Month: February 2010
Calendar — Feb. 22, 2010
February 22, 2010
COLLOQUIA Tues., Feb. 23, 4:15 p.m. “Natural and Synthetic Biosynthetic Pathways,” a Chemistry colloquium with Brian Bachmann, Vanderbilt University. 233 Remsen. HW Thurs., Feb. 25, 2 p.m. “Chemistry and Its Role in National Security and the STEM Challenge,” an Applied Physics Laboratory Black History Month colloquium with Joseph Francisco, American Chemical Society. Parsons Auditorium. APL […]
Students to raise funds through Saturday for Haiti activities
February 19, 2010
To raise money for Haiti earthquake relief efforts, Johns Hopkins student organizations have organized a daylong series of events involving music, dancing, food and athletics on Saturday, Feb. 20, on the Homewood campus. The overall theme is Saturday for Haiti.
Carl E. Taylor, 93, founded academic discipline of international health
February 15, 2010
Carl E. Taylor, founder of the academic discipline of international health and a man of spiritual conviction who dedicated his life to the well-being of the world’s marginalized people, died Feb. 4 in Baltimore from prostate cancer. He was 93.
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing kicks off a three-day celebration of diversity on Monday, Feb. 22.
February 15, 2010
The annual celebration, honoring Diversity Week, is co-sponsored by the JHU SoN Cultural Competency and Diversity Committee, the school’s Returned Peace Corps Fellows, the Johns Hopkins Nursing Alumni Association and JHU Nursing Students United for Advocacy and Action. The special events and exhibits scheduled for the week focus on ethnic, cultural and spiritual diversity. Monday, […]
‘HeLa’ book author to share story of immortal cancer cells
February 15, 2010
The cancer cell line that biomedical researchers refer to as “HeLa” is so named because it was derived from the cervical cancer of a woman whose first and last names began with those letters. And although Henrietta Lacks died of her disease nearly 60 years ago, the memory of this impoverished African-American woman lives on […]
That’s snow biz! Storm changes ‘Gazette’ schedule
February 14, 2010
The Feb. 8 edition of The Gazette was printed and ready to distribute when the first of two major snowstorms hit Baltimore, forcing the university to close down. Most stories are posted online, however, and the print edition is scheduled to be delivered on Monday, Feb. 15. The previously planned Feb. 15 issue will be […]
New real-time tracker for JHU internationals
February 8, 2010
Apple’s new iPad tablet computer might be the gadget of the moment, but Johns Hopkins has its own new piece of technology with the signature lowercase vowel—and those who serve the thousands of JHU internationals eagerly welcomed its arrival. The university has implemented a new Web-based system to manage the immigration applications and processes related […]
Connecting with Baltimore nonprofits
February 8, 2010
Heather Thompson opened her talk on the food pyramid with a healthy heaping of knowledge on grains. The part-time MPH student at the School of Public Health then veered off into the meat and beans territory, with stops at all the other groups, from vegetables to the “know your limits” fats and sugars. Thompson’s audience […]
T. Rowe Price chairman, CIO, to give Leaders & Legends talk
February 8, 2010
Brian C. Rogers, chairman and chief investment officer of T. Rowe Price Group, is the featured speaker at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Leaders & Legends lecture series from 7:30 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, at the Legg Mason Tower, in Harbor East. Rogers, whose remarks are titled “Leading Through a Financial […]
Renowned poet Paul Muldoon to give Turnbull Memorial Lecture
February 8, 2010
Renowned poet Paul Muldoon will give the Percy Graeme Turnbull Memorial Lecture at Johns Hopkins at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, on the Homewood campus; the location will be announced soon. The event, originally slated for Feb. 9 in Mudd Hall Auditorium, was rescheduled because of weather. Muldoon, a native of Ireland, was described […]