COURTESY OF CHRIS H. PARK Recent research has revealed that Johns Hopkins owned at least four enslaved people in the 1850s and one in the 1840s.
COURTESY OF STEVE GARVIE / CC BY-SA 2.0 The lab conducts experiments on barn owls which has raised concerns with PETA.
PUBLIC DOMAIN Columnist Jessica Kasamoto argues that “rosy retrospection,“ the tendency to view the past in a positive light, is one cognitive bias that has been at play this year.
COURTESY OF GENEVIEVE BRIAND Figure 1.This graph shows deaths in each age group listed in the legend on the right as percentages of total deaths by all causes. Each column represents one week of data from Week 1 ending Feb 1 to Week 32 ending Sept 5.
COURTESY OF GENEVIEVE BRIAND Figure 5.For the weeks ending April 11, April 18 and April 25, this table presents the change in the number of U.S. deaths due to select causes compared to the week prior. The grey row is the total decrease in the number of deaths due to select causes compared to the previous week, calculated by combining the negative numbers in each column. The pink row shows the difference between deaths due to COVID-19 and deaths due to heart diseases.
COURTESY OF GENEVIEVE BRIAND Figure 4.This graph is a zoomed-in view of Figure 2, reflected by the change in scale of the y-axis. The graph in the pink box is a cut out of a narrower time period. Within the pink box, the x-axis begins with ‘yr7wk13’ and ends with ‘yr7wk31’ (as can be seen in the webinar), corresponding to the time period from the last week of March 2020 to the last week of July 2020.
COURTESY OF GENEVIEVE BRIAND Figure 3.This graph is a zoomed-in view of Figure 2, reflected by the change in scale of the y-axis. The graph in the pink box is a cut out of a narrower time period. Within the pink box, the x-axis begins with ‘yr4wk46’ and ends with ‘yr5wk13’’ (as can be seen in the webinar), corresponding to a time period from December 2017 to the last week of March 2018.
COURTESY OF GENEVIEVE BRIAND Figure 2.This graph depicts weekly death counts by all causes (blue line) and select causes (color coding explained in the legend). The y-axis represents the number of deaths. Within the pink box, the x-axis begins with ‘yr7wk13’ and ends with ‘yr7wk31’ (as can be seen in the webinar), corresponding to the time period from the last week of March 2020 to the last week of July 2020.
BURST / PUBLIC DOMAIN Tie argues that professors can encourage academic honesty during virtual finals by embracing project-based assessments.
COURTESY OF CHRIS H. PARK This fall, Hopkins has administered COVID-19 tests in front of Shriver Hall.
COURTESY OF KENNA LOWE Daniels stated that the 10% tuition reduction will remain for the spring if the University reopens online-only.
ANGELA N/CC BY 2.0 Felix highlights how Trump has shaped the Supreme Court by comparing two rulings on religious freedom.
COURTESY OF SHOURYA ARASHANAPALLI The News-Letter emphasizes the need for systemic changes post-pandemic.
COURTESY OF CHRIS H. PARK Schools including Princeton, MIT and Georgetown have already instituted year-long tuition decreases, stipends or grants for students.
COURTESY OF RUDY MALCOM Hopkins is the latest addition to the lengthy list of American universities with direct ties to slavery.
COURTESY OF CHRIS H. PARK The Homewood Museum was originally built in the early 19th century as a summer home for the Carroll family.
COURTESY OF TEAM POLAIR A replaceable filter (right) or a clear polycarbonate body (left) can be attached to the mask frame (center).
COURTESY OF TEAM POLAIR Team Polair, a group of 24 Hopkins undergrads, held regular virtual meetings to design their mask.
COURTESY OF CHRIS H. PARK New restrictions will go into effect at 5 p.m. on Friday.
