Issue: Fall 2023, Volume 21, Number 1

Features

“Ancestry Doll 1” by Baltimore-born artist Joyce J. Scott

Centerpiece: art by Joyce J. Scott

On permanent display in Gilman Hall’s Hutzler Reading Room, “Ancestry Doll 1” by Baltimore-born artist Joyce J. Scott.

paint palette with a variety of complimentary color combinations from yellow and violet

Trusting the Process at the Center for Visual Arts

Center for Visual Arts nears 50 years of evolution.

Collage of Installation signs representing the girls who lived, worked, and trained at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Colored Orphan Asylum.

Footprints from the Past

With the help of their professors, undergraduates explore new ways of uncovering lost, and at times unsettling, history.

Conceptual illustration by Kotryna Zukauskaite demonstrates how members of the Johns Hopkins community are building democracy through effective dialogue.

Building up Democracy at the SNF Agora Institute

Scholars and students at the SNF Agora Institute are leading efforts to advance civic engagement.


From the Dean

portrait photo of Dean Christopher Celenza in Gilman Hall's Hutzler Reading Room

From the Krieger School Dean

Fall 2023 updates from Christopher S. Celenza, James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.


News


Research

conceptual illustration of an ear with arrows, soundwaves

Do We Hear Silence?

Psychological and Brain Sciences faculty and students investigate whether silence affects our auditory systems the...


Faculty


Student Research

Arusa Malik holding accordion-style artist book by Christine Tacq called “Hatbox: A Storm of Stars” featuring symbols, people, and scenes associated with the Women’s Suffrage Movement.

Pop Culture and Feminism

Arusa Malik discusses her First-Year Fellowship focused on using library artifacts to understand connections between...


Classroom


Alumni

Mahzi Malcolm Martin

Seeds of Success

Mahzi Malcolm Martin ’15 is the founder of Planticular, a Manhattan-based company that helps individuals...

collage of sailboat photo and gulfstream map overlay

Gulfstream Expert

Jenifer Clark ’75 MA is a satellite oceanographer specializing in the patterns of the Gulf...

Cherié Butts

Notable: Cherié Butts

Cherié Butts ’92 BS, ’97 MS is a medical director in the Therapeutics Development Unit...


On Campus

Women’s soccer, NCAA champions.

Blue Jays take the lead

What's happening around the quad this year: focus on Blue Jay athletics and their stellar...

Divya Nair ’23 paints a mural

Collective Creativity

JHU students contribute to murals across Baltimore as part of the art club bARTimore.