What makes a healthy democracy—and where are we now? Join former U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Dean @chriscelenza.bsky.social for a conversation on the state and future of American democracy. 📅 April 6 | 6–8 PM 📍 Room 404, Bloomberg Student Center hub.jhu.edu/events/2026/...

Congratulations to @doramalech.bsky.social on being named senior advisor to the provost for the arts. 🎉https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/03/26/dora-malech-senior-advisor-for-the-arts/

In "The Problem of Personhood: Giving Rights to Trees, Corporations, and Robots," professor Lisa Siraganian examines who holds power and who is reduced to capital as the concept of personhood expands. Check out her book talk at Red Emmas on Tuesday, 3/24, at 7:00 pm withfriends.co/event/276382...

Join us for the Next Conversations event on Monday, March 23 at Shriver Hall. This upcoming discussion will examine how food systems, climate change, and global policy intersect to shape a more sustainable future. https://150.jhu.edu/join-the-celebration/events/next-conversations/

Oscar-winning documentary short All the Empty Rooms screens March 25 at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, followed by a Q&A with director Joshua Seftel and @drcrifasi.bsky.social. Free. Advance registration required. hub.jhu.edu/2026/03/16/s...

Join us today for #ONEHopkins! Give a gift of $35, and you’ll get a limited edition Hopkins backpack. Give here: www.givecampus.com/campaigns/71...

We welcome renowned theoretical cosmologist and data scientist @bwandelt.bsky.social to Johns Hopkins as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Cosmology and Scientific AI. hub.jhu.edu/2026/03/10/b...

Political theorist William E. Connolly, a longtime Johns Hopkins professor whose work reshaped debates on democracy, pluralism, and climate, has died at 88. hub.jhu.edu/2026/03/09/w...

Faculty, MFA students, and undergraduates power the @hopkinsreview.bsky.social together. They read submissions, edit, interview writers, produce digital features, and bring each issue to life. magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2026/02/the-...

With wonderful collaborators, including @gibbonitathought.bsky.social, and support from @jhuartssciences.bsky.social

JHU names historian David Nirenberg and artist Maya Lin as inaugural Distinguished Visitors in the Arts and Humanities, bringing cross-disciplinary conversations on history, memory, art, and science to campus. hub.jhu.edu/2026/02/11/d...

The upcoming Next Conversations panel, moderated by physicist @seanmcarroll.bsky.social, examines how different fields help shape our understanding of the expanding universe and our place in it. hub.jhu.edu/2026/02/12/s...

New Johns Hopkins research shows imagination may not be uniquely human. “It really is game-changing that their mental lives go beyond the here and now,” said @chriskrupenye.bsky.social hub.jhu.edu/2026/02/05/a...

BioEYES is growing its impact globally. With new support, the hands-on science program that introduces students to biology through zebrafish is launching in Accra, Ghana. @bioeyes.bsky.social magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2026/02/bioe...

Find the paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... And here is an accessible explanation in JHU's Hub: hub.jhu.edu/2026/02/05/a... We are grateful to CIFAR, @jhu.edu, and @templetonworld.bsky.social for providing the funds to enable this discovery! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University developed a new way to track falling space debris using earthquake seismometers. @spacequakes.bsky.social hub.jhu.edu/2026/01/22/t...

"I look forward to working with the Hopkins community to promote respectful discussions, listening as well as advocating, mindful of the goal to achieve broader support for our community challenges," says Ben Cardin. hub.jhu.edu/2026/01/28/b...

NEW: @anandian.bsky.social wandered across America to find out why fear and division were increasing. Read our latest article to see how he found fortification of our lives — SUVs, security cameras, even clothing — reflect a deeper cultural anxiety about strangers and belonging: tinyurl.com/24zujewh

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning from Saturday evening to Monday morning. The university will cancel in-person activities in D.C. and Baltimore starting Saturday at 7 p.m. through Monday evening. 🔗 https://www.jhu.edu/alert/

Achievement unlocked: a paper in Science! My friend and colleague Constantinos Charalambous & I showed how seismic data can be used to track and characterise the break-up of re-entering space debris. Also features a beautiful graphic by @jhuartssciences.bsky.social Sophia Economon.

JHU researchers identified a new protein transporter that moves lipids between membranes, revealing a previously unknown pathway with implications for antibiotic research. 🧫 Read the full paper here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

"These insights deepen our understanding of the earliest stages of human development and open the door for future advances in reproductive genetics and fertility care," said senior author @rajivmccoy.bsky.social. hub.jhu.edu/2026/01/21/g...

Acclaimed mathematician Takashi Ono, a professor emeritus at JHU, died at 97. Known for foundational work in algebraic number theory and arithmetic geometry, he also shaped generations through his teaching and mentorship. hub.jhu.edu/2026/01/13/t...

