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Writing
Your story starts here
Published Winter 2023
With a simple prompt, author Jami Attenberg got thousands worldwide to start writing / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Quilt art reminiscent of the cosmos
Artifact
Art as a pathway to planetary science
Published Winter 2023
New book by Sabine Stanley makes planetary science accessible to readers while inspiring textile artists from around the world / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Brain science
The science of shaking presents
Published Dec 11, 2023 Video
Watching people shake presents reveals little-known quirk of human cognition
George W. Fisher
In memoriam
Planetary scientist George W. Fisher dies at 86
Published Dec 5, 2023
Fisher produced a definitive summary of southern and central Appalachian geology, and later studied how humans can live within the limits of Earth's system
An illustration shows two water-rich exoplanets with heavy layers of haze orbiting their host star in outer space.
Exoplanets
Clearer views of distant water worlds
Published Nov 27, 2023
Research by Hopkins scientists will help model how water exoplanets form and evolve—findings that could help in the search for life beyond our solar system
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Human cognition
Shaking boxes for science
Published Nov 20, 2023 Video
When Johns Hopkins researchers asked hundreds of people to watch other people shake boxes, it took just seconds for almost all of them to figure out what the shaking was for
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Student research
Program funds undergraduate summer research experiences
Published Nov 16, 2023
Students chosen for next summer's program will work on independent research projects as members of Hopkins labs
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Student spotlight
Senior named Rhodes Scholar
Published Nov 12, 2023
Zandy Wong, a public health studies major who has earned acclaim for her disability advocacy work, is one of 32 students honored by the Rhodes Trust this year
Mayer Katz at the 3rd Marine Division hospital in Phu Bai near the demilitarized zone in Vietnam in 1968
Veterans Day
Destined to put people back together
Published Nov 9, 2023
Mayer Katz, who was named a 2023 Distinguished Alumnus in recognition of his work saving lives as a vascular surgeon in Vietnam, credits Hopkins with teaching him the value of endurance and self-reliance
Panda cub Xiao Qi Ji wrestling with his mom
Q+A
Is panda diplomacy over?
Published Nov 8, 2023
For the first time in over 50 years, the panda enclosure at the National Zoo will be empty. What does that mean for U.S.-China relations?