Ushering in the Year of the Dog
Chinese New Year event at Homewood expected to draw more
than 1,000

The longest and most significant Chinese holiday will
be celebrated in grand style on the Homewood campus this
year, as students and scholars representing 12
Baltimore/Washington area universities will pack Shriver
Hall this Saturday to usher in the Year of the Dog.
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Science in the courtroom!
From the DNA profiling of a murder suspect to brain
scans presented in head-injury cases, the use of
medical-based evidence has exploded in the nation's courts
in recent years. In an effort to better prepare judges for
cases involving advanced science and medical issues, the
School of Medicine in conjunction with the Maryland
Judiciary will host a three-day workshop for judges this
week featuring some of Johns Hopkins' most renowned
researchers.
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Scientists 'RAVE-ing' about ambitious star
survey
An international team of astronomers last week
announced the first results from the Radial Velocity
Experiment, an ambitious all-sky spectroscopic survey aimed
at measuring the speed, temperature, surface gravity and
composition of up to a million stars passing near the
sun.
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