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.”
Bosnian-American author Aleksander Hemon spoke Tuesday evening as part of the President’s Reading Series hosted by the Writing Seminars Department in Mudd 26.
The Student Government Association (SGA) discussed ongoing edits to the SGA constitution in its regular Tuesday meeting in the Charles Commons Barber Room and in a special meeting held on Sunday afternoon in the Mattin Center.
Since the Alcohol Strategy Working Group released its recommendations for policy changes on March 2, it has been working on collecting feedback from the student body. The recommendations and feedback are now being considered by a small policy group, which will subsequently move forward with whatever policy changes they see fit.
The Hopkins community was exposed to two different informational events following the reelection of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Hopkins American Partnership for Israel (HAPI) hosted a discussion on Monday night, featuring three Hopkins professors with expertise in Israeli history and politics. Additionally, Lev Lewis Grinberg of Ben Gurion University in Beersheba, Israel, addressed the historical context of the election results in a March 26 lecture.
The Johns Hopkins Circus Club was founded last year to further awareness of circus arts at Homewood and in the greater community.
The Hopkins community was exposed to two different informational events following the reelection of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Hopkins American Partnership for Israel (HAPI) hosted a discussion on Monday night, featuring three Hopkins professors with expertise in Israeli history and politics. Additionally, Lev Lewis Grinberg of Ben Gurion University in Beersheba, Israel, addressed the historical context of the election results in a March 26 lecture.
The University announced the creation of four new Bloomberg Distinguished Professor positions, which emphasize cross-departmental collaboration, made possible by a $350 million gift from Michael J. Bloomberg, former New York City mayor and Hopkins alumnus.
Many students gathered in the Glass Pavilion on Wednesday to view and taste baked goods inspired by books at the second annual Read it and Eat it Edible Book Festival, hosted by the Sheridan Libraries.
Illegal usage of Adderall and other prescription amphetamines, which are used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), has a large yet underground presence at Hopkins.
The Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) teamed up with the Hopkins Organization for Programming (HOP) to host award-winning photographer Brandon Stanton on Wednesday. Holding to this year’s FAS theme of “Chaos/Catalyst/Clarity,” Stanton spoke about his personal experience transitioning from working as a Chicago bond trader to a street photographer by highlighting the evolution of his Humans of New York (HONY) page.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will visit Hopkins next week to meet with students in focus groups as part of its investigation into the University’s Title IX policies and practices.
The new edition of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), which will debut on April 17 and will include social sciences for the first time, creates new challenges for pre-med students.
The University will be launching an initiative to evaluate all aspects of student housing, both on and off campus, as well as the impact of the Office of Residential Life on the student experience.
Campus Ministries recently brought 10 students and two faculty members to Selma, Ala. to understand the interaction of different faiths within the civil rights movement.
Eleven students went to Vienna, Austria over spring break from March 15 to March 22 to learn about Austrian Jewish history and Viennese culture. The annual trip was organized and subsidized by Hopkins Hillel, which worked in conjunction with the Jewish Welcome Service, an organization in Vienna.
The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS) is currently holding meetings to determine budgets for each academic department.
The Public Interest Investment Advisory Committee (PIIAC) — a group of students, faculty and staff that determines whether the University’s Board of Trustees is investing the school’s endowment in a socially responsible manner — is currently formalizing its procedures and guidelines before allowing members of the Hopkins community to come forward with investment proposals.
