In Brief
Mixed-income neighborhoods, new Baltimore bill to be
discussed
Douglas J. Krupka, a senior research associate at the
Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn,
Germany, will discuss "Mixed-Income Neighborhoods: Past,
Present and Future" at 4 p.m. on Thursday,
Oct 4, in the first event of this year's Social Policy
Seminar Series, presented by the Institute for
Policy Studies, Department of Economics and the Bloomberg
School of Public Health.
The talk will take place in the Shriver Hall Clipper
Room, Homewood campus. Krupka's
presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer
period.
The topic is especially timely given Baltimore's
recent passage of a landmark Inclusionary
Housing Bill, which requires developers to set aside a
fraction of units for affordable housing in new
developments. Krupka, who has been doing important work on
mixed-income neighborhoods, will be able
to provide insights into the city's new legislation.
Prior to joining the Institute for the Study of Labor
this year, Krupka was an assistant
professor of economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy
Studies, Georgia State University. His
research interests include the dynamic processes by which
neighborhoods and metropolitan areas
develop and change, specifically in terms of individuals'
choice of residence within and across cities.
JHH and JHHS honored for equal employment
practices
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has
given one of its handful of annual
awards for fair and equal employment practices to The Johns
Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins
Health System. The Freedom to Compete Award was presented
to Ronald R. Peterson, president of
JHHS, during a ceremony last week in Washington, D.C.
Among the innovative programs at JHHS cited in the
EEOC award were Start On Success,
which helps students with disabilities in Baltimore public
schools make the transition to a workplace
environment through internships and mentoring; Project
REACH, designed to help entry-level workers
get on-site training during their work shifts to advance
their careers; and Johns Hopkins Skills
Enhancement Program, which offers more than 60 onsite
classes a year to prepare workers to take
the GED or high school graduation equivalency test.
Teen cleans up environment while supporting cancer
research
The university last week honored a 15-year-old cancer
survivor and activist whose efforts have
brought nearly $80,000 to pediatric cancer research at
Johns Hopkins.
In 2004, Eli Kahn established Cartridges for a Cure, a
program through which businesses,
individuals, educational and nonprofit organizations
recycle their used ink jet and laser printer
cartridges. Since beginning the project, he has donated
proceeds of more than $29,000 to the Johns
Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. In April, Kahn's
environment-friendly fund-raising activities placed him
among the top three winners of the national Volvo Hero for
Life contest, which included an additional
$50,000 gift to Johns Hopkins for pediatric cancer
research.
President William Brody; Donald Small, acting director
of Pediatric Oncology; and Pearl August,
Volvo for Life Awards program director, were among those
honoring Kahn on Sept. 27 at the Johns
Hopkins Club.
Prof to read from 'Accidental Mind' at Barnes &
Noble
David Linden, a professor of neuroscience in the
School of Medicine, will be reading from and
leading a discussion of The Accidental Mind: How Brain
Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams
and God at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7, at Barnes & Noble
Johns Hopkins.
In his recently published book, Linden seeks to
explain how brain evolution has given rise to
those qualities that most profoundly shape the human
experience.
Chief nurse officer of U.S. Public Health Service to
speak
A panel of nationally recognized leaders in public
health will this week showcase the Johns
Hopkins MSN/MPH to prospective students and celebrate the
best of nursing and public health career
and educational opportunities.
Presenters at the event, to be held at noon on Friday,
Oct. 5, at the School of Nursing, include
Rear Adm. Carol A. Romano, assistant surgeon general and
chief nurse officer, U.S. Public Health
Service. Prospective students also will tour the schools of
Nursing and Public Health and learn about
the curriculum. To register, go to
www.son.jhmi.edu/receptions.
Author to discuss 'Maryland Voices of the Civil
War'
For Maryland Voices of the Civil War, his new JHU
Press book, Charles W. Mitchell collected
hundreds of letters, diaries and newspapers to help him
portray the passions of merchants, slaves,
soldiers, politicians, freedmen, women, clergy, slave
owners, civic leaders and children — caught in the
emotional vise of war.
From 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, Mitchell will
discuss the colorful characters and events in
his book at Daedalus Books & Music in Belvedere Square. The
event also includes a performance by
Gilmore's Light Ensemble, a trio of musicians who recreate
the songs and of the Civil War era. The
event is co-sponsored by the Press.
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