Issue: 2012 March 26
APL’s Messenger provides new look at Mercury’s landscape
March 26, 2012
Messenger completed its one-year primary mission on March 17. Since moving into orbit about Mercury a little over one year ago, the spacecraft—built and operated by Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory, which also manages the mission for NASA—has captured nearly 100,000 images and returned data that have revealed new information about the planet, including its […]
James Franco, John Irwin discuss Hart Crane
March 26, 2012
Actor James Franco attended a screening and discussion of his film The Broken Tower about the life and work of the poet Hart Crane on March 9 at Homewood’s Shriver Hall. The 90-minute film was introduced by the actor and was followed by a panel discussion featuring Franco; John Irwin, Decker Professor in the Humanities […]
Classifieds — March 26, 2012
March 26, 2012
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Baltimore County, 3BR EOG TH in quiet neighborhood, CAC, partly fin’d bsmt, W/D, lg fenced yd, side deck, patio, rear prkng pad, conv access to 95/695, JHMI and downtown, avail June 1. $1,200/mo. 410-236-3596 or dwight_pinkney@jbhunt.com. Bayview area, 3BR TH w/fin’d bsmt, W/D, yd w/prkng pad, 3 blks to hospital. $1,100/mo + […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to speak at SAIS
March 26, 2012
Ehud Olmert, former prime minister of Israel, will speak at SAIS at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27. Olmert’s talk is titled “Recent Developments in Israel and the Middle East.” The event, hosted by the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, will be held in Rome Auditorium. Non-SAIS affiliates should RSVP online at www.eventbrite.com/event/3148720909/mcivte.
Recognizing Baltimore-based research
March 26, 2012
Each year, Johns Hopkins faculty conduct hundreds of research efforts aimed at improving the health and social well-being of Baltimore and its citizens. These projects include studies of hypertension, violence prevention, drug enforcement policy, clinical drug trials, economic growth and the history of the city’s neighborhoods, just to name a few. A new award, sponsored […]
Evergreen’s ‘House Beautiful’ explores nationalism in design
March 26, 2012
The House Beautiful—a series of illustrated talks by notable experts and authors in the fields of architecture, artistic design and decorative arts, presented by Johns Hopkins’ Evergreen Museum & Library—returns for a fifth season to the intimate, whimsical setting of the museum’s Leon Bakst–designed private theater, with lectures exploring the uses of nationalism in design. […]
CEOs’ political beliefs influence firms’ tax-avoidance strategies
March 26, 2012
The political beliefs of corporate CEOs strongly influence the tax-avoidance strategies of the firms they run, and those firms with Republican chief executive officers show a significantly higher level of tax avoidance than do companies with CEOs of no obvious political preference, according to a new study co-authored by a Johns Hopkins business professor. Moreover, […]
JHU expert in bioethics and law to discuss individual mandate
March 26, 2012
The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics Seminar Series will examine the federal individual health insurance mandate today, March 26, just as the Supreme Court begins three days of oral arguments on the federal health care law. Leslie Meltzer Henry, associate faculty at the Berman Institute and an assistant professor of law at the University […]
Calendar — March 26, 2012
March 26, 2012
COLLOQUIA Mon., March 26, 9 a.m. “Pushing Symbols: How Embodied Minds Can Think Abstract Thoughts,” a Cognitive Science colloquium with David Landy, University of Richmond. 111 Krieger. HW Tues., March 27, 4 p.m. “The Northern Railway: Travel, Temporality and Tamil Aspirations in Northern Sri Lanka,” an Anthropology colloquium with Sharika Thiranagama, The New School. 404 […]
Faculty asked to register now for Commencement participation
March 26, 2012
The Office of the Provost is asking all faculty who would like to participate in the universitywide commencement ceremonies on May 24 to complete the necessary online form by April 13. Participants will line up at 8 a.m., and the academic procession to Homewood Field will begin at 8:40 a.m. The ceremony is expected to […]