Category: Events
Fred Jelinek memorial service set for Friday at Homewood
November 1, 2010
The Center for Language and Speech Processing and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are holding a service to remember and celebrate the life of Fred Jelinek on Friday, Nov. 5. Jelinek, the Julian Sinclair Smith Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Center for Language and Speech Processing, died on […]
Calendar — November 1, 2010
November 1, 2010
COLLOQUIA Tues., Nov. 2, 4:15 p.m. “Conjugated Polyelectrolytes: Fundamentals and Applications to Biosensing and Solar Energy Conversion,” a Chemistry colloquium with Kirk Schanze, University of Florida. 233 Remsen. HW Wed., Nov. 3, 3:30 p.m. “Super-Earths and Life,” an STSci colloquium with David Latham, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW Wed., Nov. 3, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Volunteer Summit will examine challenges facing the university
October 18, 2010
This week, President Ronald J. Daniels will convene almost 300 Johns Hopkins leaders—including senior administration, trustees, members of the alumni council, advisory board members and other volunteers from all university divisions—for a two-day summit in Baltimore to help chart the future course of the university. The 2010 Volunteer Summit will mark the first gathering of […]
Calendar — October 18, 2010
October 18, 2010
COLLOQUIA Mon., Oct. 18, noon. “Molecular Mechanism of Activation and Inhibition of Bax in Cell Death Regulation,” a joint Biophysics/Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Nico Tjandra, NIH. 111 Mergenthaler. HW Tues., Oct. 19, 4 p.m. “When Custom Is a Crime: Law, Life and the Goddess in Rural South India” with Hester Betlem, KSAS; and “Some […]
Free concert opens season for Hopkins Symphony Orchestra
October 11, 2010
The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra opens its 2010–2011 season with two musical depictions of Scotland by composers who weren’t Scottish. HSO music director Jed Gaylin conducts Felix Mendelssohn’s at turns snappy and mystical “Scottish” Symphony and excerpts from Gaetano Donizetti’s melodramatic opera Lucia di Lammermoor in a collaboration with Opera Vivente. The free concert is offered […]
Calendar — October 11, 2010
October 11, 2010
COLLOQUIA Tues., Oct. 12, 4 p.m. “The Value of Patience: Dwelling Among Urban Squatters,” an Anthropology colloquium with Valeria Procupez, KSAS. 400 Macaulay. HW Tues., Oct. 12, 4:15 p.m. “Beyond Strain Energy: Experiments and Models of Force-Dependent Reaction Kinetics,” a Chemistry colloquium with Roman Boulatov, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 233 Remsen. HW Wed., Oct. 13, […]
Mathemagician/professor to present free show at Homewood
October 4, 2010
Arthur T. Benjamin, a California college professor who has entertained audiences on national television and at numerous events by performing “magic” tricks with numbers, will present a show this week on the Homewood campus. Benjamin, who performs as the Mathemagician, will appear at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7, in 110 Hodson Hall. As part […]
Homewood Museum to host experts on the American porch
October 4, 2010
Homewood Museum at The Johns Hopkins University, in association with AIA Baltimore Architecture Month, will this month present the 10th edition of its annual Baltimore’s Great Architecture lectures. This year’s series, titled The Porch in America, will be held on the Homewood campus over three consecutive Mondays. “We have pulled out the stops to deliver […]