Centered on the environment, this museum-wide undertaking encourages conversation and action around climate change and the role of the museum. Turn Again to the Earth’s suite of exhibitions continues through January 2026. A sustainability plan for the BMA’s continued path to environmentally friendly practices will be published this spring, and a citywide eco-challenge led by…
Climate change is already shaping the lives of young people around the globe. How should education respond to climate change as a lived reality rather than a possible future? This talk outlines the practical, moral, and pedagogical reasons why it makes sense to focus on adaptation, resilience, and transformation (ART). It clarifies the challenges posed…
What remains possible when so much seems to be coming apart at the seams? What does it mean to live in the shadow of the ruined promises of the past? Consider the many despoiled landscapes of the Chesapeake Bay and our Jones Falls and Patapsco watersheds: junk heaps, rotting piers, spoil basins, and the many…
From the delicious to the deadly, fungi—which share 50% of our DNA—present a wide range of benefits, and threats, to human health, many of which remain unexplored. Could fungal pathogens outsmart us before we find ways to combat them? Dr. Arturo Casadevall takes up this question and discusses his latest book, What If Fungi Win?, in conversation…
What might a language for the future – or for this very moment, shapeshifting as it is – look like when imagined from the bodies, experiences, desires, of the other-than-human world, as it stands and as it may yet be? Join this all-genre workshop to explore the materials of our local landscape and their possible…
Our next Local Partner Tour trip will be to on Friday, March 14 right before spring break. We will be visiting Taharka Brothers from 10:45 am – 12: 15 pm. Transportation will be provided. Registration is required and space is limited! Each semester, Hopkins Dining visits one of our local partners (i.e. produce suppliers, bakeries…
Nature journaling is one method to disrupt the regular current of daily life and access a flow more in sync with the natural rhythms around us. Nature journaling is an ancient practice which combines elements of scientific inquiry, drawing, writing and mindfulness to connect with the wonders of the natural world around us. Nature journaling…
The Masonville Cove Partnership invites you to join Birds of Urban Baltimore and our bird banding studies on campus! See the bird banding process up-close, and learn how urban greenspaces help migrating birds! Registration reserves your spot, walk-ins welcomed. Various dates from March through June 2025. Click here for more information and to register.