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During the first week of college, my roommates and I walked to Kung Fu Tea. We had just moved into our dorms and barely knew the city, but boba felt like a safe place to begin. I ordered my usual: brown sugar milk tea with 50% sugar and light ice.
I’m living The Simple Life.
Week One of the NFL season is officially complete, and as such, there is no better time to take a preliminary look at what could be some of the best teams in the league this year. Will this hold up by season’s end? Probably not… but a bit of harmless predicting has never hurt anyone! So let’s get into it…
From boundary-pushing progressive country and uncompromising hardcore hip-hop to rebellious electroclash, this recent summer’s album releases delivered something for everyone. In keeping with the Arts & Entertainment section’s yearly tradition, our writers are here to share their album of the summer picks. Each writer will make their case for their favorite(s), and maybe help you discover a new sound that sticks with you!
Artificial intelligence-based protein structure prediction and protein design tools have revolutionized structural biology. Chief among these tools is AlphaFold, which was developed by researchers at Google DeepMind and recently won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. AlphaFold was trained on existing protein structures, which makes it extremely proficient at predicting the structure of stable proteins with well-characterized domains. However, it struggles with predicting the structures of misfolded proteins and intrinsically disordered domains, which are prevalent in many degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and cystic fibrosis. Therefore, it is crucial to study how proteins related in these diseases misfold in order to understand the pathologies and develop treatments and cures for these diseases.
Erin Sutton, flight dynamics model validation lead for NASA’s Dragonfly mission, visited to the Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics on Sept. 10 to share her work on the Dragonfly, a car-sized rotorcraft whose goal is to fly through the methane-rich atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The seminar highlighted the challenges of validating flight dynamics for Titan’s environment, a notoriously hazy, treacherous terrain, and how Sutton’s team continues to push the boundaries of aerospace engineering and planetary exploration.
Generative AI is everywhere. ChatGPT and other similar software are used across disciplines — in the office, in classrooms, for assignments and even for participation points in class discussions. At Hopkins, many students use AI not just for quick and easy answers on homework assignments but also in their writing — in essays, short stories, poems and, in some cases, articles. The University recently announced the Hopkins AI Lab, which “offers members of the Johns Hopkins community secure and easy access to Large Language Models (LLMs) from industry leaders including OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta.”
On Sept.10, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an event at Utah Valley University. A right-wing activist and founder of conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, Kirk rose to prominence as a strong ally of President Donald Trump. Kirk became known for his conservative positions on immigration, gun rights and higher education.
This fall, The News-Letter conducted a community survey to better understand who makes up our readership. In total, 43 students shared their identities, academic backgrounds and experiences.
On May 30, Hopkins announced that it would end its partnership with Barnes & Noble as the operator of the Hopkins campus store. In its place, the University selected the Follett Higher Education Group to manage the store and support the distribution of Hopkins materials. As of this summer, the new campus store has reopened with a fresh layout and an expanded array of merchandise.
It’s been about a week since I packed up my suitcase and flew across the Atlantic to start my study abroad journey in St Andrews, Scotland. In the few days that I’ve been here, I’ve met a good bunch of American students who are studying something related to politics or diplomacy, and lots of English students who wouldn’t dare touch politics with a ten-foot pole.
The weather looks warm and sunny, which makes this a good weekend to get out into Baltimore. You can hear improvised sets at High Zero, listen to local bands at Belvedere Square, check out large-scale festivals downtown or spend a quieter afternoon with the new exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA).
1-across: Labor Day mo.
1-across: With 2-down, iconic American dessert
The School of Public Health’s Wolman seminar series hosted Marta Hatzell, an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Hatzell gave a talk titled “Reactive Carbon Capture and Conversion: Pathways to Carbon-Neutral Fuels and Chemicals,” which highlighted the importance of carbon dioxide capture and its direct conversion into valuable materials. The process of reactive carbon capture and conversion (RCCC) cuts costs and requires less energy than traditional methods, which regenerate carbon dioxide from carbonate streams.
On Jan. 16, the Hopkins Public Interest Investment Advisory Committee (PIIAC) rejected a proposal from the Hopkins Justice Collective (HJC) to divest from weapons and surveillance companies implicated in atrocities in Gaza. The decision came during one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, as over 90% of over 2 million Palestinians faced bombardment, starvation and displacement, with man-made famine confirmed in Gaza. Some critics argue that the PIIAC’s report was methodologically weak, morally evasive and damaging to the credibility of the University.
Welcome back to another academic year! Let’s kick things off with the latest updates on science and technology, which include a closer look at how carbon monoxide slips off hemoglobin, a promising method for earlier ALS detection and Amazon joining the AI agent race.
What better way to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon than to try out a new cafe?
Over the summer, I read Tess Gunty’s novel The Rabbit Hutch, which was a wonderfully weird and captivating book that left me heartbroken at the abuse of a teenage girl at one moment and giggling at the concept of a man drenching his entire body in glow-stick juice the next. Like I said: captivating and weird — like all the best books ultimately are.
One of professional tennis’s biggest events came to a close this past Sunday, after around three weeks full of matches. Now, I don’t know the ins-and-outs of tennis, but this competition has dominated my news feeds and the excitement felt palpable. So from one beginner to another, here’s a run down of the culminated U.S. Open in Queens, NY. And of course the fun and uplifting sides of the competition.