Issue: Spring 2024, Volume 21, Number 2
Features
Shared Purpose with Johns Hopkins ROTC
Johns Hopkins ROTC battalion struggles and triumphs together.
Cosmic Visions: Contemplating our Place in the Cosmos
Cosmic Visions creates opportunities to probe the history, philosophy, politics, and aesthetics of the humanistic and scientific view of our cosmos.
Following the Course of Major Problems
William E. Connolly, considered a giant in political theory, talks about the discipline as a way to solve the world’s problems.
Reconstructing Earth History
Krieger School students visited California, just outside Death Valley National Park, during an Immersive Field Experience course.
News
Bringing Asian American History to Life
Krieger School sophomore Alexander Chang co-wrote the recently released Fighting to Belong, a graphic novel about Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history.
Institute for Planetary Health Aims to Address Today’s Earth Crisis
The new Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health will address how human health is related to the health of the planet.
Hopkins Semester Gives Hopkins Students Gateway to DC
The new Hopkins Semester D.C. program gives Krieger School students a chance to work and learn in the nation’s capital.
In the Field: Public Health Studies
Students in the Public Health Studies program volunteer at Harriet Lane Clinic.
Research
An Analysis of Changing Press Freedoms in Hong Kong
In her new book, A Free Press, If You Can Keep It: What Natural Language Processing Reveals About Freedom of the Press in Hong Kong, Giovanna Maria Dora Dore, associate teaching professor, looks at the changes in press freedom.
Underwriting Souls with Alexandre White
Assistant Professor Alexandre White discusses his work on Underwriting Souls, a public, digitized archive of documents related to insurance that made the transatlantic slave trade possible.
Fathoming Protein Organization
Margaret Johnson’s lab studies dynamical systems in biology, seeking to mathematically quantify how large molecules naturally organize into the complex rudiments for life.
Faculty
Ask the Professor with Andrew Gordus
Andrew Gordus’s lab uses two model organisms to study the cellular and genetic mechanisms that drive novel and innate behaviors, and how organisms sense and adjust to environmental variability.
Diagnosing Party Politics, and a Way Forward
Daniel Schlozman discusses his new book, The Hollow Parties.
Beekeeping with Julia Burdick-Will
Julia Burdick-Will, associate professor in the Department of Sociology, talks about her beekeeping hobby.
Student Research
Easing the Impact of Strokes
Junior Molly Zhao is studying neuroscience and economics. We spoke with her about her research in stroke recovery.
Equality in Education and Health Care
Amy Li’s research focuses on student life at Johns Hopkins, especially the coeducation debate that dates back to the founding of Johns Hopkins in 1876.
Baltimore’s Chinese Community in Focus
Ethan Tan’s research on Baltimore’s Chinese community uses first-person stories to investigate how Chinese restaurants have been pivotal to the community.
Entwining Cognitive Quilting
Daniela Rodriguez ’24 uses textiles to express cognitive concepts, such as memory consolidation, in quilts and other woven structures.
Classroom
Syllabus: Stagecraft
Bill Roche’s Stagecraft class teaches students the hands-on approach to technical and theoretical elements of theater production.
Alumni
Collection Affection
Art historian Irene Kabala ’01 PhD discusses her collection of between 1,000 and 1,500 artifacts and works of art.
Stars in Her Eyes
Jennifer Lotz PhD ’03 was recently named director of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Notable: Daniel Schlosberg
Alumnus Daniel Schlosberg is a Grammy-nominated pianist who has performed throughout the U.S. He has been teaching at the University of Notre Dame since 2005.
Taking the Guesswork Out of Retirement
Jerry Doctrow ’72 started a blog about retirement to help others navigate the complicated process and living well after retirement.
Your Pet’s Best Bet
Anne Chiruvolu ’10 gives her advice, as a small-animal veterinarian, on how to care for your pet and choose a vet.
On Campus
Prime Picks for Sips and Hangouts
We asked students about their top hangouts and favorite things to drink while studying and socializing.
And…ACTION! Hopkins in L.A.
Krieger School students network in Hollywood with studio executives, television writers, and more during intersession.