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News
New Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Jeff Coller, a groundbreaking genetics researcher, has joined Johns Hopkins University as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of RNA Biology and Therapeutics.
New Dean in Pursuit of Truth
How Christopher S. Celenza, James N. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School, is beginning to shape the future of the School in his first year.
In Memoriam
Faculty and emeritus faculty we lost in spring 2021.
Faculty Awards
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences faculty won more than 30 awards over the last semester.
Snapshot: From the studio of Sasha Baskin
Peek into fiber artist (and Center for Visual Arts instructor) Sasha Baskin’s home studio.
Mellon Foundation Supports Inheritance Baltimore Project
A team of Krieger School professors was awarded a $4.4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a humanities-based project focused on the history of racism in higher education and preserving Black history.
From the Dean’s Desk
Spring 2021 welcome from Christopher S. Celenza, the James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
We will all learn what happens to the kind of capacities and insights of Black women in politics when those capacities and insights are permitted to lead.
Martha S. Jones, Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, Department of History, SNF Agora Institute, on the implications of Kamala Harris becoming the first female, Black woman, and person of South Asian descent to hold the vice presidency.
The Washington Post, January 20, 2021
Social
How many times have you walked up and down these steps? 👣
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Week one ✅ Have a great long weekend!
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Some sage advice for new students from two Hopkins RAs. ✨
Abigail Flores
Senior, Molecular and cellular biology, psychology minor
"I'm happy and excited to be back because it's been a while since I've seen so many people. And I can finally interact in my classes in ways that online unfortunately didn't provide.”
“But it can be a little overwhelming to come back to campus, especially with everything that has
happened in the past few months and years. Ultimately, new students should remember that you got into Hopkins for a reason and you are enough, no matter what happens. Because the pandemic has taught me that sometimes, you form a four-year plan, you feel like you're ready, and then things just come by and upheave all those plans you had. The important thing is to be flexible and just know yourself, take care of yourself, and put yourself first, and things will end up the way they needed to be."
Joseph Oldam
Junior, Neuroscience
“Succeeding at Hopkins is all about time management. Try to plan out your time and figure out when you're going to study and do schoolwork and then make time to go hang out, explore the campus, explore the city—just explore and make friends that way.”
“When it comes to making the most of your college experience, I think some Hopkins students get overwhelmed by their studies and get swallowed by their books. Try not to do that. Try to branch out, make new friends, try things that might be uncomfortable at first, but you might like eventually. Just explore as much as you can, because you only get the college experience once in a lifetime.”
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