Issue: Fall 2024, Volume 22, Number 1
Features
Rooted in Baltimore
Krieger School researchers and scholars partner with individuals and organizations to identify challenges and create solutions.
Stern Center Page Turners
A Johns Hopkins research center mines the rich history of Renaissance books to forge connections with humanities scholars and students.
Arts and Sciences Meets AI
How researchers are tapping into the power of artificial intelligence to propel research advances in history, sociology, and more.
News
Deciphering the Brain’s Mysteries with OneNeuro
Two Johns Hopkins faculty members teamed up to launch OneNeuro, an initiative that brings together researchers and practitioners from across the university to help decode the brain.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Julie Lundquist
Lundquist, a national leader in research in sustainable energy generation from wind, joined Johns Hopkins University last July as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy.
Interning at the National Zoo
Behavioral biology junior Alex Jeffords spent last summer interning at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C.
Research
Uncovering Santa Cruz de Lancha
Lisa Deleonardis’s new book covers her study of the 18th-century Santa Cruz de Lancha Jesuit complex in Peru and what its ruins, landscapes, and records reveal about their society.
The Secret Lives of Microbes
New associate professors Gira Bhabha and Damian Ekiert bring their lab, studying the structural biology and cell biology of microbes, to the Department of Biology.
Finding Commonalities Between China and the U.S.
Yuen Yuen Ang says China’s political economy today resembles America’s during the Gilded Age of the late 19th century.
Faculty
Other Lives: Brian Camley
Assistant professor Brian Camley talks about his horses Felix and Zukini.
Ask the Professor: Robert Barbera
Robert J. Barbera ’74 BA, ’78 PhD, lecturer in the Department of Economics and director of the Center for Financial Economics, speaks on why the Federal Reserve can’t fine-tune the economy.
A Down-to-Earth Primer on the Planets
Professor Sabine Stanley’s first book, What’s Hidden Inside Planets?, is an easy-reading primer on the rocks, gases, and ice that comprise the centers of the planets and moons in the solar system—and beyond.
Student Research
The Diplomacy of Music
Henry Hung ’27 is using both his international studies and viola performance majors for his research “Harmony in Diplomacy: The Effect of Western Musical Engagement on East Asian Soft Power Diplomacy.”
Big Questions in Outer Space
Doctoral student Junellie Perez is connecting models of geological evolution and observational findings to lean more about exoplanets.
Women Who Wrote About a New American Nation
Hilary Gallito ’25 is studying the words of three remarkable Revolutionary-era women who wrote about America as it was being formed.
Examining Equity in Supreme Court Rulings
Fourth-year political science PhD student Kory Gaines is analyzing the federal government’s role in civil rights and racial justice.
Classroom
Syllabus: the Modern American Presidential Election
A look inside “The Modern American Presidential Election in Historical Perspective,” taught by Leah Wright Rigueur.
Community
Serving Up Improv
Find out what it’s like to be a part of Buttered Niblets—a student improv comedy group at Johns Hopkins.
Welcoming the Class of 2028
See photos from orientation 2024, when JHU welcomed 1,288 members of the Class of 2028.
Alumni
Looking for the Nitty Gritty
Diana Peralta ’11, who majored in film and media studies, is a Dominican American writer, director, creative producer, and adjunct assistant professor of film at Columbia University.
Inspired by the Elders to Tell Stories
Stephanie Boddie ’86 was inspired by her own family and history to study the interplay between faith communities and the larger Black community.
Will Kirk Captures the Essence of Johns Hopkins
Three questions about taking a great photo from Homewood campus photographer Will Kirk ’99.
Why Urban Areas Are for the Birds
Alum Eric Fishel ’08 is an urban ecologist who introduces Baltimore city residents to overlooked beauty in their own town.
Notable: Mark Monmonier
Highlighting Mark Monmonier ’64, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University.