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A cartoon of a woman disco dancing with a broom
Toon school
Published Jan 20, 2021
Students explore old and new animation techniques in Karen Yasinsky's Animating Cartoons course
Marin Alsop conducts
Peabody faculty artists featured in 'Inauguration Fanfares'
Published Jan 19, 2021
Marin Alsop conducts, tuba soloist Velvet Brown performs in ensemble assembled to honor Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
Mark Christian Thompson
Q+A
The enduring value of an English degree
Published Jan 15, 2021
Despite a struggling labor market and emerging technologies that emphasize the importance of STEM fields, an English degree is as useful as ever, says JHU Professor Mark Christian Thompson
Illustration of different types of instruments
Cognitive science
Music on the mind
Published Jan 5, 2021
Music Cognition course examines music through a highly interdisciplinary lens in order to answer complex questions of human brain function and development
Closeup of Coronelli's 17th-century paper supercomputer
A rare item, with a twist
Published Winter 2020
Johns Hopkins undergraduates were able to get hands-on research experience—even while learning virtually—by recreating a 17th-century paper supercomputer. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Author Danielle Evans poses in front of a bookcase
Explorations of the past and present
Published Winter 2020
The seven short stories in "The Office of Historical Corrections," Danielle Evans' latest collection, revolve around characters wrestling with the long shadows of the past. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Detail of mural depicting Elijah E. Cumming's face and likeness
Tribute to an icon
Published Winter 2020
In October, the late Rep. Elijah Cummings was immortalized in this mural on the grounds of Union Baptist Church in West Baltimore. The project was realized by the church, its surrounding community, Baltimore graffiti writer Adam Stab, and the Johns Hopkins Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
An artisan works with a nearly finished Panama hat
The man in the Panama hat
Published Winter 2020
Alum Brent Black brought a passion for nice things to an art form in need of saving. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Jennifer Finney Boylan
A life in dog years
Published Winter 2020
In her new memoir, writer and activist Jennifer Finney Boylan recalls her past through seven beloved canines. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
'Vanguard' book cover
Untold fight for voting rights
Published Winter 2020
Relearning history is rarely as engrossing as it is in historian Martha S. Jones' book, 'Vanguard' / Johns Hopkins Magazine