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Arts+Culture

Mecca McDonald and Mia Dunn
Bringing sustainability to fashion
Published July 8, 2021
Recent graduates Mecca McDonald and Mia Dunn have launched Mo.Na. Gems, a jewelry store selling biodegradable earrings and necklaces of their own design
illustration of a girl sitting on a dock
Essay
A tale of two islands
Published Summer 2021
Author Elin Hilderbrand reminisces on a childhood spent beachside / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cyclists
Q+A
Writing along with the Tour de France
Published June 30, 2021
Peabody alum and budding cycling superfan Kate Wagner will chronicle the sport's three-week mega event in all its wheel-spinning, hill-climbing glory
Screenshot of Electric Marronage website shows four artistic images and a simple site navigation bar
Arts+Culture
'A space for love'
Published June 28, 2021
Electric Marronage digital humanities project fosters Black exploration and expression free from the confines of traditional academia
Charles Duggar
Juneteenth
The art of liberation
Published June 16, 2021
Baltimore artists, scholars, and educators will present dramatic performances based on writings by Black Baltimoreans at the forefront of the 19th-century abolitionist movement during a Juneteenth livestream Friday at noon
Detail from photograph of Otto Warburg
Nonfiction
The WWII-era scientist who revolutionized cancer research—despite the Nazis
Published June 4, 2021
In his new book, Ravenous, Johns Hopkins faculty member Sam Apple explains how Nobel laureate Otto Warburg's once disregarded cancer metabolism research has undergone a major resurgence
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Class of 2021
Three graduating seniors receive arts prizes
Published May 26, 2021
Simi Aluko, Ellie Kim, and Mafalda Santos have been recognized for their dedication to the arts and artistic community
Illustration of a pen and a syringe
Holding up a mirror to a life in medicine
Published May 20, 2021
Alum Suzanne Koven, Mass General's inaugural writer-in-residence, reflects on imposter syndrome, family, and identity in new essay collection
Screenshot from the video game, That Dragon, Cancer
Film and media
Video games and grieving
Published May 19, 2021
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
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A perfect symmetry of science and the humanities
Published May 17, 2021
Since launching in 2015, the major in medicine, science, and the humanities has allowed students the freedom to design meaningful, challenging courses of study