet Addiction, Religion and Starting a College” will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the Mattin Center’s F. Ross Jones Building, on the Homewood campus. A book signing will follow. In addition to his groundbreaking books Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, James Sturm’s America: God, Gold and Golems, Market Day and the Eisner Award–winning The Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules, Sturm’s comics, articles and illustrations have appeared in scores of national and regional publications including The Onion, The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education, and on the cover of The New Yorker. As the director and co-founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies, a two-year MFA program in cartooning in White River Junction, Vt., Sturm is also a noted educator. The Center for Cartoon Studies, the only higher educational institution of its kind in North America, brings together top-tier faculty and the country’s most talented cartoonists to work with the field’s up-and-coming artists. “Cartooning, Internet Addiction, Religion and Starting a College” is co-sponsored by Homewood Art Workshops and Homewood Arts Programs.
Action. (Song Qinghua’s remarks will be in Chinese and will be translated.) To RSVP, e-mail athurst1@ jhu.edu or call 202-663-7727. 533 Rome Bldg. SAIS Wed.,
March
2,
12:45
p.m.
“The Global Financial Crisis: Its Implications for Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean,” a SAIS Latin American Studies Program discussion with Augusto de la Torre, World Bank. To RSVP, e-mail jzurek1@ jhu.edu or call 202-663-5734. 517 Nitze Bldg. SAIS “A Real Tool of Empowerment or Much Ado About Nothing,” a Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies discussion with Lawrence Repeta, Meiji University in Japan, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Japan’s Freedom of Information Act. To RSVP, e-mail reischauer@ jhu.edu or call 202-663-5812. 806 Rome Bldg. SAIS
Wed., March 2, 4:30 p.m.
Wed., March 2, 4:30 p.m.
“ ‘Between a Man and a Woman’— Why Conservatives Oppose Same-
Sex Marriage: A Book-Length Discussion,” a discussion with Ludger Viefhues-Bailey, Le Moyne College, Syracuse. Co-sponsored by Anthropology, the Humanities Center and Women, Gender and Sexuality. 113 Greenhouse. HW F I L M / V I D EO Wed., March 2 through Sat., March 12. Second Tournees Fes-
tival of Contemporary French Cinema. (See story, p. 7.) All films will be in French with English subtitles. For details, go to https://sites.google.com/site/ jhutournees2011. HW
Wed., March 2, 7:30 p.m.
Paris (2007). 26 Mudd. Thurs., March 3, 7:30 p.m.
Bamako (2006). 101 Remsen. Sat., March 5—
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p.m. Claude Bessy: Traces of a Life (2010). 26 Mudd.
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La Danse: Le Ballet de l’Opera de Paris (2009). 26 Mudd. (Followed by a
3 p.m.
Online information session for the Graduate Certificate in Biotechnology Education, a chance to learn about the program’s admission requirements, curriculum design and course structure; also participate in an online Q&A with program faculty and admission representatives. RSVP online at http:// advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp.index .cfm?ContentID=2950.
The Milton S. Eisenhower Library offers a series of infor-
mation sessions on how to do research in the library. To register, go to www.library.jhu.edu/ researchhelp/workshops.html. Electronic Resource Center, M-Level, MSE Library. HW •
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March
2,
4
p.m.
“Introduction to Research in Science.” Wed.,
March
2,
6
p.m.
“Introduction to Research in Medicine.”
Wed.,
March
2,
6:30
p.m.
Information session for the MS in Energy Policy and Climate degree program. Sponsored by Advanced Academic Programs. RSVP online at http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/ index.cfm?ContentID=2900. Washington D.C. Center. LE C TURE S
The Sydney and Mitzi Blumenthal Lecture and Award for Contributions to Management in Technology— “Innovation Underlying the Exciting World of Wireless: Technology, Devices, Platforms and Applications” by Irwin Jacobs, co-founder, Qualcomm. Reception follows. Co-sponsored by WSE and the Center for Language and Speech Processing. B17 Hackerman. HW
Tues., March 1, 4:30 p.m.
Thurs., March 3, 4 p.m. “The Impacts of the Neoliberal Health Care Reform in Colombia,” a Program in Latin American Studies lecture by Cesar Abadia Barrero, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 114 Maryland. HW
The G. Stanley Hall Lecture—“The Costs of Living: How Market Freedom Erodes the Best Things in Life” by Barry Schwartz, Swarthmore Col-
Thurs., March 3, 4 p.m.
lege. Sponsored by Psychological and Brain Sciences. 110 Hodson. HW Thurs., March 3, 5:15 p.m.
“Avons-nous des modeles?” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Tiphaine Samoyault, Universite Paris VIII. 479 Gilman. HW The 2011 ANSHE Lecture—“Visible Language: The Earliest Writing Systems” with Christopher Woods, University of Chicago. Co-sponsored by the Graduate Students of the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Graduate Representative Organization. 50 Gilman. HW
Thurs., March 3, 6 p.m.
Fri., March 4, and Mon., March 7, 4 p.m. The Thalheimer Lec-
tures by Ned Block, New York University. The third lecture in the series takes place on March 9. Sponsored by Philosophy. 110 Maryland (March 4) and 50 Gilman (March 7). HW MUSIC Wed., March 2, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Singers perform music by Ligeti, Badings and Kodaly. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Griswold Hall. Peabody Thurs., March 3, 7:30 p.m.
The Peabody Improvisation and Multimedia Ensemble performs. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. East Hall. Peabody Fri., March 4, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Jazz Orchestra performs with guest artist Steve Wilson, saxophone. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. East Hall. Peabody
Organist Donald Sutherland will perform with C Street Brass. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Griswold Hall. Peabody
Sun., March 6, 4 p.m.
Sun., March 6, 5:30 p.m. The Shriver Hall Concert Series presents pianist Andre Watts. $38 general admission, $19 for non-JHU students; free for JHU students. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW
S E M I N AR S Mon., Feb. 28, 10 a.m. “Vitamin D Supplementation in Preg-
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Calendar Key APL BRB CRB EB HW JHOC
(Events are free and open to the public except where indicated.)
Applied Physics Laboratory Broadway Research Building Cancer Research Building East Baltimore Homewood Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center 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