The Johns Hopkins News-Letter is the student newspaper of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Published since 1896, it is one of the nation’s oldest continuously published, weekly student-run college newspapers.
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I learned about traditional herbal medicine during the last year of my enrollment in Chinese school. I remembered feeling that most subjects covered in class were historically distant, like memorizing Confucian proverbs that more often doubled as tongue twisters, or reciting ancient poems contained in their perfect, rectangular stanzas. But herbal medicine felt important to become attuned to, as I…
Growing up, I knew that I loved music. This was not solely informed by piano lessons (never forced) or all the time I spent squeaking out "Canon in D" on my plywood violin. I had an affinity for the lyrical and melodic in life - and it was the first thing I looked for when I came onto campus. Now that we're in Blue Jay Day season (welcome, Class of 2030 !), I can't help but recall my own…
Ronald J. Daniels is the President of Johns Hopkins University. On May 8, President Daniels spoke with The News-Letter in an exclusive interview discussing the University's 150th anniversary, campus construction, federal funding cuts, global conflicts and more. The News-Letter : Our first question relates to the 150th anniversary of Johns Hopkins. We wanted to ask: what does this milestone…
Mike Spector is an investigative reporter for Reuters' legal team , where he covers legal and political news, and a former Editor-in-Chief of The News-Letter . In an interview with The News-Letter , Spector reflects on his time at Hopkins, his career in journalism and his recent accomplishment in winning the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for National Reporting. The News-Letter : How did you…
My first big move was from Taiwan to Baltimore for college. Having grown up between Kaohsiung and Tainan throughout the first 18 years of my life, I missed the bike rides along Pier-2, the douhua bowls from Anping, the pebble trails at Meishu Park, the chicken noodle soup at Din Tai Fung, the monkeys on Monkey Mountain and all the familiarities of home. At any and every inconvenience I experienced…
With the end of my first year drawing near, I have taken it upon myself to explore and experience the little things: from entering the everyday buildings I pass by, but have yet to step foot in, to finally trying out the dining options at the student center. One such little thing I didn't experience until recently was building a sandwich at the Hopkins Café deli bar. I'm not entirely sure as to…
Me: Hi, I'm just letting you know that my parents are staying here one more day, so I'm gonna stay with them in their hotel tonight. My first-year RA: Sounds good! Also, you didn't need to tell me this. "Sorry, we told everyone they needed to bring their own calculator. We don't have extras," the TA said to the guy sitting next to me. Luckily, I brought two. Proud of how prepared I was for my…
In chemical engineering, we are taught the technique of process optimization. Simply put, any process - like making the adhesive for the dinosaur sticker on my laptop - can be analyzed and broken down to the various inputs, outputs and parameters involved. These variables can then be systematically adjusted to find some combination that produces the best result. Given a set of parameters, you can…
This Easter, I went back to church. Sitting in a side pew with my roommate, bumping into unexpected friends in the basement and trading candlelight with smiling strangers had me thinking about faith. I, perhaps misguidedly, viewed faith as a swerve away from reason for much of my Catholic upbringing. Rather than exploring an unknown, faith seemed like a call to accept not-knowing with open arms.…
Disclaimer: This article is an in-joke for a small cohort of about 68 current students. If you are not one of those students, do not fret. At minimal cost to your wallet and your health, you can experience it for yourself at apply.jhu.edu before reading this article. This article is interactive. You will need a 6-sided die (or random.org/dice ). Try to maximize your GPA, Health and Artistry. Your…
