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Illustration of introverts and extroverts
Don't skip that cocktail party, introverts
Published Summer 2019
Study asks people with different levels of extroversion to interact in a simulated social mixer and rate their experiences afterward, shedding light on what less-extroverted people can do to increase their social confidence / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of a guitar player
New cool tools
Rock on—just not too hard
Published Summer 2019 Video
SmartGuitar prototype prevents injury by telling musicians when they exert too much force on the strings / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Mark Shelhamer in the zero-gravity rocket
Making space travel safer
Published Summer 2019 Video
As NASA prepares to send humans back to the moon and beyond, Mark Shelhamer and fellow Hopkins scientists want to ensure that future space travelers survive and thrive out there / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of brain
Banking on brain science
Published Summer 2019
In search of treatments and cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, researchers need actual human tissue. Here is where they go to find it. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Ruth Kassinger
Green all over
Published Summer 2019
In 'Slime,' author Ruth Kassinger gives life-sustaining, omnipresent—and sometimes villainous—algae their long overdue star turn / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Anton Dahbura and his wife, Marlaina
Tony baseball
Published Summer 2019
Anton Dahbura has combined his love of America's pastime and computer science to develop programs that help baseball teams identify the best available athletes / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A boy wears the parker Solar Probe augmented reality headset
Hopkins on the Hill
Leading by example
Published June 13, 2019 Video
Researchers and scientists from across Johns Hopkins showcase their work to demonstrate importance of federal funding
Students present the Occlusion project, which can identify human shapes in visual images
Technology
Learn like us
Published June 11, 2019 Video
Students teach computers to learn like humans and to tackle problems once considered too complex for computers to solve
Illustration of an inventor flying an invented plane
Entrepreneurship
Learning to fly
Published May 30, 2019
Successful Carey Business School entrepreneurs share the wisdom gained from years of experience with startups
Baking sheet
Student life
Student team wins international theoretical physics competition
Published May 30, 2019
International Theoretical Physics Olympiad for Undergraduates encourages participants to learn advanced topics through competition