Younan Xia, Bloomberg Distinguished Prof of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering "for research & leadership in the invention & rational development of advanced materials for nanomedicine & regenerative medicine." engineering.jhu.edu/news/younan-...

Chemical and biomolecular eng grad Ryan Alezz, '25, has been named a Schwarzman Scholar, a highly selective program at Tsinghua University. Alezz plans to attend med school, where he will continue to combine his passions for medicine, engineering, & policy. engineering.jhu.edu/news/hopkins...

One more shot at Olympic 🥇 for speed skater Emery Lehman, '23 (MS), grad of our EP online master's program in civil engineering. Emery won bronze in Beijing in '22 and took home gold at the '25 Worlds in March. Watch him skate Feb 15 &🤞Feb 17! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJJS...

Welcome to distinguished materials scientist, Younan Xia, who joins @jhu.edu as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. hub.jhu.edu/2026/02/05/y...

In @optica.org: "Back-Illumination Tomography" from Assoc Prof of Biomedical Engineering Nick Durr introduces a fast, label-free microscope that images unprocessed tissue and flowing blood cells in vivo, without dyes, stains, or slicing. engineering.jhu.edu/news/high-sp...

It is with deep sadness that we share that Michael J. Matunis, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has passed away. (1/4)

Safer, faster evacuation: With a new $1.2 million grant from NSF Fire Science Innovations, Asst Prof Susu Xu and colleagues will expand their AI-based FLARE model that predicts human behavior during the stress and urgency of a wildfire threat. engineering.jhu.edu/news/susu-xu...

JHU Friends! Living legend Vint Cerf is presenting on Tuesday Feb 10 @ 10:30. Vint is widely recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet" and will be presenting on where the internet came from, what’s happening to it now, and where it will go in the future: www.cs.jhu.edu/event/gerald...

JHU CS’ Jessica Sorrell (@optimistsinc.bsky.social) will be presenting at the next @hopkinsdsai.bsky.social Sip & Solve! Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/sip-solve-...

Reid Wiseman, '06 (MS), graduate of our Engineering for Professionals online master's program, is getting ready to lead his #ArtemisII crew where no humans have gone before.

"It’s pretty long on accusations and thin on any sort of evidence. WhatsApp has been very consistent about using end-to-end encryption. This lawsuit seems to be a nothingburger.”— Assoc Prof @matthewdgreen.bsky.social in WaPo:

Final stretch to apply for undergraduate summer internships in the Rosetta Commons! Come design proteins, develop AI and physics-based methods to model biomolecules, and impact health, materials, and sustainability! Application deadline is Sunday Feb 1. rosettacommons.org/education/reu/

Congratulations to @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social undergrads Arda Uzunoğlu, Steven Tan, Suyu Ye, and Alvin Zhang on their Honorable Mentions for the Computing Research Association’s 2026 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards!

The 2026 @usnews.com Best Online Master’s rankings are here, and our Engineering for Professionals program is once again ranked among the nation’s best! We placed in the top 10 across every eligible category. Read how each of our programs performed: ep.jhu.edu/news/hopkins...

Congratulations to ROSEI’s Chao Wang on having a project selected for Phase 2 of ARPA-E's JOULES-1K program! The research aims to advance high-density, fast-refueling energy storage for mobile and national security applications. #HopkinsEnergy Story: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/arpa-e-selec...

🚨 1 week left to apply for the Malone Fellows Program—a unique, named, and funded postdoctoral opportunity at the intersection of engineering and medicine. ⚙️ 🩺 Learn more and apply here:

Enhance your teaching with generative AI in our blended course! Join Jim Diamond and Will Gray-Roncal for practical strategies on lesson design, differentiation, and student engagement. Register by Jan. 27: https://engineering.jhu.edu/ExecEd/course/leveling-up-level-1/

Thanks to the authors for sharing all components of this beautiful mouse embryo spatial transcriptomics data from cell gene counts to per-molecule coordinates: www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.... So I vibe coded an app to explore the 3D subcellular transcript organization: jef.works/CellCarto-Mo...

Senator Chris Van Hollen announced the introduction of the Power for the People Act, which aims to rein in rising electricity costs due to energy consumption by data centers. @energyabe.bsky.social provided analysis in the bill's press release. #HopkinsEnergy www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-r...

In Nature Genetics: As part of the BioDIGS project, mikeschatz.bsky.social and colleagues are broadening pathways into genetics and data science, engaging students from diverse institutions nationwide to study links between soil biodiversity and health. engineering.jhu.edu/news/science...

With her expertise in machine learning, Malone Center director @alexisbattle.bsky.social is working to sift through vast amounts of genetic and clinical data, revealing hidden patterns that can inform treatment strategies and improve patient care. Learn more: malonecenter.jhu.edu/ai-decoder-u...

Tissues are more than the sum of their cell parts. In @cellcellpress.bsky.social, MechE Assoc Prof Yun Chen and colleagues suggest a new framework for understanding how tissue function emerges: from “mesoscale modules”—small groups of cooperating cells. engineering.jhu.edu/news/cellula...

Current JHU faculty and staff are invited to join us at the Bloomberg Student Center for Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week, January 13-15. Stop by to explore the space and enjoy special dining discounts and activities. J-Card access required. We hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/eZ4hz7HY

From @yalepress.bsky.social: The new book from Prof and Vice Dean Ed Scheinerman, "A Guide to Infinity: Ten Mathematical Journeys." An accessible intro to mathematical infinity for the endlessly curious. You do NOT need a mastery of calc to understand and enjoy it! www.amazon.com/dp/0300284799/

if you're interested, note that the time is UK time. In the US, that will be 9:00am.

Join us for our first CS seminar of the year, featuring @scasper.bsky.social! Learn more about his upcoming talk here: www.cs.jhu.edu/event/cs-sem... and check out other upcoming seminars here: www.cs.jhu.edu/department-s...

For 150 years, Johns Hopkins University has redefined what is possible through research, education, and discovery. As we enter our Sesquicentennial year, it's time to celebrate the relentless pursuit of knowledge and the people behind it. 150.jhu.edu

As the year comes to a close, take a trip with us down computer memory lane and learn about the JHU Computer Science and ACM Computer History Collection on the ground floor of Malone Hall! www.cs.jhu.edu/news/a-trip-...

To help you select the right assay for a given application, we critically assessed and compared in vitro/in vivo assays to measure cell migration. Read and use our paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Contact me if you need a PDF of the paper.

Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute is hiring Postdoctoral Fellows (Deadline Jan 23rd, 2026)! 💫 Reach out and apply if you're interested in working with me! I'm especially excited to work with postdocs on AI for social sciences/human behavior, social NLP, and LLMs.

Hiring a postdoc for the Normativity Lab at Johns Hopkins (2026 start). Looking for multiagent systems expertise (RL/generative agents) + interdisciplinary background in AI and cognitive science/econ/cultural evolution. apply.interfolio.com/177701

By end of the semester, it will be the year "2036" and a (pretend) asteroid will wipe out a 120k radius—unless 1st-year students in Prof K.T. Ramesh's "How to Stop an Asteroid" class can stop it. They're working on a plan. It could come in handy one day. engineering.jhu.edu/news/student...

What happens when an UNSTOPPABLE FORCE meets... ANOTHER unstoppable force? 🤔 34 teams of first-year mechanical engineering students were on the case at the Freshman Design Competition, the culmination of the Intro to MechE Design and CAD course, led by instructor Todd Murphy.

JHU is part of the new Learning Accelerated Domain Sciences (LEADS) Institute! DOE-funded, LEADS focuses on reshaping how AI supports scientific discovery. ROSEI's @drgona.bsky.social and Enrique Mallada, as well as Mahyar Fazlyab are involved. #HopkinsEnergy energyinstitute.jhu.edu/johns-hopkin...

Today at 4:30 - Join us in celebrating the Don P. Giddens Inaugural Professorial Lecture recognizing Joanne Selinski as a teaching professor in @jhucompsci.bsky.social. In the Rose Auditorium, Maxine F. Singer Building, Carnegie Institute and LIVE on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/Hopkins...

In “SimWorld-Robotics: Synthesizing Photorealistic and Dynamic Urban Environments for Multimodal Robot Navigation and Collaboration,” @tianaiy.bsky.social, @marstin.bsky.social, @lianhui.bsky.social, @zhitinghu.bsky.social, & more present an #AI simulation platform for urban 🏙️ environments: (13/17)

Interested in pursuing postdoc research at @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social in healthcare engineering? Work with any faculty member in areas such as computational medicine, precision medicine, ML/AI for health, mobile health, robotics, HCI, AR/VR, and mobile health. Deadline: Jan 31, 2025

Leveraging "Explainable AI" (XAI), @jhucompsci.bsky.social Assoc Prof Mathias Unberath and team are giving med students real-time coaching on surgical skills—not just a pass/fail. With expert human feedback hard to find, systems like this could help fill the gap. engineering.jhu.edu/news/new-ai-...

Leaders from across Hopkins Engineering and Medicine gathered at Bayview to celebrate the launch of Geriatrics Engineering, our new 10,000 sq ft hub dedicated to uniting engineering, medicine, and aging science to improve quality of life for older adults.

1/NEW RESEARCH: @sarakangaslahti.bsky.social @harvard.edu | Danny Ebanks @iqss.bsky.social | @jeankossaifi.bsky.social NVIDIA |Anqi Liu @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @caltech.edu , @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Anima Anandkumar Caltech Forthcoming in @polanalysis.bsky.social:

Lately, I have been obsessed with developing theoretically based optimization algorithms that actually attain the best practical performance. Alas, the classic model of minimax optimal methods is overly conservative; it overfits to tune its worst-case. We found a path forward 1/

Congratulations to Pengyu “Steven” Kan on his recognition at #ANA2025! Conducted with @imagingai.bsky.social, his research uses a deep learning model to predict biological brain age and identify critical regions of the brain associated with the aging process.

Out now: the Fall 2025 Hopkins Engineering Magazine! On the cover, A New Approach to Healthy Aging: An expansive hub for translational research brings together a variety of disciplines to test technology-driven solutions to aging's biggest challenges. engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/?ut...

Today at 5: Please join us for the Don P. Giddens Inaugural Professorial Lecture recognizing Ben Langmead as a professor in @jhucompsci.bsky.social. Watch "Moving From Strength to Strength: Full-Text Indexes for Pangenomes" live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/Hopkins...

Very excited to share that Department of Biomedical Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social is hiring for open rank tenure-track faculty in #Biomedical #DataScience! 🔗 apply.interfolio.com/177042 Apps starting to be reviewed Dec 5 and ongoing after! 🧪🧬🖥️🧠 #StatsSky #WomenInSTEM

We have observed a beautifully strange phenomenon of phase separation by human monocytes placed on soft matrix, which do it for survival. We model it by incorporating the Cahn–Hilliard equation with a Turing mechanism of local activation/global inhibition More here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm recruiting multiple PhD students for Fall 2026 in Computer Science at @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social 🍂 Apply to work on AI for social sciences/human behavior, social NLP, and LLMs for real-world applied domains you're passionate about! Learn more at kristinagligoric.com & help spread the word!

Today at 4:30 in Glass Pavilion and on YouTube: The Don P. Giddens Inaugural Professorial Lecture recognizing Michael Shields as a professor in the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering. "Navigating Uncertainty: Building Confidence in Science in the Age of AI." www.youtube.com/user/Hopkins...

ROSEI is excited to unveil its first ever annual report, highlighting a year of rapid growth, groundbreaking research, and expanding impact! Explore the report and learn more about how the future of sustainable energy starts at JHU 🌎🔋💡 #HopkinsEnergy Report: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/annual-repor...

ROSEI's @dankammen.bsky.social was featured in an article by DW that focused on Germany's decision to bet on nuclear for its energy future! Kammen noted that the "old adage" of nuclear fusion being five decades away for many decades is "no longer true." #HopkinsEnergy www.dw.com/en/nuclear-f...