Senior Peter Kalugin was selected as one of only 32 American college students to receive a Rhodes Scholarship, which he will use to earn a Masters degree in oncology at the University of Oxford in England starting in the fall of 2015.
Gwyneth Lewis, the National Poet of Wales from 2005-2006 and the first writer to be given the Welsh laureateship, spoke in Gilman Hall on Tuesday as part of the Writing Seminars Department’s Turnbull Lecture series.
The Academy at Johns Hopkins, an academic institute established in 2012, offers retired Krieger School of Arts & Sciences (KSAS) professors with opportunities to continue research, connect with students and stay involved with the University.
Through “Study in the USA,” the Hopkins Intersession Program offers students opportunities to study in different parts of the country. The three courses offered this January are “Saint Petersburg, Florida: All Children’s Hospital,” “New York City, New York: Theatre Intensive” and “Los Angeles, California: The Entertainment Industry in Contemporary Hollywood.”
This holiday season, Hopkins students can visit the National Aquarium in Baltimore to see The Polar Express 4-D Experience, an immersive experience that aims to stimulate the senses with the sights, sounds, scents and feel of a Christmas story. The Polar Express 4-D Experience will be playing at the National Aquarium in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor throughout the holiday season.
The Waterfront Partnership Ice Rink opened at McKeldin Square in the Inner Harbor on Nov. 21, and the rink will remain open for skaters until Jan. 19.
Seniors John Di Capua and Nahyr Lugo-Fagundo raised $320 through a bake sale in front of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library (MSE) on Nov. 16 to support Dwayne, a local homeless man who received surgery pro bono at Hopkins Hospital to repair his dysfunctional legs.
WBAL-TV Sports Director Gerry Sandusky spoke to alumni in Mason Hall on Wednesday about his new book, Forgotten Sundays: A Son’s Story of Love, Loss and Life from the Sidelines of the NFL.
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, the former chief of staff under Secretary of State Colin Powell, spoke about United States foreign policy in the Middle East in Hodson Hall on Nov. 20.
The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies hosted the 10th Lavy International Conference on Monday and Tuesday.
In honor of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, the Diverse Sexuality and Gender Alliance (DSAGA) held a screening of The T Word in Wolman Theater on Nov. 20.
This Friday kicks off the start of reading period at Homewood Campus.
Two Reisterstown, Md. men have been arrested and charged with 14 offenses, including first- and second-degree rape, against a 16-year-old girl inside the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity house on Nov. 2, according to the Baltimore Police Department (BPD).
The Student Government Association (SGA) hosted its first-ever Blue Jay Pride Week from Nov. 13-15 in an effort to encourage school spirit among undergraduates.
Itamar Marcus, the founder of Israeli media research institute Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), spoke in Hodson Hall on Nov. 13 about how the Palestinian government portrays Israel in its media.
Ashraf Ghani, a former associate professor in the anthropology department, was declared president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on Sept. 21. Ghani was a professor at Hopkins from 1983-1991.
The Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Tuesday focused on how the SGA can take action to resolve the issues regarding binge drinking and sexual assault that were discussed at its Community Forum on Nov. 13.
Students for Environmental Action (SEA) and Sustainable Hopkins Infrastructure Program (SHIP) hosted Katie O’Meara, environmental design professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), and Brenna Goggin, environmental advocate at the Delaware Nature Society, for their first Sustainable Action Speaker Series panel on Nov. 13.
Guest professor Marc de Graef, from Carnegie Mellon University’s Materials Science and Engineering Department, delivered a presentation about the numbers behind musicality in the Gilman Atrium on Friday evening.
The Hopkins Undergraduate Bioethics Society (HUBS) hosted a forum that discussed the bioethics of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide on Nov. 13 in the AMR I Multipurpose Room. The forum focused on a person’s right to end their own life in the face of terminal illness.
