Day: October 25, 2010
Exploring new frontiers
October 25, 2010
Almost 600 seventh-grade students from two Montgomery County middle schools participated in the recent second annual Frontiers in Science and Medicine Day. The university’s Montgomery County Campus and Center for Biotechnology Education partnered with 19 Montgomery County–based businesses for this event, during which each student spent an hour undertaking hands-on experiments on the Montgomery County […]
SAIS hosts forum on state of marriage in United States
October 25, 2010
In the second installment of the 2010–2011 Provost’s Lecture Series, SAIS will host a forum titled “The Marriage-Go-Round: How and Why Family Life Is Different in the United States Than in Other Wealthy Nations,” featuring a lecture by Andrew J. Cherlin, professor of sociology and public policy at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. […]
Johns Hopkins named Center of Excellence in Nursing Education
October 25, 2010
The National League for Nursing has named the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education. According to the NLN website, schools so designated “demonstrate sustained, evidence-based and substantive innovation in the selected area; conduct ongoing research to document the effectiveness of such innovation; set high standards for themselves; […]
NIH holds forum on enrolling pregnant women in trials
October 25, 2010
Ruth R. Faden, director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and a leading advocate for increasing clinical studies on pregnant women, spoke on Oct. 18 at a forum that took aim at fears that keep soon-to-be mothers from participating in vital research. The event was hosted by the NIH Office of Research on […]
‘Changing Face of American Poverty’ is topic of discussion
October 25, 2010
The Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Concern and Tribe Inc. will present a panel discussion titled “The Changing Face of American Poverty” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26, in Homewood’s Glass Pavilion. Amid the greatest economic recession in decades, the panelists will address the philosophical and political divide between market solutions and government […]
Immigration and Latino life are focus of PLAS roundtable
October 25, 2010
The Program in Latin American Studies will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a roundtable discussion on immigration and Latino experiences in Baltimore and the United States. “Haciendo Comunidad: Compartiendo Experiencias y Conocimientos (Making Community: Sharing Experiences and Knowledge)” is co-sponsored by the Office of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and La Organizacion Latina Estudiantil, or OLE. The […]
Notices – October 25, 2010
October 25, 2010
Intersession Instructors Needed — The 2010 Intersession Personal Enrichment Program, scheduled for Jan. 10 to 28, is looking for instructors in music, art, dance and other subjects. Applications are available in the Student Life Office, located in 102 Levering Hall, or by calling 410-516-8209. The deadline for applications is Friday, Oct. 29.
Classifieds — October 25, 2010
October 25, 2010
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Bolton Hill (Park Ave), beautiful 1BR, 1BA apt, 8 rms, 1,300 sq ft, 28-ft living rm, office, guest rm, butler’s pantry. $1,595/mo. gbaranoski@covad.net. Canton (2443 Fleet St), 2BR, 2.5BA house w/CAC, new appls, granite counters, jacuzzi, fp, nr JHH, park, water and square. $1,500/mo + utils. 410-375-4862 or okomgmt@hotmail.com. Canton, furn’d 3BR, […]
Calendar — October 25, 2010
October 25, 2010
COLLOQUIA Tues., Oct. 26, 4:15 p.m. “Functionalized Nanovessels: New Approaches to Drug Delivery and Vaccines,” a Chemistry colloquium with Philip DeShong, University of Maryland. 233 Remsen. HW Wed., Oct. 27, 3:30 p.m. “The Growth of Galaxies at z ~ 2: Insights From IFU Surveys,” an STSci colloquium with Natascha Forster-Schreiber, MPE Garching. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller […]