Category: In Brief
‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Social Network’ under the stars at Homewood
June 6, 2011
Two hit movies will be screened, free of charge, on two Friday nights this month on Homewood’s Keyser Quadrangle. Hopkins Summer Outdoor Films will present Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 on June 10 and The Social Network—starring the Homewood campus as a stand-in for Harvard—on June 17. Guests are encouraged to bring […]
New Blue Jay Shuttle begins Homewood routes today
April 4, 2011
The Homewood Security Escort Van service has a new name, effective today, April 4. The Blue Jay Shuttle, now operating under the Office of Parking and Transportation, will provide routes and point-to-point services to Johns Hopkins affiliates within a limited service area surrounding the Homewood campus. The operator is Broadway Services Inc. Transportation management and […]
Memorial to celebrate life of DoGEE’s Charles O’Melia
March 7, 2011
A celebration of the life of Charles R. “Charlie” O’Melia will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, in 110 Hodson on the Homewood campus. O’Melia, who died on Dec. 16, 2010, at the age of 76, joined the DoGEE faculty in 1980 and spent 27 years with the department, including two terms as […]
Oversight, route changes set for Homewood Security Escort Van
March 7, 2011
The Homewood Security Escort Van will be transitioned from the Security Office to the Office of Parking and Transportation on April 1 and, with recommendations from the Student Government Association and support from Homewood Student Affairs and University Administration, the service will alter its focus to more of a route-based transportation system in the coming […]
Radiothon raises more than $850,000 for kids at Hopkins
March 7, 2011
The 22nd annual MIX 106.5 Radiothon benefiting Johns Hopkins Children’s Center has raised more than $850,000, bringing the total raised to date to nearly $14 million. The numbers were unveiled on Monday during the MIX Morning Show, following a three-day marathon broadcast from the hospital, Feb. 23 to 25. George Dover, director of Hopkins Children’s, […]
Miller, Peterson recognized with Maryland Speaker’s Medallion
March 7, 2011
Each year the speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates presents a medallion to a citizen in recognition of outstanding service to the state of Maryland. This year’s Speaker’s Medallion was presented jointly on Feb. 23 to two of Johns Hopkins’ leaders: Edward D. Miller, the Frances Watt Baker, M.D., and Lenox D. Baker Jr., […]
Journalist Bob Woodward at next Foreign Affairs Symposium
February 28, 2011
Noted journalist Bob Woodward is the next speaker in the student-run Foreign Affairs Symposium, held each year on the Homewood campus. Woodward has covered national politics at The Washington Post for more than 30 years and gained notoriety for his investigative reporting of the 1972 Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of President Richard […]
It’s Commemoration Day—remember your JHU apparel
February 21, 2011
On Feb. 22, 1876, The Johns Hopkins University opened with the inauguration of its first president, Daniel Coit Gilman. This Tuesday, the Homewood campus will celebrate the 135th anniversary of this historic day. Students, faculty and staff are invited to stop by the Breezeway between 9 and 11 a.m. to pick up a Commemoration Day […]
CareFirst Scholarships to aid Nursing master’s students
February 21, 2011
In collaboration with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing will offer two CareFirst Scholarships for the upcoming academic year. The scholarship awards $40,000 in tuition and living expenses—for two years—to students in the master’s program who intend to become nursing faculty members upon graduation. Getting this level of funding for two master’s […]
Pianist Andre Watts to step in for Nelson Freire at SHCS
February 21, 2011
Due to a flare-up of tendonitis and on the advice of his doctors, pianist Nelson Freire has had to cancel his North American recital tour in March. In Baltimore, the incomparable pianist Andre Watts will step in for a Shriver Hall Concert Series debut in a recital of works by Franz Liszt at 5:30 p.m. […]