Year: 2010
Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor of Croatia to speak at SAIS
May 24, 2010
Jadranka Kosor, prime minister of Croatia, will give a talk at SAIS this week titled “Croatia’s Role in Fostering a Euro-Atlantic Perspective for Southeastern Europe.” Simultaneous English translation of the prime minister’s remarks, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 25, will be provided. Michael Haltzel, a senior fellow at the SAIS Center for Transatlantic […]
JHU Press, Hopkins Club preview War of 1812 activities
May 24, 2010
The JHU Press is anticipating the approaching bicentennial of the War of 1812 with a multibook series called Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. At 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, at the Johns Hopkins Club, the authors of the first two books in the series, Don Shomette (Flotilla: The Patuxent Naval Campaign […]
Employment practices in the 1930s
May 24, 2010
Anyone who has been seeking employment, at Johns Hopkins or elsewhere, knows that the process can be complicated and time consuming: interviews with search firms, telephone “screening” interviews, on-site interviews and lots of paperwork. Each step can take much time before matters are concluded. Today’s practices are a far cry from what happened nearly 75 […]
Summertime discounts available for the Johns Hopkins community
May 24, 2010
Discounts on summertime fun are available through the Office of Work, Life and Engagement for Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks, the B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Cove Haven Entertainment Resorts, CruiseOne, Hersheypark, Hippodrome Theatre, JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Kings Dominion, the Maryland Zoo, National Aquarium in Baltimore, Tee Time Golf Passes and Universal Studios. Consignment tickets […]
Notices — May 24, 2010
May 24, 2010
CPR/AED Training — Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator training (used on victims of sudden cardiac arrest) is being offered to JHU faculty and nonclinical staff from 1 to 4 p.m., on Wednesday, June 16, on the Homewood campus. The training offers hands-on practice combining lecture, video demonstrations and hands-on manikin training. A nonrefundable, pre-payment […]
Classifieds — May 24, 2010
May 24, 2010
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Bayview, 2BR house w/fin’d bsmt, W/D, no pets, backyd prkng pad, sec dep and credit check req’d. Elaine, 410-633-4750. Baltimore County, 3BR, 1BA house in beautiful area, lg kitchen, fin’d bsmt, hdwd flrs, front and back yds, prkng, pet OK, 15-20 mins to Hopkins. hope_L_johnson@hotmail.com. Butchers Hill, bright, renov’d 2BR, 2.5BA house, […]
Calendar — May 24, 2010
May 24, 2010
CONFERENCE Fri., June 4, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s annual dementia conference with Clifford Jack, Mayo Clinic; Lee Shaw, University of Pennsylvania; Susan Resnick, National Institute on Aging; Juan Troncoso, JHMI; and Abhay Moghekar, JHMI. Owens Auditorium, CRB. EB DISCUSSION/TALKS Mon., May 24, 2:30 p.m. “Anti-Corruption and Transparency: […]
Six granted honorary degrees, Society of Scholars inductees recognized
May 17, 2010
Between 1880 and 2009, 436 honorary degrees have been awarded by Johns Hopkins University. On Thursday, six new members were added to this illustrious group that features leaders in various fields of study, practice and service. During the universitywide commencement ceremony, honorary degrees were conferred on Michael M.E. Johns, chancellor of Emory University and former […]
Dean Yash Gupta of the Carey Business School
May 17, 2010
Yash P. Gupta laid out an audacious vision when he became the inaugural dean of the Carey Business School on Jan. 1, 2008. In short, he wanted Johns Hopkins to reinvent the model of business education. In doing so, he said, the new Carey Business School would become one of the most innovative and prominent […]
Planning for the demise of WebCT
May 17, 2010
Faculty, meet Blackboard 9.1. This summer, four of the university’s academic divisions will switch to the popular course management software, now in use at a majority of U.S. colleges. Three others will be upgrading to the latest version in the near future. Blackboard will replace WebCT, the virtual learning system at Johns Hopkins since 2000. No […]