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.
Over 50 people attended a talk by Israeli author and filmmaker Etgar Keret on Tuesday called “Is Reality Overrated?”
LGBTQ Life at JHU hosted a workshop on Wednesday night in Hackerman Hall in conjunction with Hollaback! Baltimore, an organization dedicated to combatting the daily issue of street harassment against women and members of the LGBTQ community.
WhatsGoodly, an interactive polling app started at Stanford University, has just launched at Hopkins.
The Greek InterVarsity (IV) Christian group, an organization founded by members of the Hopkins Christian Fellowship (HCF) who are also involved in Greek life, has become a steadily growing fixture of student life in recent years.
Upcoming student elections, food improvement and streamlining of the Hub were all on the agenda for this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting held on Tuesday evening in the Charles Commons Salon B.
Executive Sous Chef David Friendlich joined the staff of the Fresh Food Café (FFC) on Feb. 13 and is working to improve the service and increase the variety of food it serves in order to accommodate as many as students as possible.
The Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) held a panel in Shriver Hall on Wednesday to discuss ISIS’s strong impact on the Middle East and global strategies to counter their advances.
