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Undergraduate admissions
JHU admits transfer students for fall
Published May 10, 2024
Community organizers, military veterans, and inventors among students invited to transfer to Hopkins
From left, Ank Agarwal and Anson Zhou
Awards+Honors
Two alums named Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Published May 8, 2024
Ank Agarwal and Anson Zhou will receive up to three years of tuition at Stanford University, along with stipends for living costs, academic expenses, and travel
Headshot of Lilliana Mason
Faculty Honors
Lilliana Mason awarded Carnegie Fellowship
Published May 8, 2024
An associate professor of political science at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Mason is one of 28 scholars receiving grants of up to $200,000 to research political polarization
Curious little white laboratory mouse looking out of a cage and a hand of a researcher
Animal cognition
'Surprisingly strategic' mice think like babies
Published April 26, 2024
Findings by Johns Hopkins neuroscientists deepen our understanding of animal cognition
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Arts+culture
Studio North marks 10 years of student filmmaking
Published April 24, 2024
Student-run film and media production company hosts anniversary gala at the Parkway Theatre on April 24
Clockwise from left: Shubhayu Bhattacharyay, Min Jae Kim, James Occean, Michael Xie
Awards+Honors
Alumni, grad students named Soros Fellows
Published April 18, 2024
They are among 30 recipients of the fellowships, which honor immigrants and children of immigrants with exceptional potential to make a difference in their fields
Clockwise from left: Takanari Inoue, Patricia Janak, Rejji Kuruvilla, Cynthia L. Sears, Akira Sawa, and Robert Moffitt
Faculty honors
Six from Hopkins named AAAS Fellows
Published April 18, 2024
They are among 502 distinguished scholars recognized this year as fellows of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society
Jenann Ismael and Marc Kamionkowski
Faculty honors
Two awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Published April 11, 2024
Jenann Ismael, Marc Kamionkowski among 188 scholars honored for prior career achievement, exceptional promise
Photo of Gilman Hall in which the sun is perfectly aligned with the spire.
Astronomy
Rare 'Hophenge' solar event
Published April 9, 2024
On the evening of the solar eclipse, the Hopkins community enjoyed a second celestial event: "Hophenge," when the sun perfectly aligned with the Gilman Hall spire
Students on the DAVINCI+ team with their professor, who holds a phone so NASA engineers can participate via Zoom
Space science
Undergrads help NASA uncover the mysteries of Venus
Published April 8, 2024
Students are learning the ins and outs of the Venusian atmosphere and building a sensor for NASA's DAVINCI mission, thanks to the vision of APL planetary scientist Noam Izenberg and a small team of faculty experts