“I believe in teaching-in-place, that is, exploring the actual sites where history has been made....
Issue: Fall 2011, Volume 9 Number 1
Features
Interns Make An Impact
<p>Last summer, 25 student interns made their mark in the city's neediest neighborhoods.</p>
Thanks for the Memories
<p>Mike Yassa, one of Hopkins' newest faculty members, is making great strides in memory research, and taking students along with him. </p>
The Great Wall of Waverly
<p>Hopkins artists, led by Tom Chalkley, have created a striking tribute to a vibrant community.</p>
A poem lovely as … a smartphone?
<p>Is there a place for poetry in today's high-tech world? Absolutely, says Mary Jo Salter</p>
From the Dean
Baltimore: Engaging a City
The summer before I began my job as dean, I was frantically trying to finish a book manuscript that was due to the publisher during my first semester at the Krieger School. My reward at the end of every day at the computer was to watch an episode or two of The Wire, the epic […]
News
The Darkroom Goes Dark
At the Homewood Art Workshops in the Mattin Center, the dismantling of the darkroom is...
Class of 2015
This fall, Johns Hopkins University welcomed the Class of 2015 to the Homewood campus. The...
Max Kade Center Launched
As America’s first research university, Johns Hopkins owes much of its legacy to the German...
Welcome New Faculty Members
The School of Arts and Sciences welcomed another bumper crop of stellar new faculty members...
Astrophysicist Adam Riess Wins Nobel
Nobel prize winner Adam Riess Will Kirk / homewoodphoto.jhu.edu In Baltimore, it was still dark...
Think Before You, er, …Tweet?
Businessman James Andrews, arriving in Memphis on a business trip, tweeted, “True confession but I’m...
Research
Can You Wrap Your Head Around M2-Branes?
Michael Beard, the aging wunderkind physicist, was worried. “He liked to think he was an...
Number Sense? Count On It from Birth
Illustration: Robert Neubecker When Melissa Libertus was in high school, she loved math—and was so...
Landlocked
Location, location, location—the popular adage implies a property’s geographical site is the most important consideration...
Art and Amnesia: Solving Recovery’s Puzzles
Back in 2007, Lonni Sue Johnson was a successful artist and illustrator living in upstate...
Giving Voice to Those with HIV/AIDS
The most effective HIV prevention programs are tailored carefully to their intended audience, concludes Rachel...
Seeing the Eye's Not-So-Simple Subtleties
Long referred to as the window to the soul, the eye also plays an important...
Reclaiming Hart Crane's 'Splendid Failure'
Here is how John Irwin would like you to make acquaintance with the greatest poem...
Faculty
Can the Federal Reserve Save America?
At no time in recent history has the Federal Reserve garnered quite so much attention,...
The Pillars of American Progress
Compared to politicians and movie stars, they’ve gone largely unknown over the decades, this cadre...
Student Research
The Suite Life of Ben Swartz
In Amsterdam, Ben Swartz studied with two master cellists who take very different approaches to...
Fresh Perspectives on Autism
The social met the spatial in Alex Murray’s recent study, which could hold out promise...
Classroom
Getting to Yes
The tension is palpable between the two disputing parties who are seated opposite each other...
Alumni
30 Years or Less
In November 2010, Variety listed Michael Diliberti ’04 as one of “Ten Screenwriters to Watch.”...
Bringing Writing Into Baltimore Schools
“I want you to think about how to get rid of wishy-washy words,” Writing Seminars...
Grappling with the Politics of Washington…State, That Is
Adam Kline (l) and Fred Finn are dedicated to Washington state residents. They were two...
Doing Something Disruptive
Chieh Huang ’03 (right) could have been a lawyer, and Chris Cheung ’03 could have...
On Campus
Preserving the Past
It takes a steady hand and lots of expertise to preserve an old and damaged...
The Digital Media Center
Even at JHU, where innovative collaborations are the norm, the Brown Foundation Digital Media Center...