Year: 2010
Diversity Leadership Council seeks proposals for conference
September 7, 2010
The Johns Hopkins Institutions Diversity Leadership Council has issued a call for presentation proposals for its Seventh Annual Diversity Conference. The event, titled Diversity and Inclusion: Fulfilling the Promise of Johns Hopkins, will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4, on the Homewood campus. More than 500 Johns Hopkins leaders, […]
How to subscribe to Homewood information services
September 7, 2010
The Office of Communication and Public Affairs at Homewood offers e-mail news and other e-mail information services for interested members of the Johns Hopkins community. Here are details on what is available and how to subscribe: • Today’s News. A summary of news coverage about Johns Hopkins. An e-mail message each business day directs you […]
Notices — September 7, 2010
September 7, 2010
Professional Clothing Drive — The Office of Work, Life and Engagement invites the Johns Hopkins community to donate new and gently used professional men and women’s clothing and handbags to formerly homeless, disabled and underprivileged individuals just entering or re-entering the workforce. Donations will be collected through Sept. 21 in support of the employment programs […]
Classifieds — September 7, 2010
September 7, 2010
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Baltimore City (Old Pimlico Rd), spacious, furn’d 2BR, 2BA condo in secure community, nr light rail and Summit Park ES, free prkng, swimming, tennis. $950/mo incl utils. Tinghuai, 443-846-8750 or tinghwu@gmail.com. Baltimore City, updated 1BR condo in secure gated community, assigned prkng, swimming, tennis, nr hospital and university; option to own ($135,000). […]
Calendar — September 7, 2010
September 7, 2010
DISCUSSION/TALKS Wed., Sept. 8, 9 a.m. “Elections Review: Rwanda and Burundi,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with Nancy Welch, National Endowment for Democracy. Co-sponsored by Search for Common Ground. For information and to RSVP, e-mail rokun@sfcg.org. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS Wed., Sept. 8, 12:15 p.m. “Process and Update: Faculty, Research and Public Health […]
A new year begins
August 30, 2010
Cars, trucks and vans, all stuffed with cargo, lined up in caravan fashion on the Homewood campus last Wednesday and Thursday as the Class of 2014 moved into Johns Hopkins residence halls. A large contingent of upperclassmen volunteers helped parents unload the vehicles as students checked into their housing and took in new surroundings. President […]
Whiting School of Engineering building is named for Hackerman
August 30, 2010
The Johns Hopkins University’s Computational Science and Engineering Building will be named Hackerman Hall in recognition of a lifetime of philanthropic support of the university and its Whiting School of Engineering by alumnus Willard Hackerman. The building, a headquarters for advanced interdisciplinary research crossing the borders of engineering, computer science, mathematics and medicine, will be […]
NAS names JHU projects astrophysics priorities
August 30, 2010
A report released by the National Academy of Sciences names several projects involving astronomers and astrophysicists at The Johns Hopkins University as among the most important astrophysics investments in the next decade. Titled “New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics,” the recently issued report represents the consensus position of hundreds of astronomers and astrophysicists […]
John Russell-Wood, 70, noted historian with eclectic interests
August 30, 2010
Anthony John R. Russell-Wood, the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University and a widely published expert in the history and culture of pre-Columbian and colonial Latin America, died Aug. 13 at his Lutherville home after a brief illness. A faculty member at Johns Hopkins since 1971, Russell-Wood, 70, was a […]
A ringing endorsement
August 30, 2010
The Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering student team that won the $20,000 grand prize in the 2010 Wharton Business Plan Competition at the University of Pennsylvania received another honor for its invention last week: the opportunity to preside over the NASDAQ Closing Bell. The Cortical Concepts team, which developed a spinal surgery device that increases the […]