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It’s been a good eight years since I first left China for high school in the US. All these years of going back and forth with fifteen-plus hours of flights, living with host families, Covid quarantines in both countries and college feel like a whirlwind, but I indeed lived through every second of it.
My journey started in a bit of an unusual way. I was born prematurely, and, after talking to a doctor, my mom was told that exercise would help with my development. So, she took me to a nearby pool. Before long, I was really making a splash. I got pretty good and ended up spending about 10 years swimming competitively. But I was just a little girl, and, after a while, I got bored; swimming laps can only hold your attention for so long.
This summer, I had the opportunity to study abroad for two weeks in Germany. As a pre-med who’s always wanted to study abroad but has always had obligations preventing her (I’m looking at you, Organic Chemistry and Physics), I jumped for joy when I realized I’d found an interesting program that fit into my schedule and took me to a country I’ve always wanted to visit.
During my time in Cape Town, I was able to navigate the country of South Africa for six weeks with seven other Hopkins students. As I reflect on my time, I think about the memories I gained at CampusKey, the residential site I stayed at. CampusKey is home to many South African students studying at the University of Cape Town. There, I was able to be vulnerable and compassionate and, most importantly, learn from those around me. No matter if they were raised in the townships or in mixed (Coloured) communities, they treated us as family and welcomed us with open arms.
If a scrapbook transcending temporal and spatial boundaries — and, of course, a thousand frames of mind — was condensed into an album, it would be Kate Bollinger’s new album Songs From a Thousand Frames of Mind. Despite having been in the music industry for almost six years now, the record, which was released on Sept. 27, is the indie-folk singer’s debut studio album.
Do you also have those words, phrases or idioms that exist in your native tongue that you could never translate to another language? When I moved to the U.S. last year after living in Turkey for 19 years, I had plenty: I still remember the first few weeks of being here and how naked I felt without my witty Turkish vocabulary.
There are 26 days until the election, and the facts point toward one truth: Former President Donald Trump is unfit for any public office. Trump’s policies will disadvantage many and threaten the fabric of American democracy. He has openly violated democratic norms, trafficked in abhorrent rhetoric that incites hate, and cozied up to dictators and enemies of American security.
Brooklyn Pater found the women’s volleyball team at Hopkins by chance — well, not exactly. It was more like the program found her, in the form of an email from a coach when she was in her freshman year of high school in Sioux Falls, S.D.
For food lovers, Baltimore is like a makeup palette, brimming with vibrant culinary shades and sparkles. You’ll never get stuck in a rut of repetitive flavors as long as you’re willing to explore. Stepping outside my usual picks and trying these three restaurants has brought countless delightful surprises. Here’s a glimpse at three must-try spots that offer just a taste of what this diverse city has to offer.
Scrolling mindlessly on Tiktok last week, I saw a video of an elderly woman, captioned: “I asked my nonna what her greatest insecurity was when she was little. She said she didn’t have time for that because of Mussolini.”
One way to know if someone made it in the South Korean entertainment industry is whether or not they have the highly coveted “Nation’s” nickname. IU, arguably one of the most successful South Korean female soloists, has been dubbed “Nation’s Younger Sister.” The main host of countless variety shows, Yoo Jae-suk, is known as “Nation’s MC.” Now, riding off the highs of their record-breaking EP Band Aid and a handful of songs from previous albums firmly sitting in the South Korean charts, Day6 is the newly crowned “Nation’s Band.”
Ironically, with Halloween around the corner, there’s only one hot-ticket horror film to announce this week: Terrifier 3 — a classic thrasher set on Christmas Eve in a sleepy, little town — is worth to add to your rotation of Halloween classics. But my excitement lies with the two comedies releasing this Friday: The Apprentice, a film covering Trump’s New York real-estate business back in the ‘70s and ‘80s; and Saturday Night, which recounts the events leading up to the first airing of Saturday Night Live.
On August 30, 2017, Kymriah became the first gene therapy — a type of treatment that introduces genetic material to an individual’s cells — to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Kymriah is a treatment for individuals with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and modifies the individual’s T cells, which help the immune system fight off diseases, by inserting a gene that codes for a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). The newly created CAR T-cells can then recognize and kill the leukemia cells. As of October 2024, there are more than thirty FDA-approved gene therapies, spanning a diverse array of diseases such as certain cancers, hereditary disorders and chronic diseases.
When I am at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, I feel right at home. My hometown Hamburg is built around rivers and ports, so every time I see ships, water and container cranes, my heart jumps a little. But even though I feel the resemblance like waves in my veins, Baltimore is also completely different from everything I know, and I am growing fonder of this eclectic city with every new part that I discover.
From general AI platforms like ChatGPT to healthcare diagnostic chatbots, the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) research made enormous strides in replicating elements of human behavior to enhance the user experience during human-computer interaction. On Sept. 30th, Michael Bernstein, an associate professor of computer science at Stanford University, presented a talk at the Center for Language and Speech Processing about current efforts to improve behavioral simulations. His talk was titled “Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior“ and spotlighted the simulated town, Smallville, which his team worked on.
On Thursday, Sept. 26, the Hopkins Lecture Series, in partnership with the SNF Agora Institute and the Aronson Center for International Studies, hosted a lecture on the future of the two-party system in Shriver Hall. The talk hosted Andrew Yang, former presidential candidate in the 2020 election cycle as well as founder of the Forward Party, and Adam Kinzinger, former U.S. Representative for Illinois’ 16th district.
Journalist and author Scott Shane discussed the history of his newest work, Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland, at the Homewood Museum on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
Founded to give student artists a place to express themselves, bARTimore seeks to foster community on campus and connect Hopkins with the broader Baltimore community through visual art. The club holds weekly painting and mural sessions to contribute to a visual arts culture on campus.
I’m not a sports person — that is, I don’t regularly attend live matches, follow sports in the news or have a favorite team for quite literally any sport. And all of this, certainly not for American sports. So, what am I doing here? Well, welcome to Yana Mulani’s review of American sports, where I watch traditionally American sports and tell you what I — a non-American — think of them.
The 112th Student Government Association (SGA) convened on Tuesday, Oct. 1 for their weekly meeting.