Day: February 21, 2011
A new home for lacrosse
February 21, 2011
For more than 100 years, Homewood Field has been the Yankee Stadium of college lacrosse: a comfortable nest for homestanding Blue Jays, a house of horrors for visiting teams. But eventually, even Yankee Stadium needs an upgrade. “We don’t stand on tradition alone,” university President Ronald J. Daniels said in announcing that a new facility, […]
Experts look at civilians hurt supporting war
February 21, 2011
After analyzing data on 2,155 private contractors, diplomats and other civilians supporting war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan who were medically evacuated from combat zones, researchers have found that such civilians are more likely to be evacuated for noncombat-related injuries but more likely to return to work in-country after treatment for these conditions. Still, the […]
Astrophysicist Riess wins the 2011 Einstein Medal
February 21, 2011
Adam Riess, an astrophysicist at The Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute, on Friday was awarded the Einstein Medal 2011 by the Albert Einstein Society of Bern, Switzerland. The society’s board of trustees recognized Riess for leadership in the High-z Supernova Search Team’s 1998 discovery that the expansion rate of the universe […]
Qualcomm’s Irwin Jacobs to give WSE’s Blumenthal Lecture
February 21, 2011
Irwin M. Jacobs, co-founder of Qualcomm, will be the honored guest and speaker on Tuesday, March 1, at a technology management lecture and award program established by a Johns Hopkins graduate and his wife. This year’s Sydney and Mitzi Blumenthal Lecture and Award for Contributions to Management in Technology program will be held at 4:30 […]
It’s Commemoration Day—remember your JHU apparel
February 21, 2011
On Feb. 22, 1876, The Johns Hopkins University opened with the inauguration of its first president, Daniel Coit Gilman. This Tuesday, the Homewood campus will celebrate the 135th anniversary of this historic day. Students, faculty and staff are invited to stop by the Breezeway between 9 and 11 a.m. to pick up a Commemoration Day […]
CareFirst Scholarships to aid Nursing master’s students
February 21, 2011
In collaboration with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing will offer two CareFirst Scholarships for the upcoming academic year. The scholarship awards $40,000 in tuition and living expenses—for two years—to students in the master’s program who intend to become nursing faculty members upon graduation. Getting this level of funding for two master’s […]
Pianist Andre Watts to step in for Nelson Freire at SHCS
February 21, 2011
Due to a flare-up of tendonitis and on the advice of his doctors, pianist Nelson Freire has had to cancel his North American recital tour in March. In Baltimore, the incomparable pianist Andre Watts will step in for a Shriver Hall Concert Series debut in a recital of works by Franz Liszt at 5:30 p.m. […]
Storied Stones
February 21, 2011
M. Gordon “Reds” Wolman loved stones, especially those found in his beloved rivers and streams. The distinguished and longtime professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins collected them on his many travels and would often send family and friends on scavenger hunts to find a perfectly round stone. Stones, rocks […]
JHU Press wins two prestigious 2010 PROSE Awards
February 21, 2011
Two JHU Press publications are winners of the prestigious 2010 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence, known as the PROSE Awards. Mammal Teeth: Origins, Evolution and Diversity, by Peter S. Ungar, won the PROSE Award for Excellence in the Biological Sciences category. The Journal of Late Antiquity received the PROSE Award for Best […]
Settling in for a ‘fireside chat’
February 21, 2011
President Ron Daniels sat down for a “fireside chat” with Homewood undergraduates last week as part of Charles Commons Connections, a program launched in 2006 to foster community at Johns Hopkins. The event was held at the Charles Commons residence hall’s Salon C, located behind the Nolan’s on 33rd restaurant. Daniels, dressed in jeans and […]