Johns Hopkins Gazette: February 26, 1996


In Brief...

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Health NewsFeed, USA radio network join forces

     The Hopkins Health NewsFeed medical news program is now
available to 1,300 radio stations in the United States through a
newly signed agreement with the USA Radio Network. USA joins the
Bloomberg Business Radio Network as the flagship carriers of the
Health NewsFeed program.

     The daily 60-second report on health and medicine was
introduced last June, quickly attracting nearly 100 radio
stations and the Voice of America. Following preliminary
discussions at the fall 1995 World Media Expo in New Orleans, USA
executives and Health NewsFeed director Jack Sheehan began
discussions that culminated in the deal signed January 23.  

     Health NewsFeed is produced and distributed free of charge
by the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. Affiliates
receive it via a satellite feed, a toll-free ISDN system, or the
Health NewsFeed computer bulletin board service.  The program can
be heard in the Baltimore area on WBZS, Washington, D.C. (730 on
AM).
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Stansell Women's History Month keynote speaker    

     The Women's Studies Program will mark Women's History Month
in March with a series of lectures, discussions and social events
examining the roles of women in society. All events are free and
open to the public. 

     Christine Stansell, professor of history at Princeton, will
give the keynote lecture on March 7. Stansell is the author of
the highly acclaimed City of Women: Sex and Class in New York,
1780-1860. She is currently working on a study of Bohemian
Greenwich Village. Also this month will be brown-bag lunch
discussions, panel discussions, film screenings and a jazz
performance in E-Level. For questions about any of these events,
call the Women's Studies office at (410)516-6166.
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Tuesday, March 5, 5 p.m.

Tudor and Stuart Room, Gilman Hall

"The New Womyn's Culture." A talk by Layne Humphrey of Maryland
Womyn's Culture.

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Thursday, March 7, 5 p.m.

Merrick Barn
     
"Talking About Sex: Feminists and Radicals in Early Modernist
Culture." A talk by Christine Stansell, history professor at
Princeton University.

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Monday, March 11, noon

Garrett Room, MSE Library
     
"An International Perspective: Women's Education in the United
States." A round-table lunchtime discussion.

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Monday, March 25, 7 p.m.

Sherwood Room, Levering Hall

"Advocates, Lobbyists, Health Care Workers, Academics and
Artists: Career Options for Feminists." A panel discussion.

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Tuesday, March 26, 5 p.m.

Garrett Room, MSE Library

"Sex and Justice: The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas Hearings." A
film screening followed by discussion.

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Wednesday, March 27, 9 p.m.

E-Level, Levering Hall
     
A performance by jazz vocalist Linda Richardson.

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Thursday, March 28, 5 p.m.

Tudor and Stuart Room, Gilman Hall 

"Feminist Education: Inside and Outside of Academia." A
round-table discussion with Juana Maria Gonzalez Paz, developer
of community-based education; Mary Poovey, professor of English;
Erica Schoenberger, professor of geography and environmental
engineering; Kelly Abbett, undergraduate in Psychology and
Women's Studies; and Karen Stupski, graduate student in History
of Science, Medicine and Technology. 

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