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September 4, 2025
September 4, 2025 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896

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Hopkins’ Dr. Q to be profiled in movie

Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B Entertainment and Disney are collaborating in a film project about Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, also known as Dr. Q, the director of the Brain Tumor Surgery Program at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.


SARU hosts workshop on hookup culture

The Sexual Assault Resource Unit (SARU) hosted the workshop “Hookup Culture: Sexual Freedom or Rape Culture?” on March 7 in Mergenthaler 111. The interactive and discussion-based session was lead by Sherine Andreine Powerful and Ashley J. Hobbs, the campus and communications programs coordinator from Black Women’s Blueprint (BWB).


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The high price of prescription drugs has prevented some low-income patients from using them.

Experts discuss high prescriuption drug prices

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.


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A tradition since 1889, the yearbook reflected the lives of Hopkins students and served as a historical resource before social media.

Yearbook comes to an end after 126 years

The University yearbook, which has been published annually by students since 1889, has been discontinued for the 2015-2016 academic year due to lack of student interest.



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Whites Hall is located in Crofton, Md.

Johns Hopkins’ birthplace faces demolition

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.



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 Trump and Clinton are leading their respective party primaries.

Students reflect on Trump and Clinton Super Tuesday victories

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had impressive showings on Super Tuesday. Each candidate won seven of the 11 states that went to the polls on March 1. Trump and Clinton won Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Virginia in their respective primaries. Trump also won Vermont and Clinton, Texas.



The Book Thing damaged in fire

On Wednesday, a one-alarm fire damaged a large portion of The Book Thing, a free popular book exchange located near Greenmount Avenue and 30th Street. The building held an estimated 200,000 books. Fire crews responded at around 5:15 a.m., and the fire was declared under control after 45 minutes.


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Members of the Ballroom Dance Club and RAB taught attendees how to swing dance.

Leap Year Gala swings the night away

Launching its week of programmed events for students, the Residential Advisory Board (RAB) hosted a Leap Year Gala on Monday night in the Glass Pavilion in honor of the extra day that comes every four years.



At Splash, students teach local high schoolers

Splash, a day-long event where high school students can take classes taught by undergraduates from various colleges and universities, will be hosted on campus for the first time. The program was originally scheduled to begin on Feb. 27, but The Center for Social Concern (CSC) pushed the start date back to April 23 in order to accommodate changes made to class structure and size.



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The panel was made up of nine undergraduate and graduate students.

Symposium analyzes East Asian public health

Speakers at the annual Public Health in Asia Symposium, themed “Growing Burdens: Persistent and Emerging Health Issues in Asia,” shared their viewpoints on topics ranging from environmental pollution to nutritional deficiencies. The symposium was held on Saturday in Gilman 50 as a collaboration between the East Asian Studies Program, the International Studies Program, the Anthropology Department, the History of Medicine Department and the Bloomberg School of Public Health.


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Senior Alex Mathews has started multiple businesses at Hopkins.

Senior entrepreneur discusses his many ventures

Senior Alex Mathews, hailing from southern California, has pursued a variety of entrepreneurship and research endeavors during his time at Hopkins, his most recent startup being a social enterprise transforming orthotic device production.


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Committees debated the global migrant crisis and women’s health.

JHUMUNC hosts 1,600 Model UN delegates

The 19th annual Johns Hopkins University Model United Nations Conference (JHUMUNC) took place from Thursday to Sunday in the Hilton Baltimore and welcomed approximately 1,600 high school students.


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Climate activist and writer Naomi Klein praised local Baltimore activists at FAS.

Naomi Klein talks climate justice at FAS

Naomi Klein, environmental activist and writer, spoke in Shriver Hall as part of the Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) on Tuesday. Klein, a Canadian, is known for her critically acclaimed books This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate and The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, which discuss the relationships between climate change and capitalism, and the role governments should play in the economy.



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