Category: In Brief
One Peabody shuttle stop eliminated
May 21, 2012
In an effort to improve shuttle operations, starting on Tuesday, May 29, the Peabody campus will have only one southbound stop, located at St. Paul Street and Mount Vernon Place; the stop at the southeast corner of St. Paul and Centre streets will be eliminated. The route is being altered so that buses continue on […]
Next ‘Gazette’ issue is last before summer schedule
May 21, 2012
The next issue of The Gazette will be the last before we move to our biweekly summer schedule. The calendar in the May 29 issue (Tuesday rather than the usual Monday because of the Memorial Day holiday) will include events taking place from May 29 through Monday, June 11; submissions should be sent to gazette.jhu.edu […]
Bologna Center and Oxford Analytica to honor SAIS grad
May 21, 2012
Janika Albers was a cherished member of the Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna Center community and Oxford Analytica Ltd., where she had worked since completing her SAIS degree in Washington in 2007. Following Albers’ untimely death in November, her Bologna 2006 classmates and her colleagues gathered to discuss initiatives to commemorate her. This month, the Bologna […]
Berman Bioethics Institute films win awards at Houston festival
May 21, 2012
Educational documentaries from the Vision of Hope series produced by the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics have been honored by multiple awards, most recently the Houston International Film & Video Festival, one of the oldest competitive film festivals in the world. Gail Geller, who co-directed the Vision of Hope project with Cynda Rushton, both core […]
Free tickets, longer hours for 2012 Staff Appreciation Picnic
May 21, 2012
In an effort to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of JHU staff, university administration is making some important changes to the annual Johns Hopkins picnic. What’s new? Tickets are free instead of $5, and the hours of the picnic have expanded to allow more faculty, staff and their families to enjoy the festivities. The […]
Peabody Dance holds master classes, ballet teachers’ seminar
October 24, 2011
Peabody Dance, a division of the Peabody Preparatory, will welcome three distinguished guest artists at its Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers’ Seminar on Sunday, Oct. 30, at its dance studios at 21 E. Mount Vernon Place. “The Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers’ Seminar brings us back to the heart of things […]
Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to speak at SAIS
October 24, 2011
Henry M. “Hank” Paulson Jr., former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, will speak at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Paulson will talk about “The United States and China: Five Principles for Strengthening the Global Economy” at this event, which is co-hosted by SAIS and […]
Poet Juliana Spahr to read in English Department series
October 24, 2011
Juliana Spahr will be the next visiting poet in the Poetry at Hopkins English series, presented on the Homewood campus by the Department of English. She will read at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, in Gilman Hall’s Marjorie Fisher Hall, Room 50. A reception and book sale will follow the reading. Spahr is the […]
Free security/safety inspections offered near Homewood
October 17, 2011
As a crime prevention and safety measure, Homewood Campus Safety and Security is offering free home security inspections to students, faculty and staff living in neighborhoods contiguous to the Homewood campus. Edmund Skrodzki, executive director of Campus Safety and Security, said that the service is being provided in order to enhance security awareness to make […]
New students at SoN participate in landmark simulation study
October 10, 2011
A person having a heart attack, another going into labor and a third with a skin rash are typical “patients” for students in the simulation lab at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Now students in the traditional 2013 class have the chance to care for such patients—including Harvey the cardiopulmonary simulator, Sim Man, Noelle […]