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HopSecret unmasks hidden side of Hopkins

By EMILY HERMAN | December 5, 2013

Encouraging students to share their anonymous stories, the website HopSecret, run by the Center for Health Education and Wellness (CHEW), has spotlighted issues including depression, sexual assault and general hopelessness among the student body.

School spirit shines at Lighting of the Quads

By LAUREN YEH | December 5, 2013

At 9 o’clock on Tuesday evening, the Hopkins community celebrated the ninth annual Lighting of the Quads. More than 863 students RSVPed for the event on Facebook, and by 8:45 p.m. hundreds of students had gathered on Keyser Quad for what has become an anticipated Hopkins tradition.

Reddit co-founder discusses Internet age

By NICOLE ZIEGLER | December 5, 2013

The Johns Hopkins Innovation Factory, the JHU Association for Computing Machinery and StartUP! Hopkins hosted Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of web platform Reddit, for a talk in Shriver Hall on Tuesday evening.

Christian group offers staff thanks and prayers

By ELI WALLACH | December 5, 2013

Just three days before Thanksgiving on Nov. 25, student members of the Bethel Campus Fellowship (BCF) hosted an event dedicated to showing appreciation to those who work on the Homewood campus. The event, titled “Saved to Serve,” featured BCF members dispersing in three groups to different areas of the University in search of workers to whom they could give their gratitude.

Delegate Mary Washington talks sociology

By OLIVIA DE RAADT | December 5, 2013

Two weeks ago, Delegate Mary Washington visited Hopkins for the Sociology Department’s annual fall luncheon. A graduate of the the University’s doctoral program in sociology, Washington represents the 43rd legislative district in Baltimore, which includes neighborhoods such as Waverly and Guilford as well as parts of the Homewood Campus. She is seeking reelection next year.

University prepares for reaccreditation with self-inspection report

By GULNAR TULI | December 5, 2013

Faculty, administrators and students across all nine schools of the University are currently engaged in what has been a two-year long project of self-study. This undertaking is in preparation for the University’s upcoming reaccreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a process that occurs once every 10 years.

Student business caters to late-night cravings

By AMANDA AUBLE | December 5, 2013

Right in the nick of time to ease the stress of finals period, Johnny Dough, a late-night baked goods delivery service created and managed by Hopkins seniors Jimmy Lin and Christina Socias, will begin accepting online orders at midnight on Dec. 9.

Brody baristas brew up coffee with a splash of song

By DEVIN ALESSIO | December 5, 2013

Your coffee order is music to Ryan Botwinik’s ears. No, seriously — the Daily Grind’s newest barista is largely the reason the Brody Learning Commons Café’s employees have taken to singing their customers’ coffee orders this semester.

LGBT intelligence workers talk CIA jobs

By SARI AMIEL | December 5, 2013

Two members of the Central Intelligence Agency came to campus to speak on Tuesday evening to the Hopkins chapter of oSTEM about their experiences as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people working in the fields of science and technology.

Coursera founder talks merits of online-education

By DRISHTI CHAWLA & GULNAR TULI | November 23, 2013

Daphne Koller, one of the founders of the online-learning system Coursera, spoke this past Wednesday afternoon in Hodson Hall.  Koller talked to students about the merits of her new learning structure, and about how Coursera allows for people all over the world to gain access to top-tier university learning

Voice for Choice secures SGA Senate approval

By Ellen Brait | November 21, 2013

Voice for Choice (VFC), a non-harassment, bipartisan pro-choice group, was officially approved as a student group by the Student Government Association (SGA) last week. The foundation for the group formed last year in response to the pro-life group Voice for Life (VFL).

See the Future event focuses on past

By JENNA MCLAUGHLIN | November 21, 2013

The Sustainable Hopkins Infrastructure Program (SHIP) and the University’s Sustainability Network hosted what was billed as the 2nd Annual Future of Hopkins Symposium on Tuesday evening in Maryland Hall, despite the fact that not much was actually said about the future at the event.

Hopkins deans outline trends in urban America

By ALEXANDRA BALLATO | November 21, 2013

On Tuesday night, Dean of the Krieger School Katherine S. Newman and Dean of the School of Education David W. Andrews led a conversation in Boston on the future of American cities as part of the University’s capital campaign, “Rising to the Challenge: The Campaign for Johns Hopkins.”  The event focused on the University’s new Institute for the American City — one of President Ronald J. Daniels’ Signature Initiatives — and the role universities can play in redeveloping urban cities and schools.

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