News & Announcements Archive

David S. Olton Research Award Recipient for 2023-2024

We are pleased to announce that Rachel Choo has been chosen as the David S. Olton Award Recipient for 2023-2024. Her project will examine Marmoset behavior in response to affiliation […]

Neuroscience BS/MS Thesis Defense: Congratulations to Garrett Goldin!

Please join us in congratulating Garrett Goldin who successfully defended his Neuroscience BS/MS thesis. The topic of his defense was “Testing for an Integrated Intuitive Physics-Action Planning System in the Human […]

Neuroscience BS/MS Program

Please join us in congratulating the newest cohort of 3 Neuroscience students who have been accepted into the Neuroscience BS/MS Program for the Spring 2024 Matriculation: Make sure to congratulate […]

Minimizing Wildfire Damage

Minimizing Wildfire Damage

Neuroscience major Nandita Balaji is also the COO of InfernoGuard, a startup wildfire assessment tool that aims to help landowners lower their risk of fire and damage.

Congratulations to our BS/MS Program students who have successfully defended their research thesis

Congratulations to Devanik Biswas, Ishana Deb, Sreenivas Eadara, Sophia Girgenti, Yinuo Tracy Han, and In Kyu Jang

Summer 2023 PURA Recipients

Summer 2023 PURA Recipients

The Hopkins Office for Undergraduate Research (HOUR) recently announced the recipients of the President Undergraduate Research Award (PURA). We are proud to share the extraordinary undergraduate students majoring in Neuroscience […]

David S. Olton Research Award Recipient for 2022-2023

We are please to announce that Priyal Patel has been chosen as the Olton Award Recipient for 2022-2023. Priyal is currently a Neuroscience and Public Health sophomore and does her […]

Neuroscience Alumna, Maya Foster, among six from Johns Hopkins named Quad Fellows

The fellowship, sponsored by the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, supports interdisciplinary scientific and technological innovations. Supported by philanthropy venture Schmidt Futures, the Quad Fellowship is […]

Neuroscience students win Goldwater Scholarships

Senior Sarah Syed and neuroscience junior Sai Chandan have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships, which recognize students for their research and achievements in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. […]

Congrats to Sophomore Neuroscience major, Nandita Balaji for winning the $100,000 grand prize at Pitch Competition!

Nandita is the founder of InfernoGuard, an early wildfire detection and warning system. She took one of two grand prizes in the 2022 Arizona State University Innovation Open, a business pitch competition […]