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(0:43) Meredith Ward -- Director of Film and Media Studies as well as a Johns Hopkins alum -- explains how the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway Theater helps ground Baltimore as a film center and is a visible symbol of change in the Station North area.

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(0:42) Clark Scholar Shreya Narayan, Engr '21, works on the AmbuMate design team, building a walker to transport multiple medical devices, therefore enabling ambulation for pediatric intensive care patients with the aid of less clinical personnel.

(0:24) By studying weakly electric fish, Johns Hopkins University researchers found that the fish constantly adjust their movements to enhance the sensory feedback they need to explore the world.

(1:57) The brainchild of Stephen Belkoff, a mechanical engineering professor, the three-credit class helps students learn hands-on engineering problem solving, tasking them with taking apart and reassembling two donated, 71-year-old Ford N-series farm tractors in an effort to get the motors humming again.Because the machines are so old, Belkoff's students must rely on their developing engineering skills to ascertain which parts are missing, which ones still work, and what needs repair. Belkoff also routinely sabotages the tractors' systems, challenging the students to figure out and fix whatever is wrong using logic and fundamental principles of physics and thermodynamics.--- Transcript:[STEPHEN BELKOFF:] Growing up, my dad was very mechanically oriented and we were always fixing something. So there seems to be something in the genetic background that keeps pulling us into mechanical repair and engine systems and so forth.I’m Stephen Belkoff. I’m an associate professor of mechanical engineering and this is a 1947 Ford 8N Tractor. It comes from an era where the systems are, for the most part, all mechanical. So it’s a perfect platform for the student, as you can see the systems operating. I had them take it apart, on their own, and then try to figure out how it was supposed to work. I don’t think anybody in this class has ever worked on a farm tractor before, so it’s all new to them.This one here, you’ve got to be careful, although there is a scale here. All right, so if you’re looking at it this way or looking this way, you can still read it. So anyway, how does this work? You tell me.This class is a class in reverse engineering and diagnostics. And it started out through an acknowledgment that students coming into the institution didn’t have the same background as previous generations of students did.Rolling the tractor in here and having the tactile interaction is a much more meaningful experience. Students who are intimidated by mechanical systems can be free to sort of explore, be curious, and delve into it as deep as they want to.[NATALIE MYERS:] It’s nice to be able to apply the theory we learn in our classes to something that is physical and we can touch and see and handle. It gives us a chance to learn on our own and actually, I think, has made it easier to learn what we need to do and kind of develop the habits that will be important in our futures.[SARAH ROSSMAN:] And then also like, it’s just fun to play with and fun to y’know, figure out like, you can really see for yourself and figure things out what is happening with each subsystem. And I think that’s really cool.--- Video by Patrick Ridgely and Dave Schmelick Johns Hopkins University Office of Communications video@jhu.edu Media Relations: Jill Rosen

(0:51) Case Chair Sean Jones explains how the new jazz curriculum will help bridge the divide with classical music and expand the legacy of the Peabody Institute. Visit https://peabody.jhu.edu/academics/instruments-areas-of-study/jazz/ to learn more.

(0:49) Civil Engineering major Awoenam Mauna-Woanya helps communicate improvements about city roadways and increase constituent involvement as a Community Impact Intern, working with the Maryland Transit Administration. Since this internship program was established through a gift from Shari and Jeff Aronson eight years ago, interns have worked a combined 100,000 hours. Visit https://studentaffairs.jhu.edu/socialconcern/programs/ciip/ to learn more.

(0:58) Pancreatic cancer patient Connie Veillette speaks about her own journey and how the Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Building promotes cross-disciplinary research and breakthroughs, as well as offers convenience to patients. Visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/kimmel_cancer_center/our_center/facilities/Skip_Viragh_Building.html to learn more.

(59:49) Kathleen Sutcliffe, a professor with the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, School of Medicine, and School of Nursing, presents a talk entitled "What is Patient Safety?" about patient safety and organizational resilience. Sutcliffe is an expert in high-reliability organizing, managing risk and uncertainty, resilience, and organizational change. The lecture is open to all and meant to be accessible to non-experts.

(1:03) Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Paul Ferraro explains how studying human behavior, understanding the concept of trade-offs, and taking a multidisciplinary approach are integral in solving the most complex global challenges. In addition to to having a joint appointment with the Carey Business School and the Whiting School of Engineering, Ferraro serves on the faculty of the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, a cross-divisional department between the Whiting School and the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

(0:48) Former Under Secretary of State Sarah Sewall --- who is now the Speyer Family Foundation Distinguished Scholar at SAIS -- explores some challenges related to the advancement of artificial intelligence and how we may avoid negative ramifications.

(0:47) Principal Peter Kannam explains how Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership School that collaborates closely with the Johns Hopkins School of Education has made a promise to the community, a promise he and JHU intend to keep.

(1:00) Malone Professor John Krakauer and Assistant Malone Professor Jeremy Brown discuss innovations for stroke treatment, involving animation and haptics, and their collaboration to propel this research forward.

(0:40) Joshua M. Sharfstein, who leads the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, discusses threats to health in the U.S., specifically addiction, and a test that helps detect the presence of fentanyl in opioids.

(1:42) By studying barn owls, scientists at Johns Hopkins University believe they've taken an important step toward solving the longstanding mystery of how the brain chooses what most deserves attention.The finding, the cover story in the latest issue of the journal Cell Reports, likely applies to all animals, including humans, and offers new insight into what goes wrong in the brain with diseases like attention deficit disorder.Transcript [ethereal music] When you look at a barn owl the first thing you see is that they are absolutely beautiful animals. But beyond that what you see is their ability to strike with great accuracy at their prey. [owl screeches] Their brains must be built to solve that problem really well. So let's look at their brain to figure out how they do it. I'm Shreesh Mysore. I'm an Assistant Professor in Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. There is like a million things out there in the world that are bombarding my eyes, my ears, my skin and so forth, right? Of all of those things at this instant that particular piece of information is what I need to pay attention to to drive my behavior. How does the brain solve that selection problem? [music] Graphic: By exposing the owls to visual stimuli researchers made surprising discoveries about how the brain records and processes information. Do all of them have such receptors? We believe that we've discovered a new way in which neurons in the brain can come together, could jointly encode information. What this does is it gives an answer for the first time for how does the brain actually solve the problem in a particular kind of selection for attention. [music] Graphic: The research provides basic building blocks for future medical cures and could one day help doctors better treat attention deficit disorder (A.D.D.) in people. Patients with A.D.D. are very easily distracted. Our thinking is that this particular set of neurons that we're studying might be an important key to that puzzle. Barn owls provide a great model to understand how the brain in its extremely complex circuitry actually implements this solution.Video by Len Turner and Dave Schmelick Johns Hopkins University Office of Communications video@jhu.edu Media Relations: Jill Rosen

(2:08) Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People, visits Johns Hopkins University for a talk sponsored by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute.

(0:55) Tamar Rodney, Nurs ’18 – a Geneva Foundation/Jonas Veterans Healthcare Scholar – explains her research to create a blood test to help determine and predict PTSD in those suffering from brain injuries.

(0:56) Through the Archeology of Reading, Earle Havens – the Nancy H. Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts – and other scholars are studying the marginal notes of two prolific Renaissance annotators: Gabriel Harvey and John Dee. Support for this research comes from Robert Hall; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; The Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book in the Renaissance; and The Sheridan Society.

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(8:56) Ronald J. Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University, announced the naming of a new building after Henrietta Lacks, whose cell line has been critical to numerous medical breakthroughs.Joined by descendants of Lacks, university leaders announced the naming during the ninth annual Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture this morning.https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/10/06/henrietta-lacks-building-naming/