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A stained glass window in the Welch Medical Library

Hopkins history

Welcome back to the Welch

Published Sept 26, 2024

A historic part of the medical school's campus, the Welch Medical Library has retained its classical charm while meeting the needs of 21st century researchers

Notebook

A group of Johns Hopkins undergraduate film students now gets a firsthand glimpse of the entertainment industry, as Southern California–based alumni gather annually to talk about Hollywood / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Performing arts

Key personnel

Published Fall 2024

Renée Kelsey leads a team of piano technicians charged with tuning and repairing Peabody's 300-plus pianos / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Sheet music

Preserved to be confronted

Published Fall 2024

Special Collections' 600+ pieces of Middle East–inspired sheet music offer clues into Western perceptions of the East / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Love's labors lost (and found)

Published Fall 2024

Louise Erdrich's The Mighty Red is an ode to both the fragility of romantic love and our natural world / Johns Hopkins Magazine

In memoriam

Literary scholar Ronald Paulson dies at 94

Published Sept 10, 2024

Paulson questioned assumptions throughout his career about the role and power of art, and how cultural developments changed how art was perceived

In memoriam

George M. Wilson, philosopher of aesthetics who spent 28 years at Johns Hopkins, dies

Published Aug 28, 2024

Wilson, who left JHU in 2000, specialized in the philosophy of film, theory of action, philosophy of language, and the work of Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein