Category: In Brief
Peabody conductor Gustav Meier to discuss, sign new book
September 21, 2009
The Score, the Orchestra and the Conductor, written by Gustav Meier, director of Peabody’s Graduate Conducting Program, was published last month by Oxford University Press. The 512-page volume has 200 line illustrations and 500 music examples. Along with the text, the book includes a cross-indexed glossary of orchestral instruments in four languages, an illustrated description of string harmonics and a comprehensive listing of voice categories showing their overlaps, dynamic ranges and repertory.
School of Nursing podcasts now on iTunes U
September 21, 2009
Podcasts featuring faculty research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing now are reaching new audiences through iTunes U.
Meet the new jhu.edu: Revamped Web site debuts
September 14, 2009
Johns Hopkins sports a new virtual front door.
The university this weekend went live with its new home page, the first stage of a complete Web site overhaul.
Faculty author of Bill Clinton book to talk at Barnes & Noble
September 14, 2009
Psychologist John Gartner, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will discuss his latest book, In Search of Bill Clinton, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, at Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.
Score! Johns Hopkins Athletics is now on Twitter
September 14, 2009
Fans of Johns Hopkins Athletics can now keep up with the Blue Jays on Twitter by going to http//twitter.com/HopkinsSports. Followers will be able to get in-game score updates, links to articles and other news about Blue Jay teams.
Donors needed at this week’s Homewood campus blood drive
September 14, 2009
Approximately 95 percent of the U.S. population will need blood during their lifetimes or know someone who will, yet only about 5 percent give blood, a reason why donors are always needed. Fall drives are particularly important because they help replenish area blood supplies depleted over the summer.
JHU tennis player blogs from post at England’s Eton College
September 14, 2009
Tripp Weber, a 2009 Johns Hopkins graduate and four-year member of the men’s tennis team, will serve as an American ambassador at England’s Eton College during the 2009–2010 academic year. Weber will be blogging about his experiences throughout the year. To follow his posts, go to www.hopkinssports.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/090109aad.html.
Carey School’s Dean’s Lecture Series presents fall speaker
September 7, 2009
Carolyn Woo, dean of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, is the speaker for the fall 2009 installment of the Carey Business School’s Dean’s Lecture Series. Her talk, “Business Leadership for the Global Commons,” is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, in Homewood’s Mason Hall. Appointed dean in […]
EP develops three new online grad courses for BRAC workers
September 7, 2009
Three online courses in systems engineering, designed to prepare workers for jobs coming to Maryland through the federal Base Realignment and Closure process, are being launched by Engineering for Professionals, the part-time graduate program of the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. The new master’s level courses, all developed by EP faculty, are Software Systems […]
Authors Sung J. Woo, LaDawn Black to visit Barnes & Noble
September 7, 2009
Authors Sung J. Woo and LaDawn Black will be visiting Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins this week. Woo is the author of the critically acclaimed Everything Asian, a coming-of-age novel chronicling the world of 12-year-old David Kim, who moves from Korea with his mother and sister to join his father in New Jersey. His short […]