Category: Around Hopkins
Master’s in biotech enterprise and entrepreneurship launches
October 31, 2011
The Johns Hopkins University is now accepting applications for the Master’s in Biotechnology Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, or MBEE, a unique graduate degree launching in spring 2012 that is grounded in the life sciences but intended for biotechnology professionals working outside the research setting to commercialize biotechnology products. The degree will be offered by Advanced Academic […]
Notices — October 24, 2011
October 24, 2011
Adopt-a-Family/Adopt-a-Senior Registration — Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, students and retirees are invited to help brighten the holidays for families and seniors facing hardships. The Office of Work, Life and Engagement partners with local nonprofit and social service agencies to provide gifts, clothing and grocery gift certificates to families, children and seniors in need of assistance […]
P.M. Forni to discuss ‘Age of Distraction’ at Barnes & Noble
October 24, 2011
In his first two books, Choosing Civility and The Civility Solution, P.M. Forni taught readers the rules of civil behavior and ways of responding to rudeness. Now the professor of Romance languages and literatures—and founder of The Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins—turns his attention elsewhere: In The Thinking Life: How to Thrive in the Age […]
Calendar — October 21, 2011
October 24, 2011
COLLOQUIA Tues., Oct. 25, daylong. “La Revue Poesie, 40 Years,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures all-day colloquium with author Michel Duguy, with guests Claude Mouchard, Hedi Kaddour and Martin Rueff. 388 Gilman. HW Tues., Oct. 25, 4:15 p.m. “From Cyclohydrolase to Oxidoreductase and Back: Mechanism and Structure in an Enzyme Superfamily,” a Chemistry […]
Poet Juliana Spahr to read in English Department series
October 24, 2011
Juliana Spahr will be the next visiting poet in the Poetry at Hopkins English series, presented on the Homewood campus by the Department of English. She will read at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, in Gilman Hall’s Marjorie Fisher Hall, Room 50. A reception and book sale will follow the reading. Spahr is the […]
Notices — October 17, 2011
October 17, 2011
Intersession Instructors Needed — The 2012 Intersession Personal Enrichment Program, Jan. 9 to 27, is seeking instructors for classes in music, art, dance and more. Applications are available in the Student Life Office, 102 Levering, or by calling 410-516-8209. Applications are due Friday, Oct. 28. Fall Food Drive — The Black Faculty and Staff […]
Strategies for work-life balance announced at Work, Family Fair
October 17, 2011
In celebration of National Work and Family Month, the Office of Work, Life and Engagement announced Johns Hopkins’ Top Ten Strategies for Achieving Work-Life Balance at its Work and Family Fair, which was held Oct. 5 on the East Baltimore campus. The strategies, submitted by employees of the Johns Hopkins Institutions, included taking advantage of […]
Johns Hopkins launches certificate in nonprofit management
October 17, 2011
Johns Hopkins has launched an online graduate certificate in nonprofit management, designed for working professionals who are looking to expand their expertise in nonprofit management with the latest skills and approaches taught by faculty at the forefront of their careers. The certificate will be offered through the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Advanced Academic […]
Calendar — October 17, 2011
October 17, 2011
COLLOQUIA Tues., Oct. 18, 4 p.m. “Care First … Learn From … Connect Histories: Three Principles for an Asian Humanities,” an Anthropology colloquium with Donald Davis, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 404 Macaulay. HW Tues., Oct. 18, 4:15 p.m. “Design of Efficient, Catalytic ‘Homo-Nazarov’ Methodologies,” a Chemistry colloquium with Stefan France, Georgia Institute of Technology. 233 […]
A United front
October 17, 2011
Five is the magic number for Johns Hopkins’ 2011 United Way of Central Maryland campaign, which kicked off last week. The combined university/Johns Hopkins Medicine financial goal for the campaign is $2.2 million, a total for contributions from all divisions except SAIS, whose donations are reported to the National Capital Area campaign in Washington, D.C., […]