Join your fellow Francophiles and film fanatics at this year’s French Film Festival. The theme is “marginality” and will showcase films that address issues facing marginalized groups of people in contemporary […]
How the N.A.G. Blue Jay Came to Be
Guest post from Neil A. Grauer (A&S ’69) Editor’s note: Stop by the Special Collections Reading Room on M-level of the Brody Learning Commons for an exhibit dedicated to the […]
A Wealth of Health on April 5
An embarrassment of riches in the form of remarkable speakers is yours for the taking on Tuesday, April 5. This year’s keynote speaker at the 7th Annual Public Health Student […]
Pokémon Does NOT Cause Cancer
It’s a special year for both JohnCon and Pokémon — they are both 20 years old! As one HopSFA leader commented, “Pokémon will be old enough to drink in Japan.” In […]
She said/he said: great quotes from books
Being a librarian, it might seem ironic that I have very little time for leisure reading. When I do find the time, I usually read on a kindle or from […]
Can We Discourage Violations of Academic Integrity?
Guest blogger: Macie Hall, from the CER‘s Innovative Instructor. It’s been some time since The Innovative Instructor looked at issues of academic integrity [see Discouraging Cheating in the Classroom, November 13, 2012], but […]
A Festival of Edible Books? Preposterous!
Now is the time to grab a spatula and let out a primal scream for Read It and Eat It, our third annual edible book festival, is nigh! Our promotion […]
Art History Teaching Resources: Not Just for Art Historians
Guest blogger: Macie Hall, from the CER‘s Innovative Instructor. The first week in February, I attended the annual College Art Association conference in Washington, DC and co-chaired a panel titled Rethinking Online Pedagogies […]
A Modern Doctor with Many Fields
The next speaker in the JHU Conversations in Medicine series is Dr. Cindy Sears. Dr. Sears is a Hopkins Professor of Medicine, Oncology, and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Yet her […]
Materials Science in Paper Conservation, History, and Literature: The Gulistan of Sa’di
Gulistan or Goléstan-e (The Rose Garden) was written in 1258 CE by a Persian poet whose pen name was Sa’di. The book is comprised of a mixture of poetry and […]