Members of the Hopkins Korean community gathered in front of Shriver Hall on Wednesday afternoon to protest the recent political scandal involving South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil. The scandal has been nicknamed ‘Choi Soon-silgate’ by the press.
Spanish-Argentinian author Andrés Neuman discussed and read from his newest book, How to Travel without Seeing: Dispatches from the New Latin America, at the first event at new café-bookstore Bird in Hand. The reading, co-sponsored by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute (AGHI) and the Program in Latin American Studies, took place on Thursday, Nov. 10.
Eyder Peralta, one of the hosts of the National Public Radio (NPR) show The Two-Way, presented his research on Philando Castile’s interactions with a discriminatory police force before Castile’s untimely death.
The second annual Brazilian Symposium brought together professors and scholars from a variety of universities and disciplines to expand knowledge and understanding of Brazilian culture.
The Benefit for Standing Rock, which featured over a dozen musical acts and speakers, raised $2,000 to provide cold weather gear for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protesters in North Dakota. Supporters of the movement, who worried that the North Dakota winter would drive protesters inside, gathered at The 5th Dimension on Saturday, Nov. 12. The event was organized by Charlotte Benedetto and Orlando Johnson.
A new research study at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria led by Harald Kindermann reveals that the solution to retaining memorized information could be no more than a quick jog.
More than 100 Hopkins students gathered outside the Milton S. Eisenhower Library this evening to protest Donald J. Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s presidential election. They later joined a city-wide protest of over 1,500 demonstrators who marched down to the Inner Harbor.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s unlikely victory early Wednesday morning stunned people across the nation and around the world. The results shocked Hopkins students, many of whom expressed frustration and fear.
In an interview with The News-Letter on Friday, University President Ronald J. Daniels addressed student concerns surrounding mental health, diversity and race, the University’s role in Baltimore and the ongoing Humanities Center conflict.
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.
Feminine hygiene products will be available in the women’s restrooms in Brody Learning Commons (Brody Atrium, Q-Level and M-Level), in the Fresh Food Café (FFC) and outside Nolan’s. In addition, students will be able to find them at front desks of Levering Café, Mattin Center and the Recreation Center.
To raise mental health awareness and advocacy, three students shared their personal experiences and answered questions from the audience as part of a panel hosted by Active Minds on Nov. 3. The panelists requested to remain anonymous because the topics discussed were sensitive.
Yale Professor Nicholas Christakis gave a talk titled “Social Networks for Good” on Wednesday, Nov. 9 in Shriver Hall. Christakis was hosted by the Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Symposium as part of its theme, “Facing Fracture.”
The University released an updated version of the Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion last Friday. While much of the descriptive information in the new Roadmap is the same as the initial version published last spring, the new version expands on diversity programs and initiatives, with an increased emphasis on accountability.
TEDxJHU, a student-run organization modeled after the TEDx conferences, held a salon event on Nov. 3 in Bamboo Café.
The University recently announced that a new business minor will be available to students, beginning in the spring semester of 2017. The Homewood Academic Council approved the new minor earlier this summer.
The Arrighi Center for Global Studies hosted a seminar by George Steinmetz, Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, as part of its seminar series on Practical Ethics, last Friday.
Chieh Huang, a Hopkins alum and the founder of online wholesale retailer Boxed, spoke about how better work policies seed social change, on Thursday in Hackerman Hall. The Inter-Asian Council (IAC) sponsored the event.
Bird in Hand, a new café-bookstore found on 33rd Street, opened its doors on Oct. 7.
In preparation for Senator Bernie Sanders’ (D-VT) arrival at Hopkins on Nov. 17, the Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium (MSE) and the Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) announced that attendees must reserve the free tickets in advance. Students, faculty, staff and the general public will to be able to reserve tickets this Sunday Nov. 6 at 5 p.m.
