N.Y. photographer/multimedia talent arrives as artist in residence

This month, the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins is hosting its second artist in residence, photographer and multimedia artist Hank Willis Thomas, who is collaborating with students and staff in the Digital Media Center on the Homewood campus.

JHU Course Catalog: Puritan Maidens to Pop Culture Tweens: The History of Youth in America

The course: Puritan Maidens to Pop Culture Tweens: The History of Youth in America is offered by the Department of History in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. It’s one of the Dean’s Teaching Fellowship courses, sponsored annually by the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences. The fellowship program is designed to foster innovation in the undergraduate curriculum, give advanced graduate students experience teaching their own undergraduate courses and provide funding for graduate research. The semester’s work for the 19 undergraduates is worth 3 credits.

Studying welfare’s treatment of single vs. married mothers

Robert Moffitt, a Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Economics, and his research partner will use a one-year $48,339 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue to study whether the U.S. welfare system’s assistance based on marital status factors into single mothers’ decisions to stay single, cohabit or marry.

Latin American Studies celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

The Program in Latin American Studies in the Krieger School will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with three events this week: a lecture on how Latinos and immigration have been portrayed in the media, a bilingual roundtable discussion about the Latino population in Baltimore and across the state and a reggae concert. Other events are planned throughout the month, all on the Homewood campus.

Urban policy competition seeks solutions for Baltimore

Baltimore-area undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in solving urban problems have an opportunity to test their ideas, be recognized by city decision-makers and win up to $4,000 by entering the 2010 Abell Award in Urban Policy competition.

Neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson opens 2009 MSE Symposium

Pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson will lead off the university’s annual Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Homewood’s Shriver Hall Auditorium. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and a reception in the Clipper Room follows the talk.

Adam Liptak of ‘N.Y. Times’ to discuss the Roberts Court

New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak will discuss the court under the leadership of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. at Johns Hopkins’ 2009 Constitutional Forum, a discussion of important legal issues held in conjunction with the annual observance of Constitution Day, Sept. 17.

Immigrant blacks more likely to attend elite colleges

A larger proportion of immigrant black high school graduates attend selective colleges and universities than either native black or white students in America, according to a study by sociologists at Johns Hopkins and Syracuse universities.

Seven receive Fulbrights to study abroad in 2009–2010

Seven doctoral students and alumni from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Peabody and SAIS will have the opportunity to study abroad during the 2009–2010 academic year through the prestigious Fulbright Program.
Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of [...]

Summer jobs welcome 250 local youth; students exposed to various career paths

Approximately 250 young Baltimoreans are in their fourth week of employment on the Homewood and East Baltimore campuses through Johns Hopkins Institutions’ partnership with the city’s YouthWorks Summer Jobs Campaign.

Donald Steinwachs named interim director of Institute for Policy Studies

Donald Steinwachs, a Johns Hopkins faculty member for more than three decades who has deep connections throughout the university, has been named interim director of the Institute for Policy Studies, effective July 1.

Giovanni Arrighi, 71, brought bold perspective to social theory

Giovanni Arrighi, the George Armstrong Kelly Professor of Sociology, died on June 18 at his home in Baltimore after a yearlong battle with cancer.