Year: 2010
Notices — October 4, 2010
October 4, 2010
JHU Financial Education Seminar Series — JHU has partnered with TIAA-CREF to host a complimentary Financial Education Seminar series designed for employees across the JHU campuses. The sessions will focus on how to use the university’s retirement plans to reach savings goals and manage long-term investments through a volatile market. The seminars will be offered […]
Classifieds — October 4, 2010
October 4, 2010
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Baltimore City, updated 1BR condo in secure gated community, assigned prkng, swimming, tennis, nr hospital and university; option to own ($135,000). $1,200/mo incl utils. 410-951-4750. Bayview, 2-3BR apt, 1st flr. $700/mo + sec dep. 443-243-1651. Charles Village apts avail, studio ($625/mo) and newly renov’d 1BR apt ($825/mo); utils incl’d for both. murilo_silvia@hotmail.com. […]
Calendar — October 4, 2010
October 4, 2010
COLLOQUIA Tues., Oct. 5, 4 p.m. “Funding Anthropology at the National Science Foundation,” an Anthropology colloquium with Deborah Winslow, National Science Foundation. 404 Macaulay. HW Tues., Oct. 5, 4:15 p.m. “Using Supramolecular Chemistry to Access Stimuli-Responsive Materials,” a Chemistry colloquium with Stuart Rowan, Case Western Reserve University. 233 Remsen. HW Wed., Oct. 6, 4:30 p.m. […]
Billy Baldwin symposium set for Saturday at Evergreen
October 4, 2010
One of America’s legendary decorators—Billy Baldwin of Baltimore—will be the focus of a daylong symposium to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, at Evergreen Museum & Library. The symposium is presented in conjunction with the student-curated exhibition “Baltimore’s Billy Baldwin,” which is on view through Oct. 24. Thoroughly Modern […]
Falls the leading cause of injury among older adults in China
October 4, 2010
Falls are the most common injury for both urban and rural elderly in China, responsible for more than two-thirds of all injuries in people 65 and older, according to a new study by researchers from China and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Injury Research and Policy. This is the first […]
A 2010 view of an interconnected world
September 27, 2010
Author Wes Moore will lead off the annual Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium with a talk on Wednesday, Sept. 29, in Shriver Hall Auditorium on the Homewood campus. A reception in the Clipper Room will follow the event. The lecture is the first of seven events making up this year’s symposium, The Global Network: America’s Changing […]
Helping hands from Hopkins
September 27, 2010
A large convoy of Johns Hopkins affiliates will venture out on foot and bus from the Homewood campus on Saturday to collectively give back to Baltimore. Nearly 900 students, staff and faculty are registered to participate in the second President’s Day of Service, a one-day event featuring more than 40 service projects across the city. In […]
VP Biden holds stimulus roundtable with university presidents
September 27, 2010
Johns Hopkins President Ron Daniels was one of six university heads who met at the White House with Vice President Joe Biden on Sept. 21 at a roundtable that Biden convened to draw attention to the $18 billion in stimulus money that is going to university research. In remarks made at the open portion of […]
New global environmental major is a hit with applicants
September 27, 2010
The new global environmental change and sustainability major, introduced on the Homewood campus in fall 2009, has become a hot draw to prospective students. Nearly 140 applicants this past year indicated an interest in the major and, of those enrolled, 33 selected it as their primary or secondary likely area of study. Homewood undergraduates do […]
Homewood-Peabody-JHMI Shuttle schedule updated, effective Sept. 30
September 27, 2010
To better serve riders and connect Johns Hopkins locations, a few changes will be implemented with the Homewood-Peabody-JHMI Shuttle schedule that goes into effect on Thursday, Sept. 30. The schedule can be found online at www.parking.jhu.edu. Among the changes: • Late-night departures have been added on Thursday and Friday. From JHMI, the last departure is […]