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The leadership of the Johns Hop-kins Carey Business School has set out to redefine the nature and

workings of a 21st-century business edu-cation in order to address today’s global social, economic, health and environ-

mental challenges. Dean Yash Gupta has said that he wants students to learn to think criti-cally, act ethically, comprehend issues in a global context and understand that business is all about “people.”

To help realize this vision, Gupta said that faculty will need to stress teamwork and community. The school has a new home to make that possible. Next summer, the Carey Business School will move into 80,000 square feet of space on four floors of the new Legg Mason Tower at 100 International Drive in Baltimore’s Harbor East. The university recently entered into a lease agreement with H&S Properties, the developer of Harbor East; and Legg Mason, from which it is subletting two of the floors. The state-of-the-art waterfront Legg Mason building will house classrooms, student space and offices for the dean, the faculty and staff. The space will be ready in time for the start of the fall 2010 semester, when the school will welcome its inaugural full-time Global MBA class. The two-year full-time program will feature a curricu-lum designed to be global in perspective and interdisciplinary in orientation and emphasis. The new location, officials said, will provide the school with a teaching and learning facility appropriate for full-time, executive and part-time business programs. It also offers more than twice the amount of space as its current home,

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JHU Museums begins a monthlong series of spirited holiday activities

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The winter holidays and the 19th century are inexorably entwined. To see the proof in the plum pudding, look no further than the ani-

mated retelling of Charles Dickens’ clas-sic holiday fable, A Christmas Carol, that swoops into theaters this month. The holidays, in fact, often evoke antiquity: think candle-carrying cho-rales, nutcrackers, hand bells and trees decorated with homemade ornaments. In celebration of holidays past, the Johns Hopkins University Museums will showcase the sights and sounds of the season with lavishly decorated period rooms, artfully trimmed trees, seasonal music by candlelight and other holiday activities, including a reading of the famous Dickens tale. Catherine Rogers Arthur, director and curator of Homewood Museum, said that the landmark inspiration for the Homewood campus will once again feature decorations by the Homeland Garden Club throughout the museum’s 11 period rooms. The decorations will be in keeping with the early-19th-century time period, when the Carroll family lived there.

Catherine rogers arthur decorates a table in homewood Museum’s drawing room, one of the Carroll family’s principal entertaining spaces. a hand-painted french porcelain coffee and chocolate service would likely have been used for holiday festivities.

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Factors putting patients at risk go beyond fatigue, findings suggest

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Surgeons who are burned out or depressed are more likely to say they had recently committed a major error

on the job, according to the largest study to date on physician burnout. The new findings suggest that the men-tal well-being of the surgeon is associated with a higher rate of self-reported medi-cal errors, something that may undermine patient safety more than the fatigue that is often blamed for many of the medical mistakes. Although surgeons do not appear more likely to make mistakes than physicians in other disciplines, surgical errors may have more severe consequences for patients due

to the interventional nature of the work. Some estimate that as many as 10 percent of hospitalized patients are impacted by medi-cal errors. “People have talked about fatigue and long working hours, but our results indicate that the dominant contributors to self-reported medical errors are burnout and depression,” said Charles M. Balch, a profes-sor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and one of the study’s leaders.

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Memorial to be held Tuesday for Professor Raymond Westbrook

A memorial service for Raymond Westbrook, the W.W. Spence Pro-fessor of Semitic Languages in the

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, in 310 Hodson Hall, on the Homewood campus, with refreshments to follow. All are invited to join members of the Department of Near Eastern Studies, family and friends to celebrate Westbrook’s life and remember his many contributions to the Johns Hopkins community.

Save the Future to graduate second class of Baltimore teens

Save the Future, a program in which Johns Hopkins undergraduates teach “financial literacy” to Baltimore teens,

will hold its second annual graduation cer-emony at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Phillip Phan, a professor and vice dean at the Carey Business School, will speak at the event. The program was created last year by Lucas Kelly-Clyne, now a senior in the School of Arts and Sciences. Carey Business School professors Kwang Soo Cheong and Ken Yook, along with Kelly-Clyne and four other undergraduates, served as tutors during the initial, fall 2008 session. Thirty students from the Youth Opportunity education and career training program, the National Academy Foundation high school and the Institute of Business and Entrepre-neurship high school took part in the 12-week after-school course held this semester on the Homewood campus. They will receive certifi-cates in financial literacy at the ceremony. Save the Future’s curriculum covers skills that range from opening a checking account to understanding the stock market. This year, 15 Johns Hopkins undergraduates worked in the program as tutors; no JHU professors were involved. “In an American society where 54 percent of 18-year-olds have a credit card and only 33 percent know how to read a bank state-ment, balance a checkbook or pay a bill, financial illiteracy is a major concern,” said Kelly-Clyne, a political science major. “Our goal is to introduce money management as an important concept that teens should be considering and continually learning about as they approach adulthood.”

CBS’ Byron Pitts at conference on teen health disparities

CBS correspondent and native Bal-timorean Byron Pitts will this week join teen-health experts from Johns

Hopkins Children’s Center and elsewhere for a discussion about health disparities in minority teens. The Emmy Award–winning chief national

correspondent for CBS Evening News rose to prominence as a national news heavyweight from being a functionally illiterate African-American middle-schooler. Pitts describes this triumph-over-adversity trajectory in his memoir, Step Out on Nothing, and will talk about it during his keynote address. His talk is part of the Johns Hopkins Adolescent Health Leadership Training Pro-gram’s second annual conference on health disparities, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, in Feinstone Hall at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Pitts’ address will be at 2 p.m. Minority youth have poor access to both primary and specialized medical care and experience worse overall health outcomes than their peers. Conference topics include suicide prevention in urban youth, diagnosis and treatment of teens with eating disorders and the importance of positive role models.

HSO announces 2009–2010 Concerto Competition

The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2009–2010 Concerto Competition. All Johns Hopkins

undergraduates and graduate students who are not currently pursuing a degree in music may compete on any instrument, or voice, with a concerto or aria that can be accompa-nied by a classical chamber orchestra. The prize is a performance of the win-ning concerto with the Hopkins Symphony Chamber Orchestra at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 28, in Homewood’s Shriver Hall. The application deadline is Friday, Dec. 4. Details are available at www.jhu.edu/jhso.

Nursing, medical students work on improving communication

The schools of Nursing and Medi-cine will use a $35,000 grant from the Retooling for Quality and Safety

Program, an initiative of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the IHI Open School for Health Professions, to bring together medi-cal and undergraduate nursing students to study how to improve communication and work together for patients’ benefit. The project will take place during classes in early spring, with a goal of reaching all 109 traditional nursing and 120 medical stu-dents. Both schools already include patient quality and safety in their curricula. Jo Walrath, associate professor and direc-tor of the baccalaureate program in the School of Nursing, said that the students will participate in case studies involving communication strategies between profes-sions. “Nursing students often ask why nurs-ing and medical students are trained in aca-demic silos and then are expected to come together after their careers start to figure out how to work together,” Walrath said. “This is a tremendous opportunity for these students to have both schools committed to pilot interprofessional education.”

New in the neighborhooda welcoming red door marks the entrance to the Center for Social Concern’s new home on North Charles Street.

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The Johns Hopkins Center for Social Concern has said farewell to the attic of Levering Hall and hello to its own

building on the corner of North Charles and 31st streets. The center relocated in late August and now occupies the three-story building at 3103 N. Charles St. that formerly housed the Office of International Student and Scholar Services (now in Garland Hall). The Center for Social Concern, founded in 1991, is the student volunteer office for the Homewood campus, and it currently has more than 50 groups that are committed to serving the Baltimore community. Center director Bill Tiefenwerth said that CSC needed room to expand and he wanted a more visible presence.

“We were very hidden up there in Lever-ing Hall. You had to work to find us,” Tiefenwerth said. “So now we’ve gone from a hidden spot right into the heart of the community on North Charles Street. I like to think of this new space as a big think tank where we can plan future community work.” Tiefenwerth had the center’s front door painted red “so that people couldn’t miss us.” The new location includes offices, a meet-ing space, a conference room, a full kitchen, storage space and a backyard for events. The building is currently undergoing renovation and once completed will be ADA-compli-ant and will feature a “hangout room” for students on the third floor. The center’s former location is now home to the Johns Hopkins Tutorial Project, an after-school program that provides academic support for Baltimore City elementary school students.

