Priorities for the Future
Priorities for the Future is a strategic plan designed to set the course for the next five years for the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, crafted with the understanding that a robust liberal arts education within a research university must always reach for the next level of excellence.
In the first year of our strategic plan the Krieger School has improved student experiences, faculty growth, and community engagement.
Highlights
Two sophomores named inaugural Ethan M. Posner Fellows
Sareen Muthyala and Natalie Bernstein each received a one-year fellowship for their independent research projects that have the potential to help others. The award was established in memory of former undergraduate student Ethan M. Posner.
The Future is Here: Exhibition with The Peale
A spring 2025 exhibition at the Peale Museum featured works made by a collective of artists, students, and researchers in a Krieger School class.
The wild west of outer space
Doctoral student Ezra Sukay uses the James Webb Space Telescope to examine how, why, and when galaxies form stars, and how those processes shape galaxies.
Music for the stars
The Department of Physics and Astronomy and Peabody Conservatory collaborated on a performance of original compositions inspired by images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Researching art at the BMA
Recent doctoral alumnus Jason Mientkiewicz ’25 worked with the head of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, during his 2024–25 Carlson-Cowart Fellowship.
Faculty Forum: Intellectual Pluralism
In February 2025, Dean Christopher Celenza hosted a conversation on “Intellectual Pluralism.” Participants explored their role in national discourses on intellectual pluralism and how they educated students to ensure they understood a variety of perspectives and how to build bridges in a civic-minded way.
