The Beta Theta Pi fraternity has begun accepting applications for the Men of Principle Scholarship, an annual scholarship for freshmen that is offered by the University’s Alpha Chi chapter every fall.
Greek Week kicked off this past Wednesday with events hosted by Phi Delta Theta and Pi Beta Phi. Greek Week allows for fraternities and sororities to get involved with other greek organizations in the spirit of friendly competition. Events for the week will continue through Oct. 20.
Approximately 27,000 runners took to the streets of downtown Baltimore last Saturday, as the Baltimore Running Festival celebrated its 13th year in the city. Many Hopkins students participated in the festival, which featured a 5K, Half Marathon, Full Marathon, Team Relay and Kids Fun Run.
Free condoms are now available in the rest rooms of all floors of the Brody Learning Commons and those of the M and Q levels of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. These additional locations supplement existing free condom sources on campus — the Student Health and Wellness Center and students’ Resident Advisors — from which students have historically had to go to receive free condoms.
On Wednesday night, former CIA agents Jonna and Tony Mendez spoke to Hopkins students as the fourth installment of the MSE Symposium.
Last Tuesday, actor Kal Penn was scheduled to give a speech on the Homewood campus as the third installment of the Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium’s (MSE) fall speaker series. However, upon learning that Penn would not be able to attend, MSE announced to the Hopkins community that Penn’s talk is to be postponed.
Hopkins students gathered in Charles Commons last Saturday to celebrate the official launch of the Hopkins LGBTQ Life Program.
Alumni from the classes of 2010 to 2013 returned to the Homewood campus this past weekend to attend the annual Young Alumni Weekend (YAW) organized by the Office of Alumni Relations. The event schedule offered opportunities for alumni to enjoy themselves while reconnecting with the Hopkins community.
Hopkins students gathered in the AMR I multipurpose room on Monday for an open forum on the new food service provider, Bon Appétit Management Company.
All nonessential functions of the federal government were shut down on Oct. 1, after Congress was unable to pass a resolution to appropriate funds to keep federal offices open and federal workers on the job.
Last Saturday, Hopkins students gathered on the Beach to participate in a 5k Color Run as part of HOPtoberfest. The run raised $2,516 for Baltimore’s local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital: The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
Hopkins J Street U hosted Avner Gvaryahu, a former Israeli soldier and co-director of the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence (BTS) at the Smokler Center for Jewish Life last Friday.
Hopkins students celebrated the first annual HOPtoberfest last week, which is comprised of a series of events and festivities extending from Tuesday, Oct. 1 through Sunday, Oct. 6.
During a meeting on Tuesday, the Student Government Association (SGA) discussed a range of topics, such as improving the Blue Jay Shuttle; providing funding for an a cappella workshop; filling open positions on the SGA Judiciary Board and bringing a mental health advocacy group to campus.
To most Hopkins students, Campus Security’s Incident Report emails are the norm. Several times a week, students receive brief statements regarding thefts or robberies on and around campus. The emails tend to have a similar theme: theft of unattended laptops and phones on the lower levels of the library or off campus on St. Paul.
Last Thursday, the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) at Hopkins led an open forum to discuss the ethics of classified research in response to the recent NSA-related blog controversy involving Matthew Green, an assistant research professor in the computer science department.
Jason Corning, president of the Baltimore Deaf-Blind Community, spoke this past Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Sherwood Room in Levering Hall. The event was sponsored by the Hopkins Student Disability Initiative.
Five Hopkins graduates spoke about their experiences in the field of marketing at the fifth annual Marketing Alumni Panel hosted by the Hopkins chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) on Monday.
On Monday, Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels announced the appointment of T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger as the next Benjamin T. Rome Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering. Schlesinger was approved by the Board of Trustees and will assume leadership of the Whiting School on Jan. 1.
On Friday, up to $500,000 will be invested in new startups at a Johns Hopkins Innovation Factory summit. Selected entrepreneurs will present their ideas to a panel of judges who can award up to $100,000 to each group.
