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New association addresses concerns of postdocs
Recently, the Homewood Postdoctoral Association was formed to address the common problems of almost 200 postdoctoral fellows living near Homewood.
The group is the brainchild of civil engineering fellow Judith Mitrani-Reiser, who was frustrated with the University's lack of categorization of postdocs with regards to simple issues such as obtaining a parking space or a Hopkins e-mail accounts. Though postdoc fellows are legally students, they come to Hopkins mainly to conduct research and teach classes, making it difficult for the University to offer them necessary services.
The Homewood Postdoctoral Association's goal is to create a sense of community and help foreign postdocs orient themselves in a new environment. Members will also host social and professional events.
The Homewood Postdoctoral Association is the first association formed to address such issues since the Johns Hopkins Medical Center's Postdoctoral Association formed in 1992. The group will host its first meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 4 p.m.
- Leah Mainiero
Hopkins awards students and faculty with arts-initiative grant
The University is awarding $26,000 in Arts Innovation Grants to members of the student body and faculty.
Out of 13 proposals, 7 received funding. Three of the proposals were for spring courses. A class on intermedia studio will allow students to create their own intermedia work and present it to the public. A narrative production class will focus on writing and producing short narrative fiction films.
Ancient City of the Future will introduce students to computer-generated virtual architecture and Near Eastern urban civilization.
Four grants were awarded to students:
Senior Avantika Mishra, leader of JHU JOSH, will receive funds for her dance team to perform for the Ronald McDonald House. Junior Hernan de Aguila will use his funds to organize a Hopkins Concerto and Aria competition.
Seniors Michelle Brown, Elizabeth Eldridge, Mitch Frank and Julie Shilling will receive funding to create a senior theatre showcase. Senior Kirsi Tuomanen Hill and junior Yoonah Chi will relocate a former Artscape sculpture to the University to enhance studies in contemporary art.
- Leah Mainiero
U Maryland hate crime is part of a semester trend
A message left on a dry-erase board in a University of Maryland dormitory calling two female roommates Nazis has sparked an investigation by the university police, according to the student newspaper, the Diamondback. The two roommates, sophomores Andrea Rothschild and Blythe Dillingham, discovered the message on Dec. 3.
This incident occurred following a string of hate-related crimes on the campus this past semester. Such crimes included a noose hung outside the cultural center and a swastika spray-painted on a parked car.
University police sent announcements regarding this most recent event to all residents of the dormitory notifying them of the incident.
The announcement also asked that any people with information relating to the offense come forward.
Residents of the dormitory were shocked and offended, according to the Diamondback.
The spokesman for the University police, Paul Dillon, told reporters that officers were contacted and have started to work on identifying possible suspects and determine their motive.
"These type of things are very difficult to solve if there's no witnesses ... There's no criminal evidence to process," Dillon told the Diamondback.
- Sammy Rose Saltzman
Recently, the Homewood Postdoctoral Association was formed to address the common problems of almost 200 postdoctoral fellows living near Homewood.
The group is the brainchild of civil engineering fellow Judith Mitrani-Reiser, who was frustrated with the University's lack of categorization of postdocs with regards to simple issues such as obtaining a parking space or a Hopkins e-mail accounts. Though postdoc fellows are legally students, they come to Hopkins mainly to conduct research and teach classes, making it difficult for the University to offer them necessary services.
The Homewood Postdoctoral Association's goal is to create a sense of community and help foreign postdocs orient themselves in a new environment. Members will also host social and professional events.
The Homewood Postdoctoral Association is the first association formed to address such issues since the Johns Hopkins Medical Center's Postdoctoral Association formed in 1992. The group will host its first meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 4 p.m.
- Leah Mainiero
Hopkins awards students and faculty with arts-initiative grant
The University is awarding $26,000 in Arts Innovation Grants to members of the student body and faculty.
Out of 13 proposals, 7 received funding. Three of the proposals were for spring courses. A class on intermedia studio will allow students to create their own intermedia work and present it to the public. A narrative production class will focus on writing and producing short narrative fiction films.
Ancient City of the Future will introduce students to computer-generated virtual architecture and Near Eastern urban civilization.
Four grants were awarded to students:
Senior Avantika Mishra, leader of JHU JOSH, will receive funds for her dance team to perform for the Ronald McDonald House. Junior Hernan de Aguila will use his funds to organize a Hopkins Concerto and Aria competition.
Seniors Michelle Brown, Elizabeth Eldridge, Mitch Frank and Julie Shilling will receive funding to create a senior theatre showcase. Senior Kirsi Tuomanen Hill and junior Yoonah Chi will relocate a former Artscape sculpture to the University to enhance studies in contemporary art.
- Leah Mainiero
U Maryland hate crime is part of a semester trend
A message left on a dry-erase board in a University of Maryland dormitory calling two female roommates Nazis has sparked an investigation by the university police, according to the student newspaper, the Diamondback. The two roommates, sophomores Andrea Rothschild and Blythe Dillingham, discovered the message on Dec. 3.
This incident occurred following a string of hate-related crimes on the campus this past semester. Such crimes included a noose hung outside the cultural center and a swastika spray-painted on a parked car.
University police sent announcements regarding this most recent event to all residents of the dormitory notifying them of the incident.
The announcement also asked that any people with information relating to the offense come forward.
Residents of the dormitory were shocked and offended, according to the Diamondback.
The spokesman for the University police, Paul Dillon, told reporters that officers were contacted and have started to work on identifying possible suspects and determine their motive.
"These type of things are very difficult to solve if there's no witnesses ... There's no criminal evidence to process," Dillon told the Diamondback.
- Sammy Rose Saltzman
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