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July 5, 2025
July 5, 2025 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896

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Epstein presents research on neuroscience and social phenomena

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.


Students flock to Insomnia Cookies

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.




Revised Orientation welcomes new students

This year’s Orientation Executive Staff organized new programming and activities to introduce students to Hopkins and Baltimore. While maintaining long-standing activities like the Interfaith Center’s Ice Cream Social and the hypnotism show sponsored by the Hopkins Organization for Programming (HOP), Orientation staff also revised existing practices to replace Peer Ambassadors (PAs) with First Year Mentors (FYMs).


Animal use sparks protest at med school

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) led a demonstration outside of Johns Hopkins Hospital on Aug. 21 in protest of the school’s use of live animals for surgical training.




Sophomore studies on Canary Islands

Most people visit the Canary Islands to get a glimpse of sun-soaked beaches, beautiful people and an exotic culture. Traveling to this vacation spot to analyze lung biopsies or teach local doctors English is more unusual.



Connolly writes about Florida under Jim Crow

Nathan Connolly, an assistant professor of history at Hopkins, launched his new book, A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida, on Sunday at Red Emma’s Bookstore and Coffeehouse.







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