Hopkins has a diverse student body, with 14 percent of international students from 61 different countries at the undergraduate level. In all, there are a total of 2,600 international students across the University’s five campuses.
The Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium (MSE) released its 2016 speaker lineup on Sunday night, featuring U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Nov. 17.
The Habitat for Humanity Club at Hopkins hosted a panel from the Baltimore Area Faces of Homelessness Speakers Bureau at Gilman Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 27.
Professor Peter K. Haff discussed the impact of humanity on climate change in Hodson Hall on Sept. 22 as part of the Critical Climate Thinking Lecture Series, hosted by The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute. Haff is a Professor Emeritus at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. His talk was titled ‘Do humans cause climate change? The Earth’s perspective.’
The JHU Forums on Race in America presented a panel on “The Next 50 Years: Black Power’s Afterlife and the Struggle for Social Justice,” Tuesday, Sept. 27 in Shriver Hall.
Oral historian and author Alan Wieder delivered a talk, “Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, But Mostly Conversation” at Red Emma’s Bookstore and Coffeehouse on Thursday, Sept. 22nd.
The annual Baltimore Book Festival took place at the Inner Harbor this weekend from Sept. 23 to Sept. 25.
The Student Government Association (SGA) met with administrators from the Ralph S. O’Connor Recreation Center and the Department of Athletics at its weekly meeting in Commons on Sept. 27.
Established in 2014, JHUnions is a program within the Office of Student Leadership and Involvement that seeks to enhance on-campus social opportunities by bringing together Levering Hall, the Mattin Center and Nolan’s on 33rd, the three main student programming spaces on campus. It was founded in 2014 by the Office of Student Life.
Over 1,000 students and faculty took part in the eighth annual President’s Day of Service on Saturday, Sept. 24. Participants volunteered in more than 40 different sites around Baltimore.
The first presidential debate viewing party of the general election was hosted by the Hopkins College Democrats, the College Republicans, IDEAL and JHUnions in Nolan’s on Monday. The debate, moderated by NBC’s Lester Holt, was broadcast live in the dining facility. Debate topics included the economy, race and national security.
Nourish International, a student movement that partners with communities to make a lasting impact on extreme poverty, recently established a new chapter of its organization on the Hopkins campus. The organization runs business ventures to raise awareness for issues of international development.
In the first-ever JHU Report on Faculty Composition, the Office of the Provost evaluated faculty diversity in all nine departmental divisions of the University. The report provides a baseline measurement for future efforts to diversify.
The University released its Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion last March partially in response to the Black Student Union (BSU) protests in the fall of 2015. The Roadmap details the University’s plan to increase diversity among faculty and students, in addition to creating more opportunities for underrepresented minorities (URM).
The University has launched a new Second-Year Experience (SYE) Program, led by Assistant Director Aaron Rutledge, to fight against the “sophomore slump.”
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The Student Government Association (SGA) welcomed new administrators Jamie Riley, associate dean of diversity and inclusion; Annalise Setorie, assistant director for programming at the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA); and Christian Pavik, international outreach and engagement coordinator at the Office of International Services (OIS) as guest speakers to their weekly meeting on Tuesday in the Charles Commons Salon.
The Sexual Assault Resource Unit (SARU) hosted an informational panel to promote the club’s resources and its upcoming activities this semester. The group, which advocates for increased awareness and education on the issues of rape culture, sexual violence and consensual relationships, held the panel on Friday, Sept. 16 on the Freshman Quad.
The Johns Hopkins Medical Ethics Discussion Panel (MedPanel) held its first discussion meeting of the year on Tuesday, Sept. 20 in Charles Commons. The topic of the discussion was Ethics in Crisis Situations, which focused on how medical personnel prioritize care in times of extreme duress and limited resources.
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