With the Johns Hopkins University Summer & Intersession Programs’ recent announcement that the upcoming 2014 Intersession period now requires certain classes to charge a $250 non-refundable enrollment fee, Hopkins students have started to voice their opposition.
Last weekend, parents and siblings of Hopkins students descended on Homewood Campus for Family Weekend, an annual event organized by Dean of Student Life Susan Boswell. From Friday to Sunday, Hopkins hosted events in which parents could participate both individually and with their children. In all, the weekend provided an opportunity to showcase student talents and accomplishments to parents.
The University recently hosted a panel of experts to discuss issues related to the Center for a Livable Future. The conversation was based on an analysis published by the Pew Commission in 2008 on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which unveiled that the use of antibiotics with industrial livestock can cause serious human harm.
Last Sunday morning, members of the Greek community congregated on Homewood Field for Greek Life’s Powderpuff Football Tailgate. The games — which were hosted by the Office of Greek Life — pitted sororities against each other in several rounds of flag football.
The 2013 Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Symposium hosted former Congressman and presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul in Shriver Hall at 8 p.m. last Friday.
Last Thursday, as part of the Rising to the Challenge fundraising campaign, 125 people visited the University’s new UStream account to watch a panel discussion focused on the Science of Learning Institute, an interdisciplinary research initiative. The live event took place in East Palo Alto, Calif.
Professor Stuart W. “Bill” Leslie, who was commissioned earlier this year by President Ronald J. Daniels to write the first comprehensive history of the University, sat down with The News-Letter this week to talk about his research and how the project is shaping up.
The Triple Helix at JHU and JHU Politik co-hosted a panel of four speakers on Tuesday evening in the Gilman Hall atrium as part of an event titled “Alzheimer’s: Conversations on an Enigmatic and Devastating Disease.” The panel shed light on the disease through legislative, biological and personal lenses and was well-attended.
Today may be Halloween, but a crowd of hundreds of vampires, ghosts, skeletons and penguins — just to name a few costumed characters — biked around the city this past Friday, passing near campus by North Calvert Street and East University Parkway before riding down San Martin Drive. The unexpected gathering, almost a week in advance of the holiday, had an explanation: the Baltimore Halloween Brew-Ha-Ha Bike Party.
Tuesday evening marked the beginning of the President’s Reading Series, a yearlong event that will bring distinguished novelists, journalists and playwrights to the Homewood Campus. The program is oriented towards work of social importance.
On Tuesday night, the Student Government Association (SGA) convened to discuss a host of subjects including the design and installment of a new University mobile app as well as the pending approval of five new student groups.
As part of the 2013 Hopkins Department of Military Science Symposium, former FBI counter-terrorism and counterintelligence operative Eric O’Neill spoke to Hopkins students on Wednesday in the Great Hall of Levering Hall. This was the first such event sponsored by the Department of Military Science.
Despite this year’s World Series between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals shaping up to be memorable for its ample share of competition and controversy, Hopkins students do not appear to be paying it much attention.
Despite the influx of Campus Security alerts in Hopkins students’ inboxes, this year’s on-campus crime is predicted to decrease and continues to decline from around 10 years ago, according to Campus Safety and Security. The University’s Annual Clery Report, which details crime statistics from the last three years, however, reveals a trend of noticeable increases in off-campus crime, such as burglaries. Forcible sex acts also saw a sharp increase last year.
Last Thursday, the Hopkins chapter of Relay for Life held its annual Kick-Off event, opening up student registration as this year’s fund raising efforts for the American Cancer Society get underway.
Approximately 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff from the University’s campuses in the city gathered on Saturday to serve the greater Baltimore community as part of the fifth annual President’s Day of Service (PDOS).
Last weekend, the Hopkins African dance group, Temps d’Afrique, hosted Twerkshop, a three day, three session event in the Mattin Center on campus.
Last Monday, the Jewish Student Association (JSA) had their first open board meeting to discuss their plans for the year. The board consisted of seven people: President Ari Weiss, Vice President Andrea Fields, Treasurer Matthew Lehmann, Communications Director Michelle Greenman, Jewish Life Director Jon Weinreich, Social Life Director Erica Biegen and First Year Students at Hopkins Hillel (FYSHH) Director Arielle Kaden.
30 years after first entering the Wilmer Eye Institute at Hopkins Hospital to seek treatment for his father’s macular degeneration, Chairman of BP Capital Management and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens returned last week to announce a $20 million donation to the hospital’s Ophthalmology Department.
The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate on Tuesday approved only four out of the five nominations to the SGA Judiciary by Executive President Alex Schupper.
