This year’s new student orientation sought to maintain the spirit of years past while implementing new dynamic changes in a five-day program focused on welcoming and transitioning new students into the University.
This semester marks the beginning of the third year for the Ralph S. O’Connor Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Fund, a Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV) program. Since its first cohort of recipients in 2014 and 2015, the fund has added more mentorship and infrastructural support for budding entrepreneurs.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division released an extensive report on Aug. 10 reviewing the policing practices of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD). The report revealed that there has been a pattern of violations of federal and constitutional law and systemic discrimination against African Americans by the BPD.
Students returning to campus have had to adjust to major construction on the Keyser Quad and the Breezeway. Since June major portions of the quad have been fenced off. New detours and construction noise in the area have confused and inconvenienced some students.
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Students activated a fire sprinkler in their dorm room on the 12th floor of the Charles St. Building of Charles Commons, which led to flooding and an evacuation on Sunday, Sept. 4. The Housing Office has not clarified the cause of the incident.
At the end of last semester the University announced that covered grades, officially known as the first semester grading policy, will be discontinued in 2017. This prompted criticism from two dozen student groups, which formed a coalition named Re-Cover Hopkins to protest the change and the University’s lack of transparency in finalizing the decision.
The University is currently reviewing its 10-year-old contract with Allied Universal, the company that provides contractor-employed security guards, commonly known as Hop Cops. Controversy has erupted over the University’s decision to open the bidding process to non-union companies.
Senior Stuart Blake Walters, Jr. has been charged with multiple counts of sex offenses, false imprisonment, property destruction and assault after an altercation on Tuesday, Aug. 2 in the Allston Apartments at 3111 N Charles St.
All charges against the remaining three Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers implicated in the death of Freddie Gray were dropped yesterday morning. The decision by the office of Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby came after unsuccessful prosecutions of four of the officers between December 2015 and July 2016.
The University has selected Sunil Kumar, dean of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, to be its fifteenth provost, effective Sept. 1. Kumar will replace Robert C. Lieberman, who will become a Krieger-Eisenhower professor in the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences (KSAS) and will continue his research on the intersection of race and inequality in the United States.
The fourth trial of police officers implicated in the death of Freddie Gray is set to begin tomorrow, coming after two acquittals and one mistrial that have rocked Baltimore.
Johns Hopkins Facilities and Real Estate (JHFRE) began a major waterproofing and repair project on Krieger Hall in May that will fence off the Breezeway and other portions of the Keyser Quad until August 2017.
The University announced on May 6 that it will discontinue covered grades in the fall of 2017. In the past week, many students, led by a coalition of groups called #ReCoverHopkins, have criticized the University’s decision. They say the covered grades policy is an effective program to guide students through the transition from high school to college.
Student groups have mobilized and formed the #ReCover Hopkins Coalition in protest of the University’s decision to end covered grades in the fall of 2017 and the University’s lack of transparency in finalizing the decision.
The University announced this afternoon that it will discontinue covered grades, officially known as the first semester grading policy, in the fall of 2017. Next year’s freshman class will still have covered grades for their first semester, but the Class of 2021 will not. Current students will not have their first semester grades uncovered.
The University has announced that the Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) and the Carey Business School will offer a new joint-degree program for undergraduate students starting next fall. The five year program will allow students to receive a Bachelor’s of Science degree (BS) from WSE and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Carey School.
JHU Circle K completed a mural painting at Joshua’s Place with the help of the daycare center’s children, parents and staff last Tuesday. Circle K is a Hopkins community service group which works with many different organizations in Baltimore. The group has students volunteering in numerous activities from cooking and tutoring to fundraising.
The Taiwanese American Students Association (TASA) hosted their annual night market last Saturday. The event, which strived to mimic the night market of Taiwan’s Jiufen area, offered food, games and performances for students who attended.
Students for Environmental Action (SEA) hosted a panel on Thursday titled, “Social Equity in Baltimore” as a part of their Sustainable Action Speaker Series.
