Issue: 2012 March 13
Happiness superstar
March 12, 2012
Happiness superstar Tal Ben-Shahar imparted his positive-psychology message to a capacity crowd on the Homewood campus last week. More than 1,100 people packed into Shriver Hall to hear the best-selling author and psychologist offer tips and wisdom on how to stay happy and positive, and to pick up autographed copies of his books. His visit […]
Lunar Ensemble concert offers works by Peabody faculty, alums
March 12, 2012
The Lunar Ensemble, a contemporary chamber group conducted by Peabody Conservatory alumna Gemma New and featuring Peabody musicians, will premiere five works during its performance at Baltimore’s An die Musik at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13. “It’s a real treat to be performing brand-new works by composers whom the Lunar Ensemble knows well and […]
KSAS named beneficiary of $10 mill bequest
March 12, 2012
The Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences has been named a beneficiary of a charitable trust established by Leslie C. Norins, a 1958 graduate of the School of Arts and Sciences, and his wife, Ann “Rainey” Norins, to fund an endowed student and faculty exchange program in the sciences. The future […]
Calendar — March 12, 2012
March 12, 2012
COLLOQUIA Mon., March 12, 4 p.m. “The Physics and Metaphysics of Talismans (Imagines Astronomicae) in Marsilio Ficino’s De vita libri tres,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with H. Darrel Rutkin, Stanford University. Co-sponsored by the Singleton Center. 388 Gilman. HW Tues., March 13, 4:15 p.m. “Excited State Dynamics at a Carbon-Carbon Double […]
HIV guidelines issued for care of those newly diagnosed
March 12, 2012
Leading AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins and other institutions around the world have issued new guidelines to promote entry into and retention in HIV care, as well as adherence to HIV treatment, drawn from the results of 325 studies conducted with tens of thousands of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The […]
IBM leader to send off JHU grads
March 12, 2012
Samuel J. Palmisano, the chairman of the board at computer giant IBM and the company’s former president and CEO, will be the featured speaker at this year’s university commencement ceremony, to be held on Thursday, May 24, on Homewood Field. Palmisano, a 1973 graduate of Johns Hopkins and a former university trustee, began his career […]
David Phillips to lead Undergrad Admissions and Student Aid
March 12, 2012
By close of business on May 1, the Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid offices will have the Homewood class of 2016 just about locked down. At 8:30 the next morning, work on admitting the class of 2017 revs into high gear. You don’t get a lot of time to catch your breath in student recruitment […]
Homewood-JHMI Shuttle stop relocated from March 16 to 19
March 12, 2012
From Friday, March 16, through Monday, March 19, the JHMI stop for the Homewood-JHMI Shuttle will be temporarily relocated to the corner of Broadway and Monument streets; buses will not stop at Rutland and Washington streets during what is being described as a trial period. Anyone with feedback regarding this trial period should call 410-516-7275 […]
Mixed methods research experts to give SoN Dean’s Lecture
March 12, 2012
Mixed methods research experts John Creswell and Joe Gallo will give insight into the future of research methodology at the School of Nursing from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 19. Researchers, students and the public are invited to learn more about the gold standard of research design, which brings together multiple qualitative and […]
APL to hold health care IT security symposium
March 12, 2012
A symposium to discuss current challenges in maintaining the security of all aspects of health care information technologies, from patient data to medical devices, will be held at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, in APL’s Kossiakoff Center. Among the speakers are two Johns Hopkins faculty […]