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Congestive heart failure patients in Baltimore City will be using a new FDA-approved electronic health

monitoring device to help manage their heart disease at home as part of a new study by the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. With funding from the National Insti-tutes of Health, lead investigator Patricia Abbott will measure whether having an Intel Health Guide—which allows patients to monitor their conditions, participate in learning modules and connect with clini-cians online—in the homes of congestive heart failure patients can improve their health. “We need to find ways to reach the medically underserved, and I think technol-ogy is one way that we can begin to build those bridges,” said Abbott, an associate pro-fessor in Nursing Systems and Outcomes. With “telehomecare” devices provided by Intel Corp., this is the first study to use the technology in community-dwelling African-American congestive heart failure patients. It is also the first such study to form a unique partnership with Clearwire Corp., which will support the Internet connectivity requirements of the Health Guide by provid-ing access to its 4G WiMAX wireless con-nection, which is now live in Baltimore. According to Abbott, wireless technology may be an important tool as telehomecare for chronic disease management becomes more commonplace. “Not having to pull cables or wires into a patient’s home or require telephone lines is a critical step in

the battle to reduce barriers to access to health care services, particularly in under-served populations,” she said. As part of a larger NIH-funded study led by JHU School of Nursing Professor Miyong Kim, Abbott’s pilot study will involve 60 inner-city home-dwelling African-Ameri-can patients. Half the patients will receive the Health Guide, while the others will receive usual care. Researchers want to find ways to acceler-ate the use of technology to keep patients in their homes rather than the hospital, Abbott said. “Our goal is to gain a deeper under-standing of how to work more efficiently with patients who have chronic disease, utilizing newer technological approaches. The research shows us that an informed and engaged patient may have fewer complica-tions and has higher levels of satisfaction with the health care system.” Using the simple touch-screen device, patients will be able to take their own blood pressure, weight and other measure-ments. Patients can connect with research-ers through video and voice-over Internet protocol and access a library of educational videos about chronic diseases. An important component of this study is in the construc-tion and testing of intelligent branching logic, which creates an interactive session for the patient while taking measurements and answering health questions. The device also will be programmed to remind patients about medications, the basics of sodium and fluid management, and medical appointments. The outcomes of the study will demonstrate the impact of such interactivity on heart fail-ure knowledge and disease self-management.

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The Johns Hopkins Medicine com-munity is mourning the sudden death of cardiologist Kenneth L.

Baughman, who was killed in an accident Nov. 16 while running in Orlando, Fla. He was attending the annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Associa-tion and was attempting to cross a street when a car struck him. Baughman, 63, had been the E. Cowles Andrus Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, joining the faculty in 1979, and served as director of Cardiology from 1992 to 2002. He was then recruited to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston to lead programs in advanced heart disease. “The division faculty, fellows, nurses and staff are deeply shocked and sad-dened at Ken’s sudden and tragic death,” said Gordon Tomaselli, current director of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins. “Ken was a friend, colleague and mentor to many at Hopkins. He formed a lasting bond that

endures to this day, not just with his students and co-workers but also with his patients, who share our sadness. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife and children and the rest of his loving family, whose ties to Hopkins are deep and abiding.” “Ken will be greatly missed,” said Edward Kasper, clini-cal director of Car-diology, who trained under Baughman as a resident and fellow from 1984 to 1991. “I will always remember Ken for his mentor-ship, his willingness to put the development of his trainees ahead of his own career. He had a heart of gold underneath a mask of gruffness. He never passed babies without picking them up and saying something kind.” “In 1975, Ken was among the first Osler assistant chiefs of service, under the renowned Victor McKusick, to get the Hop-kins system of four firms up and running,” said cardiologist Stephen Achuff, a professor

Kenneth L. Baughman, 63, former director of Cardiology O B I T U A R Y

at Johns Hopkins and one of Baughman’s closest friends. An institutional hallmark of medical residency training, the firms repre-sent the breakdown of the typical large cadre of 80 medical residents into smaller, colle-gial groups—the implementation of which was a dramatic step that improved learning and patient care. Baughman and Achuff both graduated from the University of Missouri Medical School in the 1960s, before meeting again as residents at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. “My fondest memories of Ken,” Achuff said, “are of the camaraderie and friendship he evoked in so many of us at Hopkins.” Achuff also recollected annual summer gatherings in Bethany Beach, Del., as part of the so-called “beach group,” made up of the Baughmans, the Achuffs and the families of Bill Baumgartner, Craig Smith and Gary Walford, who would cheer on Baughman as he participated in the town’s annual triath-lon. “I first met Ken and his wife, Cheryl, in 1982, when he came to Stanford University to see how we ran our heart transplant pro-gram,” said Baumgartner, a cardiac surgeon. “Ken and I were partners from the begin-

ning of the Hopkins [heart transplant] program in 1983. He was the medical director, and I was the surgical director,” added Baumgartner, a professor and vice dean for clinical affairs at Johns Hopkins, who recently stepped down as cardiac surgeon in charge at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. “Ken was the consummate physician,” he continued. “I often said that if I was seriously ill with anything, cardiology related or not, I would want Ken taking care of me. He was the best. In addition to being a wonderful friend and colleague, he was also my cardiologist. He was the hard-est worker in the hospital and touched so many lives of patients and colleagues here and at Brigham. It is hard to believe he is no longer among us.” Other colleagues noted that Baugh-man was dedicated to caring for his patients and linking clinical practice to research, focusing his efforts on diseases of the heart muscle. In addition to his wife, Cheryl, Baugh-man is survived by his children, Matthew and Christopher; their wives, Michelle and Holly; and four grandchildren.

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Surgeons

“All of us need to take this into account to a greater degree than in the past. Frankly, burnout and depression hadn’t been on everybody’s radar screen.” Nine percent of the 7,905 surgeons who responded to a June 2008 survey commis-sioned by the American College of Surgeons for a study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic reported having made a major medi-cal mistake in the previous three months. Overall, 40 percent of the surgeons who responded to the survey said they were burned out. Researchers asked a variety of questions, including queries that rated three elements of burnout—emotional exhaustion, dep-ersonalization and personal accomplish-ment—and others that screened for depres-sion. Each one-point increase on a scale that measured depersonalization—a feeling of withdrawal or of treating patients as objects rather than as human beings—was associ-ated with an 11 percent increase in the like-lihood of reporting an error. Each one-point increase on a scale measuring emotional exhaustion was associated with a 5 percent increase. Mistakes also varied by specialty. Surgeons practicing obstetrics/gynecology and plastic surgery were much less likely to report errors than general surgeons. Researchers acknowledged the limitations of self-reporting surveys, saying that they couldn’t tell from their research whether

burnout and depression led to more medical errors or whether medical errors triggered burnout and depression among the surgeons who made the mistakes. The results were published online Nov. 23 in the Annals of Surgery and will be pub-lished in the printed journal in an upcoming issue. Notably, the research shows that the number of nights on call per week and the number of hours worked were not associated with reported errors after controlling for other factors. “The most important thing for those of us who work with other surgeons who do not appear well is to address it with them so that they can get the help they need,” said Julie A. Freischlag, chair of the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and another of the study’s authors.

Related Web sitesCharles M. Balch: www.hopkinsmedicine.org/surgery/ faculty/Balch

Julie a. freischlag: www.hopkinsmedicine.org/surgery/ faculty/Freischlag

‘Burnout and CareerSatisfaction amongamerican Surgeons’: http://journals.lww.com/ annalsofsurgery/Abstract/2009/ 09000/Burnout_and_Career_ Satisfaction_Among_ American.15.aspx

New target may eventually help doctors treat often-intractable disease

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Johns Hopkins Medicine

A protein known to stimulate blood vessel growth has now been found to be responsible for the cell over-

growth in the development of polyps that characterize one of the most severe forms of sinusitis, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The finding gives sci-entists a new target for developing novel therapies to treat this form of the disease, which typically resists all current treat-ments. Chronic sinusitis, a constant irritation and swelling of the nasal passages, is a com-mon condition thought to affect about one out of every six people. This problem has several forms with a range of severities. One of the most severe forms produces polyps, overgrowths of unhealthy sinus tissue that can block the nose and sinus passages and make breathing through the nose difficult or impossible. This often results in pain, swell-ing and an increase in infections. Though researchers aren’t sure how many people have this subtype, it’s estimated to affect between 15 percent and 30 percent of sinus-itis patients. “This type of sinusitis isn’t subtle; you can spot the patients with polyps from across the room. They’re breathing through their mouths, they talk with nasal voices, they’re constantly sniffling, and their faces are swol-len,” said Jean Kim, assistant professor in the departments of Otolaryngology and Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the Johns Hop-kins School of Medicine and a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Allergy and Asthma Center at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medi-cal Center. Surgery to remove the polyps is one of the most common treatments for this disease but, Kim said, nasal and sinus polyps in these patients almost always regrow. “Once the patient has entered the cycle of growing polyps, it’s very hard to get out,” she said. Another common treatment is oral steroids, but these drugs are fraught with many harm-ful side effects and also only temporarily treat the disease. Kim and her Johns Hopkins colleagues

have long studied sinusitis, often grow-ing sinus cells isolated from patients in petri dishes. After noticing that cells from patients with polyps typically multiplied faster than cells from normal patients, the researchers speculated that cells from polyp patients might be producing extra amounts of some type of growth factor, a protein that encourages cell growth. To identify which growth factor might be to blame, the researchers had sinusitis patients with and without polyps rinse their sinus passages with a wash solu-tion, then tested the runoff for the pres-ence of various growth factors. They found that solution from patients with polyps contained high amounts of a substance called vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF, a protein important for normal blood vessel growth that also seems to play a key role in a variety of diseases, including cancer. The more VEGF they found in a cell culture, the faster those cells grew. To examine whether this protein is

present not only in the sinus passages but also in the sinus tissue, Kim and her col-leagues used a stain highlighting VEGF on sinus tissue removed from polyp-producing patients and from those with other types of sinusitis. The stained tissue from polyp patients “lit up very dramatically, like a city skyline,” Kim said, while the tissue from other patients showed little to no staining. Though these results confirmed that the sinuses of patients with polyps were overproducing VEGF, the researchers still weren’t sure that VEGF was instigating cell overgrowth seen in polyps. Look-ing for a cause-and-effect relationship, Kim and her team treated cells isolated from sinusitis patients with agents that inhibit VEGF production and action. The cells from polyp-producing patients slowed

Found: Protein responsible for chronic rhinosinusitis with polypstheir growth rate to match that of normal patients. “It’s a strong indicator that VEGF is indeed responsible for the overexuberant cell growth that contributes to polyp devel-opment,” Kim said. Her findings, published in the Dec. 1 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, suggest that doctors may eventually treat sinusitis in patients with polyps using therapies that reduce VEGF in sinus tissues. “In the future, we might have a nasal spray with an anti-VEGF agent in it,” she said.

