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SGA proposal supports sanctuary campus

By SOPHIE JOHNSON | December 8, 2016

The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a resolution to support a proposal to make Hopkins a sanctuary campus at its weekly meeting in Charles Commons on Tuesday, Dec. 6. The resolution, presented by Senior Class Senator Jonathan Brown, passed with 21 votes in favor, four votes in opposition and one abstention.

COURTESY OF JACOB TOOK Professor Posmentier emphasized the importance of art in discussing the Anthropocene.

Posmentier analyzes black reconstruction

By JACOB TOOK | December 8, 2016

New York University professor Sonya Posmentier previewed her most recent work in a reading titled “Black reconstruction and the Anthropocene” on Friday, Dec. 2. Posmentier stressed how important it is to challenge the American historical narrative, which she claims has been primarily determined by white men.

Prof. explores history behind antihumanism

By CLAIRE FOX | December 8, 2016

As the concluding event in the Department of Anthropology’s Fall 2016 Colloquium, Professor and Chair of the English Department Christopher Nealon gave a talk titled “Antihumanism and Anticapitalism,” on Tuesday, Dec. 6 in Mergenthaler Hall. In his lecture, Nealon explored the academic history of antihumanism and its application in fields ranging from politics to environmentalism.

World AIDS Day dinner commemorates lives lost to HIV

By EMMA ROALSVIG | December 8, 2016

The annual World AIDS Day dinner took place on Thursday in the Gilman Atrium. The event, which was presented by Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Office of LGBTQ Life, aimed to disseminate more information about AIDS and its treatments while stressing the importance of destigmatizing the illness.

COURTESY OF YAO LIN Experts at the event discussed the China’s economic growth and America’s relationship with the country.

University hosts inaugural conference on U.S.–China relations

By PETER JI | December 8, 2016

The Hopkins chapter of Global China Connection hosted a regional conference focusing on the rise of China, the domestic and international challenges that the Chinese communist leadership faces and the changing geopolitics of the East Asian region. The six-hour event featured experts in international studies, geopolitics and international affairs as well as student research presentations. The conference took place on Saturday in Hodson Hall.

Transgender health center to open in 2017

By JACOB TOOK | December 1, 2016

Johns Hopkins Medicine will open the Center for Transgender Health by early spring of next year. The Center aims to provide transgender people with a lifelong healthcare program.

COURTESY OF KUNAL MAITI Student groups came together to promote men’s mental health.

CHEW fair promotes men’s mental health

By ALYSSA WOODEN | December 1, 2016

The Masculinity Project, a semester-long effort to promote conversation about masculinity on college campuses, culminated with the Health and Wellness fair held on Tuesday in the Glass Pavilion.

ITamar K./Public Domain Professor Silbergeld discussed the harmful effects of industrial farming and contracting in agriculture.

Author talks dark side of industrial farming

By SARAH Y. KIM | December 1, 2016

Ellen K. Silbergeld, a professor of environmental health studies, epidemiology and health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, spoke about her critically acclaimed book, Chickenizing Farms and Food, at Barnes & Noble on Nov. 20.

COURTESY OF ROLLIN HU Hopkins is renowned for being the first research university in the U.S.

From the humanities to STEM, what are students researching?

By PETER JI | December 1, 2016

How does the research-oriented environment at Hopkins affect students? Daniel Coit Gilman, the University’s first president, promoted a model that emphasized teaching and research that revolutionized higher education across the country. Gilman’s model made Hopkins the first U.S.-based research university.

ELLIE HALLENBORG /PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR The forum allowed students to get to know their SGA representatives.

SGA forum addresses mental health, diversity

By KAREN SHENG | December 1, 2016

The Student Government Association (SGA) hosted its first annual Fall Forum, a platform for students to openly ask questions, view presentations and provide feedback to the SGA for its work, on Tuesday in Mudd Hall. The main discussions items on the agenda were mental health and diversity and inclusion, which the SGA has outlined as two of its three key focus areas for this academic year.

USC prof. analyzes translation software

By KATHERINE LOGAN | December 1, 2016

Jonathan May, a professor at the University of Southern California (USC) Information Sciences Institute, gave a talk on Nov. 29 about Natural Language Processing (NLP), a branch of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages.

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