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Women in STEM
Senior Gwendolyn Tsai wins aerospace fellowship
Published Feb 8, 2022
Senior Gwen Tsai is one of 51 Brooke Owens Fellows, who receive paid internships and mentorship from aerospace professionals
City streets
Health and engineering
Data science paves the way for road safety
Published Feb 8, 2022
Project led by researcher Shima Hamidi seeks to discover the optimal road width for driver, cyclist, and pedestrian safety in city streets
Bubbles underwater in eddies
Mechanical engineering
New research bursts longstanding theory of bubble behavior
Published Feb 7, 2022
Experiments investigating how bubbles interact with swirls of air or water upend decades-held theory of turbulence research
A student is taught how to pipette
Student experience
Lab access, granted
Published Feb 2, 2022
Chemist Stephen Fried designs Intersession course to provide laboratory experience to first-generation students
Andre Douglas
Chasing space
Published Feb 2, 2022
Whiting School alum and former APL employee Andre Douglas is one of 10 astronaut candidates who recently began training with NASA, the culmination of a life spent dreaming of the stars
Close-up of pink ice cream
Intersession 2022
Lab-grown meat, fungus-based ice cream
Published Feb 1, 2022
Food of the Future course led by Franklyn Hall explores the new range of meats, milks, and cheeses developed using cellular manipulation and emerging technology
Photo of autonomous robot performing a surgery in a dark room
Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help
Published Jan 26, 2022
In four experiments on pig tissues, the robot excelled at suturing two ends of intestine—one of the most intricate and delicate tasks in abdominal surgery
A Hopkins affiliate completes a rapid antigen test
COVID-19 testing
Study: COVID-19 rapid tests highly accurate for children and adolescents
Published Jan 26, 2022
Like a previous study of adults, findings show rapid antigen test offers time and cost savings, easier distribution, and fewer testing disparities
Clockwise from top left: Deborah Jean Andrew, Namandjé N. Bumpus, David P. Goldberg, Elizabeth Marion Jaffee, William W. Wright, Marc Ostermeier, and Sabra L. Klein
Seven from Johns Hopkins named AAAS fellows
Published Jan 26, 2022
The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes scholars for their contributions to chemistry as well as biological, pharmaceutical, and medical sciences
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Faculty awards
Alexis Battle and Sarah Hörst receive President's Frontier Awards
Published Jan 26, 2022 Video
In a surprise move this year, the university recognizes two faculty members with the full award; each will receive $250,000 to support their groundbreaking research