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Hollywood at Homewood
Film and Media Studies students and theater minors delighted in the opportunity last week to pick the brain of director David Fincher and other principal members of the upcoming major motion picture The Social Network. For two days, Johns Hopkins’ Homewood campus served as a shooting location for the Columbia Pictures film, which chronicles the founding of Facebook.
JHU family celebrates student’s life
Family, friends and hundreds of members of the Johns Hopkins University community filled the gymnasium of Homewood’s Ralph S. O’Connor Recreation Center on Tuesday afternoon to memorialize and celebrate the life of Miriam Frankl, a vivacious, confident and bright young woman who clearly captivated many.
N.Y. photographer/multimedia talent arrives as artist in residence
This month, the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins is hosting its second artist in residence, photographer and multimedia artist Hank Willis Thomas, who is collaborating with students and staff in the Digital Media Center on the Homewood campus.
Seeing tumors in a new light
As a Johns Hopkins electrical engineer, Jin U. Kang has spent years tinkering with lasers and optical fiber, studying what happens when light strikes matter. Now, he’s taking on a new challenge: brain surgery.
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Opening for business opens doorsJohns Hopkins considers itself a world leader in knowledge creation. In the past two years, the university has done a good deal of business creation, too.
CEO of Life Technologies to give ‘Leaders & Legends’ talkGregory T. Lucier, chief executive officer of Life Technologies and chairman of the company’s board of directors, will speak on the topic of “Building a 21st-Century Company” at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Leaders & Legends lecture series at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Legg Mason Tower in Harbor East.
Goal: Find out if diet and exercise affect cardiovascular healthEveryone knows that a healthy diet and adequate exercise are effective weapons in the battle against obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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A&S Dean Adam Falk named president of Williams CollegeAdam Falk, the James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins, has been elected the 17th president of Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. He will assume the post on April 1. The college’s trustees made the announcement Sept. 28.
An end-of-summer ritualThe prospect of stormy weather could not deter attendees of the 2009 Johns Hopkins Picnic from coming out for a fun afternoon with great food, a DJ, dancing and kids’ games.
Historian moves among the movers and shakers of oldtime BaltimoreWayne Schaumburg brakes for historic cemeteries. Well, the bumper sticker on his car says he does, and after spending a few moments with the lifetime Baltimore resident, you realize it’s probably not just a one-line
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