My time at Hopkins so far has been built off discovery. Discovering what it’s like to live in the States, discovering my ideal study places around the campus and the […]
Curiosities in Special Collections
High School Interns At Homewood Museum
Homewood Museum hosted three high school interns from Baltimore in the summer of 2017. Two interns, Eugene Famba and Triage Eaddy, were from the Bloomberg Arts Internship coordinated by the […]
Hugh Hawkins Fellow Tiffany Brocke on Researching the History of Abortion in Baltimore
“I carry. I deliver. I raise. And I do it by myself.” This impassioned declaration was part of the story of Kathy S., a Baltimore woman who wrote about her […]
Hugh Hawkins Fellow Michael Anfang on the History of Jewish Life at Hopkins
Growing up, I had never heard of Hopkins being a particularly Jewish school. Jewish friends and family would always note the Jewish life at Penn, Columbia, or Cornell, and as […]
Shakespeare and Hamlet Through the Lens of Language: Final Reflection by Caroline West
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pokémon Student Art: From Digital to Dry-Erase Canvas
The JHU campus is teeming with Pokémon GO players. Recently, the Milton S. Eisenhower Library (MSEL) staff stumbled upon two students, Rohith Bhethanabotla and Conan Chen, who were freehand drawing […]