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Study Break 2018
Sweet Treats
Students go nuts for donuts
Published Dec 12, 2018 Photos
Free donuts and hot drinks helped ease the transition between the reading period and finals Tuesday evening
Students participate in mechanical engineering design competition
Mechanical engineering
An on-ramp to creative design
Published Dec 11, 2018
First-year mechanical engineering students take their design skills for a spin in annual competition
Students pose for a photo
Lighting of the Quads
Let it glow
Published Dec 11, 2018
Campus community comes together for Homewood's traditional end-of-semester celebration
Climbers climb a mountain ridge over Everest
Climb, eat, sleep, repeat
Published Winter 2018
Alum Geneva Keaton is among the few people in the world to have climbed the seven summits—the highest mountain on each continent / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of two people shaking hands
Helping Handshake
Published Winter 2018
Career services platform makes connecting with recruiters and employers a snap / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Composite image of students
Study guide
Finals Week Cheat Sheet
Published Dec 10, 2018
Lessons learned and some much-needed perspective—Hopkins students share finals week tips and tricks
Women speak with each other in a workshop
Rising stars
Workshop for women in research
Published Dec 5, 2018
The Rising Stars workshop, founded at MIT, puts the achievements of female researchers in the spotlight
Composite image of Marshall Scholars Chloe Pacyna and Jeremy Ratcliff.
Scholarships
Two undergrads named Marshall Scholars
Published Dec 3, 2018
Chloe Pacyna and Jeremy Ratcliff will pursue postgraduate studies in the U.K.
A student repairs part of a tractor engine
Engine trouble?
Antique tractor gets students' gears turning
Published Nov 28, 2018 Video
Mechanical engineering students learn the basics of drivetrain systems, gears, and pulleys by working on a 1947 Ford farm tractor
Michael R. Bloomberg seated a table with students
Student impact
Elimination of student loans opens doors for Hopkins undergrads
Published Nov 26, 2018
Bloomberg's historic $1.8B gift in support of financial aid means a Hopkins education is within reach for qualified students, regardless of their ability to pay