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Myrna Blyth
Commencement 2025
Embracing the joys of lifelong learning
Published May 15, 2025
More than 60 years after earning her bachelor's degree, Myrna Blyth enrolled in the master of liberal arts program at Hopkins. Blyth, who will graduate Monday at age 86, said this degree pursuit was 'less purposeful but more meaningful.'
Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building
Alum spotlight
The science of falling in love
Published Feb 13, 2025
A spark of algorithmic alchemy brought together Hopkins alum Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans, who met and married thanks to Netflix's reality series 'Love is Blind'
A person in a blue sweater wears a War Up Close VR headset
Film+Media
An immersive view of war in Ukraine
Published March 8, 2024
War Up Close exhibit incorporates 360-degree panoramic images, drone footage, and 3D modeling to capture the devastation of the conflict
Jonathan Klein in front of a sign that says "Bravery is in our DNA"
Student spotlight
Mission for good
Published Sept 6, 2022
As part of Project Independence Day, Johns Hopkins graduate student Jonathan Klein helps purchase much-needed ambulances and deliver them to Ukraine
Illustration of a satellite looking over the Earth
This week
How geospatial intelligence provides vital insights into Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Published March 14, 2022
Johns Hopkins experts, former CIA employees Michael Ard and Jack O'Connor will discuss the growing roles satellite, drone, and aircraft imagery play in intelligence gathering
Florence-Olivia Genesse demonstrates the "Signal for Help" by pointing her open palm toward the camera and then trapping her thumb with her other four fingers
Student spotlight
TikTok advocacy
Published Feb 7, 2022
JHU graduate student Florence-Olivia Genesse's feminist TikTok channel is changing minds—and saving lives
Cover image for Escape from Castro's Cuba
Ghosts of Cuba
Published Winter 2021
In Escape from Castro's Cuba, author Tim Wendel revisits Cuba and a cast of familiar characters / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Screenshot from the video game, That Dragon, Cancer
Film and media
Video games and grieving
Published May 19, 2021 Video
Video game creator Ryan Green and JHU immersive storytelling expert Gabo Arora discuss ways video games and interactive technologies can be used to create spaces for emotional transformations
Image of computer HTML
Data and government
Survey identifies a growing need to hire data analysts in government
Published Oct 11, 2019
Having more employees with credentials in data analytics will allow government agencies to more effectively act on the data they collect
Nancy Norris-Kniffin and Binnie Bailey
IN MEMORIAM
Nancy Norris-Kniffin dies at 77
Published Feb 16, 2017
Former MLA program director specialized in Southern literature, with particular emphasis on Faulkner, O'Connor