Scientists @JohnsHopkins find brain cells that know which end is up http:/
@jgovern @JHU_Alumni @JohnsHopkins There is this list: https:/
@jgovern I #nominate you for the Smart-Alec-Tweet Hall of Fame :) @JHU_Alumni @JohnsHopkins
.@JohnsHopkins prof David Kaplan's documentary 'Particle Fever' airs tonight on @PBS http:/
LA Times Real Estate features one-time home of @JohnsHopkins alum ('39) & noted screenwriter Millard Kaufman
In the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-home-20151213-story.html" target="_blank">Sunday section of the Los Angeles Times, this week's "Home of the Week"</a> is that of noted screenwriter and Johns Hopkins alum Millard Kaufman (class of 1939). <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/movies/19kaufman.html" target="_blank">Kaufman passed away in 2009</a> just two years after publishing his<a href="http://amzn.to/1mfobJP" target="_blank"> debut novel</a>.
Kaufman is often best known as the co-creator of the cartoon character Mr. Magoo as well as for his Academy Award nominated screenplays for <em>Take the High Ground</em> (1953) and <em>Bad Day at Black Rock</em> (1955). He's also known for having <a href="http://boffosocko.com/2015/11/11/in-memoriam-millard-kaufman-wwii-veteran-and-front-for-dalton-trumbo/" target="_blank">fronted the screenplay for Gun Crazy on behalf of blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo</a> who was the subject of the recent film Trumbo.
<img class="wp-image-237 size-full" src="http://media.johnshopkinsuniversity.biz/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/la-fi-home-of-the-week-hollywood-hills-20151213-banner.jpg" alt="Millard Kaufman Residence" width="750" height="422" />
The Modernist home at 3574 Multiview Drive, Los Angeles, is listed at $2.495 million. (BelAirPhotography.com)
Click through to the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-home-20151213-story.html" target="_blank">article</a> which features a gallery of 21 fantastic photos of the interior of the Millard Kaufman residence.
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<h3>Three noted architects shaped a Midcentury Modern in Hollywood Hills</h3>
This Midcentury Modern house in Hollywood Hills is named the Millard Kaufman residence for its one-time owner, who was a screenwriter, an author and the co-creator of the cartoon character Mr. Magoo. A trio of notable architects left their marks on the two-story post-and-beam house, which features exposed wood ceilings, walls of glass and original paneling.
<strong>Location:</strong> 3574 Multiview Drive, Los Angeles 90068
<strong>Asking price:</strong> $2.495 million</blockquote>
-- Source: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-home-20151213-story.html" target="_blank">Lauren Beale writing for the Los Angeles Times</a>
The home has also been featured before in Curbed [<a href="http://la.curbed.com/tags/millard-kaufman" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2014/10/30/millard-kaufman-residence-neutra-addition-for-sale.php" target="_blank">here</a>] when it was previously for sale. There's also a video walk through on YouTube (see below.)
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Nobel Laureate Adam Riess of @JohnsHopkins walks you through incredible discovery of dark energy via @WorldScienceU http:/
Great to see the continued growth of @JohnsHopkins and @JHU_alumni in the entertainment fields: https:/
Walter Murch @johnshopkins alum and legendary film editor on underlying patterns in the cosmos. @JHU_Alumni https:/
MAtt Dujnic @crunchnoisy (@JohnsHopkins '96) released book CRUNCHNOISY ORIGINS incl @JHUNewsLetter #comics #Area337 http:/
Gun control debate derailed by misleading narrative that obscures true issues, @JohnsHopkins expert says http:/
"And for my birthday, I joined Twitter!" - @scottgreatorex1 Hope it was a good one! @JohnsHopkins @JHU_Alumni
Congratulations to fellow @JHU_Alumni Matthew Robbins on the release of Crimson Peak today http:/
Last time Dropbox did this, @JohnsHopkins students were at the top of the pack. Earn free online storage space. https:/
I've followed this process from before it's administrative beginning. It's nice to see that we've got a philosophy for what academic freedom is, though I honesty fail to see how it differs from a basic definition of what academic freedom means in the last century, so congratulations to the dozens of people who spent countless hours rewriting a basic definition. We've done the academic equivalent of writing the words, "We hold these truths to be self-evident" while failing to create any actual rules or guidelines by which the administration can hold the faculty, staff, or students accountable or which actually serve to protect the faculty, staff, or students from overstepping of authority by the university.
Where is the following "Constitution"? Where is the process for "Amendments"? Is the University actually granting any real rights here, and how are they to actually be protected? Surely we've evolved past the level of even the rights available during the Carolingian Renaissance and the early days of the birth of the universitas?
In particular, I find it disconcerting to see even the scant guidelines that existed in the intermediate draft that was sent for approval before it got to the board level have been removed. For example, statements like:
"When one is speaking on matters of public interest, it should be made clear that personal views do not represent those of the institution." or
"Professors who express their personal views on a contested issue must make it clear that students may disagree with those views without penalty."
no longer appear in the statement at all.
It's lovely that we have this new "document", but when the rubber actually meets the road, what will we do? Will we trip, stumble, and fall down as we have occasionally in the past? Where are those general guidelines? No one will care what we've said in this document, but they will surely judge us more harshly in the realm of public opinion based on the future actions of the administration and this is where the real work will have to begin.
Ron Daniels has been doing some generally good things in guiding the direction of the university community, but it seems odd that, as one of the first presidents of the institution with an academic background in law and what I know to be his philosophy in social equity, that we've heard nothing of next steps. I hope that with books entitled "Rule of Law Reform and Development: Charting the Fragile Path of Progress" and "Responsibility and Responsiveness," that we will see much more.
Some of my additional thoughts on the practicality of these matters can be found at: "Reframing What Academic Freedom Means in the Digital Age" [http:/
#AcademicFreedom #JohnsHopkins