The results also suggest a new way of pre-dicting which patients will go on to develop polyps. They might also simplify tracking the progression of the disease, a process that now relies on repeated CT scans, which expose patients to radiation. Since many patients with polyps already use sinus washes to ease their symptoms, doctors may be able to use any VEGF present in the runoff from these washes as a marker for the disease and its severity. Other researchers who participated in this study are Hyun Sil Lee and Allen Myers, both of Johns Hopkins.

Related Web sitesJean Kim: www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ otolaryngology/our_team/faculty/ kim.html

Johns hopkins asthma and allergy Center: www.hopkinsmedicine.org/allergy/ AAC.html

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Chili Cook-off winner Laurie forand, center, and rotC colleagues James robbins, Charles thompson, Shane Seay, Garth ambersley, Charles flanagan and Jeremy Bushyager.

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wood campus fund-raiser for the United Way of Central Maryland and the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund—drew 12 entries in the chili category and a record 13 in the baked goods taste-off. For $5, the Nov. 13 lunchtime crowd got to sample the contenders and purchase a meal of chili, cornbread, dessert and a bever-age, raising a total of $1,060. Prizes went to first-, second- and third-place winners selected by judges and for “people’s choice” as voted on by the specta-tors. Laurie Forand’s Beef Chili was a double winner, getting the top nod from both the judges and the crowd. Second-place hon-ors went to Kate Felder and Sheila Wells for their Tuxedo Chili and third place to Lisa Wetzelberger for her White Chicken Chili. Chris Swift’s Bourbon Pecan Tart with

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Results might be tied to fatigue and forgetfulness in managing children’s disease

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Mothers’ depression can worsen asth-ma symptoms in their children, according to research from Johns

Hopkins Children’s Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Analyzing data from interviews with 262 mothers of African-American children with asthma—a population disproportionately affected by this inflammatory airway disor-der—the Johns Hopkins investigators found that children whose mothers had more depressive symptoms had more frequent asthma symptoms during the six months of the study. Conversely, children whose moth-ers reported fewer depressive symptoms had less frequent asthma symptoms. Researchers tracked ups and downs in maternal depression as related to the fre-quency of symptoms among children. “Even though our research was not set up to measure just how much a mom’s depres-sion increased the frequency of her child’s symptoms, a clear pattern emerged in which the latter followed the earlier,” said senior investigator Kristin Riekert, a pediatric psy-chologist and co-director of the Johns Hop-kins Adherence Research Center. But while maternal depression appeared to aggravate a child’s asthma, the opposite was not true: How often a child had symp-toms did not seem to affect the mother’s depressive symptoms, an important finding that suggests maternal depression is an inde-pendent risk factor that can portend a child’s symptoms, the researchers said.

Past studies have shown that children with chronic health conditions fare worse if their primary caregiver is depressed, but none have teased out the exact interplay between the two. “Intuitively, it may seem that we’re deal-ing with a chicken-egg situation, but our study suggests otherwise,” said Riekert , an assistant professor in the School of Medi-cine. “The fact that Mom’s depression was not affected by how often her child had symptoms really caught us off guard, but it also suggested which factor comes first.” Researchers did not study why and how a mother’s depression affects a child’s asthma status, but because depression often involves fatigue, memory lapses and difficulty concen-trating, it can affect a parent’s ability to man-age the child’s chronic condition, which can involve daily, and sometimes complex, drug regimens and frequent visits to the doctor. “Mom is the one who must implement the doctor’s recommendations for treatment and follow-up, and if she is depressed, she can’t do it well, so the child will suffer,” said lead investigator Michiko Otsuki, a behavioral medicine fellow at Johns Hopkins at the time of the study and now at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. Investigators said that their findings should prompt pediatricians who treat chil-dren with asthma to pay close attention to the child’s primary caregiver—whether or not it is the mother—and screen and refer him or her for treatment if needed. “We ask these parents if they are smokers all the time, so maybe it’s time to start asking them if they are coping well emotionally,” said co-investigator Arlene Butz, a pediatric asthma specialist at the Johns Hopkins Chil-dren’s Center and a professor in the School of Medicine. “Doctors are trained to pick up on subtle clues, so if they see a red flag in Mom, they should follow up with a depres-sion screener and referral if needed.”

Mom’s depression a risk factor in childhood asthma symptoms Treating depressed mothers whose chil-dren are at high risk for asthma complica-tions will likely benefit both mother and child, while providing a clear treatment target to help reduce the burden of asthma in the United States, the researchers said. Asthma is the country’s leading pediatric chronic illness, affecting 6.5 million chil-dren under the age of 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion. The Johns Hopkins study included only mothers, but investigators said they believe that a similar pattern would emerge regard-less of who the primary caregiver is. Researchers caution that the mothers in

their study were screened for depression with a standard questionnaire, which is a reliable detector of symptoms but not a firm diagno-sis. The Johns Hopkins findings came from a high-risk, inner-city population and thus cannot be statistically extended to other eth-nic and socioeconomic groups, but research-ers said that the effect of caregiver depression on a child’s asthma likely transcends demo-graphics. The research was funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Other Johns Hopkins researchers involved in the study are Michelle Eakin, Lisa Arce-neaux and Cynthia Rand.

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One of the greatest challenges in helping substance abus-ers recover is ensuring that they have access to—and par-ticipate in—follow-up care,

counseling and support after their release from inpatient rehabilitation programs. Using a $959,822 National Institute on Drug Abuse grant funded by the federal stimulus act, Maxine Stitzer, a professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, will study what programs are most successful in helping encourage people coming out of inpatient treatment centers to enroll in care that will support their recovery. “Recovery from substance abuse is a long-term process because of the chronic, relaps-ing nature of the disease. So continuing sup-port is helpful for clients to be successful,” said Stitzer, a behavioral psychologist whose research focuses on both pharmacologic and behavioral approaches to treating substance abuse. “Our goal is to find out what methods will best help patients to enroll in outpatient care.” In Stitzer’s study, clients leaving a single residential substance abuse program in Bal-timore City will be referred to one of eight aftercare outpatient programs, and may be offered one of three added incentives to enroll; some clients will be given only refer-ral to a convenient outpatient program where they can receive counseling and sup-port to maintain their sobriety. “We will offer some clients a ride directly from the residential treatment center to

the outpatient program on the day they are released,” said Stitzer, who came to Johns Hopkins in 1974. “Other clients will be offered gift cards if they enroll and partici-pate in outpatient treatment. Finally, some clients will be able to meet with a counselor from the outpatient program who will intro-duce them to the program and serve as a personal contact once they get there.” According to Stitzer, each condition, including the usual care comparison, will be tested several times on a rotating basis during the two-year project, and up to 1,000 residential clients will be able to participate

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in the project. The main outcome measure is the percentage of clients from each study condition who enroll in the outpatient treatment programs. Stitzer said she hopes that the study results will help policy-makers identify opti-mal methods for improving rates of continu-ing care among those recovering from drug dependence. Stitzer’s study is one of 320 stimulus-funded research grants totaling nearly $157.4 million that Johns Hopkins has gar-nered since Congress passed the American Recovery and Revitalization Act of 2009

(informally known by the acronym ARRA), bestowing the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation with $12.4 billion in additional money to under-write research grants by September 2010. The stimulus package—which provided $550 billion in new spending, including the above grants, and $275 billion in tax relief—is part of President Barack Obama’s plan to kick-start a stagnant economy by doling out dollars for trans-portation projects, infrastructure building, the development of new energy sources and job creation, and financing research that will benefit humankind. As of Nov. 18, 86 jobs had been created at Johns Hopkins directly from ARRA fund-ing, including those for research technicians, lab assistants, research nurses, information technology people of various types, exercise physiologists and research administration trainees. In addition, positions have been saved when other grants ran out. Stitzer has hired three full-time research assistants for her project. They will be helping the resi-dential clients with their aftercare planning and working with the outpatient clinics to provide a smooth transition for those who do decide to attend outpatient aftercare.

This is part of an occasional series on Johns Hopkins research funded by the American Recovery and Revitalization Act of 2009. If you have a study you would like to be considered for inclusion, contact Lisa De Nike at lde@jhu .edu.

Maxine Stitzer is a behavioral psychologist whose research focuses on both pharma-cologic and behavioral approaches to treating substance abuse.

