The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences is the core institution of the Johns Hopkins complex of schools, centers, and institutes. https://krieger.jhu.edu/https://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mtmacm3ems2nJHU alum @emilysneff.bsky.social spent a decade tracing how news of the Declaration of Independence spread through printers, post riders, and letters in Yiddish to dodge British interception. Her new book follows the messengers, not the signers. https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2026/summer/declaration-of-independence-breaking-news/21 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmacm3ems2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mtguk4ufv222Congratulations to cognitive scientist John Hale on receiving the Association for Computational Linguistics’ 25-year Test-of-Time award for his 2001 paper linking language model probabilities to human comprehension difficulty. https://magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2026/08/cognitive-scientist-hale-receives-25-year-award/19 Aug 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtguk4ufv222https://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mtenxhz4ss23A wetland was restored using 3,000-year-old fossil seeds as the blueprint. This summer, students in the @jhuaap.bsky.social Environmental Restoration course got to see the results firsthand at Big Spring Run. https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/08/18/environmental-restoration-course-takes-masters-students-into-the-field/18 Aug 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtenxhz4ss23https://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mrx5eu26zs2iRare earth elements power your phone, your car, even MRI machines, but extracting them has an environmental and geopolitical cost. JHU researchers are rethinking that: recycling magnets, using plants as miners. "It's all about the electrons." @grace-panetti.bsky.social https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2026/summer/rare-earth-minerals-history-and-alternatives/31 Jul 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx5eu26zs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mrskehnwik2uProfessor Anna Harwell Celenza joined @ucfreespeech.bsky.social's Speech Matters podcast to explore music, democracy, and America at 250, from "Strange Fruit" to the songs that shaped a nation. 🎙️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sounds-of-democracy-music-and-america-at-250/id1617830292?i=100077890456329 Jul 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrskehnwik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mqrkd5ynls2kA London bookseller's email led JHU classics professor Shane Butler to a 170-year-old poetry book with a pressed flower hidden inside, a keepsake from Victorian scholar John Addington Symonds' first kiss. https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2026/summer/piecing-together-a-victorian-love-story/16 Jul 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrkd5ynls2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mqn2dzyyu223In 50 years, will we know if we're alone in the universe? Planetary scientist @planetdr.bsky.social isn't holding her breath for some of the breakthroughs: "I personally would be surprised if we accessed Europa's ocean or sent a rover to the surface of Venus by 2076." https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2026/summer/looking-ahead-to-2076/14 Jul 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqn2dzyyu223https://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mpyh324e6k2oThe Supreme Court recently cited Johns Hopkins historian @marthasjones.bsky.social in its 6-3 ruling that upholds birthright citizenship. The justices pointed to her book "Birthright Citizens" and a legal brief she wrote with Kate Masur. https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/06/30/scotus-birthright-citizenship-ruling-historian-martha-jones/06 Jul 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyh324e6k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mpjqkuooqs2qCongratulations to biology professor @rajivmccoy.bsky.social on being selected as a 2026 Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative recipient from the @bwfund.bsky.social for his project: Uncovering genetic mechanisms of pregnancy loss across parental and fetal genomes. https://www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-announces-2026-next-gen-pregnancy-initiative-recipients/30 Jun 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjqkuooqs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mpjcagll2s2dA biologist who studied cancer-causing viruses in chickens sits next to a historian writing about rum. That's just Wednesday at The Academy, where retired Hopkins faculty gather every week to question, publish, and learn from each other. https://magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/spring-2026-volume-23-number-2/still-in-conversation-at-the-academy/30 Jun 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjcagll2s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mpgur6iylc23What if ADHD research has been looking in the wrong part of the brain? Johns Hopkins researchers discovered neurons in an ancient part of the brainstem that control selective attention in mice. https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/06/22/scientists-discover-ancient-neurons-that-control-attention/29 Jun 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgur6iylc23https://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3moxvhjke7k2sGila monster venom. Bacteria in yogurt. Soil from Easter Island. The origin stories of GLP-1 drugs, CRISPR, and anti-rejection therapies. "Less support for scientists means strange questions no one will get to chase. Exploring those questions is how medicine advances." https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/06/22/jeff-coller-new-york-times-research-spending/23 Jun 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxvhjke7k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3moio7vfcw22aCongratulations to Krieger School faculty Gira Bhabha (Biology) and Yahui Zhang (Physics & Astronomy), who are among 20 Johns Hopkins researchers named 2026 Catalyst Award recipients, each receiving $100K to pursue their most ambitious early-career research. 