Category: In Brief
The ‘Social Network’ stand-in that you might recognize
September 27, 2010
When actor Jesse Eisenberg, playing the role of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, runs across the Harvard campus in the much-anticipated David Fincher film opening this week, the Elis among us might not recognize the terrain. But the Johns Hopkins community will: The Homewood campus was tapped as a stand-in. The shooting […]
JHH dome lit blue for prostate cancer awareness week
September 27, 2010
In honor of prostate cancer awareness week, the dome of The Johns Hopkins Hospital was lit blue during the nighttime hours from Tuesday, Sept. 21, until Saturday, Sept. 25. During prostate cancer awareness week, men age 50 and older (45 for African-Americans) were encouraged to speak with their physician about their risk of developing the […]
PRS Guitars holds benefit for Kimmel Cancer Center
September 27, 2010
The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center’s Living With Cancer Resource Program will be the beneficiary of an event hosted this week by Paul Reed Smith Guitars. One Night, One Show, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 3, at Bourbon Street in downtown Baltimore, will feature guitar prodigy Derek Trucks of the Allman Brothers and […]
Best Dressed Sale opens with Thursday Preview Party
September 27, 2010
When the 43rd annual Johns Hopkins Best Dressed Sale and Boutique opens its doors this week at Evergreen Carriage House, shoppers will once again find a wide array of gently worn and some new designer dresses, contemporary fashions, vintage apparel, furs, accessories, shoes, wedding gowns and men’s suits, coats, jackets, formal wear and ties. “Not […]
Peabody Dance holds master classes, teachers’ seminars
September 27, 2010
On Sunday, Oct. 3, Peabody Dance will hold its annual Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers’ Seminars. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the dance studios of the Peabody Preparatory’s Mount Vernon campus. This year marks a decade of Peabody Dance’s efforts to reach out and serve colleagues […]
JHU’s 2009 annual security report is now available
September 20, 2010
The Johns Hopkins University 2009 annual security report of crime statistics and security policies, to be published by Oct. 1 by federal regulation, is now available on the university website at www.jhu.edu/~security. In keeping with the mandates of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, the report contains statistical […]
Cogito.com students learn about Gulf oil spill from JHU expert
September 20, 2010
Can the Gulf of Mexico recover from this spring’s massive oil spill? That’s the topic Edward Bouwer, chair of the Whiting School’s Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, explored in an hourlong webinar with some of the nation’s top middle and high school students on Wednesday night. The event was sponsored by the Johns Hopkins […]
Physicist: ‘Invisibility cloak’ may not be as far-fetched as it seems
September 20, 2010
A British theoretical physicist doing groundbreaking work in developing “invisibility materials” —a la Harry Potter’s famous invisibility cloak—will this week deliver the inaugural Robert Resnick Lecture, which honors a Johns Hopkins alumnus who was a renowned physics educator. Sir John Pendry of Imperial College London will present “Invisible Cloaks and a Perfect Lens” at 3 p.m. […]
‘Sculpture at Evergreen’ is site of Sunday block party
September 13, 2010
Sunday, Sept. 19, is the day to explore Evergreen Museum & Library’s largest gallery—its 26-acre park, which is now featuring the biennial exhibition Sculpture at Evergreen 6: Simultaneous Presence. Visitors are invited to bring a picnic, enjoy performance art by David Page and Shannon Young, and meet the artist team of Eric Leshinsky, C. Ryan […]
Swim Across America to benefit JH Kimmel Cancer Center
September 13, 2010
Swim Across America, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming-related events, will hold its first swims in the Baltimore area on Sunday, Sept. 19. Pledges collected by the swimmers, corporate sponsors and online donations will support a lab directed by Luis Diaz at the […]