Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins
University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools,
the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to
the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins
communications offices.
Samantha Power, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will address the Class of 2022 at Johns Hopkins University’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 22.
April 1, 2022 Tags: commencement speaker, Johns Hopkins University, Samantha Power, USAID
| Category: Commencement
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University has established the Center for Economy and Society through $10 million in funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Omidyar Network. At SNF Agora, the new center will strive to bring together thinkers on the political left and right to address the perils facing market democracies.
February 16, 2022 Tags: Center for Economy and Society, Hahrie Han, Johns Hopkins University, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute, Steven Teles
| Category: Business and Economics, Government and Politics, University-Related
Before an assembly of Henderson-Hopkins students, Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels will join Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, widow of the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, and artist Christopher Batten, to honor the legacy of Cummings by unveiling his portrait, which was commissioned by Johns Hopkins University for the Homewood campus. The artist will also lead portraiture painting workshops with the students.
January 19, 2022 Tags: Elijah Cummings, Henderson-Hopkins, Johns Hopkins University, portrait
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Education/K-12, Institutional News, Libraries, University Administration, University-Related
Legendary investor and philanthropist William H. “Bill” Miller III has made a lead gift of $50 million in a combined $75 million philanthropic effort to support Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Miller’s $50 million commitment will fund endowed professorships, postdoctoral fellowships, and graduate research, and will provide ongoing support for research infrastructure. His gift also served as the impetus for two anonymous donors to support the department as well, expanding to $75 million the funding to advance key areas of physics research.
December 16, 2021 Tags: astronomy, Bill Miller, Johns Hopkins University, physics, William H. “Bill” Miller III, William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy
| Category: Fundraising, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Physics and Astronomy
Johns Hopkins University announced today it will recruit an additional 50 Bloomberg Distinguished Professors (BDPs), doubling the current cohort of BDPs at the university. These world-class faculty members will lead research into the shared challenges facing humanity, and foster interdisciplinary collaboration across the institution. This new investment will double the total number of BDPs to 100 and make this interdisciplinary research program the largest of its kind in the nation.
December 14, 2021 Tags: Bloomberg Distinguished Professors, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Institutional News, University Administration
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels, and community leaders open the long-awaited East Baltimore Historical Library, a place to preserve, interpret and convey the rich history of East Baltimore.
November 30, 2021 Tags: Eager Park, East Baltimore Historical Library, Henderson-Hopkins School, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Institutional News, Libraries, University Administration, University-Related
Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH, a pioneering public health disparities researcher, general internist, and professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Nursing, has been appointed to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) by President Joe Biden. The White House announced the appointment today.
September 22, 2021 Tags: Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Lisa Cooper, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
| Category: Institutional News, University Administration
A team of Johns Hopkins University students are among the finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition for their invention of a device to reduce pain from nerve damage in people with amputations.
September 13, 2021 Tags: amputation, biotechnology, Collegiate Inventors Competition, Engineering, materials science, National Inventors Hall of Fame, nerve damage, prosthetics, Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: biology, Engineering, Student-Related News, Uncategorized
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels will lace up their running shoes Monday for the grand opening of the Henderson-Hopkins school’s new track.
September 10, 2021 Tags: Baltimore City Public Schools, East Baltimore, Henderson-Hopkins, Johns Hopkins Football, Johns Hopkins Lacrosse, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Education, Mayor Brandon Scott, Ron Daniels
| Category: Education/K-12, Events Open to the Public, Uncategorized
Baltimore students who received eyeglasses through the Vision for Baltimore program scored higher on reading and math tests, with students who struggle the most academically showing the greatest improvement, concludes a new study in JAMA Ophthalmology, conducted by Johns Hopkins researchers from the Wilmer Eye Institute and School of Education.
The study, released today, is the most robust to date in the United States on the impact of glasses on academic achievement and has implications beyond Baltimore for the millions of children nationwide who suffer from vision impairment but lack access to pediatric eye care.
September 9, 2021 Tags: achievement gap, eyeglasses, Johns Hopkins, K-12 Education, students, Vision for Baltimore
| Category: Education/K-12, Government and Politics, Institutional News, Medicine and Nursing, Public Health, University-Related
Branville Bard Jr., an experienced and community-oriented law enforcement leader who has earned a reputation as a vocal advocate for social justice, racial equity, and police reform, has been selected as Johns Hopkins’ new vice president for security. Beginning Aug. 30, Bard will oversee security operations for all Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine campuses and facilities worldwide, with the exception of the Applied Physics Laboratory.
July 27, 2021 Tags: Branville Bard, Johns Hopkins
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University Administration
Johns Hopkins University will award an honorary degree to German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her principled and courageous global leadership at a Thursday July 15 ceremony at the university’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.
July 15, 2021 Tags: Angela Merkel, honorary degree, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
Abuse intervention services for those with criminal histories of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), arts workshops to process trauma, and a community mediation initiative that will bring together Latinx immigrant and Black youth are among nine projects chosen to receive Johns Hopkins University’s Innovation Fund for Community Safety grant awards.
June 30, 2021 Tags: Baltimore, Innovation Fund for Community Safety, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Institutional News
Johns Hopkins University today announced plans to develop a Behavioral Health Crisis Support Team to serve students, faculty, staff, and community members experiencing a behavioral health crisis on or near its Baltimore campuses. This pilot program will launch in the fall of 2021, first around Homewood and then expanding to the university’s other Baltimore campuses. The approach addresses the growing need for innovative public health responses to behavioral and mental health crises and is modeled after best practices for public safety operations.
