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Painting of Mary Jo Salter, a woman with short hair and glasses
Q+A
What makes a poem good
Published Winter 2024
Chatting with Mary Jo Salter, the guest editor of The Best American Poetry 2024 / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Hahrie Han
Racial justice
Louder than words
Published Winter 2024
In 'Undivided,' a political science professor explores whether an antiracist program at a megachurch can heal racial divides / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Jacob Lauinger and Meg Swaney with students
Near Eastern Studies
Dispatch from 15th century BCE
Published Winter 2024
JHU researchers investigate a recently unearthed cuneiform tablet dating back to 15th century BCE. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A photograph of a tree that has knots that resemble a face
Neuroscience
We see faces, everywhere
Published Winter 2024
Humans see the face of an old man in the knots of a tree, the shape of an animal in the clouds, the man on the moon. There's a word for that phenomenon: pareidolia. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A shadow of a woman ominously looming over a creek, with a house in the distance
Fiction
Rules of order
Published Winter 2024
Yvonne Battle-Felton's second novel delves into the secrets of a remote village in 1960s America / Johns Hopkins Magazine
cover of 'The Widow's Crayon Box's features colorful scribbles
Poetry
Varied hues of grief
Published Winter 2024
Molly Peacock's latest poetry collection is a sensual and sad ode to her late husband / Johns Hopkins Magazine
black and white photograph of Larzer Ziff
In memoriam
Former English professor and literature scholar Larzer Ziff dies at 97
Published Dec 2, 2024
Ziff, who taught in the English Department for nearly two decades, is remembered for his generous mentorship and influential scholarship
Jacob Lauinger and Meg Swaney with students
Undergraduate education
History in the making
Published Dec 2, 2024 Video
Students in a Near Eastern Studies First Year Seminar try their hand at creating replicas of cuneiform tablets
David Yarkony
In memoriam
David Yarkony, renowned expert in theoretical chemistry, dies at 75
Published Nov 26, 2024
Yarkony, whose research changed scientists' understanding of radiationless decay, had been part of JHU's Department of Chemistry since 1975
A little brown bat rests on a log
Animal behavior
Bats' Plan B for when they can't hear
Published Nov 25, 2024 Video
New research by Johns Hopkins neuroscientists reveals instant compensation strategy that other animals might share