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Psychology
Your brain on fiction
Published Dec 1, 2025
A flash fiction contest hosted by The Hopkins Review uses short stories to push the boundaries of psychology research
Dress rehearsal shot of Tom Hanks and Kelli O’Hara
Theater
Of space, time, and typewriters
Published Nov 25, 2025
Award-winning actor Tom Hanks and Johns Hopkins theater professor James Glossman co-authored the play 'This World of Tomorrow,' which premiered off-Broadway in November
Ray Sprenkle
In memoriam
Peabody faculty member Elam Ray Sprenkle dies at 77
Published Nov 25, 2025 Video
An alum, Sprenkle taught at the Peabody Conservatory for more than 40 years
Daniel H. Weiss
Arts+culture
Art historian Daniel Weiss to lead Philadelphia Art Museum
Published Nov 21, 2025
Weiss, a JHU alum who serves as Homewood Professor of the Humanities and senior advisor to the provost for the arts, previously led the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
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Arts+Culture
Film and media programs nationally ranked by TheWrap
Published Nov 3, 2025
Hopkins undergraduate and graduate programs land at No. 20 in rankings compiled by leading digital news outlet covering the entertainment and media industry
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Poetry
Scenes of Grief
Published Fall 2025
Todd Meyers asks: After a fatal overdose, who remains, and what do they do with the pain? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A girl sits on a blanket on the grass. In the distance is a large brick building and autumn trees. The words "The Academy" are superimposed over the image.
Fiction
Back to school
Published Fall 2025
Elin Hilderbrand leaves summer behind with 'The Academy', a new page-turner co-written with her daughter Shelby / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A cropped version of the book cover for "The Great Math War."
Nonfiction
Long division
Published Fall 2025
Jason Socrates Bardi explores how 20th century mathematics became a battle for the subject's very identity / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Artifact
Art of Medicine
Published Fall 2025
A Baltimore photographer highlights sculptural medical equipment stored in the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Luneborch Prayer Book, Crucifixion with patron and his armorials at the foot of the cross, fantastical beasts, and historiated initial
Arts+culture
A medieval art form, digitized
Published Fall 2025 Video
Curator Earle Havens shares highlights from Johns Hopkins' collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts—and his team's work to make the 100-plus pieces accessible to all / Johns Hopkins Magazine