Professor Brice Ménard, Assistant Professor Danielle Norcini, and W. H. Miller Professor Matthieu Wyart have each received 2025 Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards from the Office of the Vice Provost for […]
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Kevin Schlaufman receives Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award from Office of the Vice Provost for Research
Associate Professor Kevin Schlaufman is among 20 early career faculty members that were selected to receive Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards, an honor that is accompanied by a $100,000 grant, mentoring […]
Alessandra Corsi participates in inaugural Cosmic Horizons Conference focusing on AI in astronomy
W. H. Miller Professor Alessandra Corsi was a presenter in May at the inaugural Cosmic Horizons Conference organized by the National Science Foundation-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins. Read more
Nicole Crumpler earns Scholar Award from The Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation
Graduate student Nicole Crumpler is a recipient of the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation’s Scholar Award for the 2025-2026 academic year. The $15,000 award recognizes […]
Read The Atlantic article titled “The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong”
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Adam Reiss is the focus of the new article by Ross Andersen published in The Atlantic.
Alex Szalay Recognized with Honorary Degree at 2025 Commencement
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Alex Szalay was one of four to receive an honorary degree from the Johns Hopkins University during the university-wide Commencement on May 22 at Homewood Field. Astrophysicist, data scientist, and visionary innovator, Szalay has profoundly shaped our understanding of the universe—and how we study it. His research has produced more than 500 publications.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory and JHU Begin Partnership for Next-Generation Very Large Array
“Thanks to a variety of efforts that the scientific community is undertaking, over the next decade we could transform a trickle of multi-messenger discoveries into a flood. The goal of the NRAO-JHU partnership is to address some of the key challenges that lie ahead of this transformation.” – Alessandra Corsi, W.H. Miller Professor
Sami Muhammad and Yuran Ryan Zhang Receive Provost’s Undergraduate Research Awards for Summer Cycle
Undergraduate physics majors Sami Muhammad (’26) and Yuran Ryan Zhang (’26) have each received the Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award The PURA program was created to assist and encourage Hopkins undergraduate students to continue or begin independent research, scholarly and creative projects with our amazing university mentors over the summer.
Rosemary F.G. Wyse Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Alumni Centennial Professor Rosemary F. G. Wyse is among 120 members and 30 international members elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2025, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Her research focus is in the field of galaxy formation and evolution, with emphases on resolved stellar populations and the nature of dark matter. The work has played a significant role in advancing scientific understanding of the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies.
Emanuele Berti Receives 2025 Frontiers of Science Award from International Congress of Basic Science
Professor Emanuele Berti has received a 2025 Frontiers of Science Award from the International Congress of Basic Science for a paper that he co-authored in 2017 titled “Are merging black holes born from stellar collapse or previous mergers?” The research, that appeared in Physical Review D, was honored for its outstanding scholarly value.