In Brief
Six-part 'Hopkins' documentary debuts this week on
ABC-TV
The television series Hopkins, filmed by ABC News over five
months on the East Baltimore
campus, debuts at 10 p.m. on June 26.
The prime-time documentary, which will air on six
consecutive Thursdays, focuses on young
physicians in training, and on the dramatic work of some special
nurses. More than 100 Johns Hopkins
faculty, residents, nurses, patients and family members gave
their consent and participated in the
production. No one at Johns Hopkins who was involved with the
production has seen any of the film,
which was culled from 1,500 hours of footage.
In a statement prepared for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Web
site, Edward Miller, dean and
CEO, wrote, "Why would Johns Hopkins agree to such an
arrangement? Because even without knowing
in advance what ABC News would choose to show viewers, we, our
clinicians, teachers and nurses
decided that it has never been more important to tell the story
of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and of
academic medical centers, to the public, and to have the story
told credibly."
The team of filmmakers was led by many of the same network
producers and journalists who
created the award-winning documentary Hopkins 24/7 eight years
ago.
For more about the project, go to:
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hopkinsabc.
To see a trailer, go to:
hopkins.abcnews.com/episodes/1.
Parking permit rate changes set at Homewood and
Eastern
New permit parking rates go into effect on July 1 for
parking lots and garages on the
Homewood and Eastern campuses. All surface lots are $53 per
month. Faculty hangtag parking and
general garage parking is $82 per month. Reserved parking spaces
at the West Gate, San Martin and
South garages will be $110 per month. Reserved surface lot
parking is $74 per month. Ellerslie
satellite parking will be $33 per month.
Current customers satisfied with their permit do not need to
act. Anyone wishing to purchase a
permit, cancel a permit or change parking locations should
contact the Homewood
Parking and Transportation Office, located in the South
Garage, at parking@jhu.edu
or 410-516-PARK.
Archaeologists return to Egypt; Web site allows all to
follow
Archaeology buffs everywhere can follow along this summer as
JHU Egyptologist Betsy Bryan
and her team of graduate students, artists, conservators and
photographers expand their
investigation of Mut Temple, turning their attention to the
temple's Sacred Lake. Bryan and her crew
are once again in Luxor, sharing their work via Hopkins in Egypt
Today, their popular digital diary
offering a virtual window into day-to-day life on an
archaeological dig.
According to Bryan, modern-day Luxor is rich in finds from
ancient Egypt's New Kingdom, like
the major discovery made by the JHU team in 2006: a
3,400-year-old nearly intact statue of Queen
Tiy, one of the queens of the powerful king Amenhotep III.
To follow the dig, go to:
www.jhu.edu/egypttoday.
CTY receives grant to expand STEM coverage on Cogito
site
The Center for Talented
Youth has been awarded an $800,000 grant from the John
Templeton
Foundation to expand its Web site and online community of 3,500
promising young mathematicians and
scientists around the world. The grant will allow Cogito.org's
staff to increase editorial coverage of
the latest research in the science, technology, engineering and
math fields, including a new minisite on
climate change, currently being developed in cooperation with
Columbia University's Earth Institute.
The site will showcase work by physicists, geologists,
meteorologists, energy engineers, biologists,
public health experts and policy-makers that addresses the causes
and consequences of this
environmental challenge and will allow students to interact with
a wide range of experts.
Cogito aims to increase the likelihood of pre-college
students talented in the sciences pursuing
college and careers in STEM fields. While approximately one-third
of U.S. jobs require competence in
science or technology, only 17 percent of Americans graduate from
college with science or technology
majors.
Summer Evening at Evergreen showcases 'Twelfth
Night'
Mark your calendar for Thursday, June 26, when a Summer
Evening at
Evergreen will allow
explorers to enjoy the artistic wonderland after hours. From 5:30
to 7:30 p.m., visitors can check out
the first-floor galleries and the museum shop, view a surviving
copy of the first folio of Shakespeare
from Evergreen's John Work Garrett Library and stroll the grounds
to see the Sculpture at
Evergreen exhibition. At 8 p.m., the Baltimore Shakespeare
Festival will have its final rehearsal of
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in the meadow. Don't forget to
pack a picnic.
A second Summer Evening at Evergreen, scheduled for
Thursday, July 17, will feature a dress
rehearsal of The Taming of the Shrew.
Makerere-Johns Hopkins lab in Uganda honored by
magazine
Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Core Laboratory
at the Mulago Hospital complex
in Kampala, Uganda, has been cited as a 2008 Medical Laboratory
of the Year by Medical Laboratory
Observer magazine. Praised in particular for its work on behalf
of HIV/AIDS patients, the 45-
employee lab performs an average of 16,000 tests a month and
serves more than 72 research studies.
In a developing nation where basics such as electrical power
and transportation are not always
available, "the MU-JHU Core Lab has a reputation for
uncompromising standards of quality and
excellent service," the magazine says. It is one of only three
labs on the African continent accredited
by the College of American Pathologists, from which it received a
perfect score in CAP's 2007
inspection.
TEDCO awards 45 stem cell grants to Hopkins
researchers
Johns Hopkins researchers have received 45 of the 62 grants
awarded by the Maryland
Technology Development Corp. for studies into stem cells'
potential as a source of therapies for such
illnesses as cancer and ALS. The 62 grants, awarded upon the
recommendation of the Maryland Stem
Cell Research Commission, total $23 million. JHU received 30 out
of 45 grants given for investigator-initiated projects and 15 out
of 17 postdoctoral fellowship grants. Each postdoctoral grant is
for $110,000 to conduct two years of research.
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