U.S. News and World Report ranked Hopkins 11th among 496 global universities for 2015. This is the first year the publication has ranked universities from different nations on the same list.
Actress Jackie Cruz, who plays Flaca in the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, visited campus on Oct. 23 to speak at an event hosted by OLÉ (Organización Latina Estudiantil).
The first-ever Vegan SoulFest drew 71 animal rights groups, public health organizations, food vendors and vegan chefs to the Downtown Cultural Arts Center on Saturday to promote a vegan lifestyle.
The Global China Connection (GCC) hosted a live debate between members of the Woodrow Wilson Debate Council Wednesday evening, focusing on the effects of the ongoing “Occupy Central” campaign in Hong Kong. The movement has been organized around controversy surrounding the definition of universal suffrage.
The third Annual Waverly Beats and Eats Festival, an event organized by Waverly Main Street and co-sponsored by the University, was held Saturday on Merryman Lane to celebrate the people and businesses in the Waverly neighborhood.
“Iraq: War & Everyday Life,” a forum for students, was hosted by the Department of Anthropology and the Arab Students Organization on Wednesday night. The forum featured two speakers, Hayder Al-Mohammad, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Mac Skelton, a Ph.D. student of Anthropology at Hopkins.
The I.D.E.A.L. Voting club hosted Steven David, vice dean for undergraduate education and professor of political science, for a discussion on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other militant forces in the Middle East on Tuesday.
FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, a Baltimore-based art activist group, presented a talk Saturday on using culture jamming and creative digital media to spark dialogue about combating sexual violence.
FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, a Baltimore-based art activist group, presented a talk Saturday on using culture jamming and creative digital media to spark dialogue about combating sexual violence.
The Greek Life Summit brought student representatives from different fraternities and sororities, including Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Phi Mu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Alpha Delta Phi (Wawa) among others, together on Oct. 23. Dean of Student Life Terry Martinez organized the summit to discuss each chapter’s goals, policies and philosophies.
The SGA discussed several end-of-semester events during their general body meeting on Tuesday, including plans for an outdoor sculpture on campus and Blue Jay Pride Week, an event spearheaded by the Sophomore Class Council aimed at bolstering school spirit throughout the student body.
Real Food Hopkins hosted the fifth annual 100 Mile Meal, a dinner that only incorporated ingredients sourced from within 100 miles of campus, last Friday night in the Charles Commons Ballroom.
The Academy of Johns Hopkins and the Department of the History of Art celebrated the legacy of El Greco 400 years after his death on Oct. 24.
On Thursday, the Diverse Sexuality and Gender Alliance (DSAGA), along with the Office of LGBTQ Life, held a counter-protest outside of Charles Street Market in response to a protest earlier in the day by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) that advocated for heterosexual marriage.
Yangkai “Kane” Li, 20, tragically passed away last Wednesday. A native of Guangzhou, China, Li had just declared a major in physics, was a member of the Johns Hopkins Society of Physics Students and was preparing to start research.
On Wednesday, Phi Mu hosted its annual philanthropy event, Mr. Phi Mu, an interfraternity competition. The event benefited the Katie Oppo Research Fund, which endows ovarian cancer research at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Admission was $5, and each attendee got five votes.
Yik Yak is a relatively new social media platform that allows users to post their opinions anonymously and “up-vote” or “down-vote” posts they like or dislike. The app has spread to colleges across the country and allows students to express their feelings, which can be funny as well as brutally honest.
While many left Baltimore during the three-day Fall Break, around 20 faculty and graduate students gathered for a workshop titled “Law and the Local” on Friday afternoon.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation will provide Hopkins with $5 million, enabling the University to work with the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and the Maryland Film Festival to renovate the Parkway Theater. The theater, located near the corner of Charles Street and North Avenue in Baltimore’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District, is slated to open as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Film Center in 2016.