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began on Nov. 16 and continues through Wednesday, Dec. 16. The primary source of support for the program—which provides a three-day sup-ply of food to persons in need—is through this annual drive at Bayview, where con-tributions of food and funds provide about three tons of food. Among the items needed are canned

meat/ham/chicken, peanut butter, canned nuts and seeds, canned soups and vegeta-bles, sauces and salad dressings, breakfast cereals, pasta, muffin mix, evaporated and powdered milk, puddings and infant for-mula. Drop boxes are located on the Home-wood, East Baltimore, Bayview and Mount Washington campuses and in Fells Point. For details about locations and for more about the program, go to www.jhu .edu/~wforum/fooddrive.html.

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Healthy older adults free of heart disease need not fear that bouts of rapid irregular heartbeats brought

on by vigorous exercise might increase short- or long-term risk of dying or having a heart attack, according to a report by heart experts at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging. Researchers say that such fears surfaced after previous studies found that episodes of errant heart rhythms, more formally known as nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, more than double the chance of sudden death in people who have already suffered a heart attack. In a study presented Nov. 16 at the American Heart Association’s annual Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Fla., the research team monitored for on average 12 years the medical records of 2,234 initially healthy men and women, ages 21 to 96, participating in the NIA’s Baltimore Lon-

gitudinal Study of Aging. In adults with no earlier signs of heart disease, research-ers found no adverse effects resulting from brief episodes of exercise-induced ventricu-lar tachycardia. In the study, each volunteer participant had at least one exercise stress test per-formed before 2001. The test assesses the heart’s pumping ability, requiring partici-pants, whose average age at testing was 52, to walk or jog on a treadmill at increasing speeds and inclines until they felt exhausted, about 10 minutes for most. Eighty-one (roughly 4 percent) of the mostly older participants—65 of them men and 16 women—experienced short periods of rapid irregular heartbeats during exer-cise, at a rate hovering around 175 beats per minute and typically lasting from three to six heartbeats. Researchers said that overall death rates were higher in the tachycardia group than in the nontachycardia group (at 29 percent and 16 percent, respectively). But when they adjusted their analysis to account for differences in age, gender and those who

Exercise-linked heart irregularity no risk to healthy older adultsdeveloped known risk factors for heart dis-ease early on, they found no measurable increased risk between the tachycardia and nontachycardia groups of overall death, death from heart disease or suffering a heart attack. Lead study investigator and cardiologist Joseph Marine said that the study results should “provide reassurance” among appar-ently healthy middle-age and older people that such short episodes of ventricular tachy-cardia provoked on exercise testing do not have long-term consequences to health. “So long as a medical examination shows no underlying heart disease or other serious health condition, then people should con-tinue to live a normal lifestyle, including a return to exercise after clearance from their physician,” said Marine, an associate profes-sor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and its Heart and Vascular Institute. “Our results suggest that brief, nonsustained ven-tricular arrhythmia during exercise testing should, generally, not cause undue alarm in patients or physicians.” When suspicious about heart disease, care providers should investigate further for any signs of ischemia, arterial blockages, heart muscle disease or inherited risk of arrhyth-mia, Marine said. But if everything checks out negative for heart disease, then restric-tions on exercise are not needed. Indeed, he said, regular exercise has long been known to cut down on the risk of developing heart disease. Study co-investigator and Johns Hopkins cardiologist Gary Gerstenblith added that the latest study results should help physi-cians better triage which patients to treat after incidents of exercise-induced tachycar-dia. “Most people who experience erratic heart rhythms during exercise and who have no underlying heart condition can be left alone; they do not need to be treated, and they can continue to exercise,” said Gerstenblith, a professor in the Johns Hopkins School of

Medicine. “However, patients with erratic heartbeats who are later found to have underlying coronary heart disease should refrain from arduous exercise until consult-ing with their physician about treatment with drugs and/or an implantable device to improve their heart function and to decrease the risk of dying from a potentially fatal heart rhythm.” Marine said that the next steps in the team’s research are to determine whether other arrhythmias brought on by exercise, such as atrial tachycardia, have any impact on future death or heart-attack rates or lead to other arrhythmias. Funding support for the study was pro-vided by the NIA. In addition to Marine and Gerstenblith, researchers involved in the study were Grant Chow, of Johns Hopkins; Veena Shetty, of the Medstar Research Institute; Jeanette Wright and Samer Najjar, both of the NIA; and senior investigator Jerome Fleg, of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Related Web sitesJoseph Marine: www.hopkinsbayview.org/ cardiology/faculty/marine.html

Gary Gerstenblith: www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heart_ vascular_institute/experts/ physician_profile.html?profile= 78F0EEED5BD36C9CF493D727 DB849FCA&directory= 1B2D0F30B59D39A341 B0C23CB2B204D9

Baltimore Longitudinal Study of aging: www.grc.nia.nih.gov/branches/ blsa/blsanew.htm

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Celebrating “Unfortunately, when we have kept the decorations period appropriate, visi-tors have been disappointed with how few there would have been in the Carrolls’ era. Instead, in honor of Charles Carroll’s pen-chant for excess, the garden club goes all out, although they do limit themselves to plant materials known and available in the period,” she said. Arthur said that the holidays provide an opportunity to see Homewood in a new and different way. “The house and the 19th century come alive with the magical effect of music and decorations—the most beautiful time of year for a most beautiful house.” Evergreen Museum & Library, the Gilded Age mansion and former home of the Gar-rett family at 4545 N. Charles St., will offer a broader depiction of the holidays, incorpo-rating late-19th-century and contemporary design. The decorations include a giant tree handmade of paper and a festooned period sleigh. As teaching museums of a world-renowned university, Homewood and Evergreen wel-come members of the public year-round to experience their collections and special exhibitions, as well as to enjoy their tours, lectures and other programs. Here is a full list of holiday events at Homewood and Evergreen. For museum hours, see www.museums.jhu.edu.

‘Season of Celebration’ Museum ToursSaturday, Dec. 5, through Wednes-day, Dec. 30, museum hours. Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library. $6; $5 seniors (65+) and AAA members; $3 students (13+ with ID), youth (6–12) and Johns Hopkins alumni and retirees; free for members, JHU faculty, staff and students (with valid ID) and children 5 and under. See two of Baltimore’s most beautiful his-toric houses decked out in their annual holi-day best. Groups of 15 or more are invited to schedule museum tours with options for tea, box lunches and add-on tours at Mount Clare and/or Hampton National Historic Site. For information, contact Nancy Pow-ers, 410-516-0341 or npowers@jhu.edu.

Dollar Days WeekendSaturday and Sunday, Dec. 5 and 6,

noon to 4 p.m. Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library. $1; free for members. Visitors to the JHU Museums are invited to enjoy holiday music and decora-tions, light refreshments, the museum shops and special $1 admission as part of Balti-more’s Downtown Dollar Days. Peabody Conservatory’s Brass Roots Quintet will perform at Homewood Museum from 1 to 2 p.m. on both days.

Double Discount DaysSaturday, Dec. 5, through Sunday, Dec. 13, museum hours. Evergreen and Home-wood museum shops. Start your gift shopping right in the neighborhood. Holiday items are in stock, along with jewelry, decorative arts, textiles, educational items, paper goods and publications. JHU faculty, staff and students will receive 10 percent off with university ID. Members of JHU Museums receive 20 percent off, double their normal discount.

Homewood by CandlelightMonday, Dec. 7, 5 to 7 p.m. Homewood Museum. $6; free for members. Decorated by the Homeland Garden Club with garlands and boxwoods for the holidays, Homewood exudes a festive spirit that is best witnessed at the museum’s annual Homewood by Candlelight open house. Glittering candle-light throughout makes the historic house appear as it might have in the early 19th century. Rooms will be set for entertaining, the reception hall will be filled with the sounds of early American music performed by renowned artist David Hildebrand, and the museum shop will offer a wide variety of holiday gifts for people of all ages. Eggnog and cookies will be served in the wine cel-lar.

JHU Press Holiday Book Signing and Madeira TastingWednesday, Dec. 9, 5 to 7 p.m. Home-wood Museum. Free. Celebrate the season, meet JHU Press authors and get a jump on holiday shopping at this annual Holiday Book Signing. Authors of the Press’ popular regional titles will be available to inscribe a selection of wonderful gift books, and the museum shop will be fully stocked with holiday selections. The event also features recent Press books written or edited by Johns Hopkins faculty members.

An Ever Green Eveningthursday, Dec. 10, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library. $6; free for members and JHU students. Welcome the

holiday season at Evergreen Museum & Library, bedecked with festive splendor and trees artfully trimmed by some of Baltimore’s leading artisans, designers and architects, including an Aesthetic Movement dazzler by decorative arts authority Andrew Van Styn, a minimalist origami “nontree” by architect Jonathan McIntyre and a giant tree entirely handmade of paper created by George Rickles, owner of Swoon Creative Group. Participate in a silent auction of one-of-a-kind, professionally decorated children’s playhouses, and celebrate the opening of the second annual Johns Hopkins student pho-tography show, Evergreen as Muse. Mulled cider and seasonal refreshments will warm all, a festooned period sleigh will serve as the perfect backdrop for your own photographic memories, and the museum shop will be filled with unique gifts.

