Day: March 7, 2011
Lens on JHU and Baltimore
March 7, 2011
In the most recent episode of Learn More, See More, B’More, hosts Lucie Fink and Noah Guiberson race up Woodberry Kitchen’s steps to the upper level of the popular Hampden-area restaurant. Once seated, the cheerful pair ponder the eclectic menu a moment before Fink pipes up. “Have you decided what you want yet?” she asks. […]
CNN star to send off JHU grads
March 7, 2011
Fareed Zakaria, the host of CNN’s flagship international affairs program and one of the most influential political commentators of his day, will be the featured speaker at this year’s university commencement ceremony, to be held on Thursday, May 26, on Homewood Field. The Indian-American journalist hosts CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and also serves as editor […]
Memorial to celebrate life of DoGEE’s Charles O’Melia
March 7, 2011
A celebration of the life of Charles R. “Charlie” O’Melia will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, in 110 Hodson on the Homewood campus. O’Melia, who died on Dec. 16, 2010, at the age of 76, joined the DoGEE faculty in 1980 and spent 27 years with the department, including two terms as […]
Oversight, route changes set for Homewood Security Escort Van
March 7, 2011
The Homewood Security Escort Van will be transitioned from the Security Office to the Office of Parking and Transportation on April 1 and, with recommendations from the Student Government Association and support from Homewood Student Affairs and University Administration, the service will alter its focus to more of a route-based transportation system in the coming […]
Radiothon raises more than $850,000 for kids at Hopkins
March 7, 2011
The 22nd annual MIX 106.5 Radiothon benefiting Johns Hopkins Children’s Center has raised more than $850,000, bringing the total raised to date to nearly $14 million. The numbers were unveiled on Monday during the MIX Morning Show, following a three-day marathon broadcast from the hospital, Feb. 23 to 25. George Dover, director of Hopkins Children’s, […]
Miller, Peterson recognized with Maryland Speaker’s Medallion
March 7, 2011
Each year the speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates presents a medallion to a citizen in recognition of outstanding service to the state of Maryland. This year’s Speaker’s Medallion was presented jointly on Feb. 23 to two of Johns Hopkins’ leaders: Edward D. Miller, the Frances Watt Baker, M.D., and Lenox D. Baker Jr., […]
One Straw Farm rep to talk about CSA opportunity
March 7, 2011
Joan Norman of One Straw Farm in Baltimore County is coming to the Homewood campus this week to speak about Community Supported Agriculture opportunities. Her talk will be at noon on Wednesday, March 9, in Levering’s Great Hall. For three years, Johns Hopkins has been participating in a CSA program with One Straw Farm, facilitated […]
Alison Geyh of SPH, 52, studied air pollution at ground zero
March 7, 2011
Alison Geyh, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, died Feb. 20 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 52. Geyh joined the Department of Environmental Health Sciences in 2000 and built an international reputation with her work on air pollution, in which she applied her skills as a […]
Starring Role
March 7, 2011
Sixteen years ago, on March 2, 1995, the Astro-2 space shuttle mission—carrying not only the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope but also Johns Hopkins payload specialist Sam Durrance and mission specialist John Grunsfeld on his first flight—launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a two-week dedicated astronomy mission. Last Friday, some 35 members of that […]
Hopkins Symphony: ‘Scheherazade’ two ways, for kids and grownups
March 7, 2011
The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra will offer a weekend of orchestral blockbusters for listeners of all ages. At 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, HSO will present its 19th Annual Free Concert for Children and Families. Music Director Jed Gaylin will conduct excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and will illustrate how music can tell stories. After the […]