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On Tuesday, Feb. 10 the Student Government Association (SGA) convened for their weekly meeting.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
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.
On Dec. 3, Hopkins hosted the 21st annual Lighting of the Quads (LOTQ) celebration, a tradition organized by the Hopkins Organization for Programming (HOP) to mark the approaching end of the fall semester.
On Wednesday, Dec. 17, the Teachers and Researchers United (TRU-UE) union coordinated a noise demonstration at the Bloomberg Student Center to stand in solidarity and raise awareness for Ehsan Rajabi’s unprecedented circumstances.
The University’s Student Government Association (SGA) gathered on Tuesday, Nov. 18 in Hackerman Hall for the fifteenth and last general body meeting of the semester. To begin the meeting, the SGA invited Lee Coyle, senior director of planning and architecture for the Johns Hopkins Facilities and Real Estate office, for a talk about the ongoing construction around the University.
The longest U.S. government shutdown in history ended on Nov. 12 after 43 days, leaving millions of Americans facing interruptions to federal programs and funding. Throughout October, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which offers cash cards to Americans at or below 130% of the poverty line, allowing them to purchase basic food items, continued on reduced funding; however, any extended shutdowns beyond 30 days, can pose difficulties in maintaining SNAP benefits for recipients. In Maryland, 668,000 individuals, including 259,000 children, are enrolled in SNAP.
Since the war between Israel and Palestine began on Oct. 7, 2023, universities across the nation have been scrutinized for their approaches toward combating antisemitism. In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced that a Title VI investigation was opened into the University in light of antisemitic incident reports. Further, in January 2025 — with the arrival of the Trump administration — the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights entered into a joint resolution agreement with the University to outline tangible steps to address antisemitism on campus. The News-Letter investigated the plan’s effects on the Jewish student experience through interviews with students and a review of administrative records.
On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the Hopkins Common Question hosted a panel discussion on maternal health in Ghana. The panel included a mix of students and professionals who went on a trip to Ghana at the end of their “Experiential Research Lab: Transnational Birthing Justice — Ghana” class.
As part of the visiting fellowship program at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora, successful applicants across the ideological spectrum receive funding to pursue research projects alongside Hopkins faculty and students. Since the reveal of this academic year’s fellows, Johnnie Moore, a 2025–26 SNF Agora visiting fellow, has faced backlash due to his professional background.
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the Hopkins Political Union (HPU) hosted an open-forum debate on the future of the Democratic and Republican parties. The organization, formed in 2024 in collaboration with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute and the Heterodox Academy, aims to promote thoughtful political dialogue among students.
On Saturday, Nov. 15, TEDxJHU hosted their salon event titled “The Carousel of Ideas,” providing a platform for Hopkins students to share notable research, experiences or ideas. Speakers included Rachel Sholder, Mark Faust, Devothama Gundugurki Narasimhamurthy and Zaraf Khondoker.
On Nov. 12, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Advanced Academic Programs (AAP) hosted Nicholas Eftimiades, assistant teaching professor of homeland security at Penn State Harrisburg, for another entry in the Intelligence Analysis program’s Inside Intelligence lecture series. Eftimiades, who holds over three decades of experience in federal intelligence, provided the audience with an in-depth explanation of the contemporary Chinese espionage scene.