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CARE hosts animal rights activists at symposium

By TRISHA PARAYIL | October 31, 2019

The student group Compassion, Awareness, and Responsible Eating for Farm Animals (CARE) hosted prominent animal rights activists Alka Chandna and Thomas Hartung as part of the Alternatives to Animal Testing Symposium in the Glass Pavilion last Thursday, Oct. 24. Chandna is vice president of laboratory investigations for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Hartung is the director of the Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) and holder of the Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair in Evidence-based Toxicology in the School of Public Health. 

COURTESY OF RYAN AGHAMOHAMMADI Professor Anne Porter managed an archeology dig in Tell Banat in Syria.

Near Eastern Studies lecture hosts archeologist and professor Anne Porter

By RYAN AGHAMOHAMMADI | October 31, 2019

Anne Porter, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto in the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Department, presented her findings from her former dig site in Syria as part of the Near Eastern Studies lecture series last Thursday, Oct. 24. She discussed her research on the site of Tell Banat, which held a complex of burial grounds both outside the settlement and within it. 

University Press releases free digitized manuscripts

By JAMES SCHARF | October 31, 2019

Last week, the Hopkins University Press released digitized copies of 100 out-of-print books to celebrate International Open Access Week. These books are part of the Hopkins Open Publishing: Encore Editions initiative which began last year after a $200,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

PUBLIC DOMAIN Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore died on Thursday, Oct. 17 at the age of 68.

Hopkins reflects on Rep. Elijah Cummings’ legacy

By RUDY MALCOM | October 24, 2019

Elijah Cummings, a prominent Democrat from Baltimore, died at age 68 on Thursday, Oct. 17. The son of sharecroppers was serving his 13th term in the House of Representatives and chaired the Committee on Oversight and Reform, acting as a central figure in the ongoing impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump. 

IDEAL hosts student discussion on voter suppression

By RYAN AGHAMOHAMMADI | October 24, 2019

Nonpartisan student organization IDEAL held its first discussion of the year in the Mattin Center on Wednesday night. The discussion centered on the topic of voter suppression. The moderators broke the discussion into three segments: gerrymandering, voter identification laws and the franchise. 

Lecture sheds light on Montreal Life Stories project

By JAMES SCHARF | October 24, 2019

Stéphane Martelly, affiliate assistant professor of theatre at Concordia University Montreal, gave a talk titled “What Does Sharing Authority Mean? Learning From the Life Stories Montreal Project” as part of the Engaged Humanities Speaker Series on Wednesday. 

Lecture exposes pension fund’s links to Brazil land grabs

By WILLIAM PICKERING | October 24, 2019

Altamiran Ribeiro, a Brazilian land rights activist and a representative of the Pastoral Land Commission of the Catholic Church for the northeastern Brazilian state of Piauí, spoke at the University in Mergenthaler Hall on Thursday, Oct. 17. Ribeiro spoke about the mass land takeovers on behalf of large corporate developers in Brazil and the long-term consequences such land grabs can have on local communities and the environment.  

COURTESY OF MICHAEL TRAUTMANN-RODRIGUEZ A Hopkins sociology professor discussed U.S. policing abroad and locally.

Professor introduces new book at Red Emma’s talk

By MICHAEL TRAUTMANN RODRIGUEZ | October 24, 2019

Stuart Schrader, the associate director of the Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship, presented his new book Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing at Red Emma’s last Thursday. The book explores how American counterinsurgency efforts abroad informed the norms and methods of policing at home, and vice versa. 

COURTESY OF NOELA LU A UC Berkeley professor discussed the challenges of school integration.

21st Century Cities Initiative hosts discussion on school integration in Baltimore

By NOELA LU | October 24, 2019

Rucker Johnson, the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, discussed his new book Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works on Friday. Brandon Scott, Baltimore City Council president; Cristina Evans, chair of the Teacher Chapter of the Baltimore Teachers Union Executive Board; and Eric Rice, assistant clinical professor at the School of Education, served as respondents. 21st Century Cities Initiative (21CC), an on-campus center focused on using big data to solve modern urban challenges, organized the event.

COURTESY OF CLAIRE GOUDREAU A sophomore from CCBC led a discussion on terrorism classifications.

Discussion on terrorism covers white supremacy

By CLAIRE GOUDREAU | October 24, 2019

The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences held a cross-campus research cluster and discussion titled “Terror in the Modern World” on Tuesday. The discussion was led by CCBC sophomore Devin Green, who gave a presentation on the different types of terrorism and the possible dangers surrounding counterterrorist legislation.

COURTESY OF MICHELLE LIMPE Sonja Drimmer taught students how medieval artists deployed common archetypes of power.

UMass Amherst professor discusses the value of physical relics

By MICHELLE LIMPE | October 24, 2019

As part of the Virginia Fox Stern Center Lecture Series, Sonja Drimmer, an associate professor of Medieval Art and Architecture at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, gave a talk entitled “Provisional Vision: Posters and Politics in Fifteenth-Century England“ on Tuesday. 

COURTESY OF NATALIE WU Peter Harnik described his ideal view of a city park management structure.

Speaker discusses public park systems in America

By NATALIE WU | October 24, 2019

Peter Harnik, an alum and the former director of the Trust for Public Land’s Center for City Park Excellence (CCPE), gave a talk titled “Heartfelt Pathways for a Heritage City” at Cafe Azafrán on Tuesday. He was hosted by the Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks and Landscapes.

COURTESY OF HAL TURNER Hal Turner became the University’s first director for JHUnions & Programming in August.

New JHUnions director considers student culture

By RUDY MALCOM | October 24, 2019

Hal Turner was appointed as the University’s inaugural director of JHUnions & Programming this August. In this role, Turner oversees student groups such as the Hopkins Organization for Programming (HOP), the JHUnions Programming Board, Hoptoberfest, the Johns Hopkins University Model United Nations Conference (JHUMUNC) and Spring Fair. 

Hopkins community remembers Timothy Yeh

By RUDY MALCOM | October 24, 2019

The University is mourning the death of Timothy Yeh, who passed away on Oct. 13. He was a freshman from Diamond Bar, Calif. studying electrical engineering in the Whiting School of Engineering.

COURTESY OF JULIA CHOE Professor Erik Jones described how Brexit will likely contribute to a damaged British economy.

Professor Erik Jones gives talk on Brexit

By JULIA CHOE | October 17, 2019

Professor Erik Jones, the director of European and Eurasian Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies, held a presentation titled “Brexit and the Disintegration of Europe” on Friday in Shriver Hall’s Clipper Room. The lecture touched on the complicated politics currently occurring in Great Britain.

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