Priorities for the Future

In the first year of our strategic plan the Krieger School has improved student experiences, faculty growth, and community engagement.

Highlights

headshots of Natalie Bernstein and Sareen Muthyala

Two sophomores named inaugural Ethan M. Posner Fellows

Sareen Muthyala and Natalie Bernstein each received a one-year fellowship for their independent research projects that have the potential to help others. The award was established in memory of former undergraduate student Ethan M. Posner.

Four people standing in a rocky stream bed holding adorned walking sticks

The Future is Here: Exhibition with The Peale

A spring 2025 exhibition at the Peale Museum featured works made by a collective of artists, students, and researchers in a Krieger School class.

Ezra Sukay standing beneath a very large telescope

The wild west of outer space

Doctoral student Ezra Sukay uses the James Webb Space Telescope to examine how, why, and when galax­ies form stars, and how those processes shape galaxies.

A person in the audience listening, in the foreground is a poster for the "Music for the Stars" event.

Music for the stars

The Department of Physics and Astronomy and Peabody Conservatory collaborated on a performance of original compositions inspired by images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Two people stand together examining colorful prints on a table.

Researching art at the BMA

Recent doctoral alumnus Jason Mientkiewicz ’25 worked with the head of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, during his 2024–25 Carlson-Cowart Fellowship.

headshots of Yuan He and David DeMille

New Bloomberg Distinguished Professors

The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences welcomed Yuan He, biophysics and biology, and David DeMille, physics and astronomy. BDPs are an interdisciplinary cohort of scholars working to address major world problems and teach the next generation.