Day: August 30, 2010
A new year begins
August 30, 2010
Cars, trucks and vans, all stuffed with cargo, lined up in caravan fashion on the Homewood campus last Wednesday and Thursday as the Class of 2014 moved into Johns Hopkins residence halls. A large contingent of upperclassmen volunteers helped parents unload the vehicles as students checked into their housing and took in new surroundings. President […]
Whiting School of Engineering building is named for Hackerman
August 30, 2010
The Johns Hopkins University’s Computational Science and Engineering Building will be named Hackerman Hall in recognition of a lifetime of philanthropic support of the university and its Whiting School of Engineering by alumnus Willard Hackerman. The building, a headquarters for advanced interdisciplinary research crossing the borders of engineering, computer science, mathematics and medicine, will be […]
NAS names JHU projects astrophysics priorities
August 30, 2010
A report released by the National Academy of Sciences names several projects involving astronomers and astrophysicists at The Johns Hopkins University as among the most important astrophysics investments in the next decade. Titled “New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics,” the recently issued report represents the consensus position of hundreds of astronomers and astrophysicists […]
John Russell-Wood, 70, noted historian with eclectic interests
August 30, 2010
Anthony John R. Russell-Wood, the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University and a widely published expert in the history and culture of pre-Columbian and colonial Latin America, died Aug. 13 at his Lutherville home after a brief illness. A faculty member at Johns Hopkins since 1971, Russell-Wood, 70, was a […]
A ringing endorsement
August 30, 2010
The Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering student team that won the $20,000 grand prize in the 2010 Wharton Business Plan Competition at the University of Pennsylvania received another honor for its invention last week: the opportunity to preside over the NASDAQ Closing Bell. The Cortical Concepts team, which developed a spinal surgery device that increases the […]
‘U.S. News & World Report’ releases Best Colleges rankings
August 30, 2010
In the Best Colleges 2011 rankings released this month by U.S. News & World Report, Johns Hopkins is tied at the 13th spot for National Universities, up from 14th last year. In the rankings for best undergraduate engineering programs among schools whose highest degree is a PhD, Johns Hopkins also comes in tied at 13th, […]
JHU Museums will increase admission fees starting Sept. 1
August 30, 2010
Effective Wednesday, Sept. 1, Johns Hopkins’ two historic house museums, Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library, will increase their admission prices by $2. “This modest increase in our admissions fees, which we have avoided for over 10 years, is a necessary step to meet the challenges created by the rising costs of preserving these […]
Laura Lippman, John Waters to visit Barnes & Noble
August 30, 2010
Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins kicks off the fall season with visits from two Baltimore notables: author Laura Lippman and filmmaker John Waters. Lippman, who has won virtually every major award given to U.S. crime writings, will discuss and sign copies of her latest book, I’d Know You Anywhere, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. […]
New cohort of Chinese doctoral students arrives at JHU Nursing
August 30, 2010
Five doctoral students from China’s Peking Union Medical College will be studying at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing this fall, making up the fourth cohort in a doctoral program partnership that in 2008 resulted in the first nurse PhD graduate from a Chinese University. “In addition to advancing their dissertation work, the students engage […]
Elderhostel programs take a new name: Road Scholar
August 30, 2010
For almost three decades, the Peabody Institute has been the site of one of the United States’ largest educational and travel programs for older adults. Elderhostel has brought thousands of senior citizens to Baltimore for weeklong “study vacations” that feature musical classes and daily performances by Peabody students and faculty. The program is held in […]