Day: May 16, 2011
Benefits package to be reviewed
May 16, 2011
The university has embarked on a comprehensive review of its benefits package with the aim of reducing costs by $15 million annually, while still working to maintain Johns Hopkins’ highly competitive and broad faculty and staff offerings. The university will examine current benefits, look at peer institutions as benchmarks and consider alternatives to existing practices […]
Pens with potential win global health prize
May 16, 2011
Could simple tests using chemical-filled pens and costing less than a penny per test save the lives of thousands of pregnant women and newborns in impoverished areas? A low-cost Antenatal Screening Kit that aims to accomplish this goal won the grand prize last week for a team of Johns Hopkins graduate students who entered an […]
Summer in the city: A big draw for students
May 16, 2011
The university’s Center for Social Concern unveiled a new student program last fall, not sure what reaction it would get. Here was the pitch: Spend the better part of the summer in Baltimore interning at a nonprofit community-based organization or city social service agency. The program had 25 slots. More than 200 students applied. “The […]
Sarah Steinberg is named vice provost for student affairs
May 16, 2011
Sarah B. Steinberg, an 18-year veteran of The Johns Hopkins University who rose through the ranks in the Whiting School of Engineering and Krieger School of Arts and Sciences to become interim vice provost for student affairs, has formally accepted the position of vice provost for student affairs. An engineer by education and training, Steinberg […]
19 local nonprofits receive grants from JH Neighborhood Fund
May 16, 2011
Nineteen local nonprofit organizations are receiving financial support from the 2011 Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund in the form of grants totaling nearly $222,000. Fifty-five agencies applied for funding in February, with requests totaling nearly $850,000 for projects that address the needs of communities around Johns Hopkins campuses in the areas of public safety, health, employment, […]
Marking a milestone
May 16, 2011
Members of the Johns Hopkins community celebrated a milestone in the construction of the Homewood campus’s Brody Learning Commons on Monday, May 9. The topping out ceremony, which included placing a beam that had been signed by students, faculty and staff into the building’s structure, marked the completion of the first phase of the project. […]
Engineering students wheel out their capstone projects
May 16, 2011
During two engineering design showcases last week, Whiting School students demonstrated that they had learned to think big—and, in some cases, think small. At events on the Homewood and East Baltimore campuses, biomedical and mechanical engineering students described the many months they had spent brainstorming, designing and testing their prototypes. They also displayed and demonstrated […]
Yeung Center for Collaborative China Studies announces first grants
May 16, 2011
The growing number of undergraduates with an interest in China may soon be able to visit the source to hone their language skills and delve into China-centric subjects. A study abroad program in collaboration with Nanjing University’s Institute for International Students is one of the first proposals receiving funding from the Benjamin and Rhea Yeung […]
A congressional visit
May 16, 2011
Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation and senior Johns Hopkins leadership visited the East Baltimore Development Inc.’s New East Side redevelopment project last week to assess progress on the $1.8 billion 88-acre neighborhood revitalization effort just north of the Johns Hopkins medical campus. On hand were Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin and Reps. Elijah Cummings, […]
Internal Revenue commissioner to speak at Leaders + Legends
May 16, 2011
Douglas H. Shulman, commissioner of Internal Revenue, is the featured speaker at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Leaders + Legends lecture series on Wednesday, May 18. The event will take place at 7:30 a.m. in the Legg Mason Tower in Harbor East. The title of his remarks is “Leading Around Corners: Meeting Today’s Challenges […]