Igniting interest in the sciences
Young Baltimore students get a hands-on week in School of Medicine labs

Daniel Leahy, professor in SoM's Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, demonstrates the characteristic colors of various elements when exposed to flame.

Science can be fun, and understandable. To demonstrate, Johns Hopkins offered 20 fourth- and fifth-graders a weeklong experience that involved such activities as building a baking soda volcano and extracting DNA from cheek cells.
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Mosaic impact is immediate
A newly created program aimed at fostering a diverse workplace at Johns Hopkins has already borne fruit — a bumper crop that exceeded expectations.
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$2 million computer will speed disease research
A federal grant will allow Johns Hopkins researchers to purchase a powerful $2 million computer that will speed up their efforts to find new ways to diagnose and treat brain disease, heart illnesses, cancer and other medical ailments.
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