With cultural celebrations, preparations for Alumni Weekend, and senior projects coming to a close, it was a busy week on Johns Hopkins University's campuses. Other highlights from the past week include a peek into some university classes, an event showcasing Billie Holiday's life in Baltimore, and more warm weather. Check out those happenings and more with this gallery by university photographer Will Kirk.
In collaboration with Blind Industries of Maryland, mechanical engineering students are designing white canes with easily accessible materials, and are working with people with blindness or low vision to help manufacture the canes
An event Thursday evening at the Baltimore Museum of Art offered the first preview of a new archival collection from Hopkins, detailing Billie Holiday's early life in Baltimore and highlighting the 20th century jazz scene. A cabaret of Holiday's songbook included performances by Candice Hoyes and Sean Jones, right, the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair in Jazz Studies at the Peabody Institute
Tulips bloomed in Mt. Vernon Square, near the Peabody Institute, perfectly framing Baltimore's Washington Monument and the Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church
Students in Noah Cowan's dynamics lab class attached a speed governor, previously part of the elevator system in the Wyman Park Building, to a bike to see at what speed the governor engages
The Japanese American Student Association, in coordination with the Hopkins Student Organization for Programming, hosted the annual spring Matsuri Festival, complete with Japanese street food, music showcases, and carnival games—including the opportunity to smash some watermelons