Hats off to our best Blue Jays
The accomplishments of Johns Hopkins’ student-athletes never looked so good.
Recent visitors to Homewood’s Newton H. White Athletic Center would undoubtedly have noticed the attractive new displays in the building’s lobby that commemorate the 114 members of Johns Hopkins’ Athletic Hall of Fame and the university’s 35 NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipients.
Honoring Dr. Gilman
The last thing Johns Hopkins trustees wanted to do toward the end of 1910 was to offend the two daughters of their late, beloved first president, Daniel Coit Gilman. But they came close to doing just that.
Cheers — Nov. 16, 2009
ACADEMIC CENTERS AND AFFILIATES
Jhpiego was named an Innovator of the Year by The Daily Record in recognition of its efforts to save the lives of women and their families by creating low-cost health solutions that can be utilized in remote locations with few resources, such as running water or electricity, around the world. This year, [...]
Notices — Nov. 16, 2009
Toys for Tots — The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is once again setting up a drop-off location for the Marine campaign for Toys for Tots. New toys, in their original store wrappings, may be dropped off in 105 Barton Hall on the Homewood campus through Friday, Dec. 11. No holiday wrapping or used [...]
Calendar — Nov. 16, 2009
BLOOD DRIVE
Wed., Nov. 18, and Thurs., Nov. 19, 7:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Red Cross Homewood campus blood drive. Sponsored by Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs. Register online at http://hrnt.jhu.edu/fsrp/outreach/blooddrive/schedule .cfm. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW
COLLOQUIA
Tues., Nov. 17, 4:15 p.m. The Ephraim and Wilma Shaw Roseman Colloquium—“Molecular Determinants Governing Oxylipin Biosynthesis in Fatty Acid [...]
Hollywood at Homewood
Film and Media Studies students and theater minors delighted in the opportunity last week to pick the brain of director David Fincher and other principal members of the upcoming major motion picture The Social Network. For two days, Johns Hopkins’ Homewood campus served as a shooting location for the Columbia Pictures film, which chronicles the founding of Facebook.
JHU family celebrates student’s life
Family, friends and hundreds of members of the Johns Hopkins University community filled the gymnasium of Homewood’s Ralph S. O’Connor Recreation Center on Tuesday afternoon to memorialize and celebrate the life of Miriam Frankl, a vivacious, confident and bright young woman who clearly captivated many.
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.
Escalating pension costs hurting nonprofits, survey finds
Most nonprofit organizations offering retirement benefits to their workers report that these plans are under stress, according to survey results released Nov. 5 by the Johns Hopkins Listening Post Project.
State taps Hopkins Nursing to teach vaccination skills
This flu season, anxiety about the H1N1 virus will likely increase the number of state residents seeking vaccinations. To assist nurses desirous of participating as H1N1 vaccinators, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene requested that an intramuscular refresher training program be developed. The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing was chosen as the entity to design and implement the program, funded by a grant.
Notices — Nov. 9, 2009
Toys for Tots — The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is once again setting up a drop-off location for the Marine campaign for Toys for Tots. New toys, in their original store wrappings, may be dropped off in 105 Barton Hall on the Homewood campus through Friday, Dec. 11. No holiday wrapping or used [...]
Classifieds — Nov. 9, 2009
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT
Bayview (southeast area), 2BR house w/fin’d bsmt, W/D, prkng pad, no pets. $1,000/mo + utils + sec dep. Elaine, 410-633-4750.
Charles Village, corner 2BR, 2BA condo w/balcony, 1,200 sq ft, clean, CAC, 24-hr front desk, steps to Hopkins shuttle, all utils incl’d. 410-466-1698.
Charles Village EOG, commercial/residential lease, charming, lots of light, sec dep, credit [...]
Hollywood crew arrives at Homewood for Facebook movie: Color us crimson
(UPDATED with photos, 11/3/2009) The Homewood campus will be a shooting location this week for a major motion picture titled The Social Network. The Columbia Pictures film chronicles the founding of Facebook, the story of which mostly played out at Harvard University. Johns Hopkins will double for Harvard in the two sequences being shot today [...]
Seeing tumors in a new light
As a Johns Hopkins electrical engineer, Jin U. Kang has spent years tinkering with lasers and optical fiber, studying what happens when light strikes matter. Now, he’s taking on a new challenge: brain surgery.
