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(02/23/26 8:00am)
When I was in my junior year of high school, my AP Calculus teacher played a video for us the day before winter break. It was a TED Talk by Tim Urban, the popular blogger behind “Wait But Why,” who delved into the mind of a procrastinator: featuring the Instant Gratification Monkey (the one who replaces the Rational Decision Maker in our mind and takes us on quests such as doomscrolling when there’s an impending deadline, eliciting a mix of anxiety and unearned gratification) and the Panic Monster (who eventually takes the wheel from the Instant Gratification Monkey when a deadline comes too close, leading us to pull all-nighters to save ourselves from the consequence of an unfinished task).
(02/25/26 11:00am)
The sound of a blender at seven in the morning is usually the herald of a New Year’s Resolution. It’s the sound of frozen blueberries, spinach, protein powder and milk being pulverized into some slush; the kind of health smoothie that promises a fresh start with a healthier body and mind.
(02/12/26 5:00am)
On Tuesday, Feb. 10 the Student Government Association (SGA) convened for their weekly meeting.
(02/23/26 4:00am)
We were stranded in North Carolina after a delayed flight caused us to miss our layover. I was sitting on a metal chair stolen from a nearby Starbucks. There was a numbing pain in my arm, suggesting to me it had been a mistake to use it as a pillow. Drowsily, I attempted to focus on the fan of cards in my hand and the voice of a friend as he tried to explain the rules to a game we were too sleep deprived to understand properly. Nevertheless, we huddled around the deck of cards, shuffling and dealing until the rising sun signaled us to go catch the next flight. Somehow, the chaos of travel had shrunk into the small space between us, captured and organized by fifty two pieces of paper.
(02/16/26 2:34pm)
Nanjing, China. I thought I would eventually write this. It’s just too emotional for me. It’s hard to put into words, which is funny, because you’re also where my words began.
(02/16/26 2:25pm)
This is a historic year for the twelve nations competing in hockey at the Milano-Cortina Olympics. These twenty days in February are a welcome break from the NHL season. Competition started on Feb. 11, and ends on Sunday, Feb. 22. While I enjoy watching my city play, there’s nothing like routing for your country to take gold. While I could do a detailed game-by-game breakdown, these jerseys caught my eye and they deserve their own spotlight. To preface, this is just my take almost purely based on aesthetics.
(02/12/26 5:00am)
Dr. Debraj “Raj” Mukherjee is a neuro-oncosurgeon at the Hopkins Hospital. In an interview with The News-Letter, he discussed his medical career and work with the Peace Education Program in Baltimore, for which he was recently awarded the 2025 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Community Service.
(02/13/26 5:00am)
Jeff Bowen is a social psychologist who has been an associate teaching professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences since the fall of 2017. He primarily teaches undergraduate research methods and statistics classes and also runs an undergraduate research lab focused on the social psychology of interpersonal relationships. In an interview with The News-Letter, Bowen discussed his lab’s focuses on romantic partnerships, how people navigate both online and in-person social experiences and the methods used to measure these concepts and experiences.
(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.
(02/12/26 9:00am)
On Feb. 8, the Hopkins Tea Club hosted its third annual “Tea Formal.” The Tea Club is a cross-campus student organization with members from both the Peabody and Homewood campuses. Its mission, to educate Hopkins affiliates on the practices of tea brewing, serves to spread the traditions of tea to all through events such as the Tea Formal.
(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 5:00am)
Anicca Harriot, a postdoctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins specializing in tissue engineering, was recently awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Community Service at Hopkins’ Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration on Jan. 16. This year’s theme for the award was “Impact: The Power of Communities.” As the CEO of Vanguard: Conversations with Women of Color in STEM, #VanguardSTEM for short, Harriot has greatly contributed to the community of women and non-binary people of color pursuing careers in STEM-related fields.
(02/09/26 11:29pm)
As the year prepares to take off, let’s take a moment to reflect on the scientific discoveries that have already made it so special.
(02/10/26 2:05pm)
Hopkins Sports in Review (Feb. 2–8)
(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.
(02/09/26 7:09pm)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer found in women in the United States, with more than 300,000 new cases being diagnosed each year. While approximately half of diagnoses are middle aged women (50-70 years old), about 10% are women under the age of 45 and 20% are women over the age of 70. Current forms of treatment range from surgery such as lumpectomy (removal of a tumor from the breast) and mastectomy (removal of all breast tissue from the breast) to radiation therapy to chemotherapy, as well as multimodal approaches involving two or more treatments.
(02/11/26 5:00am)
Currently, Iran is facing a political and humanitarian disaster. But most headlines only scratch the surface of the country’s state. As an Iranian American, I write here with a deep love for both the country and its people. In January 2026, Iran witnessed one of the deadliest crackdowns on the protests and nationwide descent of its modern history. What began as frustration over worsening living conditions and economic concerns has grown into mass demonstrations for freedom and democratic change. Even as security forces escalate violence against peaceful demonstrators, the people refuse to stop.
(02/13/26 8:00am)
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute describes its mission as follows: to “support open dialogue, active debate, and collaborative efforts to address public problems” and to “strengthen democracy through these efforts.” Its Visiting Fellow program aims to support this mission by providing selected candidates with funding to pursue independent projects designed to promote democracy. This year, Johnnie Moore, head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial aid outfit condemned by humanitarian groups for its militarization of assistance for civilians, was selected as a 2025–26 SNF Agora Visiting Fellow.
(02/13/26 8:00am)
What is a computer? Typically, one would think of a Mac, Windows or Linux-based laptop or desktop. Going further, one could define a computer as an object made out of silicon and other metals that controls the flow of electricity to make complex calculations. However, computing isn’t just limited to these traditionally known machines. Scientists have long theorized and researched unconventional computing methods using quantum qubits, fluids, cells and molecules.
