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ARTS+CULTURE
Lust! Heartache! Jealousy!
Published Fall 2022
JHU's Special Collections amasses a trove of rare vintage romance comic books in all their pulpy, ridiculous, and charming splendor. The collection offers an unfiltered look into the past, says librarian Heidi Herr, and it’s often not a pleasant picture. In addition to wholesome meet-cutes at a dance or concert, the stories contain undercurrents of racism, domestic violence, male dominance, and date rape. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
FALL 2022
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Inside the first year as head coach of the NBA’s Washington Wizards for Hopkins alum Wes Unseld Jr. Plus: The real Dr. William Halsted, the wild world of romance comics, a cowboy love story in VR, an essay on end-of-life ethics, and much more.

A closeup of plants in a greenhouse outside of Evergreen Museum & Library
A growing movement
Published Oct 26, 2022
Evergreen Museum & Library's new exhibit explores Victorians' obsession with houseplants and how it compares to today's houseplant craze
Neatly organized rows of shelving contain boxes of books
In the stacks
Holding on to Hopkins' history
Published Oct 5, 2022
At the university's Library Services Center, a small but mighty team fields requests about 140 requests per day for more than 2 million archival items
Emma Needell, wearing a cowboy hat, looks on as a someone holding a video camera films a scene
Film
Emma Needell goes home again
Published Fall 2022
Screenwriter Emma Needell, A&S '12, returned to her family's Colorado ranch to film Life Rendered, her new film about a cowboy who uses virtual reality to explore his secret inner self / Johns Hopkins Magazine
illustration of several jars containing representations of popular dreams, including a ladder, teeth falling out, and a person flying
Brain science
What dreams can tell us
Published Fall 2022
Meet Dylan Selterman, Johns Hopkins' new resident dream expert / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Alum Joel Dallow stands with a cello
Podcasting
Up the Musical Mountain
Published Fall 2022
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra cellist Joel Dallow, Peab '94, is the host of "The Cello Sherpa," a podcast about the climb from intermediate musician to the professional stage. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

ALUMNI