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Benjamin Lalani
Alumni honors
Benjamin Lalani named Samvid Scholar
Published July 2, 2025
The highly competitive, $100,000 award supports mission-driven graduate students working toward a professional or advanced degree in the social sciences or STEM
Illustration of two people grilling in their backyard surrounded by walls
Walled off
Published Summer 2025 Video
In 'Something Between Us,' anthropologist Anand Pandian explores the walls that divide America / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of Jane Austen's world
Jane Austen lives on
Published Summer 2025
As the world celebrates Austen's 250th birthday, scholars share what makes the patron saint of marriage plots more popular today than ever before. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Ken Jennings (left) and alum Harvey Silikovitz stand in front of a blue curtain on the Jeopardy! stage
Alumni
Alum Makes Jeopardy! History
Published Summer 2025
Alum Harvey Silikovitz made Jeopardy! history by being the first contestant with Parkinson's to win a show / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at a press briefing June 14
Q+A
The rise of politically motivated violence
Published June 23, 2025
Johns Hopkins political scientist Lilliana Mason explains how political violence is eroding American democracy
Dora Malech stands at the front of a room lined with books, leading a classroom of high school and college students
Community
Building community through writing
Published June 12, 2025
The Writers in Baltimore Schools program introduces high school students to the college experience while also providing undergraduates with teaching experience
Two telescopes set up on the ground with patches of snow surrounding them, blue sky in the background
Astrophysics
Shining a light on the cosmic dawn
Published June 11, 2025
Small telescopes in Chile are first on Earth to cut through the cosmic noise, peering back more than 13 billion years to the universe's first light
Students walk past columns on a sun-drenched campus quad
Voices
The enduring purpose of America's first research university
Published June 4, 2025
A reflection by Bill Kirst, A&S '00, on why we must protect the places that ignite ideas, inspire progress, and enrich our lives
artistic rendition of a supermassive black hole
Astrophysics
How scientists could use black holes as supercolliders
Published June 4, 2025
Scientists could turn to black holes for cheaper, natural alternatives to expensive facilities searching for dark matter.
Harrinee Senthilkumar steps on the JHU seal in Gilman Hall after receiving her degree
Commencement 2025
Track star crosses the academic finish line
Published May 27, 2025
University hosts a special Commencement ceremony for Harrinee Senthilkumar, who missed the universitywide ceremony last week while competing in the NCAA Division III nationals in Ohio