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KAREEM OSMAN/Photography Editor Ashley Arico presented her findings on Egyptian art and archaeology.

Arico explores history of pre-dynastic Egyptian objects

By SARAH Y. KIM | March 2, 2017

Ashley Fiutko Arico, who recently earned her Ph.D. in Egyptian Art and Archaeology at Hopkins, held a talk at the University’s Archaeological Museum featuring objects she identified from pre-dynastic Egypt. Her presentation, which took place in Gilman Hall on Friday, Feb. 24, was based on a project she began in 2012. Her presentation explained that the majority of the objects in the Museum were given to the University by the Egyptian Exploration Fund (EEF).

KAREEM OSMAN/Photography Editor Six students presented quote-inspired speeches in honor of Black History Month.

Student oratory competition celebrates black history

By PETER JI | March 2, 2017

The Black Faculty & Staff Association (BFSA) hosted its first Black History Month Student Oratory Competition at Arellano Theater on Feb. 23. Four judges evaluated a series of student speeches. They stressed that the purpose of the competition was to give students a voice.

Fund gives $1M to first-gen students

By SHERRY KIM | March 2, 2017

University President Ronald J. Daniels and his wife Joanne Rosen, an associate lecturer at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, announced that they will be establishing a $1 million financial aid endowment for first-generation undergraduate students at Hopkins.

COURTESY OF SARAH Y. KIM Weber analyzed social factors that led to Trump winning the election.

Prof. talks structural causes of Trump’s rise

By SARAH Y. KIM | February 23, 2017

Cynthia Weber, international relations professor at the University of Sussex and the author of Queer international relations: sovereignty, sexuality, and the will to knowledge, gave a talk titled “Sovereignty, Sexuality and the Will of Trump” on Tuesday evening in Mergenthaler Hall.

COURTESY OF SIRI TUMMALA Berchini offered advice to educators on how to teach about racism.

School of Ed. seminar dissects white privilege

By SIRI TUMMALA | February 23, 2017

As part of the Urban Health series on understanding racism and white privilege, the Johns Hopkins School of Education held a seminar open to the general public on Wednesday, Feb. 22 led by Christina Berchini.

SGA votes to support fossil fuel divestment

By KAREN SHENG | February 23, 2017

The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a fossil fuel divestment resolution, an entrepreneurship funding bill, a bylaws amendment for student groups, and the FIJI Islander funding bill at its weekly meeting in Charles Commons on Tuesday.

COURTESY OF KELLI JOHNSON Kelli Johnson is the new pre-professional advisor.

Homewood welcomes new pre-professional advisor

By JACOB TOOK | February 23, 2017

Kelli Johnson was named the new director of pre-professional advising at Hopkins in late January, taking over from outgoing director David Verrier, who is retiring. Johnson has spent the last four years as the assistant dean and director for pre-professional advising at New York University (NYU).

COURTESY OF SAMANTHA SETO The 8:32 Society held its first symposium on faith and scholarship.

8:32 Society explores the crossroads of faith and vocation

By VALERIE CHAVEZ | February 23, 2017

The 8:32 Society, which strives to provide a network for Hopkins affiliates to understand their professions in the context of their Christian faith, hosted its inaugural Symposium on Faith, Reason and Vocation last Saturday. Students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered in Levering Hall to discuss the challenges and opportunities that Christians face in different academic disciplines and career fields.

Carey Business School is accredited

By SAM FOSSUM | February 23, 2017

The Carey Business School, founded at Hopkins in 2007, officially received accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The AACSB is widely recognized as the highest accreditation a business program can earn.

Symposium addresses public health in Asia

By PETER JI | February 23, 2017

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.

Panelists talk black Muslim communities

By HANA KADIR | February 23, 2017

The African Students Association (ASA) hosted a forum on the black Muslim community in Baltimore on Tuesday, Feb. 21 in Charles Commons. The discussion revolved around Baltimore residents’ experience of the intersection between blackness and Islam.

Profs. talk social justice through economic lens

By JEANNE LEE | February 16, 2017

Holly Taylor, Maria Merritt and David Dowdy spoke about social justice from the perspective of economic evaluation at a seminar hosted by the Berman Institute of Bioethics on Monday, Feb. 13. The seminar, called “The Incorporation of social justice into economic evaluation of novel drug regimens for MDR-TB,” is part of an ongoing series held twice a month.

TIM PIERCE/ CC BY 2.0 Donna Brazile met with left-leaning student group leaders last Friday.

DNC chair meets with select student leaders

By ROLLIN HU | February 16, 2017

With the Republican Party controlling both houses of Congress and the presidency, the Democratic Party is evaluating the next steps they should take in response to the Trump administration.

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