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September 30, 2026 September 30, 2026 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896

SYDNOR DUFFY / DESIGN & LAYOUT EDITOR 
Wait out the rainy autumn weather with this week’s picks!

To watch and watch for: Week of Sept. 27

SYDNOR DUFFY / DESIGN & LAYOUT EDITOR
This weekend offers a mix of creative and community events across Baltimore.

Events this weekend (Sept. 26–27)

To watch and watch for: Week of Sept. 20

Wednesday Mini (09/30/2026)

ERIC WANG / PHOTO EDITOR
President Daniels worked with President Trump to create a new framework for higher education. The News-Letter examined the framework's alignment with the Daniels administration's executive actions.

How Daniels’ record compares with the Trump administration’s higher education framework

By HONORA MURATORI | September 18, 2026

ERIC WANG / PHOTO EDITOR
As BSC reached its one year anniversary, The News-Letter examined its history, past student centers and how students currently use the building.

The latest attempt at a Hopkins student center: the BSC

By KATHERINE ZHU | September 17, 2026

ERIC WANG / PHOTO EDITOR 
Swaminathan outlines Hopkins faculty debates over viewpoint diversity in academia.

Viewpoint diversity initiatives at Hopkins spark academic debate

By ANEESH SWAMINATHAN | 1 hours ago

Viewpoint diversity initiatives spearheaded by the University has proven controversial among faculty members.

ERIC WANG / PHOTO EDITOR 
Swaminathan outlines Hopkins faculty debates over viewpoint diversity in academia.

Viewpoint diversity initiatives at Hopkins spark academic debate

By ANEESH SWAMINATHAN | 1 hours ago

Viewpoint diversity initiatives spearheaded by the University has proven controversial among faculty members.

COURTESY OF ESTELLE CHEN
Roundtable Panelists at the AGHI Roundtable.

ARTS

Tradition, conservation and continuity at the AGHI Roundtable

By ESTELLE CHEN | Yesterday

VOICES

The paradox of being ambitious but lazy

By LINDA HUANG | Yesterday

EDITORIAL

Hopkins, who really writes your history?

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | September 18, 2026

VOICES

Letters Without Limits: Rose Tuck

By OMKAR KATKADE | September 16, 2026

News & Features

COURTESY OF SIMONE DAYTON
The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute hosted Teresa Bejan for a book lunch centered around her newest release: First Among Equals: Visions of Equality Before Egalitarianism.

Alexander Grass Humanities Institute hosts Teresa Bejan for book lunch on First Among Equals

By SIMONE DAYTON | 1 hours ago

SGA discusses members’ free speech, approves funding for Parents Weekend Crab Fest and charity 5K

By LUCINDA COSTELLO-KUMFER | 2 days ago

Major 2026-27 Campus Renovations: MSE Library, SNF Agora and Early Learning Center

By NEIL MAHTO | September 17, 2026

SGA discusses DOE's “National Call to Action," introduces philanthropy legislation

By NEIL MAHTO | September 16, 2026

Aronson Center hosts first speaker in talk on Gulf States and midterm elections

By HENRY SERRINGER | September 15, 2026

Footbridge over Wyman Park’s Stony Run reopens

By HENRY SERRINGER | September 15, 2026

SGA confirms Committee for Student Elections members and considers accountability and finance reforms

By NEIL MAHTO | September 13, 2026

COURTESY OF SYDNEY CARROLL 
Entrance to the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center during the events of the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix.

University’s Bloomberg Center used for Trump-backed Freedom 250 motor race

By HENRY SERRINGER | September 1, 2026

Opinion

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Wang argues that the rise of AI opens new opportunities for predatory pricing, similar to what happened with Uber.

OPINION

They took away cheap Ubers, what happens when they take away free AI?

By STEVE WANG | September 18, 2026

EDITORIAL

Hopkins, who really writes your history?

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | September 18, 2026

OPINION

The foundational abilities requirements are failing humanities students

By JULIA SCHAGER | September 15, 2026

OPINION

Immigration policy: My ancestors vs. today

By SABRINA BET-MANSOUR | September 14, 2026

Submit An Op-Ed

Opinion

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Wang argues that the rise of AI opens new opportunities for predatory pricing, similar to what happened with Uber.

OPINION

They took away cheap Ubers, what happens when they take away free AI?

By STEVE WANG | September 18, 2026

EDITORIAL

Hopkins, who really writes your history?

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | September 18, 2026

OPINION

The foundational abilities requirements are failing humanities students

By JULIA SCHAGER | September 15, 2026

OPINION

Immigration policy: My ancestors vs. today

By SABRINA BET-MANSOUR | September 14, 2026

Submit An Op-Ed

Arts

COURTESY OF ESTELLE CHEN
Roundtable Panelists at the AGHI Roundtable.

Tradition, conservation and continuity at the AGHI Roundtable

By ESTELLE CHEN | Yesterday

To watch and watch for: Week of Sept. 27

By ARTS EDITORS | 2 days ago

Tove Jansson's Works and Loves

By ESTELLE CHEN | 4 days ago

Carly Rae Jepsen works round-the-clock in Day and Night

By ADITYA SANKAR | 6 days ago

Oasis don’t look back in anger in their documentary: a review

By SAFFRON HALLETT | September 23, 2026

To watch and watch for: Week of Sept. 20

By ARTS EDITORS | September 21, 2026

More than their family tree: The Womack Sisters on growing up, sisterhood and finding their sound

By STEVE WANG | September 18, 2026

COURTESY OF ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY
Emily Wilson talks with Karen ní Mheallaigh at the Enoch Pratt Central Library.

Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea with Emily Wilson

By ALEX PAN | September 17, 2026

Voices

COURTESY OF LINDA HUANG
Huang finds in herself advice for others who may be similarly "ambitious but lazy."

The paradox of being ambitious but lazy

By LINDA HUANG | Yesterday

Blue suitcases and Schrödinger’s cat

By BRYCE LEIBERMAN | 2 days ago

"Stranger danger": a threat to us or them?

By RILEY STRAIT | September 19, 2026

Passenger princess, pilot daughter

By JANANI VAIYAPURIAPPAN | September 17, 2026

Letters Without Limits: Rose Tuck

By OMKAR KATKADE | September 16, 2026

To listen

By SEBASTIAN ALDERMAN | September 14, 2026

Herbal medicine and growing pains

By CRYSTAL WANG | July 16, 2026

COURTESY OF ANDREW HUYNH
Huynh pens an open letter to the joy of a cappella.

Music that moves: a love note to a capella

By ANDREW HUYNH | July 16, 2026

Voices

COURTESY OF LINDA HUANG
Huang finds in herself advice for others who may be similarly "ambitious but lazy."

The paradox of being ambitious but lazy

By LINDA HUANG | Yesterday

Blue suitcases and Schrödinger’s cat

By BRYCE LEIBERMAN | 2 days ago

"Stranger danger": a threat to us or them?

By RILEY STRAIT | September 19, 2026

Passenger princess, pilot daughter

By JANANI VAIYAPURIAPPAN | September 17, 2026

Letters Without Limits: Rose Tuck

By OMKAR KATKADE | September 16, 2026

To listen

By SEBASTIAN ALDERMAN | September 14, 2026

Herbal medicine and growing pains

By CRYSTAL WANG | July 16, 2026

COURTESY OF ANDREW HUYNH
Huynh pens an open letter to the joy of a cappella.

Music that moves: a love note to a capella

By ANDREW HUYNH | July 16, 2026

Leisure

SYDNOR DUFFY / DESIGN & LAYOUT EDITOR
This weekend offers a mix of creative and community events across Baltimore.

Events this weekend (Sept. 26–27)

By EESHA BELLAD | 5 days ago

Stay motivated and healthy this school year

By KATE SHAO | 5 days ago

Five little things making me happy this September

By CLAIRE KIM | September 18, 2026

Events this weekend (Sept. 18–20)

By EESHA BELLAD | September 17, 2026

Sports

Hopkins athletics had a mixed week, with football falling to Baldwin-Wallace, field hockey earning two impressive wins over ranked opponents and men’s soccer splitting its two games. 
HOPKINSSPORTS.COM

Hopkins Sports in Review (Sept. 7 – Sept. 13)

By JOSEPH RAINBOLT | September 15, 2026

Reactions to NFL Opening Weekend 2026

By FREDDY BRANSON | September 15, 2026

In tennis, etiquette matters

By KATIE PARK | September 14, 2026

A new era begins: Inside the 2026 WNBA draft

By STEPHANIE MARCUS | May 1, 2026

Sports

Hopkins athletics had a mixed week, with football falling to Baldwin-Wallace, field hockey earning two impressive wins over ranked opponents and men’s soccer splitting its two games. 
HOPKINSSPORTS.COM

Hopkins Sports in Review (Sept. 7 – Sept. 13)

By JOSEPH RAINBOLT | September 15, 2026

Reactions to NFL Opening Weekend 2026

By FREDDY BRANSON | September 15, 2026

In tennis, etiquette matters

By KATIE PARK | September 14, 2026

A new era begins: Inside the 2026 WNBA draft

By STEPHANIE MARCUS | May 1, 2026

Scitech

COURTESY OF ANDREW WU
Nobel laureate Peter Agre reflected on his journey to the discovery of aquaporins and the irreplaceable human beings who inspired him along the way.

The people behind a Nobel Prize: collaboration, chance and the discovery of aquaporins

By ANDREW WU | 2 days ago

How does AI think? Idan Blank speaks on looking past output

By DAVID MYUNG | September 18, 2026

Using fat grafts to revitalize the face: a more organic way to restore volume

By CLAIRE SHEN | September 16, 2026

An index for brain activity: Sridevi Sarma speaks on a Neural Health Index

By ADITYA SANKAR | September 15, 2026

Magazine

A guide to off-campus study spots

By ANNABELLE HUANG | August 27, 2026

A guide to The News-Letter

By AYDEN MIN and ALEX PAN | August 27, 2026

How to find out who you are in college

By STEVE WANG | August 27, 2026

Why we joined The News-Letter and why you should too

By GRACE OH and MYRA SAEED | August 22, 2026

Magazine

A guide to off-campus study spots

By ANNABELLE HUANG | August 27, 2026

A guide to The News-Letter

By AYDEN MIN and ALEX PAN | August 27, 2026

Multimedia

A Farewell to AMRs