Silhouettes for the HolidaysSaturday, Dec. 12, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Homewood Museum. $40 for two copies of each silhouette portrait; pre-paid reserva-tions required (call 410-516-5589). Watch the magic scissors of Anne Leslie—a master portraitist in the tradition of the silhouette artists of the 18th and 19th centuries—as she creates a perfect gift for the holidays. Leslie, one of the few cut-paper artists still practicing in the mid-Atlantic, will create an image of your little ones to treasure for-ever. Sittings take approximately 15 min-utes. Framing available at additional cost.

Make-and-Take Holiday Card WorkshopSaturday, Dec. 12, 1 to 3 p.m. Ever-green Museum & Library. Free with museum admission by advance registration (call 410-516-0341). Open to all ages. Evergreen director-curator James Abbott will lead a workshop on the art and craft of card mak-ing in the Victorian era. In the spirit of the 19th-century fascination for souvenir albums and collage, participants will use an array of colorful papers, ribbons, fabrics and printed illustrations to create holiday and gift cards.

‘A Christmas Carol’ ReadingSaturday, Dec. 12, 3 to 4 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library. Free with museum admission by advance registration (call 410-516-0341). Join Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the three Christmas ghosts in Evergreen’s atmo-spheric Bakst Theatre for a dramatic read-ing of Charles Dickens’ festive holiday

classic, A Christmas Carol, by actors of the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, using a special performing edition prepared by Dickens for his own presentations. Open to all ages.

Come Home for theHolidays Bus Tourtuesday, Dec. 15, 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tour begins and ends at Hampton National Historic Site, 535 Hampton Lane, Tow-son, Md. $55; $50 members of Homewood Museum, Evergreen Museum & Library, Mount Clare Museum House, Hampton Mansion and the Greater Baltimore History Alliance. Price includes roundtrip bus trans-portation and lunch. Advance, pre-paid reservations only (contact Abby Burch at 410-516-5589 or aburch1@jhu.edu). On this historic-house holiday tour, get a glimpse of how four of early Maryland’s most promi-nent families celebrated this special time of year. The day includes visits to Hampton Mansion (1790), Mount Clare Museum House (1760), Homewood Museum (1801) and Evergreen Museum & Library (1858), with lunch at the Mount Clare Stable and time for shopping in the museum shops.

Snowflake Tour ofCharles Village HomesSunday, Dec. 20, noon to 4 p.m., pre-sented by the Charles Village Civic Asso-ciation and the Village Learning Place. $15; $12 students. JHU’s Homewood Museum is proud to be one of the stops on the 2009 Snowflake Tour of Charles Village Homes, which will feature a wide array of vintage Charles Village houses, from small to large, all of them deco-rated for the holidays. A bonus is the inclusion of historic Seton High School, Saints Philips and James Church, Home-wood Friends Meeting House, University Baptist Church and Homewood Museum, which will be decorated for the holidays circa 1800. Highlights of the residences include a Pastel Row “honeymoon house,” a luxury flat conversion, a banker’s man-sion, park-front Edwardian grand dames and a one-time fraternity brought back from the brink of ruin and made into a This Old House feature. Refreshments will be served. Tour headquarters is the Village Learning Place, 2521 St. Paul St., which will hold its open house at the same time. Proceeds go to the VLP and neighborhood beautification. For more information, go to http://snowflaketour.info or e-mail info@charlesvillage.net.

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the glass-sheathed Downtown Center, located at 10 N. Charles St., which the school’s predecessor—the School for Profes-sional Studies in Business and Education—moved into in early 2001. Gupta said that the school needed room to expand, both from a practical perspective and in order to “build a com-munity.” “Students, faculty and staff couldn’t all be together at our existing location,” he said. “We also have no true student commons or breakout rooms in 10 N. Charles St., but business in today’s world often involves the creation of teams, and teams have to meet somewhere.” Gupta said that students will also benefit from being in close proximity to business professionals in a corporate environment. The tenants of the 24-story tower, which opened this fall, include Legg Mason, one of the world’s largest asset management com-panies; the law firm of Hogan & Hartson; and the investment firm Oppenheimer & Co. Two other letters of intent to lease up to 44,000 square feet of space have been signed and are under review. “We expect there will be a lot of fruitful interaction with the other tenants. Students can walk a few feet and be at Legg Mason or another company. The ability to interact with those in the business community is very

important, and a huge selling feature for us,” he said. Gupta said he anticipates that the Carey School’s new location will make it easier to attract business professionals as guest lectur-ers or part-time faculty, and to set up intern-ship opportunities for students. The move to the Legg Mason building is a major step in the school’s plan to be one of the nation’s premier business schools,

drawing upon Johns Hopkins’ strengths in science and research and capitalizing on interdisciplinary collaboration with the university’s other academic divisions. At the Legg Mason Tower, the Carey Business School will occupy space on the first, second, 12th and 13th floors. The first floor will serve as the entrance to the school. The second will contain classrooms, breakout spaces for students and faculty,

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Job OpportunitiesThe Johns Hopkins University does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristic in any student program or activity administered by the university or with regard to admission or employment.

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fSrP holiday Programs — Through the Vernon Rice Memorial Butterball Turkey and Adopt-a-Family programs, Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs provides opportunities for members of the Johns Hopkins com-munity to help local families in need during the holidays. The Vernon Rice Memorial Butterball Turkey Program, named in honor of the late Johns Hopkins staff member who started the effort, provides Butterball Tur-key gift certificates to pre-identified fami-lies through St. Anthony of Padua Church in West Baltimore. In 2008, thanks to the generosity of Johns Hopkins faculty and staff, 113 families received certificates for holiday meals. To participate, send a check or money order in $15 increments, payable to JHU Butterball, to Faculty, Staff and Retiree

Programs, Johns Hopkins at Eastern, 1101 33rd St., Suite C100, Baltimore, MD 21218. Funds received by Nov. 13 will be given to families for Thanksgiving, and those received after Nov. 14 but before Dec. 15 (the final day for contributions) will be distributed for the December holidays. Go to http://hr.jhu.edu/fsrp/butterball.cfm for more information on the program. The Adopt-a-Family/Adopt-an-Agency Program provides families and individu-als with gifts, clothing and food that they might not otherwise be able to afford. Johns Hopkins faculty and staff adopt a pre-identified family or social service agency and collect gifts to match specific needs. These wish lists are available to faculty, staff or departments. To learn more about this program, or to complete an online reg-istration form, go to http://hr.jhu.edu/fsrp/adopt_fam.cfm. Contact FSRP at 443-997-6060 with questions about either program, or go to http://hr.jhu.edu/fsrp and click on the Com-munity Service link to learn more.

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Calendarthurs., Dec. 3, noon. Randolph Bro-mery Seminar—“Early Mesozoic Paleo-geography and Tectonic Evolution of the Western United States: Insights From Detrital Zircon U-Pb Geochronology” with Todd Lamaskin, URS Corp. Spon-sored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Hall Auditorium. hW

thurs., Dec. 3, 1 p.m. “Optical Approaches to Probing the Cerebellum in Action,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Samuel Wang, Princeton University. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. eB

thurs., Dec. 3, 4 p.m. “The Generalized Median Stable Matchings,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Christine Cheng, University of Wiscon-sin-Milwaukee. 304 Whitehead. hW

thurs., Dec. 3, 4 p.m. “Neuronal Necrosis and Regeneration in C. elegans: Unexpected Role Reversals in the Neu-ronal Fight for Life, Death and Repair,” a Biology seminar with Monica Driscoll, Rutgers University. 100 Mudd. hW

thurs., Dec. 3, 4 p.m. “A Difference in Opinion Is Inevitable: Franklin, Hemp-hill and Modern Toleration,” a Political and Moral Thought seminar with Alan Houston, University of California, San Diego. Sponsored by History. 366 Mer-genthaler. hW

fri., Dec. 4, 11 a.m. “Solar-Hydrogen Production by Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Thermochemical Gasifica-tion of Biomass in Supercritical Water,” a CEAFM seminar with Liejin Guo, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. 110 Mary-land. hW

Mon., Dec. 7, 3:30 p.m. “Recovery From Hip Fracture: The Baltimore Hip Studies Experience,” a Center on Aging and Health seminar with Jay Magaziner, University of Maryland School of Medi-cine. Suite 2-700, 2024 E. Monument St. eB

Mon., Dec. 7, 4 p.m. “Eternal Solutions to Lagrangian Brakke Flow,” an Analy-sis seminar with Yng-Ing Lee, National Taiwan University. Sponsored by Math-ematics. 304 Krieger. hW

S P e C I a L e V e N t S

tues., Dec. 1, 5 p.m. Memorial ser-vice for Raymond Westbrook. (See “In Brief,” p. 2.) Hosted by Near Eastern Studies. 310 Hodson. hW

fri., Dec. 4, 4:30 p.m. United Way Thank You Happy Hour for all contribut-ing faculty and staff. The drawing for an iPod will take place at 5 p.m. Courtyard 1, SPH. eB

