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A Fall Semester Like No Other
Citing concerns about a resurgence in COVID-19, President Ronald J. Daniels and Provost Sunil Kumar announced on August 6 that all undergraduate instruction, labs, and co-curricular activities would be held online for the duration of the fall semester.
New Dean Named for School
Christopher S. Celenza, dean of Georgetown College at Georgetown University and professor of history and classics, has been named James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
Faculty Awards
Krieger School faculty have received more than 20 awards, nominations and accolades since our last issue.
Snapshot: From the Office of Chaz Firestone
See what Professor Chaz Firestone’s office looks like. He surrounds himself with objects that give a nod to his team’s visual perception research.
First-Year Students Ask Deep Questions
The first-year Common Question sparks intellectual discussions and builds stronger ties between students and faculty. This year’s question is “What is the common good?”
In Memoriam
We remember Robert Forster, Pier Larson, Sakiko Olsen, Douglas Poland, Mark O. Robbins, and S. Wojciech Sokolowski.
From the Dean’s Desk
Since the coronavirus arrived in the United States, various words and phrases have become a regular part of our lexicon ... One word that I have not heard quite as much, but that I have witnessed a great deal of at Johns Hopkins, is resilience.
“I am all for people finding enjoyment and beauty wherever and whenever they can. But I do think there’s an opportunity to sync with these images and the photographers and with other women pictured in the archive. We can do all of these things at once. We can hold the pandemic and the protests and the beauty of Viola Davis and her magnificent back—her stunning image—and hold that constant with what is meant to have been inspired by, and what is in the archive that also adds to that and complicates it.”
Jessica Marie Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of History, on the controversy stirred by cover photos featuring actress Viola Davis and gymnast Simone Biles in Vanity Fair and Vogue, respectively.
Vox, July 23, 2020
Social
Hungry? 🥡 🍇 🍰Painting 1 students worked in groups of three to create and paint dinner party themes.
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It’s a “sit on a carpet of pink leaves” kind of day. 🌸
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Students in Life Drawing class work on a "reconstructed figure" consisting of 10 or more drawings that include something old, an observation, a magazine image, and others. ✍️
📸: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University
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