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Entrepreneurship
Students pitch promising ventures at HopStart
Published May 16, 2023
Thirty-five competing teams shared startup ideas to solve real-world problems in health care, housing access, public health, and more
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Empower Your Pitch!
Creativity in research communication
Published May 16, 2023
Contest challenges doctoral students to present their work in an engaging, unconventional manner
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Awards+Honors
PhD student named Apple Scholar
Published May 9, 2023
Yutong Bai is the second graduate student at JHU to receive the honor, which provides support for scholars' research and academic travel
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Entrepreneurship
Grad student startups shine in Heartland Challenge
Published May 8, 2023
Hopkins was the only university with three teams in the semifinals of the competition, which simulates the process of raising venture capital for new technologies
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Design Day
Student engineers empower independence
Published April 28, 2023
On Design Day, mechanical engineering students will present their system allowing blind people to manufacture their own canes. Set for Tuesday, May 2, the annual event showcases students' research and prototypes providing solutions to real-world problems.
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Community
Students support environmental justice efforts in South Baltimore
Published April 27, 2023
The yearlong Krieger School course allows students to contribute to ongoing conversations about a healthier and more just future for residents of South Baltimore's Curtis Bay
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Innovative resources
Students create tool to help predict targeted violence in high schools
Published April 26, 2023
The resource is designed to increase the understanding students' well-being and allow counselors to make more informed decisions on outreach
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Student Success
29 current Hopkins affiliates receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Published April 25, 2023
The fellowships celebrate exceptional students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines
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Engineering
Course offers study of emerging field
Published April 25, 2023
A new course, designed by Deok-Ho Kim, focuses on microphysiological systems, which are used to study human disease, drug development, and precision medicine
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Entrepreneurship
New $100K prize supports student entrepreneurs
Published April 22, 2023
The President's Venture Fellowship provides significant funding to a graduating student who intends to continue a promising business venture in Baltimore