As a student intern at Children's Health of Orange County, senior Rosa Rodríguez spent the summer shadowing a pediatric surgeon—the same surgeon who performed lifesaving surgery on her as an infant. "I don't even have the words to describe the feeling. It was inspiring and exhilarating and kind of trippy, to be honest," she says.
Share your expertise or passion with fellow alumni by teaching a course in Spring 2023 for the Alumni Association’s Odyssey Program, the Baltimore region's awardwinning and lifelong learning partner for more than 25 years. Learn about the possibilities and benefits here.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope to look back in time at the early universe, astronomers discovered a surprise: a cluster of galaxies merging around a rare red quasar within a massive black hole. The findings offer an unprecedented opportunity to observe how billions of years ago galaxies coalesced into the modern universe.
Astronomer Danielle Speller and biomedical engineer Justus Kebschull have each been awarded a 2022 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, a prestigious early-career award for scientists that provides "flexible funding and the freedom to take risks and explore new frontiers in their fields of study." Each recipient receives $875,000 over five years.
A national commission recommends stitching together the patchwork of local, state, and federal agencies responsible for managing chronic and emerging diseases
Even as the numbers of daily cases and deaths in the U.S. continue to decline, experts caution that a spike in infections in Europe could foretell a rise in U.S. cases as winter approaches
Selected pieces from the Sheridan Libraries' Women of the Book collection are now on display at the George Peabody Library's exhibit gallery through January 2023
"They're doing what viruses do," said Andrew Pekosz, a Bloomberg School virologist and professor. The "parent BA.5 seems to be dropping off in numbers, but what's taking its place is second and third generations of it."
"There is a safety tax that all students pay in those schools," said Odis Johnson, a professor of education and health policy at Johns Hopkins who studies policing in schools.
Hopkins at Home presents a virtual mini symposium at 2 p.m. EDT featuring a keynote speaker, panel discussion, and audience interaction. Hosted by bioastronautics@hopkins and the Commercial and Government Program Office of the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering; registration required
Meet the Caribbean species that live in a 200,000-gallon habitat at the New England Aquarium from the comfort of your home with a virtual tour at 4 p.m. EST; registration required
Join a virtual conversation at noon EST with the Johns Hopkins Health Equity Group, a solutions-driven group working to create healthier communities through advocacy, policy review and reform, and community empowerment; registration required
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