Rachel Reichner, a junior majoring in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, passed away on Saturday morning at her home in New York after a lengthy battle with cancer. Reichner was active within Hopkins Hillel and served as a Research Program Assistant for the Chemical Propulsion Information Analysis Center.
Karen Miner-Romanoff, dean of the College of Health and Public Administration at Franklin University, presented “A Discussion of Crime and Punishment in 21st Century America” at the Foreign Affairs Symposium’s (FAS) first “FAS: Unplugged” event on Tuesday at The Hopkins Club.
The Office of Student Life has created the position of Director of Gender Equity in an effort to more fully address the needs and concerns of both female and male students.
The Biomedical Engineering (BME) program, which is regularly ranked among the best in the country, has an annual budget of $23,600,000 and receives more funding than any other department within the Whiting School of Engineering.
The Hopkins chapter of The Triple Helix (TTH), a non-profit organization that publishes research journals written and edited by undergraduate students at universities around the world, hosted its fifth “science café” of the year in the Charles Commons Multipurpose Room on Tuesday. The cafés are designed to further the journal’s mission of bringing science to the public.
Spoon University, a national food blog with chapters at 122 other universities, launched a chapter at Hopkins on Wednesday.
Junior Arielle Kaden, a Woodrow Wilson fellow and a Writing Seminars major with a minor in Jewish Studies, will be travelling to several educational centers and universities this summer to learn about modern Jewish life in Europe.
The University will be working alongside Seawall Development and Baltimore City to improve the Remington neighborhood just south of Homewood campus. Instead of holding its usual Tuesday meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) joined University President Ronald J. Daniels and other Hopkins administrators on a tour of Remington.
The University is currently redesigning JHU.edu for the first time since 2009 in an effort to simplify it and make important information more easily accessible. The finished product is expected to debut at the end of April.
JHUTAMID, the newest Israel-centered student group on campus, is part of an international organization that connects business-minded students with professional opportunities in Israel.
Michael D. Brown, Washington D.C.’s shadow senator, discussed his campaign for civil rights, as well as his push for congressional representation for D.C., at an event hosted by the College Democrats in Gilman Hall on Wednesday.
The Sheridan Libraries has launched a marketing campaign to promote its Research Consultation Office (RCO), which is geared toward informing students of the underused research resources available to them.
Editor’s Note: Jack Bartholet is one of the editors-in-chief of The News-Letter. He was not involved in the reporting, writing or editing of this article.
The University, Armada Hoffler Properties and Beatty Development Group officially broke ground at 3200 St. Paul on March 26 for the start of construction on a mixed-use building.
The Committee on Student Elections (CSE) hosted a debate among the candidates for the Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Board positions on Monday in Mudd Auditorium. Fewer than 10 students attended the debate. Of the four Executive Board positions, only one was contested.
A lawsuit that could potentially be worth $1 billion was filed against the University in Baltimore City Circuit Court on Wednesday. The plaintiffs, approximately 800 Guatemalans who were subjected to medical experiments from 1946 through the 1950s involving forcible infection with sexually transmitted diseases, as well as family members of the subjects, filed the suit.
Baltimore City Police (BPD) officers have been actively issuing warnings and, in some cases, fines, for jaywalking near the intersection of St. Paul and 33rd Streets.
Ed Catmull, co-founder and president of Pixar Animation Studios and president of Walt Disney Studios, will be the speaker at this year’s commencement ceremony on May 21. He will also receive an honorary degree from the University.
Representatives from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education will be on campus through tomorrow hosting public meetings and private office hours with students, faculty and staff to assess and gather information about the University’s compliance with Title IX.
The New Political Society (NPS) hosted historian, political economist, activist, writer and government official Gar Alperovitz in Hackerman Hall on Wednesday for a presentation on “Transcending Corporate Capitalism and State Socialism.”
