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L. Mario Amzel
In memoriam
L. Mario Amzel, scientist who captured images of tiny biological structures, dies
Published Sept 2, 2021
His early work to crystallize and determine the structure of an antibody was of seminal importance in immunology
Purple banana
Cognitive neuroscience
Blind people can't see color but understand it the same way as sighted people
Published Aug 17, 2021
Experiments with blind and sighted people upend adage that blind people lack deep knowledge of visual phenomena
Archaeology of Disability exhibition includes carved stone stools and a television screen
Art History
An archeology of disability
Published Aug 10, 2021
An installation at the Venice Biennale reimagines elements of the Acropolis through the lens of disability
Nathan D. Connolly, Herbert Baxter Adams Associate Professor of History, teaches about the history and impact of racist practices in the U.S. housing arena.
A world more complete
Published Aug 3, 2021
Historian Nathan D. Connolly investigates the brick wall of race, class, and real estate
illustration of a microchip with binary 1s and 0s
Digital humanities
New project unites digital humanities, Black studies, and data and computation
Published July 15, 2021
Black Beyond Data, a new project backed by a $300,000 Mellon grant, will seek to create an open resource for scholars to combat racial injustice through digital humanities
Alphabetic text inscribed on a beadlike form
Archaeology
Dead letters
Published July 13, 2021
Alphabetic writing may have begun 500 years earlier than believed
Refrigerator
Cognitive science
Team finds brain mechanism that automatically links objects in our minds
Published July 9, 2021
Scientists map the part of the brain that "links" similar objects, leading to new insights about how the brain processes information out of context
A child writing by hand
Cognitive science
Hand-writing letters shown to be best technique for learning to read
Published July 7, 2021 Video
Hand-writing letters more effectively teaches reading skills compared to typing and watching videos, study finds
Script revisions
Afterwords
Script revisions
Published Summer 2021
As script supervisor for the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs, Ari Halpern was deemed an essential employee during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Octopodes
Friends for life
Still gaga for each other
Published Summer 2021 Video
When the COVID-19 pandemic derailed plans for the Octopodes' 30th anniversary celebration last spring, Peter Yang, A&S '14, devised an idea to get alums and current members of the a cappella group harmonizing in a new way. / Johns Hopkins Magazine