Category: In Brief
Homewood emergency alert system to be tested Tuesday
September 13, 2010
Homewood Campus Safety and Security will conduct a test of the campus siren/public address system and the Johns Hopkins Emergency Alerts text messaging system at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14. The test will be a full-scale simultaneous activation of both systems. The siren/PA system, which is activated by radio signal from the Homewood Communication […]
Arts Innovation Grants available for Homewood faculty, students
September 13, 2010
Proposals for Arts Innovation Grants for intersession and the spring and fall 2011 semesters are now being accepted from Homewood faculty and staff. The initiative is designed to help faculty develop for-credit interdisciplinary courses in the arts—across departments, divisions or institutions—for Homewood undergraduates, and to help undergraduates create new co-curricular activities in the arts or […]
Free JHU-community block party set for Saturday afternoon
September 7, 2010
Convergence—the JHU-community block party that celebrates the relationship between JHU and its Homewood campus neighbor—will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, in the 3200 block of St. Paul Street. The event, now in its sixth year, offers everyone living in, working in and serving the communities surrounding the Homewood campus […]
Jhpiego to host documentary by filmmaker Christy Turlington
September 7, 2010
Jhpiego will host supermodel and filmmaker Christy Turlington for the Baltimore premiere of her documentary film, No Woman, No Cry, an up-close look at issues and challenges facing millions of women throughout the world. In her directorial debut, Turlington shares the stories of at-risk pregnant women in four parts of the world—including a remote Maasai […]
Diversity Leadership Council seeks proposals for conference
September 7, 2010
The Johns Hopkins Institutions Diversity Leadership Council has issued a call for presentation proposals for its Seventh Annual Diversity Conference. The event, titled Diversity and Inclusion: Fulfilling the Promise of Johns Hopkins, will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4, on the Homewood campus. More than 500 Johns Hopkins leaders, […]
‘U.S. News & World Report’ releases Best Colleges rankings
August 30, 2010
In the Best Colleges 2011 rankings released this month by U.S. News & World Report, Johns Hopkins is tied at the 13th spot for National Universities, up from 14th last year. In the rankings for best undergraduate engineering programs among schools whose highest degree is a PhD, Johns Hopkins also comes in tied at 13th, […]
JHU Museums will increase admission fees starting Sept. 1
August 30, 2010
Effective Wednesday, Sept. 1, Johns Hopkins’ two historic house museums, Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library, will increase their admission prices by $2. “This modest increase in our admissions fees, which we have avoided for over 10 years, is a necessary step to meet the challenges created by the rising costs of preserving these […]
Elderhostel programs take a new name: Road Scholar
August 30, 2010
For almost three decades, the Peabody Institute has been the site of one of the United States’ largest educational and travel programs for older adults. Elderhostel has brought thousands of senior citizens to Baltimore for weeklong “study vacations” that feature musical classes and daily performances by Peabody students and faculty. The program is held in […]
Secretary of State Clinton to give address at SAIS today
August 16, 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will speak at SAIS at 11:30 a.m. today, Aug. 16, about the Global Health Initiative, a centerpiece of the Obama administration’s foreign policy. Clinton is expected to describe the initiative’s core principles and call on governments, organizations and individuals to join the United States in pursuing a sustainable approach […]
Grand Reopening set for renovated Gilman Hall
August 16, 2010
After three years of top-to-bottom renovations, the Homewood campus’s flagship building will celebrate a new beginning with a Grand Reopening from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 30. Visitors will be welcomed by President Ronald J. Daniels and Katherine S. Newman, the James B. Knapp Dean-Designate of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and […]