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Sheridan Libraries Africana Archivist Tonika Berkley, Public Humanities Fellow Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown, and Tabb Center Director Joseph Plaster
Arts+culture
Public humanities transcends barriers
Published Dec 19, 2023
An emerging field, the public humanities is raising awareness about social justice issues and leading to meaningful collaborations between Johns Hopkins University and local communities
Two chimpanzees socializing at the Edinburgh Zoo
Animal cognition
Apes remember friends they haven't seen for decades
Published Dec 18, 2023 Video
Study finds the longest lasting non-human social memories ever documented
J.G.A. Pocock
In memoriam
J.G.A. Pocock dies at 99
Published Dec 18, 2023
Considered one of the great historians of his generation, Pocock wove philosophy, political science, and history into a program in political and moral thought that Hopkins is known for today
Monica Prasad
Sociology
Sociologist Monica Prasad joins JHU
Published Dec 15, 2023
Prasad analyzes socioeconomic problems to tackle complex challenges related to capitalism, neoliberalism, and social policy
Emily Dabish Yahkind
High-quality wine for adventurers
Published Winter 2023
Emily Dabish Yahkind, A&S '16 (MA), got the idea for her business, SolSummit, on the trails / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of two heads talking to one another. The text "What about?" repeats itself and is overlaid on the image.
Communicating in bad faith
Published Winter 2023
A team of Johns Hopkins scientists has received a Discovery Award to research deceptive and bad faith communication / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Carter Hogg (center) pictured in a football stadium with brother FJ (left) and dad Jason
Playing defense against concussions
Published Winter 2023
JHU sophomore Carter Hogg founded a company to create a piece of protective equipment that reduces the risk of concussion / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A closeup of the cover of 'Before the Movement' features an old photo of three Black men sitting on a porch
Civil rights
Lost legacies, found again
Published Winter 2023
In Before the Movement, alum Dylan C. Penningroth showcases "ordinary black people [using] law in their everyday lives" / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Brian David Gilbert
Vignette
Making big, weird things
Published Winter 2023 Video
YouTuber Brian David Gilbert's work is a roulette of comedy, horror, and music—or all of the above / Johns Hopkins Magazine
From left: Hersh Rosen, A&S ’60, Susie Reichmister, and Jerry Reichmister, A&S ’60, on the Homewood campus in August
Friends for Life
Home again at Homewood
Published Winter 2023
When Animal House premiered, Phi Sigma Delta president Billy Cooper, A&S '59, joked to his friends, "Who told them about us?" / Johns Hopkins Magazine