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Is There Life on Mars?
Engineer and inventor Gilbert V. Levin ’47, PhD ’63, says “Yes!”
Beating the Odds
Meet three students who hit their stride at Johns Hopkins, thanks largely to a supportive program that helps them thrive.
Enter the Surgineer
Find out how a new member of the clinical team in the operating room holds the potential to help revolutionize the standard of patient care.
Safety First: Building a Resilient Future
Of all the remarkable things engineers do for humanity, none may be more important than the ways in which they improve our resiliency, keeping us safe from the many potential harms the world has in store.
Extreme Creativity
An unlikely collaboration between engineers and artists has yielded inspired creations in both fields.
Roadwork Ahead
Self-driving cars have the potential to stem the carnage of traffic fatalities on our streets, but a safe rollout is imperative. A Johns Hopkins team is working toward a national road map for autonomous vehicle testing.
Sweet Sensation
When graduate student Luke Osborn needed to test the fingertip sensors he’d spent years developing for prosthesis wearers, he didn’t have far to look. The ensuing collaboration and results hold big promise for amputees.
Philanthropy in Action
When the university’s Rising to the Challenge campaign concluded in October, the Whiting School had raised a record-breaking $292.6 million. Here’s how philanthropy has provided our faculty and students with the opportunities and resources they need to flourish, achieve, and make a difference.