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2024 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture: Eliseo Pérez-Stable
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Turner Auditorium
The 14th anniversary of the Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture features a keynote from Eliseo Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health
AI Ethics and Governance Symposium
8:45 am - 6:15 pm
Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Bringing together diverse science, humanities, and engineering scholars, technologists, and policymakers, the symposium will explore issues across the spectrum of AI innovation.
Data Bytes: Extracting Data from PDFs with Python
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join Johns Hopkins Data Services in this Data Bytes session as they provide an overview of the kinds of data that may be present in PDFs and demo several Python packages that you can use to extract and combine it.
Lunch and Learn Series: From Plato to Pixar: Using Storytelling Frameworks to Drive Learner Engagement
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Shriver Hall
Join Brian Klaas, instructor and associate director of technology for the Bloomberg School of Public Health, for an exciting and high-energy workshop about incorporating storytelling techniques into your instruction. Learn how to leverage the "memorability" of stories to support your learning goals.
Introduction to ArcGIS: Using ArcGIS Pro
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
This 90-minute Johns Hopkins Data Services course introduces students to ArcGIS Pro, the most widely used geographic information systems (GIS) software.
How to Lose a Democracy
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Hackerman Hall
Panelists Lisel Hintz, Sanjay Ruparelia, David Smolansky, and Otto Kienitz from the SNF Agora Institute, moderated by SNF Agora senior fellow Peter Pomerantsev, will discuss elections in America and across the world in 2024 to define how democracy is really at stake.
Hopkins Votes Absentee Ballot Party
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Glass Pavilion
The Center for Social Concern and Hopkins Votes are hosting an Absentee Ballot Party to get students registered and ready for the 2024 election cycle.
Politics and Pizza | Presidential Pardon Power: Where Is the Limit?
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Mason Hall
Kim Wehle, an expert in constitutional law and the separation of powers, and Johns Hopkins political science Associate Professor Emily Zackin will discuss "Presidential Pardon Power: Where Is the Limit?" as part of the Politics and Pizza Series for undergraduates.
The New Propaganda: Autocracy Inc. and the U.S. Election
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Americans are not alone in this election year: Russia, China, Iran, and other adversaries are actively looking to interfere in the American debate. What do we know about their efforts in the information and cyber spaces, both inside the U.S. but also across the world?
Book Presentation: "Puerto Rico: A National History"
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Red Emma's
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Jessica Marie Johnson from Johns Hopkins will discuss Meléndez-Badillo's book Puerto Rico: A National History about the Spanish-speaking territory of the U.S. with a history shaped by conquest and resistance.