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Actors play Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Arts
Forging friendships across political divides
Published Nov 6, 2020
SNF Agora Institute, Peabody Institute, and Hopkins at Home host a free radio broadcast of the celebrated opera 'Scalia/Ginsburg' this weekend
Photo of Elijah Cummings mural
Community
Mural celebrates legacy of Elijah Cummings
Published Oct 22, 2020
Project organizers closely collaborated with community leaders in West Baltimore to dedicate the mural to the longtime Maryland congressman
Old fashioned photo of men playing football
College football
A deep south tradition, born in Baltimore
Published Oct 2, 2020
On Oct. 3, the Georgia and Auburn football programs will renew their historic rivalry, which effectively gave rise to big-time college sports below the Mason-Dixon Line. Two Johns Hopkins alums made it all happen.
Project MUSE logo
JHU Press
Project MUSE launches virtual 25th anniversary celebration
Published Sept 30, 2020
Website features a new video and timeline, comments from "25 MUSE Makers," and a read-for-free collection of scholarly articles focused on the digital humanities
Tuned-In students perform together
Philanthropy
William H. Miller III makes $1.25M gift supporting Peabody program
Published Sept 29, 2020
Tuned-In program provides introductory and advanced musical study and youth development opportunities to Baltimore City Public School students
Illustration of musicians performing, lounging, and writing
The near future of performance
Published Fall 2020
The bad news is that we probably won't go see musicians play live and in the same room with other people until sometime next year. There is good news. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
90s-inspired collage of a woman drinking a soft drink and a skateboarder
Pop culture
Triple layer literature
Published Fall 2020
Alum M.M. Carrigan's Taco Bell–themed literary magazine embraces nostalgia, sincerity, and Crunchwrap culture / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Book cover of 'Wicked Flesh'
Nonfiction
They did more than survive
Published Fall 2020
Jessica Marie Johnson's 'Wicked Flesh' wrangles a wealth of scholarship and primary documents to discuss how Black women acquired and retained power in the 18th century / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Book cover for 'Forms of Contention'
Poetry
Lines of history
Published Fall 2020
Alum Hollis Robbins' 'Forms of Contention' investigates the history of African American poetry in printed newspaper and magazines / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Book cover of 'On Not Being Someone Else'
Nonfiction
Less traveled by
Published Fall 2020
Andrew Miller's 'On Not Being Someone Else' explores the existential questions that arise when reflecting on the choices we could have made—and how our lives might have changed / Johns Hopkins Magazine