In honor of the one year anniversary of Freddie Gray’s death and the Baltimore uprising, the Johns Hopkins Men of Color Hopkins Alliance (MOCHA) and Female Leaders of Color (FLOC) hosted their inaugural “Looking Ahead” conference on Saturday, April 23 in Charles Commons.
The University’s Office of Sustainability awarded the “Green Division of the Year Award” to the Homewood campus for the significant strides and progress in sustainability it has made in the past year. This award, along with 11 others, was presented at the fourth annual Green Blue Jay Awards ceremony at the Bloomberg School of Public Health last Friday, April 22.
The Committee on Student Elections (CSE) announced the results of the Student Government Association (SGA) 2016-2017 Class Council elections on Monday evening. Compared to last year’s election, total voter turnout fell roughly 35 percent from about 1,506 students to 974 students this year. 24.3 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots.
State Senator Catherine Pugh is now Baltimore’s presumptive mayor-elect after her victory in the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday.
Due to the smaller incoming freshman class, the Hopkins Inn will not house students for the 2016-2017 school year.
The Hopkins chapter of Active Minds held Send Silence Packing (SSP) to commemorate the 1,100 college students who commit suicide every year. The organization placed backpacks on the Beach on April 21 to represent those who have taken their own lives.
The University’s recently redesigned website has been nominated for a Webby Award in the category of best School/University website. According to The New York Times, the awards are “the Internet’s highest honor.”
Johns Hopkins European Horizons, a new student think tank started last month on campus, aims to foster and promote student interest in European affairs. The group plans to bring in speakers and provide networking opportunities for students with a desire to engage with issues in Europe.
The Human Library, an event showcasing a diverse “library” of humans who have faced stigma and discrimination, took place in Brody Learning Commons on Sunday. The event was brought to campus to raise awareness of discrimination against underrepresented populations and to promote dialogue on campus.
The JHU Veritas Forum hosted a discussion in Shriver Hall on Saturday called Identity Crisis: A Discussion of Race, Religion, and What Makes Us Who We Are, which highlighted the complexity of human identity. The talk featured an interview with Charmaine Royal, an associate professor in the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy at Duke University, and a Q&A session with the audience.
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.
The Iranian Cultural Society (ICS) hosted its first annual Persian New Year ‘Sizdeh Bedar’ picnic on Thursday afternoon. Students gathered to commemorate the festivities with free Persian food and music on the Beach.
The Johns Hopkins Jail Tutorial Project hosted Beyond Bars, a panel of speakers on the criminal justice system, incarceration and reentry into society, on Tuesday night in Mudd Hall.
With Baltimore’s Democratic mayoral primary taking place next Tuesday, the most recent poll shows State Senator Catherine Pugh extending her lead over former mayor Sheila Dixon.
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The Earth Week Celebration Fair showcased student and Baltimore environmental advocacy groups Wednesday on the Keyser Quad. The Office of Sustainability organized the fair as part of its Earth Week program, a series of environmentally-focused events which will culminate this Friday on Earth Day.
Students describe pushing, shoving, inadequate security throughout the night
“We realize that 2015 has defined American policing and its future in a very different way,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said at a recent Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) panel on policing on March 22.
Students celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi on the Beach last Sunday. The event was organized by the Hindu Student Council (HSC) and the Association for India’s Development (AID). Free shirts were provided, along with Indian food and music and colored powder that participants could throw at each other.
