Voting opens for the Hopkins Student Government Association (SGA) upperclassman board positions today. With increasing numbers of students participating in SGA elections, the SGA has worked in conjunction with the Committee on Student Elections (CSE) to ensure a fair election season.

Undergraduates celebrated the legacy of philanthropy at Hopkins with Step Up, a week-long series of events, for the third consecutive year. The events began last Sunday and last through Friday. “We want to recognize the alumni and current students who give back through time and money to sustain the legacy of this place,” senior Bryn Carroll, chair of the Step Up Student Committee, said.

The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center and the Sheikh Zayed Tower officially opened at the Johns Hopkins Hospital this past Tuesday, May 1. The renovation consisted of the complete construction of two towers, which are specifically designed for the medical needs, physical and mental comfort and overall happiness of the patients.

Esteemed professor reflects on education, teaching and snakes

For nearly 30 years, Dr. Steven David has been an educator and leader of the Hopkins community. Currently, David splits his time as Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education and as a faculty member in the Political Science Department.  Whether he is serving the Hopkins community as a professor or dean, David has garnered the approval and praise from both his peers and his students.

Members of the U.S. Secret Service gathered in an undisclosed location in Laurel, MD this week for a two-day ethics training course conducted by professors and administrators from the Hopkins School of Education. The semi-covert session came two and a half weeks after twelve Secret Service agents allegedly solicited prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia, where President Barack Obama had traveled to attend the sixth Summit of the Americas.

The JHUMobile application was launched this past Monday to better connect the Hopkins community to various institutions and online programs associated with the University. The application has myriad capabilities; the current available modules include Courses, Maps, Places, Tours, Transit, Library, News, Images, Videos, Events, Emergency, Athletics, Academic Calendar, Hopkins Groups and SGA.

Members, past and present, of nature-oriented student group to reconvene, reflect

BY RACHEL WITKIN Editor-in-Chief In 1972, a group of students started the Johns Hopkins Outdoors Club (JHOC) because they wanted to experience nature close-up on weekends around the area. They decided to create an official student group that took adventurous trips as often as possible.

The Beta Mu chapter Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity (more commonly known as FIJI), the US Army, College Republicans, SGA, the Interfraternity Council and the Office of Greek Life hosted The Push last Saturday afternoon in Wyman Park. Hopkins students competed to see who could push an up-armored Army Humvee of 1000 pounds for 100 yards the fastest.

The 13th annual Johns Hopkins University Business Plan Competition was held on Apr. 27 by the Center for Leadership Education, featuring various 15-minute pitches on individual teams’ business ventures. The competition requires teams to build a successful business plan around an idea or cutting-edge technology.

Is the use of drones in warfare ethical, and should the Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL) be involved in such kinds of weapons research? These and other questions were the focus of a panel presentation and discussion held last Friday in Mergenthaler Hall by the Hopkins Human Rights Working Group and the Graduate Student Organization.

Nearly 90 Hopkins students and Baltimore community members gathered at the Johns Hopkins Eastern Campus on Saturday, Apr. 28 to celebrate the opening of Hopkins’ newest community garden. The garden, known as the Blue Jay Perch, is a result of the collaboration between Hopkins students and staff working with community members from the Waverly neighborhood.

On Monday, the Student Government Association (SGA) announced its new executive board for the 2012-2013 academic year. After three days, student voters elected junior Moses Song, sophomore Alex Schupper, sophomore Michael St. Germain and sophomore Paige Doyle to serve on SGA’s executive board.

The Hopkins chapter of Medicine, Education and Development to Low Income Families Everywhere (MEDLIFE) held the Global Banquet, its annual fundraising endeavor, in the Glass Pavilion on Monday evening. The event raised approximately $1000 to fund MEDLIFE’s upcoming project: building a staircase in the small Peruvian village of Paraíso.

The Hopkins InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (HCF) and Students Educating and Empowering for Diversity (SEED) are currently hosting an anti-human trafficking awareness week that began on Monday. The series of events, entitled “My Generation Will Be Free,” is occurring in conjunction with the events of 14 other colleges in Maryland and is the first of its kind at Hopkins.

In the final event of their spring lecture series, the Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) brought former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to Shriver Hall on Tuesday.   Gibbs, who served as Press Secretary under President Barack Obama, also served as Obama’s Communications Director during the 2008 presidential election and Press Secretary for John Kerry during the election four years prior.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) reported that Hopkins had the largest research and development expenditures in all academic science and engineering fields for the fiscal year 2010. The NSF’s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics: the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey conducted the report.

