Day: October 5, 2009
A&S Dean Adam Falk named president of Williams College
October 5, 2009
Adam Falk, the James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins, has been elected the 17th president of Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. He will assume the post on April 1. The college’s trustees made the announcement Sept. 28.
Registration opens for DLC’s Nov. 5 Diversity Conference
October 5, 2009
Registration is now open for the Sixth Annual Diversity Conference, sponsored by the Diversity Leadership Council. Leadership: Transforming Diversity Into Inclusion will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, on the Homewood campus and will feature two speakers and two workshops. Deborah Elam, vice president and chief diversity officer at General Electric, will address participants at the morning plenary session, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. in Shriver Hall Auditorium.
Malcolm Gladwell to speak at MSE Symposium
October 5, 2009
Tues., Oct. 6, 8 p.m. The MSE Symposium presents a lecture by journalist, author and pop sociologist Malcolm Gladwell. Shriver Auditorium.
Johns Hopkins scientists featured in White House stimulus video
October 5, 2009
Chi Dang, vice dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center are featured in a just-released White House video on the impact of the federal stimulus package on NIH-funded biomedical research, and on job creation.
Charles Gati of SAIS receives high Hungarian state decoration
October 5, 2009
On Sept. 21, Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai presented Charles Gati, senior adjunct professor of Russian and Eurasian studies at SAIS, with one of the highest state decorations of the Republic of Hungary. The surprise ceremony took place in New York after Bajnai lectured on Hungarian economic and political developments.
Postcard-gathering author Frank Warren speaks at Homewood
October 5, 2009
Frank Warren, who has been dubbed “the most trusted stranger in America” because of the secrets shared with him via postcards, will appear on the Homewood campus this week at an event sponsored by Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.
Faculty, Staff, Retiree Programs moves to Eastern campus
October 5, 2009
Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs today formally joins the Office of Work, Life and Engagement with its move to Johns Hopkins at Eastern. This change was initiated to better reflect the HR mission “to support the university’s effort in attracting, developing, retaining and engaging a high-performing work force in support of excellence in the university’s mission.”
Notice — Funding for Prostate Cancer Reserach
October 5, 2009
Funding is available to support multidisciplinary research in prostate cancer through the Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund. Awards of a maximum of $75,000 for up to two years are available to fund career development and developmental research programs (pilot projects). New ideas are encouraged. Deadline for applications is Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. For […]
Calendar — Oct. 5, 2009
October 5, 2009
COLLOQUIA Tues., Oct. 6, 4:15 p.m. “The Far-From-Equilibrium Chemistry of Driven Colloidal Suspensions,” a Chemistry colloquium with Rigoberto Hernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology. 233 Remsen. HW Wed., Oct. 7, 4:30 p.m. “Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s—Quantum Dots as Probes of Surface Receptor Organization,” a Biology colloquium with Michael Edidin, KSAS and SoM. Mudd […]
Student nurses seek funds for Hurricane Katrina relief work
October 5, 2009
For the past two years, the Student Nurses Relief Corps has volunteered to help communities affected by Hurricane Katrina. The SNRC is again hoping to send 12 nursing students, next spring, to New Orleans’ lower ninth ward and other recovering areas to rebuild homes and provide clinical services to local communities.