Spring 2020, Volume 17, Number 2 | Arts & Sciences Magazine

Features

FastForward to Entrepreneurship

From making a smart golf ball to teaching students how to DJ, FastForward U is an incubator for startups.

‘We Have to Keep This Going’

With unsettling speed, a global pandemic changed everything, everywhere. At the Krieger School, faculty and students have been quick to adapt and respond. We share some of their stories from early spring, just before the magazine went to press.

Valuing the Vote

On the eve of the 2020 U.S. elections, we asked experts for some of their insights on voting.

Centerpiece

It was a good season for the women’s fencing team, first formed at Johns Hopkins in 1974.

From the Dean

Dean’s Desktop

A final message from Dean Wendland for the spring 2020 issue. “I have been repeatedly buoyed by the courage and dedication of the faculty and students of the Krieger School.” As I prepare to leave the Krieger School for a new position, I can honestly say that I have learned something from each and every one of you.

News

New Associate Dean Named

Meet Rachel Hitchcock, Krieger's new associate dean for external affairs.

Krieger School Leads Commemoration of Women’s Suffrage

Johns Hopkins and the Krieger School are celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage with...

What Are You Reading?

Krieger School professors discuss their current best reads: We That Are Young, The Last Man,...

Faculty Awards

Almost 20 faculty awards for Spring 2020, including fellowships, prizes, professorships and more. Find out...

Dean Beverly Wendland Named Provost at Washington University

Beverly Wendland, current Krieger School dean, has been appointed the next provost of Washington University...

Seen & Heard: Joel Schildbach

Look who’s talking: Joel Schildbach of the Krieger School on using online instruction.

Seen & Heard: Ho-Fung Hung

Look who’s talking: Ho-Fung Hung of the Krieger School on coronavirus and government repression in...

Seen & Heard: Yascha Mounk

Look who’s talking: Yascha Mounk of the Krieger School on social distancing.

Seen & Heard: Emily Fisher

Look who’s talking: Emily Fisher of the Krieger School on adapting to the virtual environment.

In Memoriam

We remember James Taylor, professor of Biology; Stephen Dixon, retired Professor in Writing Seminars; John...

Research

Works in Progress: Marina Bedny

Cognitive scientist Marina Bedny and colleagues showed that the purpose is very similar across most...

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Works in Progress: Samuel Spinner

Faculty Samuel Spinner is working on a new book focusing on holocaust museums and literature,...

Faculty

More Faculty Books

2019-2020 books from Krieger School faculty covering noncommutative geometry, poetry collections, new vantage points on...

Considering What Might Have Been

Andrew Miller's book On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives rediscovers classic...

Student Research

Field Notes: Future Imperfect? Gender in the Genre

Writing Seminars student Dominique Dickey is working on a book project about science fiction from...

Field Notes: Fluid Movement

Valerie Gomez ’21, has contributed to pivotal research on multiciliated cells with the Holland Lab.

Field Notes: Chinese Characters

Alan Fang '20 discusses his novel in progress about interconnected people crossing pivotal moments of...

Field Notes: Ballot Boxing

Aarushi Krishnan '23 is studying the passage of the 19th amendment with the Sheridan Libraries...

Classroom

Major Infatuation: Economics

Students tell us why they love being an economics major.

Syllabus: A close look inside the classroom

Derek Schilling's For the Record class covered the music, art, culture, and social movements of...

Issue: Spring 2020, Volume 17, Number 2