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) hosted former kicker for the Ravens, Matt Stover, this past Monday to discuss his athletic career and the importance of religion in his life and profession. Stover spoke at FCA’s weekly Bible Study Meeting at 8 p.

“One Day Without Shoes,” held this past Tuesday, April 10 in Levering Courtyard raised awareness about the health risks of extreme poverty through various barefooted activities throughout the afternoon. The event is part of an annual nationwide effort by TOMS shoes, a shoe company that donates a new pair of shoes to an underprivileged child for every pair of shoes it sells.

\It is difficult to assess the long-term impact that poverty has on Baltimore. 40 percent of public school students fail to graduate on time and 1 in 3 of youth are living in poverty. Some may student Zeke Berzoff-Cohen saw a rich opportunity for improvement.

National Student Employment Week, from Apr. 2 to 6, recognized and celebrated the approximately 4,200 undergraduate and graduate students who work on campus and in the community while attending Hopkins. The week also aims to recognize the efforts of the faculty and staff who employ the students.

The Homewood Museum held its Historic Farm Day celebration last Sunday afternoon to commemorate the history of agriculture in Baltimore, including the museum itself, which was originally a farm. The festivities included the museum’s current exhibition, Federal Foodies: From Farm to Table in Early Baltimore.

The Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) hosted Valerie Plame Wilson, a public advocate, novelist and former covert CIA Operations Officer, on Tuesday in Shriver Hall. Wilson addressed Hopkins students and faculty about the importance of holding the government accountable for their words and deeds.

Campus Safety & Security held its first annual Security Week from April 2 to 6. The event aimed to provide students with the opportunity to experience and sign up for various Security programs. Junior Nick Trenton, the Chairman of the SGA’s Safety and Development Committee came up with the idea to have a Security Week.

Hopkins accepted 17.7 percent of applicants into the undergraduate class of 2016 last week, marking a new record low and continuing a decade’s trend of increasing selectivity. Of the 20,496 applications submitted in late December — marking a five percent increase from last year — 3,071 received an offer of admission last Thursday.

The cost of tuition for full time undergraduates on the Homewood campus will increase by 3.9 percent for the 2012-2013 academic year, the University announced last week. The increased tuition, which will apply to both the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering, will amount to $43,930 --$1,650 more than this year’s cost.

Colors flew on the beach this past Sunday afternoon, as Hopkins students celebrated Holi. The traditionally Indian festival includes loud music, dancing and the throwing of colored powder. The cultural and religious significance of this holiday is celebrated throughout India, and students recreated this importance on campus.

Arabic Professor discusses childhood struggles and inspirational travels

Since his childhood, Professor Khalil Tahrawi has dreamt of becoming a teacher. He always had plans to become an educator. But, at a young age, Tahrawi would discover that not all would go as planned for his future and the future of his Palestinian family.

Krieger Hall served host to a panel discussion on the representation of history in the popular arena at Homewood this past Monday. The event was sponsored by Hopkins’ interdisciplinary Program of Museums and Society. Moderated by Avi Decter, the director of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, the panel consisted Kym Rice, who directs George Washington University’s Museum Studies department, and Ken Yellis, a director at Project Development Systems, a Rhode Island-based private firm that facilitates the development of cultural exhibitions at museums across the United States.

Project focuses on interpersonal relationships

Egyptology is the study of ancient Egyptian civilization, from art to literature to religion to history. A well-established academic field, western culture considers it a branch of archaeology. Such a specific topic is difficult to pursue, especially with a full Hopkins courseload.

Let’s move let’s move. These are wise words I once heard at a track meet back in high school. Holding to the belief that it’s often better to do than to talk, below are some different levels of the same exercise routine that can be combined with lifting or taken as a whole workout routine by itself.

Yeah, I don’t even know what this means.  I think I cried when I heard this quote because it was so entirely bizarre. Do you bite your siblings? I have one older sister and I can tell you for a fact that I have never ever had the desire to bite her.

Goo (1990) / Dirty (1992) / Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (1994) / Washing Machine (1995) With all of the success and acclaim from Daydream Nation and the hit song, “Teen Age Riot”, Sonic Youth signed to a major label: Geffen Records. This is the main source of controversy concerning the band.

