Professor speaks about B’more race, health link
Bloomberg School of Public Health professor Debra Furr-Holden delivered a lecture entitled “Is There a Health Crisis in the African American Community?” last Tuesday.
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Bloomberg School of Public Health professor Debra Furr-Holden delivered a lecture entitled “Is There a Health Crisis in the African American Community?” last Tuesday.
The Facebook page JHU Compliments, which in the last month has accrued over 900 friends, has become a center of online attention among undergraduate students on the Homewood campus.
Political science professors Robert Freedman and Steven David presented their insights on the Arab Spring in Mudd Hall last night in a discussion panel organized by the Arab Student Organization. Anthropology professor Niloofar Haeri was also scheduled to join the panel; however, she was unable to attend.
The Chinese Student Association (CSA) and the Korean Student Association (KSA) competed in the annual Rice Bowl on Friday, Nov. 9. The Rice Bowl is a tackle football game held between the two organizations that has been going on for over 10 years. The game was held at night on the practice field by the rec center. In the end, the KSA won, defeating the CSA 35 to 14.
A team of Hopkins students were awarded 2nd place at the Odebrecht Awards for Sustainable Development this past Monday. The team, consisting of Jay Choi, Victor Oh and Sang Cho, travelled to Houston along with their faculty advisor, Professor Erica Schoenberger, to receive their award and a $15,000 prize.
Over 1,500 young alumni returned to Hopkins to celebrate Young Alumni Weekend this past week.
Last Saturday, Dean of Student Life Susan Boswell sent an email to Hopkins students informing them of a salmonella outbreak occurring on the Homewood campus.
First Lady Michelle Obama addressed Baltimore area students and residents on Sept. 21 at a fundraising event held at the Murphy Center of Fine Arts at Morgan State University. Obama spoke last in a line of important Md. figures including President of Morgan State University David Wilson, Senators Barbara Mikulsky (D) and Ben Cardin (D), Representative Elijah Cunnings (D), as well as Governor Martin O’Malley (D).
The announcement on Aug. 8 that the Hopkins Student Government Association (SGA) was sponsoring an Avicii concert at Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore on Sept. 21 sent students rushing to purchase tickets. The event, which holds 4000 people, quickly sold out, leading to ticket scalping on sites such as Facebook and StubHub, a company owned by eBay.
This Saturday, an estimated 9,000 people showed up to kickstart Baltimore’s first annual Charm City Music Festival. Headliners included Weezer, Flogging Molly, Stephen Marley and Southern Culture on the Skids, but Charm City Music Festival had more than just music in store: the all-day event was prepared to show visitors what Baltimore is all about. The Harbor East waterfront was decorated with booths of local businesses, popular carnival rides, as well as great Baltimore cuisine. The sun was out, the beers were cold, and the beautiful people of Maryland came to represent their state.
The Brody Learning Commons officially opened on Thursday, Sept. 6, merely a few days into the fall semester. The new, glass-walled extension of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library has created an inescapable presence on the Homewood campus.