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Campus Updates
Fall update: Canvas Learning Management System
Published Aug 26, 2022
Resources are available for faculty and students as the university begins to transition from Blackboard to Canvas this fall
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Community
A summer of service
Published Aug 24, 2022
The Community Impact Internships Program connects undergraduate students with local nonprofit organizations. Meet some of this year's 50-person cohort as they share their experiences.
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Delish
Hopkins diners get a taste of something new
Published Aug 23, 2022
Under the new university-operated dining model, diners will enjoy enhanced menu options, upgraded spaces, and operational decisions that center on the dining experience
Inaugural Johns Hopkins Vivien Thomas Scholars cohort
Hopkins welcomes first Vivien Thomas Scholars
Published Aug 18, 2022
20 scholars join the university this fall to pursue PhDs as part of a new $150M initiative to address historic underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and math fields
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Community
JHU to hire 80 student math tutors for Henderson-Hopkins
Published Aug 15, 2022
To help address pandemic learning loss, the initiative will call on undergrad and grad student tutors to support up to 200 Henderson-Hopkins students by the spring semester
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Fashioned for good
Published Aug 1, 2022
After learning about how exploitative and environmentally damaging the fashion industry could be, political science major Shanthi Ramakrishna launched Taara Projects, a social startup that creates ethical, eco-conscious stitched goods.
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Inside the Writers Room at Johns Hopkins
Published July 28, 2022
The Writers Room, a small screenwriting club at Johns Hopkins, offers student participants a collaborative environment where imaginations can run wild in the creation of an episodic web series
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Hopkins team takes second at national rocketry competition
Published July 13, 2022
The AstroJays, an undergraduate rocketry team, traveled to California to compete in a Friends of Amateur Rocketry competition earlier this summer
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Entrepreneurship
Female-led student startups pursue innovation in reproductive health products
Published July 5, 2022
The startup teams created products to help ease menstrual cycle tracking and offer a comfortable and sustainable alternative to traditional menstrual cups
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Innovation
A biology lab in the palm of your hands
Published June 29, 2022
A student-created app brings the biology lab experience to users' smartphones, paving the way for a more accessible lab education