Category: Community
2008 Annual Security Report now available
September 21, 2009
The Johns Hopkins University 2008 Annual Security Report of crime statistics and security policies is now available on the university’s web site at www.jhu.edu/security.
Day of Service
September 14, 2009
JHU Community Block Party
September 14, 2009
A peach of a place
September 7, 2009
Recently, hundreds of Johns Hopkins staff, faculty, students, patients and community members took time out on a pleasant late summer day to stroll through the new Farmers Market at Johns Hopkins. Few left empty-handed.
Tales of Poe
August 31, 2009
The elegant exterior of Evergreen’s Gilded Age mansion will take on the gloomy characteristics common in Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic fiction at an outdoor screening on Friday, Sept. 4, of two tales from the original master of horror: The Tell-Tale Heart (1953), an Oscar-nominated animated short, and The Raven (1963), with Peter Lorre, Vincent Price […]
H.L. Mencken exhibit to open at George Peabody Library
August 17, 2009
H.L. Mencken is perhaps best known in his hometown for his decades-long connection to The Baltimore Sun. But throughout his career as a newspaper journalist—which started when he was just 19—he also worked for magazines as a writer and editor. As he gained national prominence as a cultural critic, Mencken himself became the subject of magazine stories.
Ravens’ McGahee could score funds for Hopkins Children’s
August 17, 2009
This fall, Baltimore Raven Willis McGahee could score for Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Boost Mobile will donate $500 to the hospital for each of the running back’s touchdowns in the upcoming NFL season. The company made the announcement at the recent opening of its first retail store in Baltimore.
Shriver Concerts honored by magazine as Best of Baltimore
August 17, 2009
The Shriver Hall Concert Series was lauded as the Best Classical Music “Splurge” in Baltimore magazine’s annual Best of Baltimore issue. (The “Save” recognition went to the free Bach Concert Series at Christ Lutheran Church.)
Johns Hopkins’ baseball field is meeting ground for Sister Cities teams
August 3, 2009
Johns Hopkins hosted a baseball clash of East vs. West on July 28 as a youth team from Kawasaki, Japan, faced off against a 15-and-under All-Star team from Baltimore. The friendly matchup, held on the Homewood campus, was part of a two-game series to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Sister Cities program between Baltimore and its Japanese counterpart. The first game was played on July 26 at the Gilman School.
School of Education partners with Teach for America
August 3, 2009
More than 20 percent of new teachers in Baltimore City for the coming school year are from Teach for America, and many will earn their education degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Education. The 2009–2010 TFA class is double the previous year’s total and represents Baltimore City School CEO Andres Alonso’s commitment to the […]