Category: In Brief
Deadline is today, Dec. 6, for last ‘Gazette’ issue of semester
December 6, 2010
Because of the midyear vacation, The Gazette will not be published the weeks of Dec. 20 and Dec. 27. Next week’s calendar will include events scheduled from Monday, Dec. 13, through Monday, Jan. 3. The deadline for calendar and classifieds submissions for that issue is noon today, Dec. 6. The deadline for the Jan. 3 […]
Casting call: Actors, extras needed for JHU commercial
November 29, 2010
Actors and extras are wanted to participate in the filming of a nationally televised commercial being produced by the Office of Development and Alumni Relations. All ages are needed. Filming will take place during a one-day shoot in early January. To submit headshots and biographical information, or for more information, contact Renee Fischer at casting@jhu.edu.
‘Media 3.0’ is focus of talk by ‘Times’ reporter David Carr
November 15, 2010
David Carr of The New York Times will give a talk at Homewood this week titled “Putting a New Frame on Content: Media 3.0 in an Age of iPads, Mashed-Up Hybrids and an Audience that Generates Content.” Carr is an award-winning media and culture reporter. Before joining The New York Times, he was a contributing […]
Sickle cell disease forum planned on East Baltimore campus
November 15, 2010
To commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of sickle cell disease, a forum titled “Moving Beyond the Struggle: The Power in Our Community” will be held on the East Baltimore campus at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, in the Albert Owens Auditorium of the Cancer Research Building. (It is preceded by a dinner […]
Peabody musicians perform at festival in St. Petersburg, Russia
November 15, 2010
Peabody was represented at the Tenth International Conservatory Week Festival, held Oct. 22–29 in St. Petersburg, Russia, by faculty member Vera Danchenko-Stern, who teaches singing in Russian, and Graduate Performance Diploma candidates Jennifer Edwards (MM ’09, Voice), Mark Edwards (MM ’09, Guitar) and Yun Kyong Lee (BM ’09, MM ’10, Voice). The singers performed with […]
School of Nursing receives new-equipment grant
November 15, 2010
A $250,000 new-equipment grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration will enhance the training of advanced-practice nurses at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. The HRSA grants are given “to upgrade equipment, expand training capabilities and enhance learning mobility, accessibility and flexibility to promote learning anytime, anywhere.” Proposed equipment includes a new cardiovascular simulator, […]
Diwali fundraising concert held by AID-JHU
November 15, 2010
After a two-year hiatus, the Association for India’s Development at Johns Hopkins restarted its fundraising activities with a Diwali concert held Nov. 6 in Homewood’s Shriver Hall. About 170 people attended the concert, which featured Hindustani classical music by JHU’s Surageet; Raagapella, an a cappella group from Stanford University; and Band of Brothers, an American […]
SAIS hosts forum on state of marriage in United States
October 25, 2010
In the second installment of the 2010–2011 Provost’s Lecture Series, SAIS will host a forum titled “The Marriage-Go-Round: How and Why Family Life Is Different in the United States Than in Other Wealthy Nations,” featuring a lecture by Andrew J. Cherlin, professor of sociology and public policy at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. […]
Johns Hopkins named Center of Excellence in Nursing Education
October 25, 2010
The National League for Nursing has named the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education. According to the NLN website, schools so designated “demonstrate sustained, evidence-based and substantive innovation in the selected area; conduct ongoing research to document the effectiveness of such innovation; set high standards for themselves; […]
NIH holds forum on enrolling pregnant women in trials
October 25, 2010
Ruth R. Faden, director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and a leading advocate for increasing clinical studies on pregnant women, spoke on Oct. 18 at a forum that took aim at fears that keep soon-to-be mothers from participating in vital research. The event was hosted by the NIH Office of Research on […]