Astronaut and microbiologist Kate Rubins, the first person to ever sequence DNA in space, gave a talk at the Bloomberg Center on her experiences aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The talk, titled “Science in Extreme Environments,” took place on Monday.
Hippocrates Med Review (HMR), a new student-run journal that seeks to make medical topics more accessible to the public, launched its online publication on Saturday, April 21.
Eddie Glaude Jr., professor of religion and chair of the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, gave a talk on diversity and democracy at the Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center on Thursday, April 20.
A panel of four experts discussed the ethical and financial consequences of divesting the University’s endowment from fossil fuel companies.
Nearly 50 graduate students marched on Garland Hall to demand University healthcare reform on Friday, April 14. The demonstration was organized by Teachers and Researchers United (TRU), a coalition of graduate students.
Dean of Student Life Terry Martinez recently released the University’s Interim Student Guidelines for the Protection of Public Expression, angering student groups that argue the guidelines encroach on free expression.
Over the past 25 years, the Center for Social Concern (CSC) has served as the University’s primary resource for students interested in community service in Baltimore.
In an interview with The News-Letter on Tuesday, University President Ronald J. Daniels discussed the current political climate, ongoing labor and divestment campaigns on campus and the relationship between the administration and the student body.
After a conflict between Hopkins Dining worker Latanya Genius and her temporary manager, students reached out to Hopkins Dining to express dissatisfaction with the manager’s behavior. The manager has since been removed from Nolan’s dining facility.
Carl Hart, the Dirk Ziff Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, presented on racial discrimination in drug policy on Tuesday evening in Shriver Hall. His talk, “Drug Policy is Race Policy,” was a part of the JHU Forums on Race in America, a series designed to promote conversations about race and racism at Hopkins.
Rebecca Goldstein, a representative from the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Men Can Stop Rape, led a discussion about what men can do to combat rape culture.
Three panelists discussed the state of poverty and humanitarian aid in the Middle East in Charles Commons on Thursday, April 13. The event, which was hosted by the Hopkins chapter of Nourish International and the International Studies Leadership Council, discussed the implications of rising instability within the region.
Speakers from the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland (UMD) Medical Center spoke about the challenges and accomplishments of women in medicine and surgery last Monday in Mergenthaler Hall.
The Student Government Association (SGA) discussed the potential of implementing a smoking ban resolution on campus at its weekly meeting on Tuesday in Charles Commons.
TCO Labs, a student-run nonprofit organization whose goal is to foster a stronger entrepreneurial environment at Hopkins, held its first annual Hatch Innovation Conference on Saturday afternoon in Hodson Hall. The conference brought together various student, alumni and local startups.
Protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. to demand that President Donald Trump release his tax returns on April 15, 2017, which is traditionally Tax Day.
Food left over from events on campus is often thrown out, creating tons of waste each year. To address this problem, organizers of the Free Food Waste Remediation Initiative have launched an email system to alert students of leftover free food.
The Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) interviewed Trent Bertrand, an adjunct professor in the economics department who was suspended in December, as part of an ongoing investigation into claims that he created a “hostile environment” in his classroom. The interview took place on Friday, April 7.
The first annual MEDTalks conference invited a group of eight professionals, with backgrounds in medicine, research and community health, to discuss how their studies could be applied.
The Student Government Association (SGA) held its weekly meeting in Charles Commons on Tuesday. SGA members discussed three major initiatives, which included implementing a new online voting system and funding a student consulting group.
