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Fredi Lajvardi (left, in mustard yellow vest) and Oscar Vazquez on stage
'Spare Parts' subjects deliver topical keynote
Published Sept 8, 2017
Oscar Vazquez and Fredi Lajvardi, whose stories are featured in 2014 book, discuss DACA, immigration, activism
A man sits in a window seat reading the Bible. The window has a giant yellow M on it
McPhotos
Published Fall 2017
Photographer Chris Arnade finds pride, poverty, and decent Wi-Fi in McDonald's / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Tayla Solomon, Cori Grainger, and Blessin Giraldo jump in unison in 'Step' promo photo
Stepping up
Published Fall 2017 Video
Cori Grainger, a rising sophomore at Hopkins, chases her dreams in Baltimore dance documentary / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Du Yun
The protean Du Yun
Published Fall 2017 Video
Du Yun's eclectic output is powered by curiosity about different music, sounds, subject matter, and collaborators / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A man shifts rocks around while two partially harvest agave plants, trimmed of their spiky leaves, rest on the ground
Liquid culture
Published Fall 2017
Writer Granville Greene makes the case for knowing more about the people who made your mezcal / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Lizzie Gilman reads from a paper and gestures with her right hand
Firebrand with a pince-nez
Published Fall 2017
Elisabeth Gilman, the youngest daughter of JHU's founding president, was a fierce advocate for social justice / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of Chester Himes in grays, blacks, and reds
The lonely crusader
Published Fall 2017
Lawrence Jackson profiles the work of Chester Himes, who all but invented the black crime novel / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Carry a torch
Published Fall 2017
Monica Hesse's new book, 'American Fire' chronicles a couple's 2014 arson spree across Virginia's Eastern Shore, exploring not so much who committed these crimes, but why / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Guarding Saddam
Published Fall 2017
Will Bardenwerper tells the stories of the young men whose service involved sharing Saddam Hussein's last few months as he waited to be put to death / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Monica Hesse
Talking with Monica Hesse
Published Fall 2017
Hesse relocated to Accomack County on Virginia's Eastern Shore for a few months while researching the arsons that she covers in her new book, 'American Fire' / Johns Hopkins Magazine