Over alumni weekend, the Office of the President and the Archives marked the culmination of a year-long collaborative exploration of the JHU student experience, past and present, with an engaging […]
Sci Fi, Fantasy, Anime, Games!
JohnCon 2014 is almost here! This 48-hour extravaganza will begin on Friday, April 4, at 5pm, and will not stop until Sunday, April 6, at 5pm. The admission fee is […]
Hopkins Retrospective
Did you know there is a Tumblr site devoted to promoting Hopkins history? Leading up to Alumni Weekend on April 11-13, we will be posting photographs with captions commemorating earlier classes, […]
The History and Future of Libraries: “The wisdom of our ancestors”
What is a library? Is it a collection of books, a suite of digital resources, a space for studying? Where do our current ideas about libraries come from, and where […]
James Joseph Sylvester
When James Joseph Sylvester came to The Johns Hopkins University in 1876, he was the most senior of the original faculty, in terms of age and prior accomplishments. The university’s […]
Follow Your Music
Music makes the world go ‘round. We all carry our music with us – on our devices or in our hearts, or both. But you can do more than that. […]
Clipboards and Counting
Have you seen students walking around the library with clipboards this fall and wondered what the heck that was about? We’ve been documenting where and how people are using library […]
Museums as Laboratories
Homewood House is more than a museum full of beautiful objects. It serves as a laboratory for a Museums & Society class that Catherine Rogers Arthur teaches each fall. Throughout […]
Got a Research Idea? Get Paid to Do It!
For most researchers, grant writing is part of their job. As one of the best research institutions in the nation, Johns Hopkins offers a wide range of resources and services […]
What is the “Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Academy?”
In a job market growing ever more competitive, it is no surprise that higher education institutions are requesting more of young PhDs applying for teaching positions. Among the application materials […]