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June 30, 2025 June 30, 2025 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896
June 30, 2025 June 30, 2025 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896
In what has become one of the most exciting stories of this year’s NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Hopkins alumnus and Florida Gulf Coast University head coach Andy Enfield has moved into the national spotlight. Enfield was the first recruit of Bill Nelson, current head coach of the Hopkins basketball team, and still keeps in touch.
The Hopkins Organization for Programming (The HOP) and Relay for Life held a bake-off in the Glass Pavilion last Thursday, March 7 in order to benefit Relay for Life, the national charity that acts in support of the American Cancer Society. Senior Jack Morgan and sophomore Rebecca Rabinowitz spearheaded the event.
Celebrated during the month of March, Women’s History Month has a significant presence on campus this year, largely through events organized by the Johns Hopkins Women’s History Month Committee.
JStreet U, a national student-lead organization that promotes a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine through the leadership of the United States, hosted the final event of its four part symposium called “Is Peace Possible?” on Tuesday, March 12.
The International Studies department recently launched the Global Social Change and Development (GSCD) track for students interested in a double major in International Studies (IS) and Sociology. The research-based program prepares students for analytical careers regarding the challenges of globalization and international development.
Two weeks ago, the Jewish Studies and International Studies programs added a Jewish Studies focus area to the International Studies major.
Kappa Kappa Gamma will have social events this semester.
Over 200 members of the Baltimore community gathered at Saints Philip and James Catholic Church on Tuesday to discuss plans for the St. Paul Development Site, known also as the Olmsted lot. Proposals for the future of the lot, located across from the Village Lofts on St. Paul, have recently set the stage for local debate due to concerns about the potential of harming local businesses.
Harold Koh, a professor of international law at Yale Law School, spoke at Hopkins this past Tuesday on the current state of international affairs, providing insight into his careers concerning U.S. foreign policy and international law.
President Ron Daniels sent a school-wide email on Tuesday announcing the possibility of the Men’s Lacrosse Team joining a formal league after its 130-year history playing as an independent team. The University has decided to form a committee, made up of alumni and school officials, to evaluate Hopkins’s affiliates opinions on the prospect; they have until May 15.
Irin Carmon, a staff writer for Salon, spoke to Hopkins undergraduates on Monday night about the role of women in shaping the 2012 presidential election.
Andrew Ross Sorkin, the author of the financial bestseller Too Big to Fail and the chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for The New York Times, spoke last night as second in this spring’s Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) line up titled “From the Front Line to the Bottom Line”. Members of the Baltimore community. Approximately 200 students and faculty were in attendance.
Last December, 153 students graduated from Hopkins, a 50 percent increase in early graduates from the year before. Defined by the registrar as students who enrolled as undergraduates from high school and fulfilled their requirements in under eight semesters, early graduates tend to be seniors, but a single junior has graduated early at the end of the fall semester in each of the past three years.
The Coalition of Hopkins Activists for Israel (CHAI) hosted Avner Even-Zohar, a Captain in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who spoke with Hopkins students on Friday about Israel, the Arab Spring and the importance of a foreign policy that promotes human rights.
The balance between resolving the Palestinian refugee crisis and preserving Israel as a Jewish state served as the theme of Tuesday’s J Street U event, the third of its four-part “Is Peace Possible?” discussion series. Attracting approximately 20 students, the event provided a venue for open discourse.
Anticipating the first serious snowfall of the winter, the University cancelled most operations at all campuses in Baltimore and D.C. yesterday.
Members of the Administration are currently discussing the possibility of lengthening the University’s Thanksgiving Break in the future. This proposal was an agenda item at a recent Director of Undergraduate Studies meeting.
Though the Hopkins Men’s Lacrosse team was down an attackman and a defenseman, it secured a victory against Michigan 17-8 in the game on Feb. 23.
More than 150 students were dancing in the dark last Saturday, some with glowsticks and clad in neon attire at this year’s Dance Marathon.
