Issue: Fall 2018, Volume 16, Number 1

Features

’68: The year that changed everything.

Michael Hill '72 shares his freshman memories and reconnects with classmates who marched for justice with Chester Wickwire—and watched Baltimore burn.

The Art of Mathematics

Deep thinkers all, our mathematicians spend their days gripped by “the music of reason.”

Eight Years Rising

Rising to the Challenge, which ended in October, has been an eight-year fundraising campaign to support students, faculty members, research, and scholarship across the university. Here, we highlight eight of the campaign’s key priorities.

Centerpiece

In the microcosm of a dewdrop, Homewood photographer Will Kirk captured the 35-foot “Red Sails” sculpture created by artist John Henry.


From the Dean

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Dean’s Desktop: Fall 2018

The SNF Agora Institute will bring together experts and the general public to examine and elevate the state of civil discourse and democratic decision-making.


News

In Memoriam

We remember Joel Grossman, professor emeritus of political science; Aihud Pevsner, professor emeritus in the...

Building a Global Public Square

The Hopkins Portal allowed visitors to be transported—via a floor-to-ceiling video screen and audiovisual technology—to...


Research

The Science of Speculation

Professor of philosophy Peter Achinstein’s new book, Speculation: Within and About Science, is a powerful...


Faculty


Student Research

photo: Bridget Carolan

Empowered While Imprisoned

Bridget Carolan, a political science and international studies double major, is in Ireland studying how...

photo: Anthony Boutros

Gender Defenders

Anthony Boutros visited Lebanon last summer to interview leaders of more than a dozen gender...

photo: Cameron Chenault in lab

Fly by Night Research

Sophomore Cameron Chenault, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow double-majoring in behavioral biology and film, studies whether...

New Life for Old Drugs

Neuroscience major Michael Peters hopes to publish his research on an anti-viral drug that may...


Classroom

Syllabus: Acting Up

In Acting I, John Astin '52 uses his six decades of acting experience to teach...


Alumni

Man vs. Volcano

Don Swanson ’64 (PhD) is a volcanologist with the U.S. Geological Study, studying Hawaii’s erupting...

The ClearMask Difference

Allysa Dittmar ’14, ’17 (BSPH) has developed a transparent surgical mask to improve operating room...

Pianist of the Ages

Jenny Lin ’94, ’98 (Peab), a Peabody-trained pianist, has spent two decades performing around the...


On Campus

photo: students whitewater rafting

Pre-Orientation Adventures

An annual weeklong Pre-Orientation program is offered every August to help freshmen establish a network...