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University will move to a universal academic calendar
Published Feb 10, 2020
New calendar, which takes effect in fall 2020, will make it easier for students to register across schools and is expected to lead to an increase in interdisciplinary academic opportunities
Lion dance at Lunar New Year Banquet
Lunar New Year
A celebration of heritage, community
Published Feb 10, 2020
Hundreds of Johns Hopkins students participate in annual banquet celebrating heritage, culture, and community
Jacob Young (front) and Collin Champagne troubleshoot their device
Music
Harmonious hacking
Published Feb 5, 2020 Video
Peabody hackathon focuses on innovations in music composition, performance, and education
Lineup for the Foreign Affair Symposium 2020
Speaker series
Foreign Affairs Symposium lineup set
Published Feb 3, 2020
Visitors to campus this spring include activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Muzoon Almellehan, and Angela Davis
Pixelated music notes on a video game background
Intersession 2020
Music appreciation: A# to Zelda
Published Feb 3, 2020 Video
During Intersession, students immersive themselves in the world of video game music, its composition, and its lasting cultural impact
Avi Rubin loses his poker hand as students look on in amazement
Intersession 2020
Poker class bet wins big
Published Jan 30, 2020 Video
Nearly 250 students registered for the class, which had lectures focused on strategy, Machiavellian maneuvers, and how to calculate odds
Vinay Ayyappan
Senior awarded Churchill Scholarship
Published Jan 30, 2020
Vinay Ayyappan will study cancer imaging techniques in the laboratory of Cambridge radiologist Ferdia Gallagher
Butterfly Tacos y Tortas hosts pre-opening tasting
Food and culture
José Andrés brings Butterfly to campus
Published Jan 29, 2020
New Levering Hall dining station serves authentic Mexican street cuisine developed by the celebrity chef
A student takes notes in a field notebook
Intersession 2020
Digging into Earth's history
Published Jan 28, 2020 Video
In geology fieldwork Intersession class, students hike the mountains of the Mojave Desert to record and categorize rock formations to better understand millions of years of planetary history
A student displays her burger slider
Intersession 2020
Mission: Impossible (burger)
Published Jan 27, 2020 Video
Intersession biology class all about fake meat ends in low-stakes, fast-paced cook-off to test students' recipes for meatless burgers