In Brief
University releases new policy on credit card
marketing
In accordance with a new Maryland law that requires
colleges and universities to have a policy
regarding credit card marketing, Johns Hopkins has
formulated the following policy, which has been
approved by Provost Kristina Johnson:
"The university prohibits any credit card issuer from
marketing credit cards on campus. For
purpose of this policy, credit card marketing activity
includes any activity designed to encourage
students to apply for a credit card, including but not
limited to placing a display or poster together
with credit card applications on campus, and/or offering
free merchandise or incentives to students
to market credit cards. This policy does not apply to 1)
advertisements in newspapers, magazines or
other similar publications and 2) marketing activities
within the physical location of branches of the
Johns Hopkins Federal Credit Union or other banks that may
occupy space on campus."
Libraries present lecture on the latest in open access to
research
John Willinsky, author of The Access Principle,
will this week discuss newly emerging scholarly
publishing practices and the potential for this body of
knowledge to become more of a public resource
for learning and deliberation. The talk will take place on
Thursday, Oct. 30, in Homewood's Mason Hall.
Sponsored by the JHU Libraries' Scholarly
Communications Group, the event will begin at 5:30
p.m. with a book signing and reception, followed at 6:30
p.m. by the lecture, "The New Intellectual
Properties of the Library." The Scholarly Communications
Group is a joint initiative of the Sheridan
and Welch libraries and is dedicated to fostering open
access to quality information in support of
learning, scholarship, research and patient care.
Willinsky is a professor in the School of Education at
Stanford University and director of the
Public Knowledge Project at Stanford. He has published
extensively on open access to research and
scholarship.
For more information, contact Lorrie Green at
410-516-8328 or
lgreen@jhu.edu. For more
about the Scholarly Communications Group, go to
http://openaccess.jhmi.edu.
JHU program is 'building a biotech bridge to
China'
Graduate students and instructors from Peking
University recently visited the JHU Master of
Science in Bioscience Regulatory Affairs program to broaden
their understanding of bioscience
product development, quality assurance and international
regulatory affairs.
Lynn Johnson Langer, associate chair of the Johns
Hopkins program, said that the goal of the
visit was to address China's manufacture of
biopharmaceuticals for export to the U.S. and the
approval requirements of the Food and Drug Administration.
"As we strengthen this relationship with
Peking University, we will effectively be building a
biotech bridge to China that creates greater
understanding of international regulation and product
development in a global marketplace," she said.
The visitors, who attended two lectures at the
Montgomery County Campus, are part of PKU's
International Pharmaceutical Engineering Management
Program. The relationship between the two
schools began when Langer traveled to China in 2006 to
discuss mutually beneficial education
opportunities.
Langer has lectured in China about Johns Hopkins'
part-time online graduate programs in
biotechnology, and two lecturers from PKU have spoken at
Johns Hopkins. Representatives from the
two universities are now discussing opportunities for joint
online lectures, utilizing a virtual classroom.
Details announced for Butterball Turkey, Adopt-a-Family
programs
The Johns Hopkins community is being asked to show
some compassion for those less fortunate
by participating this season in one or both of the holiday
assistance efforts sponsored by the Office
of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs: the Vernon Rice
Memorial Butterball Turkey and Adopt-a-Family programs.
Now in its 15th year, the Vernon Rice Memorial
Butterball Turkey Program, named in honor of
the Johns Hopkins staff member who started the program,
provides Butterball turkey gift
certificates to families in need. FSRP forwards the funds
collected to St. Anthony of Padua Church in
West Baltimore, which distributes certificates to
pre-identified households.
To participate, send a check or money order in $15
increments, payable to JHU Butterball, to
the Office of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs, 631N
Wyman Park Building, 3400 N. Charles St.,
Baltimore, MD 21218.
Checks received by Nov. 14 will be given to families
for Thanksgiving, and those received after
that date but before Dec. 15 will be used for December
holidays. All contributions must be received
by Dec. 15.
The Adopt-a-Family/Adopt-an-Agency Program helps
provide families and individuals with gifts,
clothing and food that they might not otherwise be able to
afford. Johns Hopkins faculty, staff or
departments adopt a pre-identified family or social service
agency and collect gifts to match specific
needs.
Donors are asked to complete an online request form,
available, along with other program
information, at
hr.jhu.edu/fsrp/adopt_fam.cfm.
Contact FSRP at 410-516-6060 with questions about
either program or go to:
hr.jhu.edu/fsrp and click on Community Service.
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