Mon., Dec. 7, 5 to 7 p.m. “Home-wood by Candlelight,” the museum’s annual open house, with rooms lit by candlelight, the sounds of early music, decorations of garlands and boxwood and eggnog and cookies served in the wine cellar. $6 general admission, free for Homewood Museum members. hW

t h e a t e r

thurs., Dec. 3 through Sat., Dec. 5, 8 p.m. Dunbar Baldwin Hughes Theater presents its fall mainstage show. Swirnow Theater, Mattin Center. hW

fri., Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. Buttered Niblets perform comedy improv. Arellano The-ater, Levering. hW

fri., Dec. 4, 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 5, 2 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 6, 7 p.m. Johns Hopkins University Theatre presents Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by prize-winning student playwright Eric Levitz. A half-price dress rehearsal is scheduled for Wed., Dec. 2, 8 p.m. $15 general admission, $13 for senior citizens, JHU faculty, staff and alumni, and $5 for students with ID. Merrick Barn. hW

fri., Dec. 4, 9 p.m., and Sat., Dec. 5, 8 p.m. Throat Culture performs sketch comedy. Arellano Theater, Levering. hW

W o r K S h o P S

thurs., Dec. 3, 1 p.m. “Got Impact? Tools for Assessing the Influence of Your Research,” a Bits & Bytes work-shop intended for faculty, lecturers and TAs; staff are also welcome to attend. Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Garrett Room, MSE Library. hW

B y e D i e S t e r n

Hopkins Symphony Orchestra

Music director Jed Gaylin and the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra will this week welcome several guest

artists for an evening of opera excerpts and Gounod’s rarely performed St. Cecilia Mass. The soloists are soprano Lori Hultgren, tenor Richard Crawley and bass Robert Cantrell, with the Johns Hopkins Choral Society and the Goucher Chorus. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, in Home-wood’s Shriver Hall Auditorium. WBJC-FM program director Jonathan Palevsky will give the pre-concert talk at 7 p.m.

The opera excerpts are Act V of Gounod’s Faust, an aria from Act III of Puccini’s Tosca and selections from Verdi’s Aida, Macbeth, La Forza del Destino and Otello. Conductor Gaylin says of the program, “I love moving from the operatic characters’ raw expressions of love, jealousy, foreboding, scheming, betrayal and redemption to the celestial splendor of Gounod’s Mass.” Admission to the concert is free for Johns Hopkins and Goucher students. Tickets are $8 for other students, seniors (60+) and Johns Hopkins and Goucher affiliates. Gen-eral admission is $10. For more information, call 410-516-6542, e-mail hso@jhu.edu or go to www.jhu.edu/jhso.

HSO presents vocal extravaganza: Opera excerpts and Gounod Mass

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November 30, 2009 • THE GAZETTE 11

ClassifiedsaPartMeNtS/houSeS for reNt

Bayview, 3BR, 2BA house, W/D, CAC, fin’d bsmt, sec dep and refs req’d. 410-905-5511.

Bayview, 2BR house w/fin’d bsmt, W/D, prkng pad, no pets, rent + sec dep + utils. Mary, 443-798-8652.

Butchers Hill, 3BR, 2BA TH, 2 blks to JHMI, 1,400 sq ft, bamboo flrs, stainless steel appls, fp, jetted shower, W/D. $1,450/mo. 617-272-6140.

Butchers Hill, rm in lg TH, fully furn’d, hdwd flrs, separate BA, short- or long-term rental. $850/mo. 301-455-3303.

Charles Village, 2BR, 2BA corner condo w/balcony, 1,200 sq ft, CAC, 24-hr front desk, steps to Hopkins shuttle, all utils incl’d. marionmalcolm@comcast.net.

Charles Village EOG, commercial/residential lease, charming, lots of light, sec dep, credit check and commercial zoning waiver req’d. 443-756-6707.

Charles Village (2807 Calvert St), lg 3BR, 2BA apt w/sunrm, W/D, hdwd flrs, eat-in kitchen; other units available. 410-383-2876.

Columbia, 3BR, 2.5BA TH, 3 fin’d levels, walk to Howard County General Hospital/Howard Community College/Columbia Mall, avail Dec. 443-310-9476.

Cross Keys Village, 1BR w/hdwd flrs, CAC/heat, free prkng, 24-hr security, swimming pool. $900/mo + utils (water incl’d). 646-284-2279 or tamrirev@yahoo.com.

E Baltimore, rms in single-family house, cable, WiFi, crpt, walk-in closet, view. $550/mo incl utils. 240-547-0437 or miranda_ijiyemi@yahoo.com.

Ellicott City, 3BR, 3BA TH, W/D, garage, fenced yd, nr Rt 40/29/70/100. $1,800/mo + utils + sec dep. 410-465-9595 or nnos@yahoo .com.

Federal Hill, 3BR, 3.5BA TH, 2,300 sq ft, completely updated, full-size BRs, walk to Cross St Market/Inner Harbor/Camden Yards. $3,000/mo. mdemtp@yahoo.com.

Fells Point (Aliceanna and Broadway), 2BR, 2BA apt w/top-of-the-line appliances, granite countertops, 2 blks to water, bike to Hop-kins. $1,595/mo. 805-338-2277, hLkan888@ hotmail.com or kwtkan@hotmail.com.

Hampden (41st St), 3BR apt w/new BA, new paint, living rm, dining rm, kitchen, pantry, dw, W/D, garage. $1,275/mo incl utils. 410-338-4455.

Hampden, 3BR, 2BA TH, dw, W/D, fenced yd, nr lt rail. $1,100/mo + utils. 410-378-2393.

Harborview, beautiful 1BR + enclosed den condo, 1.5BAs, 2 balconies, spectacular water view. $2,000/mo. 410-727-6898 or 100harbor @gmail.com.

Homewood, sublet/rent 1BR in 2BR apt, fully furn’d, 1BA, full kitchen, living rm, W/D, avail Jan 1, pref students, refs req’d. $525/mo + utils. 617-512-6665.

Mt Washington, 2BR, 2BA house w/lg loft, W/D, dw, fp, hdwd flrs, balcony, elevator, garage, in serene area. $1,500/mo. 301-525-4505.

M A R K E T P L A C E

Mt Washington, 3BR, 3.5BA TH in nice neighborhood, AC, heat, W/D, wood/crpt flrs, deck, prkng, 10-20 mins to JHU/JHH, Summit Park ES. $1,750/mo + utils. 410-419-1731.

Mt Vernon, sublet lg 1BR apt, 1 blk to Pea-body/JHU shuttle, nr downtown and grocery stores, avail Dec 15 to Jan 18, prefer F tenant. $150/wk incl all utils. 425-890-1327.

Park City, UT, deluxe 1BR ski condo, sleeps 4, walk to lift, great snow through March, rent wkly. 410-817-6778.

Remington, 2BR, 1BA and complete bsmt avail, pets OK, nr JHU and shuttle, half off 1st month rent. bbhwang@gmail.com.

Rodgers Forge, 3BR, 2BA TH, W/D, CAC, fin’d bsmt, family-friendly neighborhood, great Balti-more County schools. $1,600/mo. dickgeorge@comcast.net.

Roland Park, beautiful 5BR, 3.5BA house w/designer kitchen, jacuzzi tub, wrap porch, CAC. sean.tunis@netzero.net.

Roland Park, bright 1BR apt w/hdwd flrs, shared laundry, porch and patio. $925/mo + utils. 410-591-8740.

Roland Park, lg 2BR, 1BA apt w/balcony, work-ing fp, 1 mi to Homewood campus. $1,100/mo + elec. 443-386-1879.

3904 Canterbury Rd, big 1BR and 2BR apts in nice neighborhood, nr Homewood campus/shuttle stops. Ferdinand Latrobe, 443-386-1879 or fclatrobeiv@yahoo.com.

Spacious 3BR apt in secure bldg, hdwd flrs, 10-ft ceilings, new windows, nr Homewood campus. $1,275/mo + utils. 443-253-2113 or pulimood@aol.com.

Studio apt w/separate entry, priv kitchen/BA and yd, across from JHMI. happyhut4u@yahoo.com.

1425 Central Avenue, 3BR, 1BA, nr JHH/JHU. Tisha, 410-404-2757.

Apts in registered historic carriage house, nr Gunpowder Falls bike trail, pref faculty/grad students. $1,300/mo (3BR, 2BA) or $1,200/mo (2BR, 1.5BA). 410-472-4241.

Office space, 800 sq ft, 2 offices, lg cen-tral space, storage, bath, kitchenette, security, prkng and wireless avail for fee, nr Hunt Valley, Glyndon, Owings Mills, Cockeysville and 795. $700/mo. 443-471-6121.

houSeS for SaLe

Charles Village/Guilford, sunny 1BR condo w/den, 24-hr front desk, half blk to JHU shuttle, MLS#BA7177675. $139,900. 443-534-8664.

Charles Village, lg 2BR, 2BA in Carrollton Con-dos, renov’d, 24-hr front desk, CAC/heat, prkng spot. $150,000. emmakcontact@yahoo.com.

Mt Vernon, huge 3BR beaux arts apt, very elegant, light, quiet, opposite shuttle stop, overlooks square. $549,000. 410-234-2641.

Wyman Park, bright 2BR co-op apt next to Homewood campus, overlooks park, easy walk to JHMI shuttle. $142,900. 443-615-5190.