Susanne Sterbing, assistant research professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, was widely respected for her comparative research on auditory and somatosensory systems across species. She was a meticulous scientist, devoted teacher, and deeply valued colleague. hub.jhu.edu/2026/01/08/s...

G+D together with JHU worked to put together this cool video describing our latest work! Check it out!

Everybody has an accent. Linguist Margaret Renwick studies how voices across the U.S. and Baltimore reflect identity, history, and generational change as language shifts over time. magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2025/11/unde...

" If you travel faster than the speed of light, then there's really no difference between traveling to the future and traveling to the past," says @seanmcarroll.bsky.social. www.npr.org/2025/12/31/n...

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

“Because each universe would differ only in some subatomic particles, 'they have the same laws of physics and the same people,'” says @seanmcarroll.bsky.social. “It’s not that dramatically different.” @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A new AI grant from Schmidt Sciences funds art analysis research at JHU. magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2025/12/new-...

Congratulations to Ted Chor, who won the Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award for studying how axolotls regenerate optic nerves and what that research could mean for understanding human vision. 👁️https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/12/11/student-researcher-studies-axolotl-optic-nerves/

Writing at JHU is anything but ordinary in Reintroduction to Writing. Each week, students remix comics, memes, museum exhibit texts, and pop culture clips to build flexible writing skills. ✍️ magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/fall-2025-vo...

“Wonder Bound” brings Hubble and @stsci.edu images to the Vatican Observatory’s new Specola Gallery, pairing cosmic photos with insights from leading space scientists. hub.jhu.edu/2025/12/08/v...

We created a Study Guide for the Hop Quiz that highlights key moments in Hopkins research and history. Dive into the notes and test your Hopkins knowledge! We want to express our heartfelt thanks for being part of Hopkins history. https://thankyou.jhu.edu/

The Fall 2025 issue of the Arts & Sciences magazine has arrived. Take a look inside for stories on groundbreaking research, standout students, and alumni making an impact. magazine.krieger.jhu.edu

Time travel, nostalgia, and a shot at true love. This World of Tomorrow, a new play co-written by Tom Hanks and James Glossman, a lecturer in JHU’s Theatre Arts & Studies program, premiered off-Broadway in November. hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/25/t...

Congratulations to Stephanie DeLuca, Paul McHugh, and Steven M. Teles on being elected members of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. 🎉 hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/17/a...

Professors Janice Chen and @doramalech.bsky.social Malech launched a fiction contest to study how shifting emotions in a story shape memory and activate the brain. magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2025/11/your...

Great news! 🎉The Johns Hopkins film and media programs are ranked No. 20 in the U.S. by TheWrap’s 2025 Top 50 Film Schools list, recognizing decades of creativity, collaboration, and real-world filmmaking experience. hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/03/j...

The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute has partnered with nonprofit publisher Deep Vellum to publish one new work of literary translation each year. This collaboration also includes a translator residency, campus events, and graduate student workshops. magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2025/10/deep...

We tend to assume that we will see things right in front of us. "But if there is some big object casting light into our eyes, and we wouldn't see it because our attention is elsewhere—that's really fascinating!" says @chazfirestone.bsky.social. hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...

The Race, Aesthetics, Speculation Conference brings together leading scholars to examine how the representation of race and ethnicity intersects with theories of aesthetics, literary form, and speculative thought. 📅11/10 krieger.jhu.edu/modern-langu...

A strange gamma-ray glow at the Milky Way’s center could point to dark matter or a cluster of pulsars. 🌌https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/16/mysterious-glow-in-milky-way-dark-matter/

“Trying x Trying” fits right into this moment. In her @baltfishbowl.bsky.social interview, professor @doramalech.bsky.social talks about language, grief, motherhood, and writing through these trying times. baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/what...

Congratulations to @hahrie.bsky.social, recipient of a @macfound.org genius grant for her research on political organizing, social movements, collective action, civic engagement, and democracy. 🎉https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/hahrie-han-macarthur-fellowship-genius-grant/

Congratulations to JHU chemist @tomkempa.bsky.social, who has received a $1.3M @moorefound.bsky.social award to advance his “lattice embossing” research, which aims to control quantum states in 2D materials. hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/t...

The Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum reopens on October 13 after three years of updates, renewing a 140-year legacy as a hands-on space for students and scholars to connect with ancient cultures. magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2025/10/home...

On October 15, the Fifth Annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival will bring together civic leaders, students, scholars, and Baltimore community members for an afternoon of dialogue and ideas. snfagora.jhu.edu/event/fifth-...

Johns Hopkins has launched a new Department of Neuroscience, bringing together researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and Arts & Sciences. With faculty across Hopkins, the department includes 1,000+ brain researchers, 450 neuroscience majors, and 121 PhD students. hub.jhu.edu/2025/09/15/j...

Johns Hopkins political scientist Nicolas Jabko explains how today’s political battles could destabilize the Federal Reserve and reshape the global economy. hub.jhu.edu/2025/09/16/t...