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On Sept. 17, students gathered at the Beach for National Voter Registration Day, an annual event dedicated to encouraging civic participation. Hosted by Hopkins Votes and the Center for Social Concern (CSC), the event aimed to provide students with resources to register to vote and prepare for the upcoming election cycle.
Exploring lesser-known apps has been like a fun scavenger hunt for me. In this article, I'll walk through three apps that have been particularly useful in organizing different aspects of my life. I've tried to provide a comprehensive review, evaluating them based on visuals, user experience and pricing. Hopefully, this will be helpful if you're looking for apps with these particular features.
Admittedly, Hopkins may not have much school spirit, but there is one time of the year where we all rally: the release of the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings. This year, Hopkins rose from ninth in last year’s rankings to sixth — its highest position yet. The top 10 schools have remained virtually static compared to last year, with the major changes being Brown University falling out of the top ten and the University of Pennsylvania dropping from sixth to 10th.
The rising popularity of Asian all-you-can-eat hot pot has breathed new life into the Asian buffet scene, which was hard hit during the pandemic. Earlier this year, I covered some standout hot pot spots featuring places like New Generation Hot Pot, Hot Pot Hero and Hot Pot King. Since then, I’ve had the chance to visit even more hot pot places. Here’s my latest roundup.
“I know you've been waiting for someone to come pick you up.”
Jacqueline Mearman is the owner of Kitsch Cafe, which recently opened a new location in Gilman Hall. In an interview with The News-Letter, Mearman shared first-hand insights into running a small business in a post-pandemic restaurant industry along with behind the scenes stories and facts about Kitsch Cafe.
With a week left in the 2024 MLB season, there is drama galore. Who will get into the playoffs? Who will just miss out? Award races, record chases and much more are topics of discussion. Here’s everything you need to know about the final stretch of the MLB season:
Remember to take a break from your hectic schedule and explore some exciting events happening near us this weekend. Whether you’re in the mood to shop, sip on seasonal drinks or enjoy live music, there’s something on our list for you!
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has seen significant advancements, and this week’s review showcases some of the most groundbreaking developments in AI foundation models and their interdisciplinary applications. These highlights include a breakthrough in neuromorphic hardware that could improve energy efficiency in AI, AI surpassing humans in predicting odor, Google’s progress in detecting AI-manipulated images and promising uses of large language models (LLMs) for debunking conspiracy theories.
The feeling of touching down at the airport after visiting home is one-of-a-kind. It’s the excitement of returning to Hopkins, it’s the gratitude for having seen my family…and it’s the reminder that I have to “adult” again now. I go to school in Maryland and come from Florida, but on a recent flight, I sat next to someone who is in the opposite situation: Her family lives near Baltimore, and she just graduated from a college around 10 minutes from my childhood home.
Growing up, I was always the "kid who stutters." My words would stumble out in broken rhythms, leaving me anxious to speak in public. Conversations felt like minefields — my mind raced ahead, but my mouth couldn’t keep up. I’d shrink back, avoid eye contact and dodge any situation where I’d need to talk for long.
As I was eating my lunch near the lily pond in the Decker Garden while writing my research paper and watching the new students explore the campus, it suddenly hit me that now I am closer to finishing graduate school than the day I started it. When I first came to Hopkins in 2021, the thought of surviving and thriving in graduate school felt both exciting and terrifying.
36 hours. Teams of four from across Maryland. One track.
On Monday, Sept. 16, the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Bloomberg School of Public Health hosted Thomas E. Novotny, professor emeritus of epidemiology and biostatistics at the San Diego State University School of Public Health. In a talk titled “Paddling Upstream to Prevent Tobacco Pollution,” Novotny discussed the type of waste produced from tobacco as well as to regulatory actions that may prevent the continuation of mass pollution from tobacco products.
I hope everyone's weeks are going well although midterms are coming sooner than we’d all imagined they would. The best thing about taking exams is that feeling after when you know you actually have time to breath. This is the ideal time to watch what we want to watch, read what we want to read and listen to what we want to listen to.
I think that sunlight on trees is my favorite color. It’s that yellowish-green translucent color that comes out, especially on sunny afternoons. Sunlight on leaves always reminds me of summer, and even though summer now fades, making room for fall, I still cling to its translucent, yellow-green warmth. So maybe this is my love letter to summer. Maybe this is my way of saying goodbye — and not just to the sunlight on trees or the lovely 80-degree weather, though I will certainly miss them both.
The University has released data on the socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds of the class of 2028, marking the first admissions cycle since the Supreme Court's 2023 decision to restrict race-conscious admissions. While the academic qualifications of the new class remain consistent with previous years, the percentage of students from underrepresented racial groups has declined sharply from the data for incoming students in fall of 2023. The proportion of Black students dropped from 13.8% to 5.7% while Hispanic or Latino students fell from 20.8% to 10.7%. The percentage of incoming students who reported identifying with underrepresented groups dropped from 37% in 2023 to 17.6% this year.
The 2024 Music Television Video Music Awards (VMAs) was an electrifying fusion of spectacle, drama and major cultural moments that will be replayed and memed for months to come. Held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, the night was nothing short of a pop-culture explosion, an extravaganza where music's biggest stars basked in their own victories and set the stage on fire (sometimes literally). In true VMAs fashion, there was more star power than a supernova, and I was there to witness it all.
Are you constantly surrounded by “Ugly” people? Do you ever fantasize about what you would look like with yellow eyes? Have you ever given your best friend a special, on-the-nose nickname derived from their biggest insecurity?
On Sept. 15, Hopkins Hillel hosted a talk at the the Smokler Center for Jewish Life at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building with speaker Aaron “Arky” Staiman, an American who serves in the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) military reserve as part of the Yasar, a body retrieval unit.