The 2012 Summer Olympics are fast approaching! London will be abuzz with athletes and sports enthusiasts from just about everywhere – and our TVs will blaze with fast-paced Olympic coverage. […]
Exciting Developments at Johns Hopkins’ Carey Business School
The Carey Business School has never stopped growing and evolving since it was established in 2007 with a $50 million gift from Trustee Emeritus William Polk Carey—and recent developments at […]
Murder in the Archives
Hey all you fictioneers: I’m waiting with bated breath to read a book with the above title. Please, can someone write it? Of course, an archive is in many ways […]
Calcutta Photograph Collection
Did you know that American troops were stationed in India during the Second World War? They were posted in Calcutta (now known as Kolkata), the capital of West Bengal, in […]
Literary Baltimore: Part 3
While Edgar Allan Poe and H.L. Mencken are perhaps the best known literary names associated with Baltimore, there are many other writers who have lived or worked here. If you […]
Yani Tseng Who?
We all know Tiger Woods, the Williams sisters, but do you know Victoria Azarenka, or Yani Tseng? They both happen to be the top athletes in the world, one from […]
Schools & Stories: Adventures in Academia
I absolutely love stories in which universities, academies, libraries, or archives are some of the major characters. Didn’t the Hogwarts students have a cool selection of classes? And don’t forget the […]
Sorting Through History: Processing the Roland Park Company Archives
By Rob Gamble, Processing Assistant and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History Part of a monthly series of posts highlighting uncovered items of note, and the archival process brought […]
Magic
Summer is magic. Now is the time for books, music, and movies that are magical. Book At this moment, on the McNaughton shelf on M Level, find the stunning novel about […]
LatinoFest!
Living in a big city like Baltimore has its rewards, especially when it comes to the fabulous diversity of opportunities to eat, drink, and be entertained. Baltimore’s annual season of […]