A couple days ago, I received one of the best compliments I have heard in quite a while.  I was chatting with my math advisor about my course of action for the rest of my time here.  After discussion about graduate classes, TA opportunities, and so on, I made some comment expressing my concern about getting into the BA/MA program, to which my advisor replied, “Don’t worry, I can tell you’re one of us.

On Sunday night, I attended a Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert in DC.  I have seen “The Boss” multiple times, including my first concert ever (full disclosure: my father worked on multiple Springsteen tours and has friends with ticket hook ups).

Jared Hickman reflects on west-coast roots and New England education

With students eagerly gathered outside Professor Hickman’s office to discuss an upcoming essay, I was able to interview Hickman about his experience as a professor in the English Department at Hopkins and  his path to obtaining this position. Hickman may have always been on track to enter the world of reading, writing, and literature, but  he realized his ambitions through the rare experiences he had in his childhood in Utah, his cherished undergraduate days at Bowdoin College, and his religious festival hopping throughout Latin America.

The first relationship a child has is to its mother, this is a simple, physical fact of life. That relationship persists, in some form, until one or the other dies. The parent/child bond is highly complex across the animal kingdom, and humans are not an outlier.

Welcome to the wonderful world of sexism! It took me years to realize that I enjoy talking about this subject, and by talking about this subject, I mean that I enjoy laughing at how many people freak out about it. Sexism exists, I’m not going to argue that.

Although we reviewed Uni Mini in one of our previous columns, we thought it was necessary to revisit this hub of campus despite their questionable salads. Instead of focusing on its food, we decided to appreciate Uni Mini as an experience. Determined to get the behind-the-scenes dish, we asked our new favorite Uni Mini employee, Basam, for the inside scoop.

By now, it’s common knowledge that kids these days are way more grown than we all were a decade ago. The evidence lies in Facebook relationship updates, risqué attire, potty mouths, references to sex and drugs, etc. But that still didn’t prepare me for my niece, Ahava, and her scolding me this past weekend.

As promised, this week I will be talking to you about the Pearl of the Orient, otherwise known as the island of Penang in Malaysia. Penang is most famous for being the home of Georgetown, a small colonial city known for its charm and delicious street food.

I will be the first to admit that my television obsession is unhealthy. I am not proud of the hours I devote to internet t.v. viewing, though I am proud that I have quit my previous addiction of reality television (a drug in and of itself). In my younger years, I yearned for the catfights and drama that came with each new dose of Survivor or Real World: San Francisco.

Pre-med students have a lot of things on their minds: taking an organic chemistry exam and studying the MCATs. Then, there’s medical school: what schools will they apply to? Which one will they choose? What factor shape this decision? One factor is curriculum.

The Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) hosted journalist David Frum, CNN contributer and a former special assistant to President George W. Bush, on Thursday, Mar. 15. Frum addressed the audience in Shriver Hall about the changing political climate and discourse in the United States.

Hopkins’ new club, Students Consulting for Non-Profit Organizations, aims to help various non-profit organizations in Baltimore become more efficient and effective by directly address their needs. The development of the chapter at Hopkins began last semester through the efforts of current president, junior Julie Ufford.

“No Bubble” is a new student initiative that encourages student exploration of different Baltimore neighborhoods, challenging students to break out of their bubble of Charles Village and the Inner Harbor. It is currently seeking submissions by Hopkins students to share their adventures and spark interest among other students.

The Charles Village Civic Association held a meeting on Thursday, March 15 at Barnes & Noble to discuss the upcoming N. Charles St. construction and what it means for community members, including Hopkins students. The actual construction will begin this spring and will be completed during Spring 2014.

Dr. Jackson Katz, one of America’s leading anti-sexist male activists, spoke to students on the topic of gender violence prevention this past Tuesday, Mar. 27 in Hodson Hall. Katz created and co-founded the Mentors in Violence Prevention program (MVP), which specializes in educating and enlisting high school, collegiate and professional athletes in the fight against men’s violence towards women.

The Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) hosted Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake yesterday in Mason Hall. Rawlings-Blake discussed the challenges of “reinvigorating a great American city” and improving the city of Baltimore. Rawlings-Blake began her presentation by recounting Baltimore’s history as an active port city, but acknowledging that, though the industry remains active, it is no longer the city’s strongest industry.