4BR, 3.5BA corner TH, walking distance to JHMI/JHH (contact walk to work program to get money back), upgraded, buy/rent or rent-to-own option, possible owner financing. 410-680-6971 or ddincm@yahoo.com.

rooMMateS WaNteD

Share Bonnie Ridge apt w/JHU couple, own BR and BA, furn’d common rms, balcony,

W/D, CAC, w/w crpt. $458/mo + 1/3 utils. 443-854-2303.

Prof’ls wanted for 1BR in 3BR, 2.5BA RH, 3 blks to JHH, pref nonsmoker. $500/mo incl utils, high-speed Internet. 703-944-8782.

F nonsmoker wanted for 2BR, 2.5BA TH in Patterson Park, 3 flrs, all new appls, rm to rent is partly furn’d, nr 95/Bayview Medical Cen-ter, great neighbors, easy prkng. $800/mo incl all. 908-347-7404 or dsiLva1@gmail.com.

Lg, partly furn’d bsmt BR w/priv BA avail in beautifully renov’d 3BR RH in Mayfield, across from Herring Run Park, nr Lake Monte-bello, 10 mins to JHMI, perf for visiting medi-cal prof’ls. $600/mo incl utils and wireless. mayfieldroom@gmail.com.

Share new, refurbished TH w/other medical students, 4BRs, 2 full BAs, CAC, W/D, dw, w/w crpt, at 924 N Broadway, 1-min walk to JHMI. gretrieval@aol.com.

Rm in lg furn’d Catonsville house, W/D, deck, backyd, nr park nr I-69/95, no lease. $625/mo + utils (high speed Internet incl’d). 410-409-0692 or Lizo99@hotmail.com.

Quiet prof’l wanted to share sunny, newly renov’d home, 2nd flr apt has 2 lg rms, office, full BA, share kitchen on 1st flr, nr train/shops. $600/mo incl utils, off-street prkng, cleaning service. Margaret, 617-335-7632.

CarS for SaLe

’97 Olds Cutlass Supreme, V6, new tint job, CD player, power seats/windows, new brakes and tires, excel cond, 100K mi. $2,250. Pat, 410-598-0308.

’00 Alero GLS coupe w/sunroof, rear spoiler, in good cond, 93.5K mi; contact for pics. $4,490. xxniz8xx@hotmail.com.

’01 Toyota Corolla CE, automatic, w/naviga-tion, Md insp’d, excel cond, 85K mi. $5,300/best offer. 410-526-2167.

IteMS for SaLe

Furniture: coffee tables (2), lamp, lg desk, loveseat, artistic chairs, pictures. Best offer. 443-655-6272.

Florida oranges, grapefruits and tangerines become available in December. 443-710-2320 or donnamacklea@hotmail.com.

Leather coats, women’s, sizes sm and med, different styles, in good cond, cheap. wreisig@verizon.net.

Twin-size antique beds (2), sturdy, heavy iron frames (not wrought iron); buyer picks up. $100/best offer. 443-520-8539 or delmalone@gmail.com.

Christian Dior Norwegian blue fox fur coat, medium size, full-length, great holiday gift. $1,200. 443-824-2198.

Pair exterior French doors, new, white, 8 ft x 3 ft, made of Auralast wood, 15 double E-glass panels, double locks. $750/pair. 443-768-4751.

Ikea “Bjursta” dining table w/2 pullout leaves, seats 4-8, $100; Ikea white desk, $15; HP Deskjet D1341 printer and color cartridge, $20. willy.dely@gmail.com.

Conn alto saxophone, mint condition. $650/best offer. 410-488-1886.

Computer, microwave, printer, dressing table w/shelves, 3-step ladder, chair, reciprocating saw, tripods, digital piano. 410-455-5858 or iricse.its@verizon.net.

Classified listings are a free ser-vice for current, full-time Hop-kins faculty, staff and students only. Ads should adhere to these general guidelines:

• Oneadperpersonperweek.A new request must be submitted for each issue. • Adsarelimitedto20words, including phone, fax and e-mail.

• WecannotuseJohnsHopkins business phone numbers or e-mail addresses.• Submissionswillbecondensedat the editor’s discretion. • DeadlineisatnoonMonday, one week prior to the edition in which the ad is to be run.• Realestatelistingsmaybeoffered only by a Hopkins-affiliated seller not by Realtors or Agents.

(Boxed ads in this section are paid advertisements.)Classified ads may be faxed to 443-287-9920; e-mailed in the body of a message (no attach-ments) to gazads@jhu.edu; or mailed to Gazette Classifieds, Suite 540, 901 S. Bond St., Bal-timore, MD 21231. To purchase a boxed display ad, contact the Gazelle Group at 410-343-3362.

PLaCING aDS

Greenspring/Mt. Washington2BR 2BA Condo, LR w/FP, Porch, DR,

Laundry Rm., Kitchen, Pool,Great Location , 1 mo. Sec. dep.

$1,250 + Utilities.

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Window air conditioners (3). $40 (5,000 BTUs), $70 (6,500 BTUs) or $80 (8,000 BTUs). 443-845-8003 or hector_jeg@hotmail.com.

4G Zune Black, new and unopened. $100. 410-206-2830 or nlheyls@yahoo.com.

Danby dishwasher, apartment-sized, $100; baby items—swing, $20; chair, $5; play yd, $10. foxaoki@verizon.net.

Vintage chair, made in Sweden, 1960s. $260/best offer. Elizabeth, 443-631-0881 or http://bit.ly/5fg6lE (for pics).

SerVICeS/IteMS offereD or WaNteD

Playful adult M cat needs loving home, already neutered. 443-416-6811 or s_andrews01@ hotmail.com.

Horse boarding, lessons, training in Bel Air, MD. $325 (full care), $175 (partial care); lessons are $35/ea. 410-458-1517 or www .baymeadowfarm.net.

Afternoon child care needed for easy-tem-pered 5-yr-old, pick up from kindergarten, 3-6pm, must have own car, license, auto insur-ance, flawless driving rec, must show highest level of responsibility and integrity, experience req’d. nriess@hotmail.com.

Piano tuning and repair, “Craftsman” member of the Piano Technician’s Guild serving Pea-body, Center Stage, CND. 410-382-8363 or steve@conradpiano.com.

Free: fine solid oak kneehole desk, 56"W, 34"D, 30"H, in very good cond, buyer must pick up (I live in Roland Park). 410-294-6503.

Occasional babysitter wanted for 2 toddlers in our Oakenshawe/Charles Village home, short walk to Homewood campus, experience and refs req’d, flexible. 410-243-8724.

Join a men’s volleyball club, coached practice sessions Saturdays in Cooley Center, Tuesday and Wednesday night league games; all levels welcome. 443-854-5193.

Christmas bazaar w/fun activities for kids (Santa pic, etc), walk to Homewood campus in Hampden, 1008 W 37th St, Fri, 12/4, 3-8pm and Sat, 12/5, 10am-4pm. 410-366-4488 or staquina@archbalt.org.

LCSW-C providing 1-on-1 psychotherapy, JHU-affiliated, experience w/treating depres-sion, anxiety, sexual orientation and gender identity concerns, couples. 443-735-9283 or shane.grant.lcswc@gmail.com.

Interior/exterior painting, home/deck power washing, leaf removal, bush trimming, Xmas lights installed, licensed, insured, free estimates, affordable. 410-335-1284 or randy6506vfw@yahoo.com.

Power washing, no job too small, free esti-mates. Donnie, 443-683-7049.

Horse boarding, 20 mins from JHU, beauti-ful trails from farm. $500/mo (stall board) or $250/mo (field board). 410-812-6716 or argye .hillis@gmail.com.

Piano lessons w/experienced teacher, all lev-els/ages welcome. 410-662-7951.

Affordable landscaper/certified horticulturist avail to maintain existing gardens, also plant-ing, designing, masonry; free consultations. 410-683-7373 or grogan.family@hotmail.com.

Licensed landscaper available for leaf/snow removal, trash hauling, Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-812-6090 or romilacapers@comcast.net.

Rosie’s green cleaning service, affordable and reliable. 410-960-8578 or poohbearprince@yahoo.com (for free estimate).

