Category: In Brief
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan will speak today at SAIS
December 7, 2009
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prime minister of Turkey, will speak at SAIS at 4 p.m. today, Dec. 7. His topic is “Turkey in the 21st Century: Building Peace Through Diplomacy.”
SAIS Dean Jessica Einhorn will provide welcoming remarks, and Daniel Hamilton, director of the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, will moderate the session.
Deadlines are today, Dec. 7, for last ‘Gazette’ issue of semester
December 7, 2009
Because of the midyear vacation, The Gazette will not be published the weeks of Dec. 21 and 28.
Next week’s calendar will include events scheduled from Monday, Dec. 14, through Monday, Jan. 4. The deadline for calendar and classifieds submissions for that issue is noon today, Dec. 7.
Memorial to be held Tuesday for Professor Raymond Westbrook
November 30, 2009
A memorial service for Raymond Westbrook, the W.W. Spence Professor of Semitic Languages in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, in 310 Hodson Hall, on the Homewood campus, with refreshments to follow.
All are invited to join members of the Department of Near Eastern Studies, family and friends to celebrate Westbrook’s life and remember his many contributions to the Johns Hopkins community.
Save the Future to graduate second class of Baltimore teens
November 30, 2009
Save the Future, a program in which Johns Hopkins undergraduates teach “financial literacy” to Baltimore teens, will hold its second annual graduation ceremony at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Phillip Phan, a professor and vice dean at the Carey Business School, will speak at the event.
CBS’ Byron Pitts at conference on teen health disparities
November 30, 2009
CBS correspondent and native Baltimorean Byron Pitts will this week join teen-health experts from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and elsewhere for a discussion about health disparities in minority teens.
Nursing, medical students work on improving communication
November 30, 2009
The schools of Nursing and Medicine will use a $35,000 grant from the Retooling for Quality and Safety Program, an initiative of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the IHI Open School for Health Professions, to bring together medical and undergraduate nursing students to study how to improve communication and work together for patients’ benefit.
School of Education launches ‘Shaping the Future’ series
November 16, 2009
The School of Education will be hosting a panel discussion titled “What’s Next After No Child Left Behind?” in anticipation of next year’s reauthorization of the legislation. The program, which is the culminating event in the school’s 100th anniversary celebration, will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 7, in Shriver Hall Auditorium on the Homewood campus.
Sweren Student Book Collecting Contest gets under way
November 16, 2009
The 2009–2010 Betty and Edgar Sweren Student Book Collecting Contest has begun.
The contest, sponsored by the Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries, is open to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at Johns Hopkins. Prizes will be awarded for the top three collections in the undergraduate and graduate divisions. First place receives $1,000; second place, $500; and honorable mention, $250.
‘The Jewish Jesus’ is topic of this week’s Lavy Colloquium
November 16, 2009
The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies in the Krieger School is hosting several international scholars this week during its fifth annual Lavy Colloquium, which examines ideas related to Jewish civilization. This year’s topic is The Jewish Jesus, and the conference will take place Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 18 and 19, in the Smokler Center for Jewish Life, Homewood campus.
CTY deadline nears for testing second- to eighth-grade students
November 16, 2009
Friday, Nov. 30, is the fall deadline for families to enroll a bright second- to eighth-grade student in the annual Talent Search sponsored by Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youth. Testing done through CTY lets families see a child’s math and verbal talents and also can qualify a child for CTY’s summer or online courses for academically talented young people.