For years, refugees have come to the United States seeking an escape from political repression and unsafe environments. In 2007, the U.S. government  announced they would connect 60,000 refugees to new homes in the United States. Since then, nearly 700 refugees have settled in Baltimore, according to The Baltimore Sun.

A new pledge class joined Alpha Kappa Psi (AKP), the professional business fraternity, and Alpha Phi Omega (APO), the co-ed national service fraternity, after recruitment events this spring. AKP gained 18 new pledges from their spring rush events, while APO gained 30 new undergraduate members.

 In honor of Black History Month, the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Hopkins Muslim Association (JHUMA) collaborated to host a dinner on Sunday, Feb. 19, and talk about Islamic history in Baltimore. Entitled Food and Fellowship, the program featured Diwan Al-Amin, a professor of Islamic studies at the Community College of Baltimore County, as the keynote speaker.

On Wednesday evening, the Spring Fair committee, the HOP and WJHU announced in an e-mail to the student body that Passion Pit will be performing at the 41st Spring Fair on April 20. Kingsfoil will also be performing. "Passion Pit was sort of a group effort between Spring Fair, The Hop and WJHU.

Try to imagine the following: an Asian-style dragon flying over an Italian Renaissance-painted landscape. I would bet most readers at Hopkins will be able to conjure this untraditional image quite easily. Imagination is a difficult concept to approach, in that it is highly personal and hard to explain to others.

The archival materials of the Afro American Newspaper, which have been examined and organized by two Hopkins departments, were presented last night. The Sheridan Libraries' Center for Educational Resources and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences' Center for Africana Studies worked jointly on the project for three years.

I woke up in my ex's bed one morning this week, needing to run home and change before class. As she frantically pushed me out of bed, fearing that I was going to be late, I reassured her: "It's fine, I already know what I'm wearing." I care about my clothes, a lot.

I am an urban, white, female math major with an anxiety disorder and a borderline offensive sense of humor. As further summary: when filling out college applications and needing three words that people would use to describe me, I polled a bunch of friends and there were two words that almost everyone listed: energetic and scary.

Department of Physics and Astronomy Professor Colin Broholm is known for his research on neutron scattering and condensed matter physics. He currently is teaching General Physics II for the Physical Sciences. Broholm was born in Denmark. He received his masters in Physics and Electrical Engineering from The Technical University in Denmark, and got his doctorate in physics at the University of Copenhagen in 1988.

Theta Tau, Hopkins's Professional Engineering Fraternity, kicked off National Engineers Week (E-Week) at Hopkins with the Tower of Power competition this Monday in the Glass Pavilion. 19 different teams made up of undergraduates, graduate students, alumni and one team of middle school students competed to see who could build the tallest tower out of uncooked linguini and marshmallows at the annual event.

After being in Beijing, the capital of China, I was assuming that Hong Kong would be similar. Surely a country can't have cities that upstage the capital, right? Wrong. Hong Kong is an extremely modern city that reminds you of New York, except a bit cleaner.

You know how some things land on either end of the spectrum? Example 1: people playing with your hair. Personally, once you start playing with any strand of my curls, that's it! You better keep doing that until I have had my fill, or I will not be in a good mood.

If you can think back a few years, what differences between your diets then and now come to mind? For many and especially myself, I always broke even. That is, I always ate just enough bad foods to cancel out the hard work that I had put in to get rid them.

When we first heard that a Maryland-based restaurant devoted entirely to grilled cheese sandwiches was coming to Baltimore, we knew without a doubt that we had to visit. For avid cheese lovers, a grilled cheese restaurant is a dream come true. If you agree, then the sandwiches here will not disappoint.

Nothing new here, right? Bitter single person deplores American commercialization of relationships to mask their own dismal romantic outlook, only to march home and cheerfully spend the night alone in bed, denying any feelings of inadequacy while taking in a couple heartfelt dramas and four servings of Ben & Jerry's.

Rarely have I ever encountered someone in real life who genuinely has an issue supporting evolution as an explanation for how and all other life on our planet arrived in the present day. As the Internet has reminded me, there are people who cannot properly understand and appretiate evolution.

How can you tell I'm a Hopkins transplant at Oxford? Because on Valentine's Day I was locked in my room with Alexander Pope reading about a guy who cuts a lock of a girl's hair. And the closest I got to any action was walking to the bathroom at 2 a.m.

