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On the road to discovery
Rozalin Davoodnia, a senior natural sciences/public
health major, knew in theory that a successful health care
model was a relative beast. She heard often enough in class
that an effective clinic in Chicago, for example, cannot
simply be duplicated elsewhere, say in a Third World
community, and be expected to yield the same results.
Still, to really understand this concept
Davoodnia thought she needed to experience it firsthand.
Fortunately, she was given the opportunity to do just that
when her research proposal was selected for a 1999 Provost's
Undergraduate Research Award.
Since 1993, about 50 students each year
have been awarded up to $2,500 to propose and conduct
original research, some results of which have been published
in professional journals. The awards, begun by then provost
Joseph Cooper and funded through a donation from the Hodson
Trust, are an important part of the university's commitment
to research. In fact, about 80 percent of the university's
undergraduates engage in some form of independent research
during their four years here, most alongside top researchers
in their fields.
Full story...
Committee looks at mail service
Despite the proliferation and widespread use of electronic
mail these days, the paper variety is hardly in danger of
extinction. In fact, each day thousands upon thousands of
letters and packages--the equivalent of those pouring into a
small town--are handled, sorted and delivered by the various
university divisions.
In 1999, for example, JHMI received some
8.6 million pieces and sent out roughly 2 million; at the
Homewood campus, an estimated 10 million pieces of incoming
and outgoing mail were handled.
As such a vital cog in the university
machine, mail services were deemed overdue for a much-needed
checkup. Since September, a 13-member work group has been
developing a plan to streamline and improve the performance
of university mail services. Specifically, the group has
been given the task of assessing customer satisfaction with
university mail services, identifying user concerns and
examining intra- and inter-campus mail policies, procedures
and technologies in an effort to provide recommendations
aimed at creating a faster, more reliable and more
cost-effective service.
Full story...
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