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Jacob Lauinger and Meg Swaney with students
Undergraduate education
History in the making
Published Dec 2, 2024
Students in a Near Eastern Studies First Year Seminar try their hand at creating replicas of cuneiform tablets
Alphabetic text on a beadlike stone form
Archaeology
Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed
Published Nov 21, 2024
Findings suggest alphabetic writing may be some 500 years older than other discoveries
black and white photograph of Larzer Ziff
In memoriam
Former English professor and literature scholar Larzer Ziff dies at 97
Published Dec 2, 2024
Ziff, who taught in the English Department for nearly two decades, is remembered for his generous mentorship and influential scholarship
A print of Picasso's portrait of Gertrude Stein on display at Peabody Library
Arts+culture
The Stein way
Published Nov 14, 2024
Sheridan Libraries exhibit explores the many facets of modernist matriarch Gertrude Stein
Inheritance Baltimore conference honors efforts to preserve the city's Black history, culture
Nov 12, 2024
'Sistership' and 'Crossing Godz 5' join Johns Hopkins' growing collection of contemporary art
Oct 16, 2024
Johns Hopkins, Sam Gilliam Foundation launch lecture series honoring the late artist's legacy
Oct 21, 2024

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Painting of Mary Jo Salter, a woman with short hair and glasses
Q+A
What makes a poem good
Published Winter 2024
Chatting with Mary Jo Salter, the guest editor of The Best American Poetry 2024 / Johns Hopkins Magazine
An illustrated portrait of Kevin Puts
A composer for our times
Published Winter 2024
Peabody composition professor Kevin Puts has won most of music's major awards. What's his next act? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Amit Peled
Bach around the block
Published Winter 2024
Peabody cello Professor Amit Peled brings classical music lessons to Baltimore neighborhoods / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Jacob Lauinger and Meg Swaney with students
Near Eastern Studies
Dispatch from 15th century BCE
Published Winter 2024
JHU researchers investigate a recently unearthed cuneiform tablet dating back to 15th century BCE. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A shadow of a woman ominously looming over a creek, with a house in the distance
Fiction
Rules of order
Published Winter 2024
Yvonne Battle-Felton's second novel delves into the secrets of a remote village in 1960s America / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Abstract art in red, yellow, green, black, white, and yellow
Rounding out the avant-garde
Published Winter 2024
The inaugural exhibition of the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery, Art and Graphic Design of the European Avant-Gardes, offers a rare look at art and ephemera by artists and intellectuals, largely from Central and Eastern Europe, working to come to terms with their upturned lives after war and revolution. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
cover of 'The Widow's Crayon Box's features colorful scribbles
Poetry
Varied hues of grief
Published Winter 2024
Molly Peacock's latest poetry collection is a sensual and sad ode to her late husband / Johns Hopkins Magazine
black and white photograph of Larzer Ziff
In memoriam
Former English professor and literature scholar Larzer Ziff dies at 97
Published Dec 2, 2024
Ziff, who taught in the English Department for nearly two decades, is remembered for his generous mentorship and influential scholarship
Jacob Lauinger and Meg Swaney with students
Undergraduate education
History in the making
Published Dec 2, 2024
Students in a Near Eastern Studies First Year Seminar try their hand at creating replicas of cuneiform tablets
A print of Picasso's portrait of Gertrude Stein on display at Peabody Library
Arts+culture
The Stein way
Published Nov 14, 2024
Sheridan Libraries exhibit explores the many facets of modernist matriarch Gertrude Stein
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