Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund now accepting grant applications
Faculty, staff, students and retirees who are involved with nonprofit organizations that need funding to provide programs and services to communities near Johns Hopkins campuses are encouraged to submit requests for funding from the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund. Applications for the 2010 grant year are due by 5 p.m. on Dec. 18.
Reaching out in time of need
The university’s 2009 United Way of Central Maryland campaign, which kicks off on Wednesday, will stress efficiency and maximize the dollars donated like never before, according to campaign leadership.
Security efforts increased in response to off-campus killing
The Homewood campus awoke on Tuesday, Sept. 15, to news that an intruder had been killed in the early hours of the morning at a Johns Hopkins student’s off-campus residence.
2008 Annual Security Report now available
The Johns Hopkins University 2008 Annual Security Report of crime statistics and security policies is now available on the university’s web site at www.jhu.edu/security.
Day of Service
JHU Community Block Party
A peach of a place
Recently, hundreds of Johns Hopkins staff, faculty, students, patients and community members took time out on a pleasant late summer day to stroll through the new Farmers Market at Johns Hopkins. Few left empty-handed.
Tales of Poe
The elegant exterior of Evergreen’s Gilded Age mansion will take on the gloomy characteristics common in Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic fiction at an outdoor screening on Friday, Sept. 4, of two tales from the original master of horror: The Tell-Tale Heart (1953), an Oscar-nominated animated short, and The Raven (1963), with Peter Lorre, Vincent Price [...]
H.L. Mencken exhibit to open at George Peabody Library
H.L. Mencken is perhaps best known in his hometown for his decades-long connection to The Baltimore Sun. But throughout his career as a newspaper journalist—which started when he was just 19—he also worked for magazines as a writer and editor. As he gained national prominence as a cultural critic, Mencken himself became the subject of magazine stories.
Ravens’ McGahee could score funds for Hopkins Children’s
This fall, Baltimore Raven Willis McGahee could score for Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Boost Mobile will donate $500 to the hospital for each of the running back’s touchdowns in the upcoming NFL season. The company made the announcement at the recent opening of its first retail store in Baltimore.
Shriver Concerts honored by magazine as Best of Baltimore
The Shriver Hall Concert Series was lauded as the Best Classical Music “Splurge” in Baltimore magazine’s annual Best of Baltimore issue. (The “Save” recognition went to the free Bach Concert Series at Christ Lutheran Church.)
Johns Hopkins’ baseball field is meeting ground for Sister Cities teams
Johns Hopkins hosted a baseball clash of East vs. West on July 28 as a youth team from Kawasaki, Japan, faced off against a 15-and-under All-Star team from Baltimore. The friendly matchup, held on the Homewood campus, was part of a two-game series to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Sister Cities program between Baltimore and its Japanese counterpart. The first game was played on July 26 at the Gilman School.
School of Education partners with Teach for America
More than 20 percent of new teachers in Baltimore City for the coming school year are from Teach for America, and many will earn their education degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Education. The 2009–2010 TFA class is double the previous year’s total and represents Baltimore City School CEO Andres Alonso’s commitment to the [...]
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing offers new scholarships for disadvantaged, underrepresented
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is now offering six new scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds or underrepresented groups in nursing who enroll in the accelerated baccalaureate program.
Funded through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the goal of the New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program is to both increase student enrollment [...]
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.
