Center for Financial Economics hires director
After five years of planning and fundraising, the appointment of Jon Faust as director of the Center for Financial Economics (CFE) moves the Center closer to its goal of offering a minor next year.
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After five years of planning and fundraising, the appointment of Jon Faust as director of the Center for Financial Economics (CFE) moves the Center closer to its goal of offering a minor next year.
A drug-resistant form of staph infection has been found in Baltimore at an excessively high rate, according to a new report produced in part by Hopkins researchers.
City police closed off the 3200 block of St. Paul St. on Sunday after the discovery of a suspicious package, which turned out to be a false alarm, officials said.
Congress will vote today on a new bill that could change the status of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which is set to expire on Nov. 16.
A second version of a bill that would expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) passed in the House of Representatives Thursday but failed to muster enough votes to override a presidential veto.
A decision by Maryland's highest court will determine if a woman has been raped when sexual intercourse continues after previously-granted consent is withdrawn.
Passage of an inclusionary housing bill was supposed to help strike a balance between fostering development and construction that would help revitalize Baltimore, and making sure those in need are not swept aside in a wake of gentrification.
Democratic presidential hopeful former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel is the first candidate who will participate in a series of televised forums on health care sponsored by Hopkins President William Brody. Gravel is the first candidate to commit to the forums.
As incidents across college campuses spark debate on student free speech, members of the Hopkins Student Council (StuCo) are reviving demands for a comprehensive free speech policy from the administration.
The American health care system doesn't work - in fact, it doesn't even exist.
Dean of Student Life Susan Boswell and Paula Burger, dean of Undergraduate Education for the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, presented their visions for the future of the University, commenting on community outreach programs, recent developments in the study abroad program, and ongoing policy changes and initiatives at the Student Council (StuCo) retreat earlier this month.
Members of the Hopkins administration and residents of Charles Village are showing mixed reactions to the proposed city-wide noise ordinance, which would evict residents from their houses if they twice failed to restrict sound levels to below 55 decibels.
An upcoming ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals will decide whether sex that was previously consensual becomes rape if a partner says no at any time after penetration. The state's highest court would rule on the case of Baby v. Maryland, which involved an 18-year-old student at Montgomery College. A 2006 ruling by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in this case states that "if a woman consents prior to penetration and withdraws consent following penetration, there is no rape." The Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault and the Women's Law Center of Maryland have filed letters asking the court to reinstate the conviction. They argue that conditions such as pain, violence, lack of a promised condom or learning that a partner is HIV-positive are all reasonable motivation for someone to refuse sex after penetration. Critics of no-at-any-time rape laws argue that these laws make it easier for people to make false accusations of rape. Illinois is the only state with post-penetration rape laws, and seven states have had courts support convictions in these types of cases. In a 1979 decision, North Carolina was the only other state to have rejected the idea of post-penetration rape. The question then arises: how soon
Student Council voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday to adopt a revised letter written by the Hopkins Energy Action Team (HEAT) calling on the University to enact policies that would make the Homewood Campus carbon-neutral by 2015."I'm so happy right now," said Teryn Norris-Hale, a freshman and co-leader of HEAT, to fellow members as they celebrated outside of the Council room. Norris-Hale acted as spokesperson during the meeting, fielding questions from the Council.
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.
Aramark and the union that represents more than 100 of its employees have reached a contractual agreement after months of stalled talks that left most dining workers without health insurance and other necessities.
The student council has rejected a letter of resolution from the Hopkins Energy Action Team (HEAT) to propose that Hopkins accept a policy that would decrease the University's negative effect on climate change, including a measure to make the entirety of Homewood carbon neutral by 2015.
Sophomores Jon Bernhardt and Nora Kritinsky, along with junior Jon Collins, have been selected to co-chair the 2007 MSE Symposium, the theme of which will be "Renewing American Culture: The Perspectives that Shape Our World."
Stem cell research at Hopkins may see a boost in funding thanks to a bill passed by the House of Representatives to increase federal funding and $15 million allotted by the state of Maryland to fund stem cell research projects.
Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Common will headline this year's Spring Fair.