Category: Around Hopkins
Recognizing Baltimore-based research
March 26, 2012
Each year, Johns Hopkins faculty conduct hundreds of research efforts aimed at improving the health and social well-being of Baltimore and its citizens. These projects include studies of hypertension, violence prevention, drug enforcement policy, clinical drug trials, economic growth and the history of the city’s neighborhoods, just to name a few. A new award, sponsored […]
Evergreen’s ‘House Beautiful’ explores nationalism in design
March 26, 2012
The House Beautiful—a series of illustrated talks by notable experts and authors in the fields of architecture, artistic design and decorative arts, presented by Johns Hopkins’ Evergreen Museum & Library—returns for a fifth season to the intimate, whimsical setting of the museum’s Leon Bakst–designed private theater, with lectures exploring the uses of nationalism in design. […]
CEOs’ political beliefs influence firms’ tax-avoidance strategies
March 26, 2012
The political beliefs of corporate CEOs strongly influence the tax-avoidance strategies of the firms they run, and those firms with Republican chief executive officers show a significantly higher level of tax avoidance than do companies with CEOs of no obvious political preference, according to a new study co-authored by a Johns Hopkins business professor. Moreover, […]
JHU expert in bioethics and law to discuss individual mandate
March 26, 2012
The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics Seminar Series will examine the federal individual health insurance mandate today, March 26, just as the Supreme Court begins three days of oral arguments on the federal health care law. Leslie Meltzer Henry, associate faculty at the Berman Institute and an assistant professor of law at the University […]
Calendar — March 26, 2012
March 26, 2012
COLLOQUIA Mon., March 26, 9 a.m. “Pushing Symbols: How Embodied Minds Can Think Abstract Thoughts,” a Cognitive Science colloquium with David Landy, University of Richmond. 111 Krieger. HW Tues., March 27, 4 p.m. “The Northern Railway: Travel, Temporality and Tamil Aspirations in Northern Sri Lanka,” an Anthropology colloquium with Sharika Thiranagama, The New School. 404 […]
Faculty asked to register now for Commencement participation
March 26, 2012
The Office of the Provost is asking all faculty who would like to participate in the universitywide commencement ceremonies on May 24 to complete the necessary online form by April 13. Participants will line up at 8 a.m., and the academic procession to Homewood Field will begin at 8:40 a.m. The ceremony is expected to […]
Premieres, live music at Peabody Dance Showcase
March 26, 2012
Eight Peabody Conservatory cellists will perform Arvo Part’s Fratres at Peabody’s 2012 Choreography Showcase as the accompaniment for one of three premieres by Peabody Dance Artistic Director Carol Bartlett. This year’s inventive showcase, danced by upper-level Peabody Dance students and young guest professionals, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 31, and 3 […]
Happiness superstar
March 12, 2012
Happiness superstar Tal Ben-Shahar imparted his positive-psychology message to a capacity crowd on the Homewood campus last week. More than 1,100 people packed into Shriver Hall to hear the best-selling author and psychologist offer tips and wisdom on how to stay happy and positive, and to pick up autographed copies of his books. His visit […]
Lunar Ensemble concert offers works by Peabody faculty, alums
March 12, 2012
The Lunar Ensemble, a contemporary chamber group conducted by Peabody Conservatory alumna Gemma New and featuring Peabody musicians, will premiere five works during its performance at Baltimore’s An die Musik at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13. “It’s a real treat to be performing brand-new works by composers whom the Lunar Ensemble knows well and […]
KSAS named beneficiary of $10 mill bequest
March 12, 2012
The Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences has been named a beneficiary of a charitable trust established by Leslie C. Norins, a 1958 graduate of the School of Arts and Sciences, and his wife, Ann “Rainey” Norins, to fund an endowed student and faculty exchange program in the sciences. The future […]