The campus chapter of J Street U, a national student organization which promotes a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, held their first event of the fall semester, “Debriefing Gaza,” on Sept. 11 at the Smokler Center for Jewish Life.
The New Political Society (NPS) is a debate forum for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in rich political discourse on local, national and global issues. The idea for the forum was originally conceived by juniors Sarallah Salehi and Avi Posen during Intersession last year, and the group launched this fall.
During their general body meeting on Tuesday, the SGA discussed several fall events, including a spirit week coinciding with the final home football game, a fall event modeled after Spring Fair’s beer garden and a “meet the candidates” event immediately preceding Freshman Class Council elections.
The Korean Student Association (KSA) and the Korean Graduate Student Association (KGSA) collaborated to host the KSA Chuseok Picnic on Saturday. This event was designed to celebrate Chuseok, a national Korean festival that historically commemorates the fall harvest.
Starting this semester, the new Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, led by sophomore Noemie (Nemo) Keller, will provide fresh fruits and vegetables to Hopkins affiliates at the price of $25 a week. When Keller discovered that the CSA program at Hopkins had been discontinued during last year’s winter break, she decided to work with Real Food Hopkins to bring it back.
Kevin Hemker, the Alonzo G. Decker Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Hopkins, held a talk last Thursday on how Hopkins alumni and faculty have influenced the history of the medical profession.
The African Students Association (ASA) discussed Juju, a type of African mythology, at their Friday night meeting in the Mattin Center.
U.S. News and World Report ranked Hopkins as the 12th best national university for the second consecutive year.
This Saturday, the Student Government Association (SGA) teamed up with the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity (Beta) in order to bring the Big Blue Jay Tailgate to the Freshman Quad.
President Ronald J. Daniels announced in an email on Aug. 19 that the University will begin working to curb student alcohol abuse in response to Maryland College Alcohol Survey results published in July.
Blue Jay Rewards, a program that incentivizes students to attend varsity athletic events, launched on Sept. 3. Students can accumulate JPoints by swiping their J-Cards at designated home games to earn prizes.
The New York Times ranked Hopkins as slightly above average in economic diversity among top American colleges in their first College Access Index.
East Baltimore community members gathered at the Henderson-Hopkins school on Saturday at a forum to discuss how community groups can utilize the school’s shared space in the future.
The Students for Environmental Action (SEA) hosted a Container Gardening Extravaganza. The event’s focus was on reusing materials to plant flowers, morning glory seeds in particular, in decorative pots. The event was held on the Freshman Quad on Wednesday afternoon. The SEA’s aim was to increase awareness of its cause.
Xiaohau Hu, chief research officer and co-chair of Campbell & Co., a Baltimore-based investment firm, gave a talk entitled “Two Envelopes, Siegel’s FX Paradox, and Currency Hedging.”
A new hub for scientific activity, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative research, Malone Hall opened its doors to Hopkins faculty and students this past month.
The LGBTQ Resource Center, established in Sept. of last year, will be moving into the Homewood Apartments, located near the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA).
The Student Government Association (SGA) discussed funding issues and collaboration with the administration at its Tuesday meeting in the Charles Commons Barber Room.
On Tuesday, about 30 people attended a presentation held in Shaffer 101 by Joshua Epstein, a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. His lecture, entitled “Agent Zero: Toward Neurocognitive Foundations for Generative Social Science,” described the neuroscience involved in mass social phenomena. The talk focused on Epstein’s book of the same name, which is the seventh book he has written.
This fall, students entering Charles Commons will be greeted by smells of chocolate and freshly baked dough emanating from Insomnia Cookies, a national chain offering late-night dessert deliveries that opened on July 22.
