A team of Krieger School professors was awarded a $4.4 million grant from the Andrew...
Issue: Spring 2021, Volume 18, Number 2
Features
Beyond Our Solar System
Exoplanets 101: Hopkins scientists explain how planets outside of our solar system are created and discovered—and whether life might exist on them.
Cue the New Normal
The Second Commission on Undergraduate Education aims to reshape the Hopkins undergraduate experience.
A World More Complete
Historian Nathan D. Connolly investigates the brick wall of race, class, and real estate.
Centerpiece
A profusion of spring tulips greets visitors to the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. [Photo by Will Kirk]
From the Dean
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
News
Faculty Awards
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences faculty won more than 30 awards over the last...
Sports Bits
Six highlights from Johns Hopkins sports this year.
Snapshot: From the studio of Sasha Baskin
Peek into fiber artist (and Center for Visual Arts instructor) Sasha Baskin's home studio.
What Are You Reading
Our professors talk about books.
New Dean in Pursuit of Truth
How Christopher S. Celenza, James N. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School, is beginning to...
Seen and Heard: Betsy M. Bryan
Betsy M. Bryan on her team's discovery of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian city.
Seen and Heard: Nicholas Papageorge
Nicholas Papperige on establishing social distancing policies.
New Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Jeff Coller, a groundbreaking genetics researcher, has joined Johns Hopkins University as the Bloomberg Distinguished...
In Memoriam
Faculty and emeritus faculty we lost in spring 2021.
Seen and Heard: Martha S. Jones
Martha S. Jones on the first Black, female vice president.
Research
Applications-Agnostic
Assistant Professor Thomas Kempa uses chemistry as a tool to sculpt nano and quantum materials,...
What’s Old is New Again
Emily Anderson, assistant professor of classics, and her team of 11 students are examining how...
Faculty
More Faculty Books
Faculty books published in Spring 2021.
Words of Faith
Niloofar Haeri, professor of anthropology and chair of the Krieger School’s Program in Islamic Studies,...
Student Research
Field Notes: Privacy or Prevention?
Sophomore Lauren Maytin spent summer 2020 developing and analyzing a survey on digital contract tracing...
Field Notes: Cultured Cancer Killers
Junior Wesley Ravich on his work in pediatric oncology and cellular immunotherapy.
Field Notes: Poetry in Motion
Junior Sarah Elbasheer is studying Asian and Middle Eastern contributions to the history of science...
Field Notes: Stock Answers
Junior Johnny Saldana is finding and analyzing financial trends with large datasets, trying to find...
Classroom
Syllabus: From Idea to Animation
Students created hand-drawn characters and videos for Karen Yasinsky’s Animating Cartoons course last semester.
Major Infatuation: Physics and Astronomy
Students tell us why they love being Physics and Astronomy majors.
Alumni
Bill Henry: CV
Focus on Bill Henry '92, Baltimore City comptroller.
Discovery After Discovery
Nicole Gaudelli's work in gene editing technology is helping to change the way genetic diseases...
Alumni to Watch
Alumni won spots on the Forbes "30 under 30" list and the Donald Justice Poetry...
Alumni Kudos: Spring 2021
Alumni accomplishments in spring 2021.
Slavery and Restitution
Caleb McDaniel ’06 PhD won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for History with his book "Sweet...
The Gullibility Quotient
Stephen Greenspan '62 on his career in research on gullibility.
On Campus
Five Questions: Jessie Martin
Five questions with Jessie Martin, assistant dean for academic advising.
By the Numbers: COVID-19 Stats
Stats on how the spring 2021 semester went while still dealing with COVID-19.
Then and Now
Then and Now: Gilman Hall and the Beach.
Shots of Hope
Johns Hopkins’ students volunteer at the COVID-19 mass vaccination site at M&T Bank Stadium in...