For some of us, the creation of Facebook meant another forum to use for our digital diary. After all, Livejournal was so 1995, and Twitter doesn't have nearly enough characters to emcompass our tumultuous emotional states. Perhaps Mark Zuckerberg hoped that we would make better use of the group Facebook settings and thus avoid sharing the inner depths of our soul with all of our "Friends.

As a freshman, Jake Appet was ready to hit the ground running after bring accepted into the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Research Program. Now a senior, Appet is a Writing Seminars major interested in script writing and is using his grant money to produce a movie based off a screenplay about a high school boy's social experiences, a script he has been working on for several semesters.

The fifteenth annual session of the Johns Hopkins University Model United Nations Conference hosted approximately 1,600 high school students at the Renaissance Harbor Point Hotel in Baltimore from Feb. 9 to 12 for a simulation in international affairs.

Students come back to campus during intersession for different reasons, but for freshmen a popular incentive is participating in a one week B'more Program. With a record high of approximately 200 students this year, the program offers an opportunity for each class of freshmen to explore Baltimore and help the local community in the process.

After more than 50 years, the Printing Services department will close on Feb. 24 as a result of rising  costs. The University will rely instead on off-site, third party groups for stationary, business cards, class materials and all other print goods.

Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance (SHAG) Week kicked off with a make-it-yourself condom-gram and Valentine's Day card event at the Glass Pavilion on Monday. The newly created initiative is a week-long series of events and activities centered around raising awareness of safe sex practices in the Hopkins community.

Friday night saw Nolan's transformed into a competition scene, with students playing trivia, participating in eating contests and singing karaoke. The Diverse Sexuality and Gender Alliance (DSAGA) hosted an event to fundraise for Moveable Feast, a non-profit that provides meals to individuals bedridden with diseases such as HIV/AIDS and different forms of cancer.

Sorority recruitment had its highest turnout to date last week, with 238 women registering and 189 women receiving invitations. Only 197 women registered last year. Hopkins's four Panhellenic sororities, Alpha Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Mu and Pi Beta Phi participated in the recruitment process.

Between the game itself, the unique commercials and the Halftime Show, the Super Bowl is arguably the most comprehensive television spectacle of the year. This year's Super Bowl continued the recent trend of setting television rating and viewership records, with 111.

Strong is when you've run out of weak. Pleasure is when you've had enough pain. Success is when you've had enough failure. If this is your first time reading the column, I don't care if you think you're fat, skinny, fit or already perfect, if you don't want to improve yourself, if you aren't willing to work hard to see gains, if you are looking for some easy advice, then this is not the place for you.

Happy 2012 everyone! According to the Mayan calendar, the world is going to end in eight months. If that is the case, you, my dear readers, have a lot of ground to cover in the short time you have left. It's time for you to explore the world. If you want to get the most bang for your buck, you should probably go to China.

I love going to the gym. Be it the morning or the evening, there is always something (or someone) to watch while you feel like you're about to die. And the best part is that most of these people are repeat offenders.   1. People who forget about the cubbies.

Hopkins has always been known as a prestigious university, producing polished empirical papers that are respected by fellow scientists and abundant research opportunities for its students. Walking onto campus for the first time, the idea of conducting research may be unthinkable.

Travelling to different countries is an experience that many dream of. Students love the idea of going abroad, experiencing a new culture, eating new food, learning in an international classroom and sightseeing. The thought of adding a stamp to the passport is an enticing one, whether for a family vacation or an educational experience.

The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (JHMI) shuttle system, a shuttle service offered by the University for transit between the Homewood Campus, Peabody Conservatory and other Hopkins campuses, has now adjusted its services to include more express buses during the evening rush hour.

In an effort to bring together researchers across the university's numerous divisions, Hopkins will begin construction of a new research building, Malone Hall, later this year. The building will adjoin Mason Hall and Hackerman Hall at the southeast corner of Decker Quadrangle.

Hopkins has launched the China STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine) program to apply the Chinese language to growing academic fields for career purposes in partnership with Nanjing University. Beginning in the summer of 2012, this eight-week long summer program of study will take place in the Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies.

The Hopkins Muslim Association hosted The Muslim Mosaic last Tuesday, where students brought awareness to Islam's worldwide impact. In the U.S. there is a strong association between Islam and the Middle East; however, Muslims in the Middle East are only a part of a larger whole.

