DAAD Grant

Cecilia Sebastian, DAAD Grant, 2013–2015

“I spent my third year of undergraduate studies in the philosophy and literature departments at the Freie Universität in Berlin – an exchange made possible by Hopkins’ participation as a partner school in the Berlin Consortium of German Studies. My year in Berlin was formative in the way that all…
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President Daniels hosts reception for Johns Hopkins fellowship winners

On May 15, President Daniels welcomes to his house Johns Hopkins students and recent graduates who were awarded prestigious external fellowships this academic year. President Daniels with junior Ryan Patterson, one of four Johns Hopkins Goldwater Scholarship recipients this year. From left to right, seniors Malinda McPherson (Churchill Scholarship), Steven Filippone (Marshall…
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Justin Porter, DAAD Grant, 2012–2014

“I spent almost two years in Germany after graduating with a degree in Biophysics. During this time, I worked in a lab at the Technical University of Munich, learned German, lived with German students, and—as much as one can in two years—made a life for myself there, and it was…
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Ben Swartz, DAAD Grant, 2013–2014

“I arrived in Baltimore as a wayward double-degree-er at Hopkins (BA/MA, history) and Peabody (BMus, cello), and I decamped four years later – admittedly, no less wayward – with a hunger to set sail for Europe to learn Western art music in its natural habitat. Based on the northern edge…
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