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.
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.
ADVISORY: Elijah Cummings Portrait Unveiling
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
ADVISORY: Grand Opening for Long-Awaited East Baltimore Historical Library
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
Mellon Foundation Awards $4M Grant to “Inheritance Baltimore” Project
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation on Wednesday awarded a $4.4 million grant to a team of scholars at Johns Hopkins University that is investigating the history of academic racism in higher education and building a citywide network to preserve Baltimore’s African American history, culture and arts.
January 13, 2021 Tags: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Baltimore Africana Archives Initiative, Billie Holiday Project for Liberations Arts, Immigration & Citizenship, Kali-Ahset Amen, Lawrence Jackson, Nathan Connolly, racism, Sheridan Libraries
| Category: Arts and Humanities, JHU Community Connections, Libraries, Social Sciences
Evergreen Museum & Library Names New Director/Curator
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
JHU Students to Recreate 18th or 19th Century Desserts
Like The Great British Baking Show or the Cake Wrecks blog? Johns Hopkins University students enrolled in a new intersession course called “Cooking the Books” will experience a bit of both this week as they try to recreate desserts from 18th or 19th century recipes.
January 22, 2018 Tags: baking, cooking, intersession, Johns Hopkins University, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, rare books, recipes
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Homewood Campus News, Libraries, Student-Related News
MEDIA ADVISORY: Press Preview for “Bibliomania: 150 Years of Collecting Rare Books at the George Peabody Library”
This is the first major exhibition to showcase some of the rarest and most spectacular treasures of the George Peabody Library, which was founded in 1857 by Baltimore tycoon George Peabody. Many of the extraordinary exhibit items will be on display to the public for the first time.
September 20, 2017 Tags: Bibliomania, Earle Havens, george Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, rare books, Sheridan Libraries
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Libraries, Peabody
MEDIA ADVISORY: Johns Hopkins Eclipse Party
August 17, 2017 CONTACT: Jill Rosen Office: 443-997-9906 Cell: 443-547-8805 jrosen@jhu.edu @JHUmediareps WHAT: Solar eclipse watch party WHERE: The Beach at Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. The “beach” is the grassy area in front of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. WHEN: From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Monday Aug. 21 Details: University […]
August 17, 2017 Tags: eclipse, Johns Hopkins University, Milton S. Eisenhower Library
| Category: Homewood Campus News, JHU Community Connections, Libraries, Physics and Astronomy
Homewood Museum Director/curator Named
Julia Rose has been appointed the new Director and Curator of Homewood Museum. Rose is currently the director of the West Baton Rouge Museum and an adjunct instructor in museum studies at Louisiana State University. She will begin her new role at Johns Hopkins University on June 1.
February 27, 2017 Tags: Homewood Museum, Johns Hopkins University, Julia Rose
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Homewood Campus News, JHU Community Connections, Libraries, University-Related
Retired Sen. Barbara Mikulski to Join University Faculty
Barbara A. Mikulski, the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress and Maryland’s longest-tenured U.S. senator, will join the Johns Hopkins University on Jan. 16 as a professor of public policy and presidential adviser.
January 12, 2017 Tags: Barbara Mikulski, Political Science, Public Policy, Ronald J. Daniels, Sheridan Libraries
| Category: Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Libraries, University Administration, University-Related
Johns Hopkins Opens Major Exhibit on Edgar Allan Poe
The Enigmatic Edgar A. Poe in Baltimore & Beyond features highlights from the Susan Jaffe Tane Collection of Edgar Allan Poe, one of the finest private collections of Poe materials in the world.
October 3, 2016 Tags: Baltimore, Edgar Allan Poe, george Peabody Library, Susan Jaffe Tane Collection
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Events Open to the Public, Libraries, University-Related
Media Advisory: Volunteers to Clean the ‘Cathedral of Books’
Reporters are invited to cover Friday’s annual cleaning of the George Peabody Library, Baltimore’s “Cathedral of Books,” by a crew of library staff and volunteers.
January 13, 2016 Tags: george Peabody Library, Sheridan Libraries
| Category: Libraries, University-Related
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