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COURTESY OF TIANCHENG LYU Jal Mehta was hosted by Schoolhouse Talk at the School of Education.

Harvard professor addresses public school failures

By TIANCHENG LYU | March 15, 2018

Schoolhouse Talk, a speaker series organized by graduate students at the School of Education, welcomed Jal Mehta, associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for a talk on Wednesday. During the talk, titled “The Elusive Quest for Ambitious Schooling: Limits and Possibilities of the American High School,” Mehta reported on his book-length research on fostering “deeper learning” in American public schools.

COURTESY OF DIVA PAREKH

Symposium looks at the many facets of black marriage

By DIVA PAREKH | March 15, 2018

The Hopkins Center for Africana Studies (CAS) partnered with the Iowa State University College of Human Sciences to host a symposium titled “Bound/Unbound: Contemporary Black Marriage in Research, Policy, and Practice” in Station North on March 8 and 9.

COURTESY OF MORGAN OME Community members gathered for the rededication ceremony on Saturday.

Wyman Park Dell rededicated to Harriet Tubman

By MORGAN OME | March 15, 2018

A portion of Wyman Park Dell, a park south of Homewood Campus and the former site of a Confederate monument, was rededicated to honor Harriet Tubman. The rededication ceremony took place on Saturday, March 10, which marked the 105th anniversary of her death.

SGA discusses private police and gun control

By GIULIANA LEOTTA | March 15, 2018

At its weekly Tuesday meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) discussed a resolution calling for solidarity with victims and survivors of the mass school shooting at Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14. The resolution calls for national action on gun control and asks the University to support gun reform initiatives. 

COURTESY OF JACOB TOOK Student activists gathered on the Beach for the International Working Women’s Day March.

Hopkins activists join Working Women’s Day March

By BRIANNA DANG | March 15, 2018

Students joined members of the community in the Baltimore International Working Women’s Day 2018 March, initiated by the Women’s Fightback Network, on March 10. Tzedek, a student organization, organized a rally at the Beach and a subsequent march to the People’s Park in Station North.

COURTESY OF ROLLIN HU Alongside national school walkouts, Hopkins students gathered on Keyser Quad and marched to the Beach, calling for stricter gun control measures.

Campus walkout calls for increased gun control

By SARAH Y. KIM | March 15, 2018

Over 100 Hopkins students, faculty and staff joined a walkout protesting gun violence on Wednesday morning. The demonstration was part of a national school walkout, in which thousands of students across the U.S. left their classrooms to participate. 

Students and administrators gathered to discuss the proposed police force.

Students seek answers on proposed police force

By JACOB TOOK | March 15, 2018

Since the University announced its intent to create its own private police force, many students have questioned what this force would look like and how the school will take into account their concerns. 

Endangered Data Week calls for open data access

By DRAKE FOREMAN | March 8, 2018

Endangered Data Week, a collaborative effort across campuses, nonprofits, libraries and other institutions to raise awareness for datasets that are in danger of being deleted, repressed, mishandled or lost, took place last week from Feb. 26 to March 1. 

Harris and Kriegel were joined by Palmieri and Koskinen from Berkeley.

Conference reflects on racial inequality in U.S.

By JACOB TOOK | March 8, 2018

The Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative partnered with the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley) to host a conference titled “Race and Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50” on Feb. 28 and March 1.

The Baltimore Beat only published 16 issues before stopping production.

Baltimore Beat will shut down after four months

By ALYSSA WOODEN | March 8, 2018

The Baltimore Beat, a free, local alternative weekly newspaper, announced in a tweet on Tuesday that it would be shutting down effective immediately. The Beat, which was founded in November after the Baltimore City Paper closed down, only printed 16 issues.

COURTESY OF BRIANNA DANG Susheel Patil explored the negative consequences of sleep deprivation.

Scholar shares tips for better quality sleep

By BRIANNA DANG | March 8, 2018

The Center for Health Education & Wellness (CHEW) and Nu Rho Psi, the neuroscience honor society, co-sponsored a talk titled “Sleep 101” on Tuesday. Susheel Patil, clinical director of the Johns Hopkins Sleep Medicine Program, spoke at the talk about common sleep disorders. 

OMS panelists included Dr. Peter Beilenson and Dr. Joshua Sharfstein.

Osler Medical Symposium kicks off lineup with public health panel

By MORGAN OME | March 8, 2018

The Osler Medical Symposium (OMS) kicked off its first event, “Baltimore in the 21st Century: A Commissioner’s Perspective,” on Friday, March 2 in Gilman Hall. OMS is a new student-run speaker series that aims to bring high-profile guests in the field of medicine to Hopkins. The series is named after William Osler, one of the four founding physicians of the Hopkins Hospital. 

Free food initiative considers student feedback

By SIRI TUMMALA | March 8, 2018

In Spring 2017, the Free Food Waste Remediation Initiative launched at the Spring Open House and Overnight Program (SOHOP). The program alerts students of free food leftover from campus events and has amassed almost 2,000 subscribers. 

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