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Consumer bills require notification of info loss

Prompted by recent events at Hopkins, the Maryland Senate unanimously passed a bill on March 16 that requires businesses to notify state residents without delay when their personal information has been compromised. The measures have been backed by consumer advocates who assert the need for better protection against identity theft in light of events in December at Hopkins involving the loss of nine computer backup tapes containing sensitive personal information for 135,000 employees and patients.… Post the First Comment

FAS guest Jeffrey Sachs calls for end of poverty by 2025

Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of the United Nations Millennium Project, spoke to the Hopkins community on Tuesday, pushing for a shift in the nation's focus toward ending extreme poverty. Sachs was brought to campus by the 2007 Foreign Affairs Symposium as a part of their series entitled "Shifts in the Global Tides.… Post the First Comment

Four environment-friendly `Flexcars' roll onto campus

The University took another step toward offering more environmentally friendly services yesterday when it announced the creation of a new car-sharing program that will allow students to use one of four available hybrid vehicles for a shared rental fee. Members of the Flexcar program will have 24-hour access to two Toyota Priuses and two Honda Civic Hybrid sedans, which have permanent parking spaces on Wyman Park Drive, behind the Mattin Center, in the Homewood Field parking lot and adjacent to the tennis courts.… Post the First Comment

Local magazine ranks Brody most powerful in Baltimore

Hopkins president William Brody is the most powerful man in Baltimore, according to Baltimore Magazine's "2007 Power 50," a list that ranks the most influential people in the city. "This ranking is the way we see power being put into action in Baltimore," the magazine said.… Post the First Comment

APL exec. to chair eng. department

Hopkins recently appointed Dexter Smith as the new program chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), within the University's Engineering Programs for Professionals (EPP). Smith currently serves as a member of the Applied Physics Laboratory and as the Laboratory's biomedicine business area executive. Post a comment

Exec. board elections offer scant choices

Campaigning has been unusually quiet for the upcoming Executive Student Council elections this weekend, in which only one of the five positions is being contested and another has no candidate at all. Jeremy Batoff, head of the Committee on Student Elections (CSC) said, "I think that, as you can see, plenty of people vote. Post a comment

Charles, Blackstone to be vacated by May 31

Residents of two apartment buildings acquired last year by the University -- including non-students and families -- will have to move out for the summer so that renovations can be made, according to a notice from the University's real estate arm. Johns Hopkins Real Estate notified tenants on March 13 that they would be required to leave by May 31, despite having known that repairs would be necessary for over a year. Post a comment

OFFICE OF STUDY ABROAD TO OPEN

Plans to create a centralized office of Study Abroad have taken a major leap forward recently with the announcement that the university is now officially looking for new Study Abroad director. The announcement comes just a month after the University announced the termination of its program in Tours, France, and a year after the closing of the Villa Spelman. Post a comment

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