At the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, students learn from world-renowned experts, engage in innovative research, realize their entrepreneurial spirit, and expand their knowledge beyond the classroom.
Students to Faculty
Most classes have fewer than 20 students, and build a close personal connection with faculty.
Nobel Prize Winners
Most recently, Adam Riess, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, won the Nobel Prize for showing the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
Majors and Minors
With no core curriculum, students are provided the freedom to choose the courses that matter most to them.
Faculty Members
Our faculty members hold some of the world’s most esteemed prizes and awards such as the Nobel, Guggenheim, Packard, and Simons.
The Krieger School of Arts & Sciences sets the standard for excellence in research-based undergraduate education.
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.
Federal funding for biomedical research pays off by enabling basic discoveries that lead to lifesaving treatments, writes Hopkins biologist Jeff Coller
By revealing for the first time what happens in the brain when an animal makes a mistake, JHU researchers shed light on the holy grail of neuroscience: the mechanics of how we learn
JHU`s student improv group, the Buttered Niblets, brings chaos, comedy, and the occasional chicken impression to the stage. 🐔😂
“Nothing has catapulted my self-confidence like having to act like a chicken on stage for seven minutes straight,” says Eliza Principe Garcia ’25, the Nibs’ communications and events chair.
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Mar 19
Ever wonder what’s going on inside your dog’s mind? 🦮 The Canine Minds Collaborative at Johns Hopkins teams up with local pet owners to study how dogs think, solve problems, and interact with the world. Through interactive cognitive games, researchers study how dogs make decisions, remember things, and interact socially. Learn more through the link in our bio.
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Mar 18
A Johns Hopkins research center mines the rich history of Renaissance books to forge connections with humanities scholars and students.
How researchers are tapping into the power of artificial intelligence to propel research advances in history, sociology, and more.
Krieger School researchers and scholars partner with individuals and organizations to identify challenges and create solutions.
What is the role of the arts at a major research institution like Johns Hopkins? And how do we connect the worlds of research and art in a compelling manner? At the Krieger School, we have a panoply of ways our students and faculty can engage with various art forms. In addition to understanding critical […]
Lundquist, a national leader in research in sustainable energy generation from wind, joined Johns Hopkins University last July as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy.
Two Johns Hopkins faculty members teamed up to launch OneNeuro, an initiative that brings together researchers and practitioners from across the university to help decode the brain.
Behavioral biology junior Alex Jeffords spent last summer interning at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C.
New associate professors Gira Bhabha and Damian Ekiert bring their lab, studying the structural biology and cell biology of microbes, to the Department of Biology.
Lisa Deleonardis’s new book covers her study of the 18th-century Santa Cruz de Lancha Jesuit complex in Peru and what its ruins, landscapes, and records reveal about their society.
Yuen Yuen Ang says China’s political economy today resembles America’s during the Gilded Age of the late 19th century.
Assistant professor Brian Camley talks about his horses Felix and Zukini.
Robert J. Barbera ’74 BA, ’78 PhD, lecturer in the Department of Economics and director of the Center for Financial Economics, speaks on why the Federal Reserve can’t fine-tune the economy.
Professor Sabine Stanley’s first book, What’s Hidden Inside Planets?, is an easy-reading primer on the rocks, gases, and ice that comprise the centers of the planets and moons in the solar system—and beyond.
Hilary Gallito ’25 is studying the words of three remarkable Revolutionary-era women who wrote about America as it was being formed.
Fourth-year political science PhD student Kory Gaines is analyzing the federal government’s role in civil rights and racial justice.
Henry Hung ’27 is using both his international studies and viola performance majors for his research “Harmony in Diplomacy: The Effect of Western Musical Engagement on East Asian Soft Power Diplomacy.”
Doctoral student Junellie Perez is connecting models of geological evolution and observational findings to lean more about exoplanets.
A look inside “The Modern American Presidential Election in Historical Perspective,” taught by Leah Wright Rigueur.
Stephanie Boddie ’86 was inspired by her own family and history to study the interplay between faith communities and the larger Black community.
Highlighting Mark Monmonier ’64, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University.
Three questions about taking a great photo from Homewood campus photographer Will Kirk ’99.
Diana Peralta ’11, who majored in film and media studies, is a Dominican American writer, director, creative producer, and adjunct assistant professor of film at Columbia University.
Alum Eric Fishel ’08 is an urban ecologist who introduces Baltimore city residents to overlooked beauty in their own town.
The School of Arts & Sciences offers a stellar education that positions its students as the best of the best and trains them to be future leaders. Help us ensure that a Hopkins education is attainable to every deserving student, regardless of financial ability
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