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Results suggest link between smoking, male sex hormones 54

News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

2 days ago by Celeste Lipkes

When you note on a medical history that you've smoked a pack a day for three years, how does your doctor use this knowledge to help him reach a diagnosis?

Though doctors routinely ask us about our diet and exercise habits because of their connection with conditions like heart attacks and lung cancer, it's sometimes unclear how these activities affect our bodies' biochemistry.

WVU was too High of a Mountain to Climb, Bears fall to Mountaineers, 77-50 47

Spokesman, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

8 days ago by Elias DuBose

BUFFALO, NY-- As the clock finished its inevitable decline towards zero, crowds of tearful spectators applauded their teams; one in victory and the other in saddened defeat. The Morgan State Bears (27-10) fell Friday, March 19, to the West Virginia University (WVU) Mountaineers (28-6), at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY, 77-50.

Exclusive Interview with RZA from Wu-Tang Clan about his role in "Repo Men" 34

Spokesman, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

8 days ago by Tionah Lee

Wu-Tang Clan rapper turned actor, RZA, is stepping in front of the silver screen to play a role in the Sci-fi thriller, "Repo Men." The movie takes place in the "near future." "Repo Men" is about a society that finances body parts to people who need them, but when people are unable to make the payments, Remi the Repo Man (played by Jude Law) comes to repossess them.

APL to work with NASA on probes to lunar poles 28

News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

7 hours ago by Amy Dusto

NASA recently selected the Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL) to be one of seven teams in its newly instated Lunar Science Institute. According to the Institute's Web site, "Competitively selected team investigations will focus on one or more aspects of lunar science investigations of the Moon (including lunar samples), from the Moon and on the Moon.

JHUT's Five Women bares humor and pathos 14

News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

5 hours ago by LISA CAREY

Now playing at the Merrick Barn is Johns Hopkins University Theater's production of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress. The playwright is Alan Ball, writer of the acclaimed television series Six Feet Under and the Oscar-winning American Beauty. Billed as "a hilarious comedy," the show has talented cast that does not disappoint.

Chemistry professor's oxygen studies rewarded 12

News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

7 days ago by Pooja Shah

Chemistry professor Kenneth D. Karlin has received two awards affiliated with the American Chemical Society (ACS) for his study of the structure and reactivity of molecular oxygen binding to copper and iron complexes.

Executive recalls rise from streets to the suites 5

The District Chronicles, Howard University, Washington, DC

18 hours ago by Pharoah Martin/NNPA Correspondent

When it comes to people of color who run hotels in major urban centers, Thomas Penny is like a raisin in a bowl of milk, if you let him describe it. Except, this raisin has no wrinkles. At 34, Penny has the appearance of a fresh-faced executive but the title on his business card says otherwise.

Plans for Brody Learning Commons finalized 5

News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

20 hours ago by Julia Dischell

With the construction on Gilman ending this summer, Hopkins will then start a new project: the building of the Brody Learning Commons. This $30 million project will begin in June.

The administration came to the conclusion that the Milton S. Eisenhower Library (MSE) was not sufficient as the main study area of Hopkins.

Commodification of education 5

Spokesman, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

6 days ago by Melissa Jones

Is what Masake Kane, Howard University alumna, graduate student, and member of the Political Education and Action Committee, warns will possibly destroy the future of historically black colleges and universities across the country.

Recently the school's Board of Trustees, comprised of members like Earl G.

Homeowners weigh morality of walking out on mortgages 3

The District Chronicles, Howard University, Washington, DC

18 hours ago by Amy Green/Religion News Service

Lynn Thompson quit paying the mortgage on her investment property -- not because she couldn't afford the payments, but because she thinks walking away is better for her long-term financial health.

Ask Gwendolyn Baines 3

The District Chronicles, Howard University, Washington, DC

18 hours ago by Gwendolyn Baines/NNPA Columnist

I recently received a call from a woman who had courted my father for years, knowing he was married. After my mother's death, my father didn't marry the lady, but he left her the house and all its contents. I had no idea.

40 ways to live a stress free life in 2008 3

Spokesman, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

8 days ago by Kevin Smith

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows (Tivo them) and get more sleep.

4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, "My purpose is to ______ today.

Microorganisms create complex ecology 2

News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

5 hours ago by Sam Ohmer

The ecology of the Chesapeake Bay is one of the most complex and fascinating in North America.

Go swimming with the whales of New Zealand 2

News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

9 hours ago by Ethan Ogilby

The kind of spring break that I endorse is the kind filled with adventure. Not the getting-a-great-tan kind of adventure, or the capri-pants-on-sale kind; that's not the direction to go in. But spring break in August? Now we're getting there. I studied abroad in Christchurch, New Zealand, and took a spring break trip to the Pacific island of Tonga, where my little adventure took place.

A new college experience 2

Spokesman, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

15 hours ago by Tarrah Sabir

College is an invigorating experience and having a baby may not ruin it, but can alter it in so many ways. When that little white stick indicates that you are pregnant, so many thoughts may run through your head. You might be happy at first, sad, disappointed, confused, shocked or angry.

First Lady Obama tells NAACP not to rest 2

The District Chronicles, Howard University, Washington, DC

3 days ago by Hazel Trice Edney/NNPA Editor-in-Chief

Those who struggled and many who died in battles for freedom, justice, and racial equality during the civil rights movement left a legacy that must yet be fulfilled. That plight includes caring for the health of Black children, First Lady Michelle Obama reminded thousands at the NAACP Annual Convention in Kansas City, Mo.

Report may help soldiers with injuries return to duty 1

News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

1 day ago by Alex Vockroth

Col. Steven Cohen, of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Hopkins, recently released a report that may improve soldiers' return-to-duty rate after non-combat injuries.