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Melissa Mai
Student scholar
Senior named Hertz Graduate Fellow
Published April 19, 2019
Two graduate research fellowships will fund 100% of her studies while she pursues a PhD in biophysics at Harvard beginning this fall
Group photo
Undergraduate research
Team aims to make at-home dialysis safer
Published April 12, 2019
Biomedical engineering undergrads raise more than $25,000 in cash prizes from competitions, grant programs, and incubators for their design
Feinberg and Rizzardi aboard the Vomit Comet
Study looks at how astronaut's body changed in space
Published April 11, 2019
JHU's Andrew Feinberg finds that after year-long NASA mission to the International Space Station, astronaut Scott Kelly had no lingering, major epigenetic differences from his earthbound twin, Mark
Brain illustration
Brain science
Why MDMA may help treat PTSD
Published April 4, 2019
In mouse study, MDMA is shown to reactivate a learning period for social rewards, allowing test subjects to form positive associations where none existed before
A student demonstrates a robotics project
Engineering
Hopkins hosts Robotics Industry Day
Published March 28, 2019
Event brings together current students, alumni, and industry professionals for project showcase, networking
Girl scouts test a roller coaster
STEM education
Girl Scouts earn their engineering patch
Published March 27, 2019
Troops from across Maryland design and build roller coasters out of everyday materials with help from Hopkins engineering students
Still of the Van Allen probes in orbit
Space exploration
Van Allen probes prepare for final descent
Published March 27, 2019 Video
The probes have gathered data in the hazardous radiation belts that surround Earth since 2012
Four AIMBE fellows
Four named to AIMBE College of Fellows
Published March 25, 2019
Honor recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research, practice, or education
Composite image of abstract images
Mind games
Do you see what AI sees?
Published March 22, 2019 Video
Artificial intelligence can be fooled by abstract images—but can humans see why?
Daeyeol Lee
Interdisciplinary scholar
Neuroscientist Daeyeol Lee named BDP
Published March 19, 2019
Yale expert known for his research on the neural basis for decision-making will head lab at the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute