Day: June 7, 2010
Parking permit rate changes set at Homewood and Eastern
June 7, 2010
New permit parking rates go into effect on July 1 for parking lots and garages on the Homewood and Eastern campuses. All surface lots are $55 per month. Faculty hangtag parking and general garage parking are $86 per month. Reserved parking spaces at the West Gate, San Martin and South garages will be $115 per […]
Summer outdoor film series begins June 18 at Homewood
June 7, 2010
Five hit movies will be screened on Friday nights this summer on the Wyman Quadrangle of the Homewood campus (rain location: Shriver Hall). Hopkins Summer Outdoor Films, presented by the Office of Summer and Intersession Programs, premieres on June 18. Live music begins at 7:30 p.m. Hot dogs, burgers, nachos, candy and drinks will be […]
Johns Hopkins Picnic set for June 25
June 7, 2010
Welcome summer at the bigger and better Johns Hopkins Picnic, an evening of family fun for faculty, staff, employees, students, retirees and their families and friends, to be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 25, on the grounds of Johns Hopkins at Eastern. Games, entertainment and all-you-can-eat picnic fare are included in […]
SAIS to host forum on key to success in Afghanistan
June 7, 2010
The Central Asia–Caucasus Institute at SAIS will host a forum called “Key to Success in Afghanistan” at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9. Participants will present a proposal developed by a team convened by CACI and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, with principal authors S. Frederick Starr and Andrew C. Kuchins. This “Silk […]
Forget the forest, scientists say—pre-humans lived in savannahs
June 7, 2010
Pre-humans in East Africa 4.4 million years ago lived among grassy, tree-studded plains, not in the forests, according to a new study. The finding by a multi-university team of scientists adds new fuel to the debate over why early humanlike species came down out of the trees and began walking on two legs. The team’s […]
Genetic ‘parts’ list created for key part of brain
June 7, 2010
A Johns Hopkins and Japanese research team has generated the first comprehensive genetic “parts” list of a mouse hypothalamus, an enigmatic region of the brain—in humans, roughly cherry-sized—that controls hunger, thirst, fatigue, body temperature and wake-sleep cycles and links the central nervous system to control of hormone levels. Flaws in hypothalamus development may underlie both […]
‘The Glorious Ones’ opens at Swirnow Theater
June 7, 2010
Theatre Hopkins will open its final production of the season, the Maryland première of the musical comedy The Glorious Ones, on Friday, June 11, at the Swirnow Theater in the Mattin Center on the Homewood campus. The score and book, adapted from a novel by Francine Prose, are by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, who […]
Notices — June 7, 2010
June 7, 2010
FDA Mini-Course: Regulation of Medical Devices — Do you see yourself as one day inventing a solution to a critical clinical need that will help millions of patients? To achieve that vision, you need insight into the world of FDA regulations. This summer, Biomedical Engineering’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design is opening its mini-course […]
Classifieds — June 7, 2010
June 7, 2010
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Calendar — June 7, 2010
June 7, 2010
BLOOD DRIVE Tues., June 15, and Wed., June 16, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross blood drive. For more information, go to johnshopkinsblooddrive@jhmi .edu or call 410-614-0913. Turner Concourse. EB FILM/VIDEO Fri., June 18, 7:30 p.m. JHU Summer Film Series presents The Addams Family. Sponsored by the Office of Summer and Intersession Programs. […]