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.
Three decades ago Johns Hopkins University political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg warned in his book, Politics By Other Means, that party loyalty was beginning to trump a higher sense of national duty among elected leaders. The trend, he wrote, would one day “undermine the governing capacities of the nation’s institutions, diminishing the ability of America’s government to manage domestic and foreign affairs, and contributing to the erosion of the nation’s international political and economic standing.”
January 17, 2020 Tags: Congress, Donald Trump, impeachment
| Category: Government and Politics, Public policy
Johns Hopkins employees, alumni, students and friends will attend the annual Christmas Eve graveside observance honoring the founder of the university and health system, Mr. Johns Hopkins.
December 20, 2019 Tags: Christmas Eve, Green Mount Cemetery, Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Institutional News, University-Related
Indigenous Peoples Day is a new tradition at Johns Hopkins University that celebrates a vital population in our community. A reimagining of Columbus Day, the event will honor the rich heritage of Indigenous communities with a Pow-Wow featuring singing, drummers, dancing, and tastings of tribal cuisine.
October 11, 2019 Tags: Columbus Day, Indigenous People's Day, Johns Hopkins University, Pow-Wow
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News, University-Related
In honor of World Sight Day, Vision for Baltimore will host a vision health fair at Henderson-Hopkins School on Thursday, October 10. Now in its fourth year, Vision for Baltimore is a citywide program between The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore City Health Department, nonprofit Vision To Learn and eyewear retailer Warby Parker to provide all pre-K through 8th grade public school students with vision screenings, eye exams and eyeglasses, all at no out-of-pocket costs for families. Other funders include the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Abell Foundation.
October 9, 2019 Tags: event, Henderson-Hopkins School, Vision for Baltimore
| Category: Institutional News, University-Related
Weeding, canvassing neighborhoods to share information about community resources and picking up trash. These are just some of the ways more than 1,300 Johns Hopkins University students, faculty and staff will try to help the city on Saturday, Sept. 21, as they volunteer en masse at 38 Baltimore non-profit organizations.
September 20, 2019 Tags: community service, Day of Service, President’s Day of Service, volunteer
| Category: Homewood Campus News, University-Related
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University has unveiled plans for the Institute’s home in Baltimore, designed by world-renowned architecture firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The new structure on the Homewood campus promises to represent the mission and values of the Institute as well as the creativity and vibrancy of the university and the city.
September 19, 2019 Tags: Hahrie Han, Johns Hopkins University, Renzo Piano, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
A new reusable device created by the Johns Hopkins University can help women with breast cancer in lower income countries by using carbon dioxide, a widely available and affordable gas, to power a cancer tissue-freezing probe instead of industry-standard argon.
July 15, 2019 Tags: biomedical engineering, cancer, Nicholas Durr, oncology, student research, Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Public Health, Student-Related News
On July 3, Johns Hopkins University, along with the architecture and design team of Ennead Architects and SmithGroup, filed for an informational review with the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts for the proposed “Hopkins D.C.” facility in the property currently housing the Newseum at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. This is a first step to obtain early feedback from CFA in advance of the formal review process that will begin later in the year, along with reviews and approvals by other entities.
July 5, 2019 Tags: building, Hopkins DC, Newseum
| Category: Institutional News, University-Related
Alicia Wilson, an accomplished attorney and civic leader with deep expertise in creating local economic opportunity, has been appointed vice president for economic development for Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System. She will lead the newly-created Office of Economic Development when she joins the organization in July.
June 19, 2019 Tags: Alicia Wilson, Baltimore, BLocal, East Baltimore Development Initiative, Homewood Community Partners Initiative, HopkinsLocal, Johns Hopkins Health System, Johns Hopkins University, vice president for economic development
| Category: Institutional News, Uncategorized, University Administration
More than 1,000 Johns Hopkins University students will claim their degrees Thursday, May 23, at the commencement ceremony for all of the University’s divisions and campuses.
May 20, 2019 Tags: 2019, Class Of 2019, Commencement, graduation, Jeffrey Goldberg
| Category: Commencement, Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University-Related
Twenty-five local companies that came together pledging to create more economic opportunity in Baltimore report after the first three years of that effort, they’re buying $50 million more from city and with minority vendors than they had been and have hired more than 1,700 Baltimore residents.
May 15, 2019 Tags: Baltimore City, BLocal, Economic Inclusion, President Ronald J. Daniels
| Category: Institutional News, Public policy, University Administration
A Canadian Supreme Court justice, a Johns Hopkins University board of trustees chair, an acclaimed economist, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, a former commander of the United States Strategic Command, a renowned geneticist, and the ad exec who created Meatless Mondays will receive Johns Hopkins honorary degrees this year.
May 6, 2019 | Category: Commencement, University-Related
The Centers for Civic Impact, an effort to help public organizations thoughtfully and masterfully use data and research to better understand and improve public life, has launched at Johns Hopkins University.
April 29, 2019 Tags: Beth Blauer, Center for Applied Public Research, Center for Government Excellence, Centers for Civic Impact, GovEx, GovEx Academy
| Category: Government and Politics, Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
Freshmen mechanical engineering students at the Johns Hopkins University have built an interactive 17-hole miniature golf course for 2019 JHU Spring Fair guests to enjoy. Working in teams of three or four, the students have created 17 holes that make up a lively golf course—each hole has moving parts, sensors and lights. Come see the course for yourself and try your hand at a round or two.
April 23, 2019 Tags: campus, Engineering, engineering student projects, event, golf, Spring Fair, Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: Engineering, Events Open to the Public, Student-Related News, University-Related
In the largest commitment to solar energy in Maryland and one of the most significant pledges to greenhouse gas reduction in higher education, Johns Hopkins University has entered into a long-term agreement to supply its campuses with more than 250,000 megawatt hours of solar power per year.
April 22, 2019 Tags: carbon emissions, Constellation, Johns Hopkins University, Ronald J. Daniels, solar, solar energy
| Category: Environment, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Uncategorized, University Administration, University-Related
A political scientist who dedicated her career to understanding civic and political participation will now work to advance them as inaugural director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. She starts July 1.
April 4, 2019 Tags: Hahrie Han, Johns Hopkins University, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute
| Category: Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University Administration, University-Related
Johns Hopkins University students will no longer need a campus identification card to get into their dorms, pay for pizza or do laundry. Starting this week, a flash of their iPhone or Apple Watch will handle all of that and more as the university becomes the fifth in the country to offer students the option to add their campus ID to Apple Wallet.
March 28, 2019 Tags: Apple Wallet, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Student-Related News, University-Related
Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, will speak at the Johns Hopkins University’s commencement ceremony on Thursday May 23.
March 26, 2019 Tags: Commencement, Jeffrey Goldberg, Johns Hopkins University, The Atlantic
| Category: Commencement, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University-Related
Lori Beth Finkelstein has been appointed the new Philip Franklin Wagley Director and Curator of Evergreen Museum & Library. She will begin on March 18.
March 15, 2019 Tags: Evergreen Museum & Library
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Libraries, University-Related
Johns Hopkins University graduate programs in public health, nursing and medicine are once again among the country’s very best, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation’s “Best Graduate Schools.”
March 12, 2019 | Category: Education/K-12, Engineering, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Medicine and Nursing, Public Health, University-Related
The 5th Annual Cyber Security Conference for Executives, co-sponsored by Johns Hopkins University and business advisory and expert services firm Ankura, presents a forum for experts from academia, private business, and government to share their knowledge and experience.
March 6, 2019 Tags: cyber security, Technology, Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: Engineering, Events Open to the Public, Technology, University-Related
Johns Hopkins University and Health System announced today that the institution has surpassed its three-year goals for hiring, purchasing and construction contracting.
February 21, 2019 Tags: Baltimore, Economic Inclusion, HopkinsLocal, President Ronald J. Daniels
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Uncategorized, University Administration, University-Related
The Johns Hopkins Blue Jay mascot debuted a new look during a dramatic reveal today at halftime of the men’s lacrosse home opener. With a nod to Hopkins’ excellence in the fields of science and health, “Jay’s” makeover reflects his efforts to improve his personal fitness while also exhibiting more scientifically and anatomically correct attributes for his species.
February 16, 2019 Tags: Blue Jay, Johns Hopkins University, mascot
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Sports, Uncategorized, University-Related
The Johns Hopkins University’s Blue Jay mascot will debut a new look during a dramatic reveal Saturday at halftime of the men’s lacrosse home opener. With a nod to Hopkins’ excellence in the fields of science and health, “Jay’s” makeover reflects his efforts to improve his personal fitness while also exhibiting more scientifically and anatomically correct attributes for his species.
February 15, 2019 Tags: Blue Jay, Johns Hopkins University, mascot
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Sports, University-Related
Many astronomy researchers benefit from sky surveys containing millions of stars and galaxies observed by telescopes. But Brice Ménard’s colleagues say his imagination and insight make him particularly adept at discovering the universal secrets hidden in a daunting amount of data. Ménard, an astrophysicist and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, has received this year’s $250,000 President’s Frontier Award to support his exploration of astronomical data.
February 13, 2019 Tags: Brice Ménard, President Ronald J. Daniels, President's Frontier Award
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Physics and Astronomy, University Administration, University-Related