May 18, 2021 Tags: Behavioral Health Crisis Support Team, Johns Hopkins, public safety
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University-Related
The Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center on May 17 is launching the Pandemic Data Initiative as a new resource to spotlight systemic deficiencies in the collecting and reporting of pandemic data, to examine how those challenges hinder COVID-19 responses, and to explore possible solutions to improve public data.
May 17, 2021 Tags: Beth Blauer, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Resource Center, COVID-19, data, Johns Hopkins University, Lauren Gardner, Pandemic, Pandemic Data Initiative
| Category: Public Health, Technology, University-Related
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, three-term mayor of New York City, and Johns Hopkins University graduate Michael R. Bloomberg will return to campus to address the Class of 2021 at commencement on May 27 at Homewood Field.
May 14, 2021 Tags: Class of 2021, commencement speaker, Johns Hopkins University, Mike Bloomberg
| Category: Commencement, University-Related
Trillions of cicadas are poised to get their buzz on across much of the United States, with the once-every-17-year emergence of Brood X. Hope you’re hungry!
One person’s infestation is another’s free eco-friendly lunch, according to Johns Hopkins University sustainable food expert Jessica Fanzo, author of the forthcoming Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?
Fanzo, who plans to collect and eat cicadas herself as soon as they hit her own backyard, can explain how the insects have as much protein as red or other factory-farmed meat, but without the harsh environmental effects, including greenhouse gases and biodiversity loss.
May 13, 2021 Tags: alternative protein, cicadas, climate change, eating insects, environment, factory farming, Jessica Fanzo
| Category: Environment, Public Health, Public policy, University-Related
Today, Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the launch of the Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative devoted to addressing historic underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and preparing a new, more diverse generation of researchers and scholars to assume leadership roles in tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges. The $150 million effort funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies will be endowed to create additional pathways for students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to pursue and receive PhDs in STEM fields.
May 11, 2021 Tags: Bloomberg Philanthropies, HCBUs, Johns Hopkins University, PhDs, STEM, Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative
| Category: Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
Today, Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System announced an important step to support the economic wellbeing of employees by adopting an enterprise-wide $15 minimum wage. The change will take effect in line with annual pay increases on July 1, 2021 for university employees and January 1, 2022 for employees of the health system.
May 6, 2021 Tags: $15 minimum wage, HopkinsLocal, Johns Hopkins, minimum wage
| Category: Institutional News, University-Related
Federal funding sustains much of the critical research underway at Johns Hopkins University and Medicine. The biennial event, Hopkins on the Hill, showcases the range, value, and impact of this work.
Instead of the usual one big event on Capitol Hill, Hopkins on the Hill is virtual this year, with lunchtime programming spread across May and June. It’s a chance to learn about the cutting-edge science and projects, straight from the early career researchers and practitioners working on it. The sessions will cover everything from space exploration and extreme materials development to Hopkins’ work to track and combat COVID-19.
May 3, 2021 Tags: Hopkins on the Hill, Johns Hopkins, research funding, Science
| Category: Computer Science, Earth Science, Education/K-12, Engineering, Events Open to the Public, Institutional News, Physics and Astronomy, Public Health
Jeanne-Marie Jackson, an associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the English Department at Johns Hopkins University, is among 26 scholars to be named to the Andrew Carnegie Fellows class of 2021 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
April 28, 2021 Tags: African literature, Andrew Carnegie Fellows, Carnegie, Carnegie Fellowship, Casely Hayford, Ghana, Jeanne-Marie Jackson
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Homewood Campus News, Uncategorized, University-Related
Laurent Heller has been selected from a highly competitive national search as Johns Hopkins University’s next senior vice president for finance and administration. Heller brings to the role extensive experience in budget and financial management, higher education strategy, and business operations at leading universities.
April 22, 2021 Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Laurent Heller, senior vice president for finance and administration
| Category: Institutional News, University-Related
With a $20 million gift from the estate of trustee emeritus and alumnus Ralph S. O’Connor, the Johns Hopkins University and its Whiting School of Engineering today announced the establishment of the Ralph S. O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) to serve as the university’s interdisciplinary home for ongoing research and education aimed at creating clean, renewable, and sustainable energy technologies.
April 22, 2021 Tags: clean energy, climate change, environment, Johns Hopkins, Ralph S. O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute, Ralph S. O’Connor, renewable energy, ROSEI, sustainable energy
| Category: Engineering, Environment, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University-Related
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education for 1.6 billion children worldwide over the past year. To help measure the ongoing global response, Johns Hopkins University, the World Bank, and UNICEF have partnered to create a COVID-19 – Global Education Recovery Tracker.
Launched today, the tool assists countries’ decision-making by tracking reopening and recovery planning efforts in more than 200 countries and territories.
March 26, 2021 Tags: COVID-19, Global Education Recovery Tracker, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University eSchool+ Initiative, Pandemic, school reopening, UNICEF, World Bank
| Category: Education/K-12, Institutional News, Public Health, University-Related
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Johns Hopkins University today announced the launch of the Opioid Industry Documents Archive, a digital repository of publicly disclosed documents from recent judgments, settlements, and ongoing lawsuits concerning the opioid crisis. The documents come from government litigation against pharmaceutical companies, including opioid manufacturers and distributors related to their contributions to the deadly epidemic, as well as litigation taking place in federal court on behalf of thousands of cities and counties in the United States. The documents in the archive include emails, memos, presentations, sales reports, budgets, audit reports, Drug Enforcement Administration briefings, meeting agendas and minutes, expert witness reports, and depositions of drug company executives.
March 25, 2021 Tags: G. Caleb Alexander, Johns Hopkins University, Opioid Industry Documents Archive, opioids, pharmaceutical companies
| Category: Institutional News, Public Health, University-Related
