Would you like to hear the former University Chaplain describe the time Joan Baez stayed at Levering Hall for a week in the 60s and performed at Shriver Hall? Maybe you’re […]
YOU Can Help Us Document Student Life!
The number and variety of student organizations are a great part of student life at Hopkins. There’s something out there for everyone! Maybe you stopped by the Student Involvement Fair this […]
Coeducation at Johns Hopkins, pt. 2 of 2
As of 1907, female graduate students were officially admitted to Johns Hopkins. Women wishing to attend the School of Arts and Sciences, however, were still refused admittance, and usually were referred […]
Coeducation at Johns Hopkins, pt. 1
The history of coeducation at Johns Hopkins is a long and – by today’s standards – a not entirely complimentary story. When our founding president, Daniel Coit Gilman, and the original […]
Hidden Hopkins: The “Apocalypse” Mural in Levering Hall
Most of us have paid a visit to Levering Hall in our time at Hopkins, whether it’s to grab a cup of coffee, see a play in Arellano Theater, or […]
The Road That Shriver Built, and a Surprise
Have you ever been reading or researching something and found a fact that relates to you personally? This happened to me just last week! Down on A Level, a book […]
Happy Birthday Johns!
On May 13, 2015, it was my privilege to speak at the annual birthday celebration held for our founder at Clifton, his country estate. Clifton was given to the University […]
What is Information Literacy, anyway?
If you’ve been in academia for a while, or hang out with a librarian or two (we’re everywhere), you have probably heard the term information literacy. But, pinning down an […]
Cavalcade of America
Prior to the advent of television, radio was king of broadcast media. Families of at least modest means in the 1930s would gather around their radio set listening to news […]
I read it in the News-Letter
You all read the JHU News-Letter every week, right? How else are you going to keep up with student affairs on campus? But did you know that the News-Letter has […]