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(03/06/26 9:38pm)
Scholars of international law, natural resources professionals and Indigenous advocates gathered on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., for an evening of conversation on the implications and ramifications of the green transition worldwide. The green transition is defined as the currently in-progress global technological shift aimed at mitigating and preventing the effects of climate change through technologies such as renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure and clean transportation. Although continuing the green transition is widely accepted as necessary for the health of humankind, the International Law Society’s “Green at What Cost? Human Rights and the Energy Transition” explored the often-overlooked effects of technological development, even when ostensibly sustainable, on worldwide Indigenous communities.
(02/27/26 5:00am)
On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the University’s Student Government Association (SGA) gathered for its weekly meeting.
(02/25/26 5:00am)
Previously an independent apartment building, the Academy on Charles is set to be the newest second-year dormitory building for the 2026-27 academic year. The building features a 320-student capacity, where each suite contains a kitchen and private or shared bathrooms, depending on the size. Floor plans are not currently published for student dormitory rooms, but they are expected to follow current apartment layouts. For comparison, Scott-Bates Commons houses 600 students, McCoy Hall houses 500 including first-years, Homewood Apartments houses 200, Bradford houses 150 and Rogers House houses 20.
(02/26/26 2:00am)
The Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) Class of 2029 experienced the first year of the curriculum redesign labeled as “Foundational Abilities” (FAs), replacing the previously existing distribution requirements that require 18 credits that are categorized under humanities (H) and/or social and behavioral sciences (S), a First-Year Seminar and 6–12 credits of writing intensive courses that can also be double-tagged for fulfilling the S and H requirements listed above.
(02/25/26 2:59am)
On Tuesday, Feb. 17, the Student Government Association (SGA) convened for its 20th weekly meeting of the academic year.
(02/25/26 12:10am)
On Feb. 13, the University admitted 260 students to the Class of 2030 from 11 countries, 36 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico during the Early Decision II (ED II) round. These students join the 553 admitted during the Early Decision I (ED I) round in December. In written interviews, incoming students shared their thoughts and feelings about their acceptance to The News-Letter.
(02/25/26 10:00pm)
On Wednesday, Feb. 18 Johns Hopkins Advanced Academic Programs hosted a discussion on AI and museums titled “Building Intelligent Museums.” The webinar, hosted online, focused on both AI policy for museums as well as how digital systems support AI-enhanced museum projects.
(02/27/26 11:00am)
Perspective is an annual online publication produced by the Hopkins Black Student Union (BSU). In a magazine format, Perspective seeks to commemorate the year’s Black students – their achievements, celebrations and contributions. For example, recent publications have highlighted organization events, member spotlights and creative works. However, the origins of Perspective lie in the latter half of the 20th century, where past BSU members published Perspective in a printed newspaper format, not unlike The News-Letter.
(02/26/26 5:00am)
The Center for Africana Studies at Hopkins featured Professor Juliet Hooker as a guest lecturer in “‘You Have Never Known Me’: Terrell and Du Bois on Faithful Slave Monuments” on Feb. 20, This event was a part of the Center for Africana Studies’ “Mute But Eloquent”: The Civic Work of Monuments Lectures, which is part of the Franklin W. Knight Lectures in Black Study Series. It was meant to highlight key aspects of slave monuments and their relation to Africana history.
(02/25/26 7:00pm)
On Feb. 19, the University hosted the “In Living Memory: A conversation on African American Archives” event at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue. This event was a discussion that coincided with the current Irene and Richard Frary Gallery exhibition, Ceremony: New Works by Lindsay Adams in Conversation with Objects from Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries.
(02/12/26 5:00am)
On Tuesday, Feb. 10 the Student Government Association (SGA) convened for their weekly meeting.
(02/11/26 12:00pm)
The University has begun construction of the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute (DSAI) by cutting down trees on Remington Avenue in early January 2026. Construction has closed Wyman Park Drive to drivers and soon will to pedestrians in summer 2026. The project is scheduled to conclude in 2029.
(02/11/26 5:00am)
On Wednesday, Jan. 21 President Ronald J. Daniels announced that Executive Vice Provost Lainie Rutkow will serve as the interim provost in mid-February. This follows a previous email by Daniels in early January which announced that current Provost Ray Jayawardhana will conclude his role to become the next president of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) starting July 1, 2026.
(02/11/26 8:00pm)
On Thursday, Feb. 5, the Center for Social Concern (CSC) held a discussion on Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as part of its Hop Talks series. The event was held from 6 to 8 p.m. in Levering Great Hall.
(02/11/26 12:49am)
Since the University’s inception 150 years ago, one of its primary goals has been to expose its students and scholars to a variety of global perspectives. Through its many study abroad programs, the Global Education Office (GEO) helps students achieve that goal. On the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, students had the opportunity to interact with GEO staff and ambassadors from several study abroad programs at the Study Abroad Fair in the Levering Glass Pavilion.
(02/12/26 5:00am)
On Jan. 30, demonstrators gathered in cities across the United States as part of a coordinated “National Shutdown,” which advocated for an end to aggressive ICE tactics such as widespread street raids, militarized enforcement sweeps in immigration neighborhoods and the use of federal agents to detain people without clear charges. In Baltimore, on this day, hundreds of protesters gathered between Baltimore’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office and the CFG Bank Arena to demand that the United States ICE operations in the city and across the country be terminated.
(02/10/26 10:12pm)
On Jan. 20, Hopkins Dining announced on Instagram that pricing across dining concepts at the Bloomberg Student Center (BSC) had been lowered. According to Student Affairs, prices at the BSC had been restructured in response to student feedback. Beginning at the start of the spring semester, costs in the student center were reduced by 20%.
(02/07/26 3:00am)
On Jan. 28, the University Writing Program held the second annual installment of its Conversations about Writing & Medicine speaker series to explore the intricate relationship between the two fields. The first speaker was Emily Bloom, an assistant professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College, who discussed the motivations around her award-winning debut memoir, I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art. Bloom was followed by Dr. Carolyn Sufrin, an associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the School of Medicine, who discussed her experiences examining reproductive care in incarcerated women. Dr. Jeremy Greene, a Hopkins professor and chair in the Department of the History of Medicine, moderated the following roundtable discussion.
(02/02/26 5:00pm)
On Jan. 27, the Student Government Association (SGA) held a General Body Meeting to go over an office hours proposal and event funding considerations, prior to the designated cohort time.
(01/29/26 7:33pm)
Stone Meng, a senior majoring in Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Hopkins, was the 112th student body president and is the co-founder of Higher Grounds Vending. In an interview with The News-Letter, Meng discussed his experiences during his undergraduate years, ranging from his time in the Student Government Association (SGA) to his research in the field of dentistry.
