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(02/23/17 3:11pm)
The third annual Public Health in Asia Symposium on Saturday featured two keynote speakers, Norman Epstein and Paul Kadetz, who discussed the culture of mental health care and antimicrobial resistance in China. The Symposium also included research on South Korea’s universal health care system which was presented by graduate students from the School of Public Health and an undergraduate freshman.
(12/08/16 4:29pm)
The Hopkins chapter of Global China Connection hosted a regional conference focusing on the rise of China, the domestic and international challenges that the Chinese communist leadership faces and the changing geopolitics of the East Asian region. The six-hour event featured experts in international studies, geopolitics and international affairs as well as student research presentations. The conference took place on Saturday in Hodson Hall.
(12/01/16 4:02pm)
How does the research-oriented environment at Hopkins affect students? Daniel Coit Gilman, the University’s first president, promoted a model that emphasized teaching and research that revolutionized higher education across the country. Gilman’s model made Hopkins the first U.S.-based research university.
(11/17/16 4:55pm)
Evyn Lê Espiritu, a graduate student of the University of California Berkeley, led a discussion on Monday about the commonalities between the anti-imperialist movements in Palestine and Vietnam during the 1960s.
(11/10/16 3:30pm)
The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project has caused significant controversy since August. Clashes between fracking firm Energy Transfer Partners, Native Americans, environmentalists and police have erupted in North Dakota.
(10/20/16 2:43pm)
Three experts working on OSIRIS-REx, a project to return asteroid samples to Earth, came to Mason Hall on Monday to speak about their mission objectives, the spacecraft’s capabilities and the technical problems they overcame.
(10/13/16 4:27pm)
Over the last few years, a movement has gained momentum across the United States to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
(10/06/16 4:57pm)
Julia Mitchner, class of 1981, was one of the 2,000 volunteers at Project Homeless Connect, which provides free services to the homeless.
(09/29/16 2:59pm)
In the first-ever JHU Report on Faculty Composition, the Office of the Provost evaluated faculty diversity in all nine departmental divisions of the University. The report provides a baseline measurement for future efforts to diversify.
(09/22/16 3:15pm)
Best-selling Israeli author Lihi Lapid gave a talk titled “The Evolving Definition of the Modern Woman” on Wednesday, Sept. 21 in Charles Commons, co-organized by the Coalition of Hopkins Activists for Israel (CHAI) and Hopkins Hillel. Lapid has published three novels and writes a weekly newspaper column about women’s lives and their experiences juggling multiple roles.
(09/15/16 2:57pm)
The University launched a new cross-disciplinary department on Sept. 1 that bridges the disciplines of environmental and public health studies to form the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering (EHE).
(09/08/16 2:00pm)
With just nine weeks remaining until election day on Nov. 8, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has a comfortable edge in national polls although she continues to struggle with high unfavorability ratings.
(04/28/16 4:16pm)
State Senator Catherine Pugh is now Baltimore’s presumptive mayor-elect after her victory in the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday.
(04/21/16 5:18pm)
In February 2016, the Office of the President presented a $125,000 gift to the Ralph S. O’Connor Recreation Center to replace old equipment throughout the center. Most of the impending changes are aimed toward enhancing the 2,500 sq. ft. weight room, which will close after commencement for several days to allow for the renovations and equipment changes. When the Rec Center reopens, a third of the current equipment will have been replaced.
(04/14/16 4:39pm)
Hopkins graduates gathered on campus from Friday to Sunday to celebrate alumni weekend. After Saturday’s victorious lacrosse game, dinners and commemoration events were held throughout the rest of the weekend. Alumni from all different backgrounds came to meet with former friends and classmates, reminisce and witness the changes that have taken place on campus.
(04/07/16 8:12pm)
The Seventh Annual Undergraduate Conference in Public Health invited current U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy for its keynote address in Shriver Hall on Tuesday.
(03/24/16 6:42pm)
In response to high-profile cases around the country that have brought police misconduct into the spotlight, including the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore, police departments have made efforts to improve relations with local communities and combat the growing mistrust in police.
(03/10/16 4:19pm)
Public health experts discussed the issue of high prescription drug prices in the U.S. at the event “Prescription Drug Pricing: New Solutions” on Tuesday in Sheldon Hall at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. The talk was part of a series of five seminars held to mark the school’s centennial anniversary. It included representatives from the government, public health professors and pharmaceutical companies.
(03/03/16 4:14pm)
The birthplace of University founder Johns Hopkins is facing the threat of demolition if a new owner is not found. The two-story home is known as Whites Hall and is located about 20 miles outside of Baltimore.
(02/18/16 3:10pm)
Led by Real Food Hopkins, students and community members protested the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Friday. The rally, which began at Pennsylvania Station and ended Representative Elijah Cummings’ office, drew students from across the East Coast, local citizens and activists from Baltimore and the Baltimore Police Department.