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(02/01/12 5:00am)
This election, the Grand Old Party might not boast an all-star roster, but it's got a game-changer in its midst. Of the candidates left standing, one is a disgraced, former Speaker of the House, another is too quasi-evangelical for comfort, and frontrunner Romney — the old guard's "golden boy" — is a $250 million cocktail of straight-laced smarm. But the candidate that's got everyone talking — particularly voting-age Millennials — is the same straggler deemed virtually "unelectable" by traditional electoral standards.
(02/01/12 5:00am)
Alexander Fleming discovered the lysozyme, which is an enzyme that is abundant in tears, saliva, human milk and mucus, back in 1923. The lysozyme defends us against bacterial attacks by catalyzing the hydrolysis of the glycosidic bonds in the polysaccharide found in bacterial cell walls.
(02/01/12 5:00am)
Everyone knows the danger of texting or talking on a cell phone while driving, but a new study has found that using a cell phone while walking may hold hidden dangers as well. A study done at Stony Brook University shows that cell phone usage in combination with walking interferes with memory recall.
(02/01/12 5:00am)
Chronic wound infections are often difficult to prevent and a hassle to treat. Fortunately, Sarah Maddocks and her colleagues from Cardiff Metropolitan University recently published a study that suggests the effectiveness of manuka honey in both treating bacterial infections and preventing them in the first place.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
The seventh annual Lighting of the Quads event was held yesterday to celebrate the holiday season with lights, food, music and the Gingerbread House Making Competition.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
Zombie Debt, a collective of undergraduate and graduate students, marched into Levering Food Court yesterday to speak about student debt following a mini-lecture in the Gilman Atrium.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
The women's soccer team fell to Amherst College, 2-0, in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament on Nov. 19th to conclude their season. The Lord Jeffs advanced to the quarterfinals to play regional site host Messiah, where they lost, 3-1.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
The Hopkins men's basketball team has launched an emphatic start to the young season. Over the course of the last two weeks, the Blue Jays won two of their three contests, expanding their record on the season to 4-1.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
What was a record-setting Hopkins football season ended in a disappointing fashion in a 23-12 loss to St. John's Fisher in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. The Blue Jays kept it close for much of the game, but they could not overcome the toll of five costly turnovers.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
For much of the student population, the climbing wall is the strange colorful structure occupying the space between the squash courts and the weight room. But for those students who have integrated top rope climbing into their lives at Hopkins, the wall is a comfortable, homey atmosphere filled with people who share the same interests and speak the same language: slopers, edging, stemming, arête, crimp, crux, dyno.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
Vision Xchange (VX) hosted the seventh annual Hopkins Top Model competition on Monday, Nov. 21.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
A recent study has shown that efforts to reduce the flow of fertilizers, animal waste and other pollutants into the Chesapeake Bay appear to be increasing the health of the bay.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
Professor Sara Berry has done it all — taught for more than 36 years, had her bag "stolen" by Nigerian children and guided undergraduate history majors.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
To bring health and sexual wellness information to an accessible level can be a daunting task — especially when reaching out to college students. However, PEEPs (Peer Health and Empowerment for Peers) works to do just that.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
Project Green Challenge, a month-long lifestyle contest sponsored by the educational movement Teens Turning Green, selected two teams from Hopkins part of the 12 finalists nominated for a national Green Living Award.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
The Hopkins Carey Business School and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) are launching a new joint Masters of Design and Masters of Business Administration degree program in Design and Leadership.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
The Student Environmental Activists (SEA) hosted a Green Carnival in the Gilman Atrium on Thursday, Nov. 17. The Carnival featured a variety of different eco-themed activities including eco-friendly crafts, an item exchange named the "Free Store," games and food.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
The ocean is a dangerous place, especially if you are a soft-bodied squid or octopus. Many predators in the bathypelagic zone, a dimly-lit section of the ocean that extends from 700 to 1000 meters below the surface, spot the silhouettes of their prey against the lighter background of the surface layers. Others, like the well-known anglerfish, use the searchlights on their heads.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
If you've ever walked through the underpass of Hackerman Hall and wondered what was going on in the mock operating room, what you are seeing is a state-of-the-art robotic surgery facility. Even more impressive is the work being done inside the building, around Hopkins and around the world. Robotically assisted surgery has become an increasingly present field in research and in practice, led in part by Hopkins inter-departmental collaboration with industry.
(12/01/11 5:00am)
The seasons have changed once again, and as the days grow shorter and the weather gets colder, the action in the Goldfarb Gymnasium on the campus of Johns Hopkins University begins to heat up.
