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Throwback Thursday: Chauvet Caves and beginning again from the beginning
17+ hour, 26+ min ago (755+ words) Throwback Thursday: Chauvet Caves and beginning again from the beginning'jhunewsletter.com Throwback Thursday: Chauvet Caves and beginning again from the beginning By ESTELLE CHEN | March 26, 2026 Chen looks back at the Chauvet Caves and how we can live with limits. The…...
Plastic keyboards and different kinds of farewell
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (303+ words) By CRYSTAL WANG | March 25, 2026 A little over two months ago, I turned twenty. Candles with beaming numbers had flared at me as their glossy pools of wax spilled over from the seismic shake of cake-bearing arms. I watched my mother's…...
Hopkins Model UN organizes the annual Hopkins MUN Conference in Washington, D.C.
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (470+ words) By KAYLEE NGUYEN | March 24, 2026 COURTESY OF HOPKINS MODEL UNITED NATIONS (MUN) Annual Hopkins Model United Nations Conference invites over 150 participants to Washington D.C. HOP MUNC competitors raise their plaques to respond to various inquiries." In an interview with The News-Letter, Chris…...
The Homewood Museum hosts a “Decision Points at Homewood House” talk by Professor Andrew Jewett
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (922+ words) By KATHERINE ZHU | March 25, 2026 To commemorate the University's 150th anniversary, the Homewood Museum hosted an event discussing the stories of the five University presidents who resided at Homewood House from 1936 to 1971. Jewett is a professor of Medicine, Science and the Humanities…...
A love letter to semicolons
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (474+ words) By OMER KORKMAZ and MARIANTHE DRESIOS | March 24, 2026 ALTAIR NETRAPHIM / CC BY 4.0" Dresios and Korkmaz argue for the importance of semicolons in writing." As innocent bystanders in the rapidly changing hellscape of the English language, semicolons have received far too much…...
Art about art about art: the Barnstormers' production of Stupid F##king Bird
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (324+ words) By MELIS OZYUREKOGLU | March 13, 2026 COURTESY OF TESSA BARCELO Ozyurekoglu shares her experience witnessing the Barnstormers" Stupid F##king Bird, suggesting that the themes presented prove timeless. From Friday, Jan. 30 to Sunday, Feb. 1 the Barnstormers performed Stupid F##king Bird, written…...
Hopkins Sports in Review (March 2 - March 8)
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (157+ words) By TALIA LEHRER | March 13, 2026 Hopkins" women"s lacrosse team returned to Homewood field this week to shut down opponents, while the track and field teams traveled to an indoor championship. Yes, it"s almost break. No, that doesn't mean Hopkins…...
Joshua Plotnik’s 20-year quest to understand the elephant mind
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (419+ words) By RHEA MAKKUNI | March 13, 2026 Plotnik's research has revealed that elephants rely primarily on olfactory senses to perceive their environments and make foraging choices. Plotnik opened with a pointed challenge, describing the way cognitive scientists have historically approached non-human animals. According…...
Inside the Lab of John Toscano: 2025 Maryland ACS Chemist of the Year
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (537+ words) By THANSI GARIKIPATI | March 12, 2026 John P. Toscano is a professor in the Hopkins Department of Chemistry. He joined the department in 1995 as an assistant professor, eventually becoming a full professor in 2003. He later served as vice-chair of the department in 2004, and…...
What’s in my lunchbox?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (691+ words) My lunchbox has gotten heavier since sixth grade. Alongside the sandwich, the chips and the juice box I now carry the heavy knowledge that every choice I make has roots and ripple effects: a history and an origin of production,…...