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(04/15/25 4:34pm)
This past weekend, the Hopkins Theatre Company performed Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a three-act whirlwind of a play about two academic couples from opposing generations, each catching and delivering snide, passive aggressive comments across a countless number of liquor-filled glasses.
(04/14/25 5:35pm)
On Friday, April 4, a faculty panel titled “Arts and the Hopkins Student Experience” discussed what the arts mean at Hopkins. The event space was open to alumni as part of Alumni Weekend, while other members of the Hopkins community were able to attend virtually through a livestream. As audiences both in-person and online began to settle in, they prepared to hear about vital questions such as: What makes the arts valuable? Why should we pursue them, and how? Is Hopkins committed to the arts?
(04/10/25 12:00pm)
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(04/10/25 12:00pm)
To members of the Johns Hopkins University community:
(04/10/25 4:16pm)
On March 26, 2024, Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student at Tufts University, co-authored an opinion editorial in The Tufts Daily. Almost exactly one year later, she was arrested near campus by plainclothes immigration officers, detained and sent nearly 1,500 miles away to a facility in Louisiana, where she is still being held. There are no charges filed against her.
(04/18/25 11:27pm)
Two tickets, consisting of three and two candidates, respectively, are running in the 2025–2026 Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Board elections. The SGA Executive Board debate was held Tuesday, April 1, and voting will be open on April 8.
(04/07/25 4:00am)
The Student Government Association (SGA) elections are set for April 8, with the entire executive board, class senators, class programming councils and the Hopkins Organization for Programming President up for election.
(04/07/25 4:00am)
On Wednesday April 2 at 4 p.m., the Hopkins Justice Collective (HJC) and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a press conference outside Charles Street Market to announce a joint letter signed by over 50 advocacy, faith-based and student organizations addressed to the Governor Wes Moore, Attorney General Anthony Brown and the Maryland legislature.
(04/06/25 2:21pm)
In a world plagued with political turmoil and at a time when dystopian fiction feels less like an escape and more like a reflection of reality, Suzanne Collins returns to Panem with Sunrise on the Reaping. Released on March 18, this 400-page novel follows beloved character Haymitch Abernathy through the deadly ordeals of the 50th Hunger Games.
(04/04/25 5:07pm)
There’s good reason to distrust any use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in creative spaces. The trend of AI art has become a refuge for those who overlook the fundamental human nature of artistic creation, and the irony of outsourcing a uniquely human pursuit to machine automation.
(04/03/25 1:34am)
On Monday, March 31, 2025, the University announced that Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, will deliver the commencement speech for the Class of 2025.
(03/30/25 3:51pm)
An elegant dark red midi dress.
(03/29/25 4:00am)
The chef and owner of Foraged., Chris Amendola, shared with The News-Letter how his passion for seasonal ingredients and sustainable sourcing shapes a menu that follows nature’s rhythm. Through close relationships with farmers and a hands-on approach to foraging, he ensures that every dish captures the flavor of the moment.
(03/30/25 12:01am)
At some point, I think every student who gets into Hopkins encounters questions along the lines of:
(03/13/25 4:00pm)
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman and Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) published a list of over $2.05 billion in National Science Foundation (NSF) grants that he claimed “promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda,” on Feb. 11.
(03/12/25 4:00am)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday, March 10, that the Trump administration had completed its six-week review of programs within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and will shutter 83% of the programs. The rest of the programs will be folded into the U.S. Department of State.
(03/13/25 4:00am)
In late February, Jeffrey S. Barber, a 1995 graduate of the School of Arts and Sciences, was elected chair of the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees, a position he will assume in July. The Board of Trustees is the University’s chief governing body, responsible for advancing its mission and goals in the long term.
(03/10/25 4:00am)
The 2025 Academy Awards, streamed live on Sunday, March 2 at 7 p.m. EST, was initiated by an opening number performed by Wicked’s two co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, singing classic Wizard of Oz songs such as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Home” (from the original musical spinoff The Wiz) and, of course, “Defying Gravity.” Similar to Wicked, it was a touching tribute to the lasting legacy of The Wizard of Oz, but also an ironic choice for those who know Oscars history. When the Wizard of Oz was nominated for five Academy Awards back in 1940, it only won two — Best Original Score and Best Original Song — missing out on Best Picture.
(03/10/25 10:19pm)
On Thursday, Feb. 27, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute and the Bloomberg Center hosted a discussion titled “What Venezuela’s Transition Means for Security and Democracy in the Hemisphere” at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue. At the event, Venezuelan president-elect Edmundo González Urrutia; Venezuelan political leader of the opposition María Corina Machado; and SNF Agora Dissident in Residence and former Venezuelan leader David Smolansky spoke about the country’s democratic struggles.
(03/07/25 5:00am)
If you are at all familiar with 2000s indie rock or early internet music culture, you’ve likely come across — or at least felt the influence of — Baltimore experimental pop band Animal Collective. Terms like “surreal,” “trippy” and “kaleidoscopic” now feel kind of overused and cliche when describing their music, but albums like Merriweather Post Pavilion or Strawberry Jam undeniably contain a delirious, effortless glee that make them an unmatched benchmark of the modern psychedelic genre.