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University rankings

Hopkins moves up to No. 7 in Best Colleges rankings

Key factors in JHU's ranking include small class sizes, the academic performance of incoming students, and high graduation rates; the university also ranks among the nation's very best schools in terms of ethnic diversity, value, innovation, and research and creative projects for undergraduates, according to U.S. News & World Report

 
 
In other news  
 

Q+A

What is 'quiet quitting'?

Rick Smith of the Carey Business School talks about what this TikTok buzzword really means for workers and workplaces

 

Neurology

Exercise hormone halts Parkinson's symptoms in mouse study

A new study could pave the way for the creation of a therapy used to treat Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

 

Bracing for impact

Spacecraft readies for asteroid collision

The proof-of-concept DART mission managed by APL aims to demonstrate how a spacecraft can be used to deflect an asteroid that poses a threat to Earth, should one ever be discovered

 
 
 

 
 
 

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NPR

Calls for Putin to resign amid counter-offensive

Sergey Radchenko, professor of Russian history at SAIS, discusses President Putin's supporters questioning Russia's strategy in Ukraine

 
 

CONSUMER REPORTS

Need a home hearing test? There's an app for that

Some use testing methods backed by solid science, says Nicholas Reed, an audiologist and assistant professor in epidemiology at the Bloomberg School

 
 

WALL STREET JOURNAL

JHU slows frequency of COVID data publication

The university’s dashboard for tracking pandemic metrics has been hampered by reduced state and local reporting

 
 
 
Events  
 

Fall courses

Hopkins at Home

Virtual courses in September and October include Tackling the Challenge of Diabetes and Creating the Global Classroom; registration required

 
 
 

Sept. 21

Conversations on Impostor Syndrome

Join a virtual discussion with panelists who will share their expertise on how to stop questioning our capabilities, particularly when perception does not match reality; registration required

 
 

Sept. 24

Women in leadership: A discussion

Lawyer Traci Park, A&S ’97, and casting director Sunny Boling, A&S ’99, will talk about their career paths during this in-person discussion in Los Angeles; registration required