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In response to student feedback, the Fresh Food Café (FFC) has made some changes to the food that is served to students every day. At the start of the second semester, there were many new features implemented including a fresh orange-juice machine, a panini station, baked pasta at the pizza station, a revamped salad bar and cereal selection.
With arguably the strongest premed program and one of the highest law school acceptance rates in the country, Hopkins is undeniably a pre-professional school. Yet for those students who see themselves on Wall Street post-graduation, Center for Leadership Education Professor Leslie Kendrick is here to help where the Pre-Professional Advising Office may not.
Cerebellar Ataxia is rare neurological disorder of the cerebellum; it's a serious, debilitating progressive disease that over time leaves one completely dependent on others' assistance.
As we prepared to return to Hopkins for intersession this January, we also prepared ourselves for a month in which we could take advantage of all that Baltimore's restaurants have to offer. After exploring the Tuesdays with Gertie dinner special at Gertrude's and Restaurant week at Pazo, we decided it was only appropriate to end with a feast at Fogo de Chao.
With age does not necessarily come wisdom. Not many people will tell you that in your life. And even less people will tell you that at Hopkins. But I am not one of those people. Over the past four years, I have amassed several questions and observances about our great university that are still a mystery to me.
While it will be some time before tablets in general play a larger role in Hopkins students' lives, I have noticed an increasing use of iPads in class or when other students are sitting or milling about elsewhere. Some seem to find them just as effective as laptops when typing down notes, especially with new accessories and portable keyboards.
Work on three large construction projects continued over Winter Break and Intersession on the Homewood campus.
Alan Fish was appointed to be the University's first Vice President of Real Estate and Campus Services in January. His position includes overseeing the entirety of the University's real estate operations. Fish will also coordinate the schools and divisions that exist on the Homewood Campus.
Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI), the international arm of Hopkins medicine, has recently signed a five-year agreement with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health to consult in four of their major hospitals.
The Federal Reserve Board recently appointed Hopkins Professor Jon Faust as a special adviser in the Office of Board Members. He assumed his post on Jan. 17.
Touching and the Enjoyment of Sculpture: Exploring the Appeal of Renaissance Statuettes, which opened Jan. 21 at the Walters Art Museum, centers around how touch contributes to art and sculpture. As the name implies, the exhibit allows patrons to touch sculptures and other artifacts that would generally be off limits in a museum.
Hopkins had its first Symposium on Teaching Excellence in the Sciences on Friday, Jan. 20 to discuss how to move forward with the Gateway Sciences Initiative, a movement aiming to improve the way that introductory science classes at Hopkins are taught. About 400 people, including leaders in science education from around the country, Hopkins faculty, staff and students attended the symposium.
Some professors at Hopkins have banned computers in their classrooms on the grounds that they distract students and reduce their engagement in class discussion. During these first few days of class I have run up against myriad laptop policies in my various courses. Though professors have legitimate concerns, I don't think that banning laptops is reasonable in 2012.
The scientific community was significantly shaken this past December when, for the very first time in history, the US government requested that research journals withhold details of a study from the public. The study concerns a highly pathogenic avian influenza strain known as H5N1, whose transmissibility features have been genetically altered by a team of Dutch scientists, leaving the virus highly contagious and a threat to global security.
A group of five Bottlenose dolphins at the Planète Sauvage aquarium in Port-Saint-Père, France, was found to mimic whale sounds at night. These dolphins were exposed to whale songs through the soundtrack from their daily shows, which included bird cries and other marine sounds.
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Nebraska offers evidence of differences between conservatives and liberals that extend beyond political beliefs. The researchers found that conservatives more often focus on negative stimuli in comparison to liberals when it comes to observing their environments.
When faced with infertility, many women adopt, but some continue to try anything to get pregnant. Fertility clinics have cropped up all over the nation, aiding women in their attempts to become pregnant by offering counseling and several tests and treatment options, including in vitro fertilization. However, there are still a few women for whom such procedures do not work.
Researchers at the Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of Michigan Health System recently discovered the first major gene mutation associated with prostate cancer. This rare and hereditary mutation, they found, is connected to a notably higher risk of the disease.
A family of proteins related to prions may play a critical role in the formation of memories, according to research from the Stowers Institute for Medicine. This family of proteins, called cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding proteins (CPEBs), forms chains between neurons in the brain that are critical for long-term memories.
As the spring semester at Hopkins begins, students experience a mix of excitement and dread — and rightfully so. This new semester surely brings new professors, new classes and definitely new challenges (especially for those freshman losing the comfort of covered grades). But lest we students forget — with the new semester comes the little luxury that is our replenished Dining Dollar accounts.