University President Ronald J. Daniels published a paper on the decline in grants for young scientists in the Jan. 13 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences out of concern that the future of science is at risk.
CollegeChoice, an online college information resource, ranked Hopkins freshmen as the 20th happiest freshman class in its list of the 50 Colleges and Universities with the Happiest Freshmen, which was calculated using only freshman retention rates.
Colleen Clancy, professor of pharmacology at the School of Medicine at University of California, Davis, presented her work on a novel approach towards computational medicine as part of the Distinguished Seminar Series on Tuesday in Mason Hall.
Laughs and cordial greetings echoed down the athletic center hallway from the auxiliary gym last Thursday at 10:30 p.m. Inside, players of the JHU Cricket Club organized themselves into teams to kick off their first official practice. Once this was settled, the bowler focused on the far-off stumps and began winding up. After he gained momentum from a short jog and a windmill-style arm motion, the ball was released and hit by the bat with a loud crack. The outfielders scrambled to get the ball to the stumps and the hitters dashed back and forth to get as many 22-yard runs as possible.
In an effort to reconnect the Hopkins community to its shared history and traditions, the Office of the President launched Hopkins Retrospective, a project that includes several initiatives intended to make the University’s history more widely accessible.
In their second weekly meeting of the spring semester, the Student Government Association (SGA) discussed a variety of topics, ranging from the Hopkins Alumni Association’s new plans, to new dining plan options, and communicated with members of the administration.
A Jan. 7 robbery at the 7-11 convenience store next to the Homewood Apartments and a Jan. 14 armed robbery at the Subway restaurant on the corner of St. Paul and 33rd Streets have prompted Campus Security to increase its presence, according to Acting Assistant Director George Kibler.
The Baltimore City Liquor License Board fined Maxie’s Pizza Bar & Grill $800 and revoked their Beer, Wine & Liquor License for six weeks after two incidents of serving alcohol to underage patrons.
The new Medicine, Science and Humanities major, an interdisciplinary major designed to give students the opportunity to study medicine and science from a humanistic point of view, was recently approved and launched by the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS).
On Monday, Jan. 26, the University community was informed that freshman Jeremy Huber had died in his Wolman Hall dorm room during the night. He was 18 years old.
University administrators, The Center for Health Education and Wellness (CHEW), the Bystander Intervention Training program (BIT) and Charles St. News sponsored the Constructive Q&A Panel on Sexual Assault in Hodson Hall on Wednesday to give students an opportunity to voice their concerns about how the University deals with cases of sexual violence.
University administrators, The Center for Health Education and Wellness (CHEW), the Bystander Intervention Training program (BIT) and Charles St. News sponsored the Constructive Q&A Panel on Sexual Assault in Hodson Hall on Wednesday to give students an opportunity to voice their concerns about how the University deals with cases of sexual violence.
Pizza Studio will open in Charles Village next month in the former Sandella’s and Verizon Wireless stores at 3201 St. Paul Street.
Sandya Subramanian, a senior majoring in biomedical engineering and applied mathematics and statistics, received the Churchill Scholarship, awarded to a small number of American students in the science, engineering, and mathematics fields. The grant pays for students to pursue a one-year Master’s degree at Cambridge.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was appointed as a visiting professor at the Carey Business School following his two terms as governor, which ended on Jan. 21.
Hopkins’s Office of Facilities and Real Estate is progressing in the development of “3200 St. Paul,” a student housing and retail building project to be constructed on the former Olmsted Lot at the corner of 33rd and St. Paul Streets.
The Board of Trustees will convene a new Public Interest Investment Advisory Committee to advise University President Ronald J. Daniels on how to invest the institution’s endowment funds.
To counteract decreases in the value of the University’s federal research funding, University President Ronald J. Daniels and several other administrators have launched the Discovery and Catalyst Awards to help jump-start innovative and creative research endeavors.
Over Intersession, 11 students travelled to Japan to further their knowledge of modern Japanese political history and Japanese culture.
While much of the Homewood campus was concerned with studying for upcoming finals, a group of students drew attention to a larger national issue.
