Thomas Dolby, known in some circles for his hit song “She Blinded Me With Science,”...
Issue: Spring 2014, Volume 11, Number 2
Features
In a CLASS By Itself
<p>Astrophysics team is building a new telescope to study origins of the universe</p>
Doing Good
<p>From challenged neighborhoods in Baltimore to the steamy banks of Uganda’s Lake Victoria, the Krieger School’s public health students are working to improve lives.</p>
Crocodile Rock
<p>This Egyptian limestone relief of a crocodile resides in the Krieger School’s Archaeological Museum.</p>
Game On!
<p>JHU’s student athletes balance rigorous academics with demanding sports… and they love it.</p>
From the Dean
A Fond Farewell
A letter from Katherine Newman, James B. Knapp Dean.
News
“A Silicon Valley of the Arts”
Unveiling plans to transform the Parkway Theatre into a vibrant headquarters for advanced film studies,...
Bloomberg Professors to Address World Problems
The first Bloomberg Distinguished Professors have arrived in the School of Arts and Sciences with...
Archaeological Refugee
Glenn Schwartz, the Whiting Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, talks...
Newman Named Provost at UMass Amherst
Katherine Newman, dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed provost...
Tapping into Big Data
The secrets of hundreds of millions of galaxies and stars are stored in a humming,...
Sheridan Libraries Acquire John Barth Collection
The John Barth Collection documents the creative output and career of Professor Emeritus John Barth,...
Faculty
After Apartheid
Katherine Newman's new book is a penetrating and poignant exploration of race, prosperity, class, identity,...
Student Research
Jordan Hoffman '14: The Secret Lives of Proteins
Jordan Hoffman’s project focuses on protein folding and protein energetics.
Kelsey Champagne '15: History Detective
Kelsey Champagne’s work meticulously creates a micro-history of a little known historical figure, Solomon Aldred.
Chris Hynes '14: A Question of Morality
Chris Hynes, a double major in mathematics and philosophy, explores competing views of morality.
Olivia Schieber '14: Soldiers of South Korea
Olivia Schieber had the opportunity to hear firsthand from Korean nationals about their military experience—information...
Shanna Murray '14: Mapping Language
Shanna Murray’s research lies at the intersection of her two majors: cognitive science and Romance...
Paul Sungbae Park '15: Listening to the Deaf
Anthropology major Paul Park wanted to better understand members of the deaf community and how...
Katherine Robinson '14: Refugee Assimilation
Katherine Robinson has been observing and interviewing members of Baltimore’s Nepali-Bhutanese refugee community to help...
Exploring the Depths of Mathematics and Philosophy
Caleb Baechtold '16 came to Johns Hopkins thinking he knew exactly what he wanted to...
Classroom
Learning from History
Political science professor Steven Teles teaches a class called Policy Errors, Mistakes and Disasters: Learning...
Alumni
Field of Dreams—and Stats
Rany Jazayerli’s '95 analytical approach has added a whole new dimension to the world of...
Finding the Silence
An award-winning veteran journalist and public radio reporter, Joanne Silberner '77 has tackled the toughest...
The Prescription for Community Health
Aletha Maybank ’96, an assistant health commissioner in New York City, is a pediatrician by...
Making Medieval Art Come Alive
C. Griffith Mann ’02 (PhD), is the Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge of the Department...