Category: Around Hopkins
Calendar — March 12, 2012
March 12, 2012
COLLOQUIA Mon., March 12, 4 p.m. “The Physics and Metaphysics of Talismans (Imagines Astronomicae) in Marsilio Ficino’s De vita libri tres,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with H. Darrel Rutkin, Stanford University. Co-sponsored by the Singleton Center. 388 Gilman. HW Tues., March 13, 4:15 p.m. “Excited State Dynamics at a Carbon-Carbon Double […]
HIV guidelines issued for care of those newly diagnosed
March 12, 2012
Leading AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins and other institutions around the world have issued new guidelines to promote entry into and retention in HIV care, as well as adherence to HIV treatment, drawn from the results of 325 studies conducted with tens of thousands of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The […]
IBM leader to send off JHU grads
March 12, 2012
Samuel J. Palmisano, the chairman of the board at computer giant IBM and the company’s former president and CEO, will be the featured speaker at this year’s university commencement ceremony, to be held on Thursday, May 24, on Homewood Field. Palmisano, a 1973 graduate of Johns Hopkins and a former university trustee, began his career […]
David Phillips to lead Undergrad Admissions and Student Aid
March 12, 2012
By close of business on May 1, the Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid offices will have the Homewood class of 2016 just about locked down. At 8:30 the next morning, work on admitting the class of 2017 revs into high gear. You don’t get a lot of time to catch your breath in student recruitment […]
Homewood-JHMI Shuttle stop relocated from March 16 to 19
March 12, 2012
From Friday, March 16, through Monday, March 19, the JHMI stop for the Homewood-JHMI Shuttle will be temporarily relocated to the corner of Broadway and Monument streets; buses will not stop at Rutland and Washington streets during what is being described as a trial period. Anyone with feedback regarding this trial period should call 410-516-7275 […]
Mixed methods research experts to give SoN Dean’s Lecture
March 12, 2012
Mixed methods research experts John Creswell and Joe Gallo will give insight into the future of research methodology at the School of Nursing from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 19. Researchers, students and the public are invited to learn more about the gold standard of research design, which brings together multiple qualitative and […]
APL to hold health care IT security symposium
March 12, 2012
A symposium to discuss current challenges in maintaining the security of all aspects of health care information technologies, from patient data to medical devices, will be held at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, in APL’s Kossiakoff Center. Among the speakers are two Johns Hopkins faculty […]
Bioethicist calls on Congress to protect docs in war zones
March 12, 2012
Greater leadership is needed from the U.S. government to protect physicians and health facilities from increased attacks in armed conflict zones like Syria, experts told members of Congress in a special briefing held March 7. “Adherence to norms won’t take place unless it becomes a diplomatic priority, with the U.S. and other states using their […]
Two JHU mathematicians honored with Simons Fellowships
March 12, 2012
Two Johns Hopkins University mathematicians have each been awarded the highly competitive Simons Fellowship in Mathematics, which provides scholars with the opportunity to spend a semester away from classroom and administrative duties in order to pursue their research interests. Christopher Sogge and Joel Spruck, both professors in the Department of Mathematics in the Krieger School […]
Classifieds — March 12, 2012
March 12, 2012
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