A student discharged a fire extinguisher on the fifth floor of Wolman Hall at approximately 9:50 p.m. Friday night. Mistaking the fire extinguisher emission for smoke, another student pulled the fire alarm and the building was evacuated. "The fire extinguisher was discharged by an unknown student.

In the last week, the intersection of St. Paul and 33rd Streets has been the site of two separate traffic accidents involving pedestrian collisions. On Friday, a city bus collided with a University of Baltimore student, 20-year-old junior Hillary Walsh, leaving her in serious condition; shortly after 8 p.

Executive Assistant to the President Jerome Schnydman, on President Ronald Daniels' behalf, declined to take a position on a recent offshore wind energy bill being discussed in the Maryland General Assembly. Schnydman made this decision at a meeting with members of the Students for Environmental Action (SEA) and the Maryland Student Climate Coalition (MSCC) last Friday morning.

With arguably the strongest premed program and one of the highest law school acceptance rates in the country, Hopkins is undeniably a pre-professional school. Yet for those students who see themselves on Wall Street post-graduation, Center for Leadership Education Professor Leslie Kendrick is here to help where the Pre-Professional Advising Office may not.

Ataxia Ambassadors have a strong influence on campus and on Ataxia patients

Cerebellar Ataxia is rare neurological disorder of the cerebellum; it's a serious, debilitating progressive disease that over time leaves one completely dependent on others' assistance. Dr. Sarah Ying, a trained neurologist working at Johns Hopkins Hospital, studies and works with patients that have with cerebellar Ataxia.

A Hopkins student was rescued by fellow students and an unaffiliated bystander after being pinned by the knee and trapped in a cave on Tuesday, Jan. 24. While on a cave exploration trip with the Johns Hopkins Outdoors Club (JHOC) to Schetromph cave in Washington county, junior Wren Tracy, crawled into a narrow location of the cave.

While it will be some time before tablets in general play a larger role in Hopkins students' lives, I have noticed an increasing use of iPads in class or when other students are sitting or milling about elsewhere. Some seem to find them just as effective as laptops when typing down notes, especially with new accessories and portable keyboards.

As we prepared to return to Hopkins for intersession this January, we also prepared ourselves for a month in which we could take advantage of all that Baltimore's restaurants have to offer. After exploring the Tuesdays with Gertie dinner special at Gertrude's and Restaurant week at Pazo, we decided it was only appropriate to end with a feast at Fogo de Chao.

With age does not necessarily come wisdom. Not many people will tell you that in your life. And even less people will tell you that at Hopkins. But I am not one of those people. Over the past four years, I have amassed several questions and observances about our great university that are still a mystery to me.

Hopkins had its first Symposium on Teaching Excellence in the Sciences on Friday, Jan. 20 to discuss how to move forward with the Gateway Sciences Initiative, a movement aiming to improve the way that introductory science classes at Hopkins are taught.

The Federal Reserve Board recently appointed Hopkins Professor Jon Faust as a special adviser in the Office of Board Members. He assumed his post on Jan. 17. Faust serves as the Louis J. Maccini Professor of Economics in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences as well as the director of the Center for Financial Economics.

Touching and the Enjoyment of Sculpture: Exploring the Appeal of Renaissance Statuettes, which opened Jan. 21 at the Walters Art Museum, centers around how touch contributes to art and sculpture. As the name implies, the exhibit allows patrons to touch sculptures and other artifacts that would generally be off limits in a museum.

Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI), the international arm of Hopkins medicine, has recently signed a five-year agreement with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health to consult in four of their major hospitals. The goal of the collaboration is to increase the standard of health care delivery in Kuwaiti hospitals by working with hospital managers, local doctors, administrators and nurses.

Work on three large construction projects continued over Winter Break and Intersession on the Homewood campus. Two, the Cordish Lacrosse Center and the Brody Learning Commons, remained on schedule, while the Wolman Hall renovation faced setbacks. Due to a series of delays in the delivery of building materials and other items, renovations of the Wolman lobby, originally slated for completion by mid-February, will continue until the first week of March.

Alan Fish was appointed to be the University's first Vice President of Real Estate and Campus Services in January. His position includes overseeing the entirety of the University's real estate operations. Fish will also coordinate the schools and divisions that exist on the Homewood Campus.