🎉 https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/06/16/johns-hopkins-catalyst-awards-2026/17 Jun 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3moio7vfcw22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mofvuddluk2yEven people who love AI want it regulated. A new poll by Johns Hopkins researchers found that daily users and AI enthusiasts still overwhelmingly support new rules, including the right to opt out of AI in medical, legal, and educational settings. https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/06/15/americans-strongly-support-regulations-on-ai/16 Jun 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofvuddluk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mnuus32r7c2iBiochemist and molecular biologist Ru Chih Huang, the first woman hired to a tenure-track position in the physical sciences at Johns Hopkins, died May 31 at 94. She published her final paper just two months ago. https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/06/09/ru-chih-huang-obituary/09 Jun 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuus32r7c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mnubqlwk6c2iCongratulations! 🎉 Rising senior Aneesh Swaminathan is the first Johns Hopkins student to receive the Phi Beta Kappa Society Key Into Public Service scholarship, one of just 20 selected nationwide. https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/06/08/aneesh-swaminathan-phi-beta-kappa-key-into-public-service-scholarship/09 Jun 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnubqlwk6c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mndaaezfyk2mWelcome to JHU, @apombo1.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mndaaezfyk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mmu6kyh6dc2wJohns Hopkins turns 150. From authenticating the Dead Sea Scrolls to mapping gravitational waves, here's what 150 years of arts & sciences research looks like. https://magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/spring-2026-volume-23-number-2/the-pursuit-of-knowledge-then-and-now/27 May 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmu6kyh6dc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mm7js7y2xk2vJHU chemist Rebekka Klausen has received a prestigious $2M Brown Investigator Award to study 3D silicon polymers, and her team’s early discoveries are already challenging conventional ideas about material strength, structure, and durability. 🧪 https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/05/19/rebekka-klausen-brown-investigator-award/19 May 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7js7y2xk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mm5cruixfs2pNearly four years after meeting in a First-Year Seminar, graduating senior Arionna Bell and Professor Robert Moffitt sat down to reflect on mentorship, service, and the next chapter as Bell heads to graduation and Moffitt to retirement. https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/05/18/robert-moffitt-arionna-bell-commencement-2026/18 May 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5cruixfs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mlogespal22hThe Spring 2026 issue of the Arts & Sciences magazine has arrived. Take a look inside for stories on groundbreaking research, standout students, and alumni making an impact. magazine.krieger.jhu.edu https://magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/12 May 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlogespal22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mlo3tbdc4s2hCongratulations to Krieger School doctoral student Junellie Perez, @spacejunellie.bsky.social, who is among 10 Johns Hopkins PhDs and postdocs inducted into the Bouchet Society. https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/05/11/bouchet-society-inductees-2026/12 May 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo3tbdc4s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mldxh4p5322sJohns Hopkins mathematician Emily Riehl breaks down the role of algorithms, statistics, and voting theory in U.S. elections. She makes the case that gerrymandering isn't just a political problem. It's a math problem. https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/05/07/emily-riehl-gerrymandering-supreme-court/08 May 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldxh4p5322shttps://bsky.app/profile/jhuartssciences.bsky.social/post/3mkqiiix3xk2sCongratulations to historian Richard Kagan, neuroscientist Ulrich Mueller, political scientist Vesla Weaver, and biophysicist Sarah Woodson on being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://hub.jhu.edu/2026/04/30/american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences-2026-electees/30 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:tra2wkamfdpzb2viuuaxbtm5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqiiix3xk2s