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Space@Hopkins 2023: Call for Seed Grant proposals

The 2023 Space@Hopkins Seed Grant program, with grants of up to $25,000 for one year, is now open for proposals for space-related projects. Topics of the proposed projects may include, but are not limited to, robotics, astronaut health, planetary sciences, solar physics, Earth science, spacecraft engineering, sensors, and astrophysics. Civilian space-related proposals are welcome from all Johns Hopkins divisions.


Chia-Ling Chien Honored with Special Issue of The Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

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The Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials has published a special issue in honor of Prof. Chia-Ling Chien.  The issue includes 32 research articles and a foreword by Samuel Bader and Nobel laureate Albert Fert.  Congratulations, Chia-Ling!


David Sing’s Group Uses JWST to Reveal an Exoplanet Atmosphere as Never Seen Before

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world’s skies. While Webb and other space telescopes, including NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer, […]


Johns Hopkins’s Other Engineering Lab: The Voodoo Drop at Six Flags

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The Washington Post shadowed Reid Mumford and his physics lab as they gathered data on amusement-park rides.


Andrey Vayner, Nadia Zakamska, and Yuzo Ishikawa Discover Swarm of Galaxies Using James Webb Space Telescope

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Postdoctoral fellow Andrey Vayner, Professor Nadia Zakamska and graduate student Yuzo Ishikawa are part of an international team who just published the first results from an Early Release Science program […]


Maryam Haytham Esmat Featured in the Forbes Middle East 30 Under 30 List

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Graduate student Maryam Haytham Esmat has been chosen to be part of the Forbes Magazine Middle East “30 Under 30” list. Esmat has interned at the Space Telescope Science Institute, […]


Danielle Speller Receives 2022 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering

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Assistant Professor Danielle Speller has received a 2022 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Speller is one of a small group of innovative […]


Emanuele Berti Receives 2023 Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science

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Emanuele Berti has received the 2023 Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science from the American Physical Society. Dr. Berti is being recognized “for contributions to gravitational-wave science through groundbreaking […]


Jami Valentine Miller Receives 2022 JHU Distinguished Alumna Award

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Jami Valentine Miller, who earned her PhD in the department in 2007 working with Chia Ling Chien, has received the 2022 JHU Distinguished Alumna Award.  After successfully defending her dissertation, […]


Honoring Mark O. Robbins – Sunday, October 2, 2022, 9 AM

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Please join us in honoring the memory of Mark O. Robbins by illuminating his contributions to science. Sunday, October 2, 2022, 9 AM, Schafler Auditorium. Brunch will be served at […]