Day: September 7, 2009
Daniels to be installed as president
September 7, 2009
His peers know him as a gifted academic leader, noted scholar and energetic collaborator with a passion for engaging global and national minds, as well as those closer to home. This week, Ronald J. Daniels will add another appellation when he is installed as the 14th president of The Johns Hopkins University. Daniels, who has […]
Events honoring the installation of Ronald J. Daniels as 14th president of The Johns Hopkins University
September 7, 2009
Friday, September 11 through Tuesday, September 29.
New tool may help docs predict COPD death risk
September 7, 2009
Researchers have developed an index scale to help physicians predict a patient’s risk of dying from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
First Night inducts freshmen into Homewood student body
September 7, 2009
In a show of unity, nearly 500 upperclassmen joined with the Class of 2013 for a candlelight ceremony on Homewood’s Wyman Quad
A peach of a place
September 7, 2009
Recently, hundreds of Johns Hopkins staff, faculty, students, patients and community members took time out on a pleasant late summer day to stroll through the new Farmers Market at Johns Hopkins. Few left empty-handed.
Carey School’s Dean’s Lecture Series presents fall speaker
September 7, 2009
Carolyn Woo, dean of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, is the speaker for the fall 2009 installment of the Carey Business School’s Dean’s Lecture Series. Her talk, “Business Leadership for the Global Commons,” is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, in Homewood’s Mason Hall. Appointed dean in […]
EP develops three new online grad courses for BRAC workers
September 7, 2009
Three online courses in systems engineering, designed to prepare workers for jobs coming to Maryland through the federal Base Realignment and Closure process, are being launched by Engineering for Professionals, the part-time graduate program of the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. The new master’s level courses, all developed by EP faculty, are Software Systems […]
Authors Sung J. Woo, LaDawn Black to visit Barnes & Noble
September 7, 2009
Authors Sung J. Woo and LaDawn Black will be visiting Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins this week. Woo is the author of the critically acclaimed Everything Asian, a coming-of-age novel chronicling the world of 12-year-old David Kim, who moves from Korea with his mother and sister to join his father in New Jersey. His short […]
SAIS to examine critical role of religion in international affairs
September 7, 2009
Each summer, a subject of special interest is selected at SAIS to serve as a substantive theme in the coming academic year. During 2009 – 2010, the school will examine the critical role of religion in international affairs. With events in Iran; the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan; the search for lasting peace in […]
Deaths from unintentional injuries increase for many groups
September 7, 2009
Rate of poisoning mortality triples in white women between ages of 45 and 64 While the total mortality rate from unintentional injury increased in the United States by 11 percent between 1999 and 2005, far larger increases were seen in some subgroups analyzed by age, race, ethnicity and type of injury by researchers at the […]