The Krieger School at a Glance

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Students in Research

Students contribute to pivotal work in more than 50 labs and research institutes.

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Majors and Minors

With no core curriculum, students are provided the freedom to choose the courses that matter most to them.

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Faculty Members

Our faculty members hold some of the world’s most esteemed prizes and awards such as the Nobel, Guggenheim, Packard, and Simons.

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In Research Funding

JHU has been the top-funded university in federal research and development since 1979.

The Undergraduate Experience

The undergraduate experience at the Krieger School allows students to build basic abilities that allow them to flourish and learn throughout their life.

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KSAS Spotlight

Every first-year student at Johns Hopkins enrolls in a First-Year Seminar (FYS) of their choice. These small, intimate, conversation-focused classes cross academic disciplines, and help students build connections that will serve them for the next four years. Each seminar is unique to the faculty teaching it, but all are discussion-based with embedded experiential learning.

News from The Hub

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There goes the sun. Again?

Mar 14, 2024

Just seven years after the last total solar eclipse, millions of Americans will once again be in the path of daytime darkness on April 8

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Seeing Baltimore through a new lens

Mar 13, 2024

Meet the six Baltimore-based artists whose work will be on permanent display at JHU, helping to celebrate the city's flourishing artistic talent

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Every first-year student at Johns Hopkins enrolls in a First-Year Seminar (FYS) of their choice. These small, intimate, conversation-focused classes cross academic disciplines, and help students build connections that will serve them for the next four years. Faculty experts guide students as they discuss and debate arguments, visit archives or museums, contribute to research or conferences, attend plays or concerts, and more. Each seminar is unique to the faculty teaching it, but all are discussion-based with embedded experiential learning.

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⏰ Fun fact: the Gilman Clock will spring forward via remote control. 

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🍉🌽This week in general biology lab is the culmination of a three-week project focusing on the detection of genetically modified foods through PCR. Students tested the DNA present in foods such as corn starch, watermelon, and cereal to see if it showed evidence of genetic engineering. They used PCR to look for a small stretch of DNA known as the CMV promoter. This promoter serves as an on-switch for new genes added to the plant. Students got to see their PCR results using gel electrophoresis and find out if their hypotheses were correct. 🧬

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Robots and cameras of the future could be made of liquid crystals, thanks to a new discovery that significantly expands the potential of the chemicals already common in computer displays and digital watches. The findings, a simple and inexpensive way to manipulate the molecular properties of liquid crystals with light exposure, are now published in Advanced Materials. 

"Using our method, any lab with a microscope and a set of lenses can arrange the liquid crystal alignment in any pattern they'd want," said author Alvin Modin, a doctoral researcher studying physics at JHU. "Industrial labs and manufacturers could probably adopt the method in a day."

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Arts & Sciences Magazine Fall 2023 Issue

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Trusting the Process at the Center for Visual Arts

Center for Visual Arts nears 50 years of evolution.

Cover Story: Building up Democracy at the SNF Agora Institute

Scholars and students at the SNF Agora Institute are leading efforts to advance civic engagement.

Footprints from the Past

With the help of their professors, undergraduates explore new ways of uncovering lost, and at times unsettling, history.

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Fall 2023 updates from Christopher S. Celenza, James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

More from the Dean

Art Historian Daniel Weiss Returns

Art historian Daniel H. Weiss, A&S ’82 (MA), ’92 (PhD), has returned to Johns Hopkins as Homewood Professor of the Humanities.

Missing Piece in Human Genome Decoded

The chromosome associated with male development, which is the last mysterious piece of the human genome, has been fully sequenced by a team including Johns Hopkins University scientists.

Johns Hopkins Opens a New Home in Washington, D.C.

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center, focused on policy and housing JHU’s new School of Government and Policy, opened this fall in Washington, D.C.

From the Krieger School Dean

Fall 2023 updates from Christopher S. Celenza, James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

Environmental Justice in Curtis Bay

Students in the Environ­mental Justice Workshop went to class in South Baltimore’s Curtis Bay, to work with residents who are lobbying against transport company CSX.

Syllabus: Children’s Literature and the Self

All about the Comparative Thought and Literature class “Children’s Literature and the Self: From Fairy Tales to Science Fiction”

Pop Culture and Feminism

Arusa Malik discusses her First-Year Fellowship focused on using library artifacts to understand connections between feminism and pop culture over the last 100 years.

Ending Disparity in Birthing

Cleo Bluthenthal hopes her research on high maternal mortality, especially for Black women, may help develop policies to improve preterm birth and maternal deaths.

Agricultural Development and Food Sovereignty

Iván Ruiz-Hernández speaks about his research into the food systems affecting small farms in southern Mexico. 

Helping Avoid Opioid Relapse

Robbie Kuang discusses her research on whether cannabidiol might help people cope better with opioid withdrawal symptoms.

Notable: Cherié Butts

Cherié Butts ’92 BS, ’97 MS is a medical director in the Therapeutics Development Unit at Biogen, a global biotechnology company that seeks to develop novel therapies for complex diseases.

Bringing Art to New Audiences

Asma Naeem ’91 is the new director of the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Gulfstream Expert

Jenifer Clark ’75 MA is a satellite oceanographer specializing in the patterns of the Gulf Stream.

Brewing Up a Little History

Noah Chadwick ’13 is part owner of Mobtown Brewing Company, which opened in 2019 in a southeast Baltimore neighborhood.

Seeds of Success

Mahzi Malcolm Martin ’15 is the founder of Planticular, a Manhattan-based company that helps individuals and organizations design and maintain plant-filled indoor and outdoor spaces.

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