Day: June 22, 2009
Birth Companions Program receives Women’s Board funding
June 22, 2009
The award-winning Birth Companions Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing has received new funding from the Women’s Board of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Now in its 11th year, the program has offered 525 students the skills and opportunity to serve as doulas-birth companions-and provide informal emotional, physical and informational support to women in […]
JHM International inks deal for cardiac surgery project in Italy
June 22, 2009
Johns Hopkins Medicine International has signed a three-year collaboration agreement with San Matteo Hospital in Pavia, Italy, to establish the first cardiac surgery project of its kind for JHMI in Europe. Cardiac surgeons, perfusionists, nurses and anesthesiologists from Johns Hopkins will share their expertise and conduct up to 20 surgeries per year with their colleagues […]
Johns Hopkins Bayview receives donation from Kohl’s
June 22, 2009
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center will receive more than $81,000 from the Kohl’s Cares for Kids philanthropic initiative. A check presentation will take place today, June 22, at the medical center’s Annual C.R. Bard Inc. Golf Classic at Hayfields Country Club. The donation is the result of the Kohl’s Cares for Kids merchandise program, which […]
Sociology’s golden year
June 22, 2009
This year, “the department that Jim Coleman built” turns 50. While much has changed, including its name, Coleman’s vision of an interdisciplinary department that emphasizes rigorous methods training and hands-on research has remained.
Poe’s ‘Tell-Tale Tour’ stops at Homewood
June 22, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe wrote his first horror stories in Baltimore in the early 1830s. What was Baltimore like back then? Find out by taking “The Edgar Allan Poe Tell-Tale Tour” of Baltimore.
Cheers: June 2009
June 22, 2009
Cheers is a monthly listing of honors and awards received by faculty, staff and students plus recent appointments and promotions.
Notices
June 22, 2009
‘Pacing for Parkinson’s’ — The Johns Hopkins Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Center is launching “Pacing for Parkinson’s,” scheduled to take place during the Baltimore Running Festival, Saturday, Oct. 10. Participants can race in the marathon, half marathon or team race, and run or walk the 5K. Children can participate in the Kids Fun Run. […]
Milestones: June 2009
June 22, 2009
The following staff members recently retired or celebrated an anniversary with the university in June 2009
Obituary: Philip Curtin, 87, expert on African, comparative world history
June 22, 2009
Tirelessly energetic, often controversial and invariably stimulating, Curtin played a catalytic role in scholarly debates over African and world history.