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Jeanne-Marie Jackson
Faculty news
Jeanne-Marie Jackson earns Carnegie Fellowship
Published April 28, 2021
Scholar of African literature and intellectual history will study the work of early 20th-century Gold Coast statesman and writer J.E. Casely Hayford
D. Watkins
Q+A
D. Watkins writes Baltimore
Published April 20, 2021
Author, editor, East Baltimore native, and School of Education alum talks about his evolution as a writer, learning to interview celebrities, and why he's probably not cool enough to get a shoe deal
Dan Ahdoot (center) in a scene with actors Gary Anthony Williams (left) and Kevin James. The actors are wearing headsets and wearing racing gear.
Laugh track
Published Spring 2021
With The Crew, Netflix puts comedian Dan Ahdoot's career in high gear / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Baltimore Boom Bap Society members stand on stage behind DJ equipment
Collaborating for change
Published March 10, 2021
March 11's debut concert of the Racial Justice Concert Series brings together Baltimore Ceasefire 365 and the Baltimore Boom Bap Society
Foreign Affairs Symposium 2021 lineup
Foreign Affairs Symposium announces spring 2021 lineup
Published Feb 15, 2021
Speaker series will feature a lineup of artists, activists, and journalists in its 24th year
A cartoon of a woman disco dancing with a broom
Toon school
Published Jan 20, 2021 Video
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 Video
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