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Two siblings hug each other on a Baltimore street corner
Shifting Perspectives
Published Spring 2024
Meet the six Baltimore-based artists whose work will be on permanent display at Johns Hopkins, helping to celebrate the city's flourishing artistic talent and build bridges between the university and surrounding communities / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Oncologist Bill Nelson stands in the lobby of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center holding a guitar
Chords against cancer
Published Spring 2024
A Johns Hopkins oncologist finds an unlikely side gig—guitarist in Paul Reed Smith's rock band / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A long, white chiffon dress with black-and-white images of the unidentified women from the archival postcards, superimposed on single pieces of fabric and hand-sewn by the artist, adorn the flowing skirt of the dress
Art that engages
Published Spring 2024
A recent art installation utilizes materials from the university's rare book, manuscript, and archival collections / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cover art for 'Behind You Is the Sea' features a red illustration of a Baltimore row home, with flowers growing from the roof
Assimilating to America
Published Spring 2024
Susan Muaddi Darraj's debut novel tells the intertwined stories of Palestinian Americans living in Baltimore / Johns Hopkins Magazine
The cover of 'The Hollow Crown' is purple and features an image of a crown
The Bard's Prophecies
Published Spring 2024
SAIS Professor Eliot Cohen's new book explores what Shakespeare can teach us about modern-day politics / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cover art for 'Waders' features a moody green illustration of a man walking through underwater seaweed
Sands of time
Published Spring 2024
Andrew Motion's new collection features 15 poems he has written since moving to from the U.K. to the United States / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Washington monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, USA and Colorful Cherry blossom trees in spring
Arts+Culture
Cherry tree trailblazer
Published March 21, 2024
Alumna biographer Diana Parsell discovers Eliza Scidmore, the forgotten heroine behind Washington's celebrated cherry trees
Black and white photo of two children hugging on a street corner in Baltimore
Arts+Culture
Seeing Baltimore through a new lens
Published March 13, 2024
Meet the six Baltimore-based artists whose work will be on permanent display at JHU, helping to celebrate the city's flourishing artistic talent
A person in a blue sweater wears a War Up Close VR headset
Film+Media
An immersive view of war in Ukraine
Published March 8, 2024
War Up Close exhibit incorporates 360-degree panoramic images, drone footage, and 3D modeling to capture the devastation of the conflict
Richard A. Goldthwaite
In memoriam
Historian Richard A. Goldthwaite dies at 90
Published March 7, 2024
Goldthwaite devoted his career to the cultural, social, and political impacts of Renaissance Florence's economic activities