The Johns Hopkins University has scheduled a special graduation ceremony for 12 seniors on the Blue Jay baseball team and one on the men’s tennis team. Tuesday, May 25, 5:30 p.m., board of trustees meeting room, Hodson Hall, Homewood campus.
Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools, the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins communications offices.
ADVISORY: JHU Schedules Special Graduation for Athletes Headed to World Series, Tennis Championships
Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals Appoints New Instructional Technology and Distance Education Manager
Mary Kelty has joined Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals (EP) as the new instructional technology and distance education manager. Kelty has more than 12 years of higher education experience in program development and administration, including more than a decade of practical experience supporting and developing online and Web-enhanced instruction for graduate-level applied science programs.
Evergreen Launches First Exhibition on Decorator Billy Baldwin
Baltimore’s Billy Baldwin, a landmark exhibition organized by Johns Hopkins’ Evergreen Museum & Library, will explore Baltimore-born William “Billy” Baldwin (1903–1983), the internationally recognized interior decorator and tastemaker who was anointed dean of American decorating by the legendary Albert Hadley. The exhibition—the first to celebrate Baldwin’s influential, five-decade career—opens with a public reception on Thursday, May 20, from 6 to 8 p.m., and runs through Sunday, Oct. 24, as part of the guided museum tour.
Charting Ocean Currents With a Cutting-Edge Supercomputer
Using a $736,000 grant administered through the federal stimulus act, Johns Hopkins earth scientist Thomas Haine is working with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop what promises to be the biggest, most cutting-edge and detailed computer model of ocean currents ever made. The supercomputer model, which will be run by a National Science Foundation–built supercomputer capable of doing a million billion calculations per second, will simulate currents in the Arctic, Antarctic and Atlantic oceans in hopes of shedding light on how small-scale turbulent eddies affect large currents, such as the powerful Gulf Stream.
Media Advisory: Professor Available to Speak on Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Edward J. Bouwer – Expert on environmental damage, oil biodegradation, prospects for recovery and cleanup options, including the use of bacteria that consume oil.
Free Outdoor Movies on the Homewood Campus
Five hit movies will be screened, free-of-charge, on Friday nights this summer on the Wyman Quadrangle of The Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore.
News Source on Supreme Court: Elena Kagan nomination
Reporters who are looking for a expert perspective on President Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court should consider Johns Hopkins University Professor Joel Grossman.
Johns Hopkins to Unveil Center for Biotechnology Education
The Johns Hopkins University’s Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Advanced Academic Programs, will unveil the Center for Biotechnology Education on Thursday, May 13, at its fifth annual biotechnology research symposium, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Gilchrest Hall on the Montgomery County campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive in Rockville.
The Johns Hopkins University Museums: May-August 2010 Exhibition and Programming Highlights
Several events are planned at the Johns Hopkins University Museums this summer.
The Glorious Ones at Theatre Hopkins
Theatre Hopkins will open its final production of the season, the Maryland premiere of the musical comedy, “The Glorious Ones” on Friday, June 11, at the Swirnow Theater in the Mattin Center on The Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore.
Johns Hopkins Students Win $20,000 Grand Prize in 2010 Wharton Business Plan Competition
A Johns Hopkins student team that developed a system to make spinal surgery more successful in patients with osteoporosis has won the $20,000 Michelson Grand Prize in the 2010 Wharton Business Plan Competition at the University of Pennsylvania.
Quality of Instruction – Not Language of Instruction – Matters Most in the Education of English Language Learners
A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Research and Reform in Education could change the way schools in the United States teach non-native speakers to read and speak in English.
Neha Deshpande wins prestigious Truman Scholarship
Neha Deshpande, a Johns Hopkins University student from Monmouth Junction, N.J., is one of 60 students from 54 U.S. colleges and universities to be named a 2010 Truman Scholar. The prestigious award is given each year by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation to extraordinary undergraduates in their third year of college who are committed to careers in public service.
Spring Fair 2010: April 23, 24 and 25
Make plans to attend The Johns Hopkins University’s 39th Annual Spring Fair.
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Plans Workshop on Attracting Investors to Research Projects
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School is planning a day-long workshop on methods for making research projects attractive to potential investors. Scheduled for Thursday, April 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the university’s Downtown Center, 10 N. Charles St. in Baltimore, the Pre-Clinical Translational Research Workshop is designed for professionals involved in public or private research in the academic, pharmaceutical, and biotech fields.
Alumni Will Receive Awards and Peabody Concerts on April 18, 22 and 30
Three alumni of the Peabody Conservatory will receive awards at upcoming concerts.
Media Advisory: News Source on Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens
If you’re looking for an expert to put the career and legacy of John Paul Stevens into perspective — as well as someone who can talk about what happens next and how the high court will likely change — consider Johns Hopkins University Professor Joel Grossman.
Violinist Stefan Jackiw Plays Prokofiev with Hopkins Symphony Orchestra
Rising international star Stefan Jackiw will join the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra for his first public performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor. Jed Gaylin will also conduct the orchestra in Giovanni Gabrieli’s Canzon à 12 for three brass choirs and in César Franck’s Symphony in D Minor. These three masterpieces from three different centuries will be performed on Sunday, April 18, at 3 p.m. in Shriver Hall Auditorium on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus in Baltimore. Jackiw will give a pre-concert talk at 2 p.m.
Johns Hopkins Film Fest opens April 16
Classic movies, indie films, animation, documentaries and obscure short films are all on the marquee for Johns Hopkins Film Fest 2010, which will run from Friday, April 16, through Sunday, April 18, on the university’s Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore.