Going on a college campus tour is a bit like watching a live-action commercial; by the end, it is not hard to feel as though you are being offered a […]
Shakespeare and Hamlet Through the Lens of Language: Final Reflection by Caroline West
My Freshman Fellows Experience
Enjoy this post by Kiana Boroumand, one of our Freshman Fellows for the 2016-2017 academic year! The last time I wrote a blog post, I had finished my first semester […]
Library Tourism
At some point, we all travel and explore new places. While you’re globe-trotting, don’t forget to visit libraries! Seriously, some libraries are tourist attractions and well-worth a visit. Even the […]
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Professor of Greek
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Johns Hopkins’ first professor of Greek, was born in 1831 in Charleston, South Carolina, and was orphaned at a young age. Gildersleeve proved to be a precocious […]
Introducing Our Freshman Fellows: Faith Terry
For the past 5 months, I’ve been discovering what it means to be a student here at Hopkins. From the importance of academics and the shared sense of competition, to […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Kiana Boroumand on Dress Reform
Before I begin, let me first introduce myself: I’m Kiana Boroumand, a current freshman intending to major in sociology and writing seminars and minor in the study of women, gender, […]
Introducing Our Freshman Fellows: Lucy Massey
My name is Lucy Massey, and the focus of my Freshman Fellows project is to improve my Latin skills by translating a selection of rare texts from the George Peabody […]
Get Paid For Research This Summer with DURA
Want to do original research over the summer and get paid for it? Apply for one of the Sheridan Libraries’ Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards (DURA). The awards are designed to […]
To Be a Black Writer: Chester B. Himes
This guest post by Lawrence Jackson, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of History and English, from his forthcoming biography of Chester Himes, previews the talk he will give on “Chester Himes and […]
Special Collections Welcomes Freshman Fellows!
For many, Special Collections is synonymous with a treasure house — something to safeguard, but not necessarily to use. But where’s the fun with having super-cool things if no one can […]