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Johns Hopkins / Hampden

WYMAN COURT APTS. (BEECH AVE.) Effic from $570, 1 BD Apt. from $675, 2 BD from $775

HICKORY HEIGHTS APTS. (HICKORY AVE.) 2 BD units from $750

Shown by Appointment 410-764-7776

Greektown 5 MIN from Bayview Unfurn., 1BD Apt., 2nd Fl, new kitchen, updated BA, priv. entrance, suited for single fellow or married couple. No pets/smoking. Deposit, credit check & references required. $750 mo.& includes utilities. Call 410-665-8918

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Calendar

C o L L o Q u I a

tues., Dec. 1, 2 p.m. Presenta-tion of projects that won 2009 Hart Prizes for Excellence in Inde-pendent Research and Develop-ment—“Exploitation of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Products” by I-Jeng Wang, APL/KSAS (Research); “Information Fusion and Localization in Distributed Sensor Systems” by Gregory Avi-cola, APL (Research); and “Envi-ronmental Changes on Biologi-cal Aerosol Particles” by Joshua Santarpia, APL (Development). Sponsored by the Applied Phys-ics Laboratory. Kossiakoff Audito-rium. aPL

tues., Dec. 1, 4 p.m. “Life With Others and the Anthropol-ogy of Ethics,” an Anthropology colloquium with Webb Keane, University of Michigan. Co-spon-sored by the Program in Evolu-tion, Culture and Cognition. 400 Macaulay. hW

tues., Dec. 1, 4:15 p.m. “How to Describe the System to Its Ben-eficiaries,” an ELH colloquium with Bruce Robbins, Columbia University. Sponsored by English. 201C Dell House. hW

Wed., Dec. 2, 4:30 p.m. “One Hundred Years of Retroviruses,” a Biology colloquium with Karen Beemon, KSAS. Mudd Hall Audi-torium. hW

thurs., Dec. 3, 3 p.m. “Vivisec-tion in 17th-Century Anatomy,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Domenico Bertoloni Meli, Indi-ana University. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Library. eB

D I S C u S S I o N S / t a L K S

Mon., Nov. 30, 12:30 p.m. “Chi-na’s Civil Nuclear Energy Plans and Their Implications,” a SAIS China Studies Program discus-sion with Bo Kong, director, SAIS Global Energy and Environment Initiative; and David Lampton, director, China Studies Program. 806 Rome Building. SaIS

tues., Dec. 1, 11:30 a.m. “Europe Shifts Gears: The View From East Central Europe,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Janos Martonyi, Hungary’s former min-ister of foreign affairs, and Kurt Volker, SAIS. Rome Building Auditorium. SaIS

tues., Dec. 1, noon. “Resur-gence of HIV/AIDS Among MSM: Human Rights Challenges and Public Health Interventions,” a World AIDS Day panel discus-sion with Chris Beyrer, Frangiscos Sifakis and Karin Tobin, all of SPH. Co-sponsored by Health, Behavior and Society and SPH. W1214 (Sheldon Hall). eB

tues., Dec. 1, 4:30 p.m. “Chal-lenges of the Japanese Economy Under the New Government,” a SAIS International Economics Program discussion with Taka-toshi Ito, University of Tokyo. 500 Bernstein-Offit Building. SaIS

tues., Dec. 1, 5 p.m. “Obama’s Foreign Policy: Is This Change We Can Believe In?” a SAIS European Studies Program discus-sion with David Calleo, director, European Studies Program. Rome Building Auditorium. SaIS

Wed., Dec. 2, 12:30 p.m. “Islam, Islamism and Post-Isla-mism in Africa,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with Benjamin Soares. 736 Bernstein-Offit Building. SaIS

thurs., Dec. 3, 12:30 p.m. “The Great African War,” a SAIS Afri-can Studies Program discussion with Filip Reyntjens, University of Antwerp. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building. SaIS

fri., Dec. 4, 12:15 p.m. John Colmers, Maryland secretary of health and mental hygiene, will discuss topics related to public health. Sponsored by Career Ser-vices. W2008 SPH. eB

G r a N D r o u N D S

fri., Dec. 4, 12:15 p.m. “Pro-viding Information Prescriptions

(IRx) in Two Clinical Popula-tions: Two Randomized Con-trolled Trials,” Health Sciences Informatics grand rounds with Nancy Roderer, SPH, and Kath-leen Oliver, Regional Medical Library, New York University. Sponsored by SoM and SPH. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). eB

I N f o r M a t I o N S e S S I o N S

tues., Dec. 1, 12:15 p.m. Infor-mation session for Talk With Action Against Hunger, with rep-resentatives of the organization. Sponsored by Career Services. W2008 SPH. eB

L e C t u r e S

fri., Dec. 4, 12:30 p.m. “Public Health in the Republic of Geor-gia,” a J.B. Grant International Health Society lecture by Aleksan-dre Kvitashvili, minister of health, labor and social protection, Repub-lic of Georgia. W1020 SPH. eB

fri., Dec. 4, 12:30 p.m. “Cometary Amino Acids from the STARDUST Mission,” a Planets, Life and the University Astro-biology lecture by Jamie Elsila Cook, GSFC/Goddard Center for Astrobiology. Bahcall Auditorium, STScI. hW

M u S I C

Wed., Dec. 2, 8 p.m. The Pea-body Trio performs. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Fried-berg Hall. Peabody

thurs., Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Brass Ensemble performs; concert follows the lighting of the Washington Monument. Griswold Hall. Peabody

thurs., Dec. 3, 8 p.m. Ketzev, a co-ed Jewish a cappella group, performs its fall concert. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. hW

fri., Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. The Pea-

body Latin Jazz Ensemble performs. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. East Hall. Peabody

fri., Dec. 4, 8 p.m. The a cap-pella group Octopodes performs its fall concert. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. hW

Sat., Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. The Pea-body Percussion Group performs. Griswold Hall. Peabody

Sat., Dec. 5, 8 p.m. The Mental Notes a cappella group performs its fall concert. Schafler Audito-rium, Bloomberg Center. hW

Sat., Dec. 5, 8 p.m. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra presents a concert featuring works by Verdi, Puccini and Gounod, with guest soprano Lori Hultgren, tenor Rich-ard Crawley, bass Robert Cantrell, the Johns Hopkins Choral Society and the Goucher Chorus. $10 gen-eral admission, $8 for senior citi-zens, students and JHU faculty, staff and alumni. Free for Johns Hop-kins students. (See story, p. 10.) Free youth ticket available with each paid general admission ticket. Shriver Hall Auditorium. hW

Sun., Dec. 6, 3 p.m. Peabody Children’s Chorus performs. Fried-berg Hall. Peabody

Sun., Dec. 6, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series presents the Juilliard String Quartet perform-ing works by Mendelssohn, Davi-dovsky and Schumann. (See photo, this page.) $33 general admission, $17 for non-JHU students, free for JHU students. Shriver Hall Audi-torium. hW

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tues., Dec. 1, 6:30 p.m. Read-ing by author and Hopkins faculty member Brad Leithauser. Spon-sored by the Writing Seminars. 101 Remsen. hW

S e M I N a r S

Mon., Nov. 30, 9 a.m. “Impact of a Statewide Intensive Care Unit Quality Improvement Initiative on Hospital Mortality and Length of Stay,” a Health Policy and Man-agement thesis defense seminar with Allison Lipitz. 688 Hampton House. eB

Mon., Nov. 30, 10 a.m. “Mari-tal Power and Intimate Partner Violence in the Philippines,” a Population, Family and Repro-ductive Health thesis defense seminar with Jessica Fehringer. E4130 SPH. eB

Mon., Nov. 30, noon. “The Pros-pect for a New New Deal?” a Soci-ology seminar with Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center. 526 Mergenthaler. hW

Mon., Nov. 30, 12:15 p.m. “The Chromodomains of the Chd1 Remodeler Dictate Substrate Spec-ificity Through an Autoinhibitory Mechanism,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Gregory Bowman, KSAS. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. hW

Mon., Nov. 30, 4 p.m. “Long-time Existence for Quasilinear Wave Equations With Small Data in Exterior Domains,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Jason Metcalfe, University of North Carolina.

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Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger. hW

Mon., Nov. 30, 4:30 p.m. “Prob-lems in Topology Arising From T-duality in String Theory,” a Topology seminar with Jonathan Rosenberg, University of Mary-land, College Park. Sponsored by Mathematics. 308 Krieger. hW

tues., Dec. 1, 11 a.m. “A Meth-od for Finding Exact Site-Per-colation Critical Thresholds for a Class of Lattices,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics stu-dent seminar with Matthew Sed-lock. 303 Whitehead. hW

tues., Dec. 1, 12:10 p.m. “What’s Health Got to Do With It? Understanding How Green Building Design Impacts Occu-pant Health, Safety and Stress in Health Care Settings,” a Gradu-ate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy seminar with Whitney Austin, SPH. Co-sponsored by Health Policy and Management and the Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health. 250 Hampton House. eB

tues., Dec. 1, 4 p.m. “Prelimi-nary Results on Relative Perfor-mance of Expected and Observed Fisher Information,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics stu-dent seminar with Xumeng Cao. 303 Whitehead. hW

Wed., Dec. 2, 8:30 a.m. “Trial of Indoor Air Pollution Reduc-tion on Pneumonia and Low Birthweight in Nepal: The Nepal Cookstove Intervention Trial,” a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with James Tielsch, SPH. W2030 SPH. eB

Wed., Dec. 2, noon. “The Role of Practice Guidelines and Per-formance Measures in Mental Health Care,” a Mental Health seminar with Tom Craig, consul-tant, American Psychiatric Asso-ciation. B14B Hampton House. eB

Wed., Dec. 2, 4 p.m. “Sensing Centromere Tension: Mechani-cal Forces and Chromosome Seg-regation,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Michael Lampson, University of Pennsylvania. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. eB

thurs., Dec. 3, noon. “Small RNAs and the Bacterial Response to Stress,” a Molecu-lar Microbiology and Immunol-ogy/Infectious Diseases seminar with Susan Gottesman, Nation-al Cancer Institute, Bethesda. W1020 SPH. eB

the Shriver hall Concert Series this week welcomes the Juilliard String Quartet—long recognized as the quintessential american group of its kind—which last played in the series in 1970. See Music.