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.
About 1,500 students will claim their degrees Thursday, May 24, at the commencement ceremony for all of Johns Hopkins University’s divisions and campuses.
May 22, 2018 Tags: 2018, Bryan A. Stevenson, Commencement, George Lucas, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Commencement, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Student-Related News, University-Related
Sixteen Johns Hopkins University students and recent graduates have been awarded grants, earning the chance to travel abroad to study, teach and conduct research.
May 21, 2018 Tags: Fulbright, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Education/K-12, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, JHU Community Connections, Student-Related News, University-Related
It pays to be a business in Baltimore. That’s the message that Johns Hopkins wants proprietors and their patrons to know as part of the institution’s HopkinsLocal initiative to support and invest in local enterprises.
May 9, 2018 Tags: Baltimore, HopkinsLocal, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Institutional News, Uncategorized, University Administration, University-Related
Media Advisory: Johns Hopkins alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends are volunteering at 13 sites in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., on Saturday, May 5.
May 2, 2018 Tags: community service, Development and Alumni Relations, Johns Hopkins in Action
| Category: Institutional News, Student-Related News, University-Related
An undergraduate student design team is developing a walker designed to help get pediatric ICU patients up and moving as quickly as possible.
May 1, 2018 Tags: biomedical engineering, undergraduate research
| Category: Engineering, Homewood Campus News, Medicine and Nursing
In light of Bill Cosby’s conviction on charges of felony aggravated indecent assault, the Johns Hopkins University’s Board of Trustees today revoked his 2004 honorary degree.
April 26, 2018 Tags: Bill Cosby, honorary degrees
| Category: Institutional News, University-Related
A ground-breaking movie-maker, the head of one of the nation’s investment bedrocks, a Baltimore civic leader, a trailblazing neuroscientist, a justice crusader and a businessman who’s left an indelible mark on the university, will receive Johns Hopkins University honorary degrees this year.
April 25, 2018 Tags: Commencement, George Lucas, honorary degrees, Johns Hopkins
| Category: Commencement, Institutional News
The Johns Hopkins University Forums on Race in America will present a dramatic reading of “The Drum Major Instinct,” featuring actress Tracie Thoms, and a panel discussion on the role of women in the civil rights movement with Edwina Moss, the former assistant to Martin Luther King Jr.
April 24, 2018 Tags: civil rights, history, JHU Forums on Race in America, Martha Jones, Martin Luther King Jr., The Drum Major Instinct, Tracie Thoms
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News, Uncategorized
The Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy is hosting its 15th Annual Physics Fair from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 21, on the Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. Events will take place in the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, located on the north end of the campus near Homewood Field.
April 19, 2018 | Category: Events Open to the Public, Physics and Astronomy, Technology, University-Related
The Johns Hopkins University, Lockheed Martin and Barclay Elementary/Middle School will come together for an evening designed to showcase the science and engineering projects that students have been working on in the classroom all year.
April 17, 2018 Tags: Baltimore City Public Schools, science and technology education, STEM programs, STEN
| Category: Education/K-12, Engineering, Homewood Campus News, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Student-Related News, Technology
Joanna D. Pratt and Christopher J. Lenox, both experienced investors and university endowment portfolio managers, are joining the Johns Hopkins University as managing directors in its Office of Investments.
April 17, 2018 Tags: chief investment officer, Christopher Lenox, endowment, Jason Perlioni, Joanna Pratt, Office of Investments
| Category: Institutional News, University Administration, University-Related
Engineering undergraduates have developed an anti-bleeding “super gel” that can be delivered with a catheter but is hyper-absorbent enough to then swell with blood, creating a clot to block any bleeding.
April 17, 2018 Tags: materials science, student design competition, undergraduate research, Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: Engineering, Student-Related News
The Johns Hopkins University and Lockheed Martin today announced a partnership aimed at enhancing opportunities for Baltimore City public school students pursuing academic and career fields in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The collaboration is designed to close the STEM gap that exists primarily in Pre-K through 12th grade.
April 16, 2018 Tags: Barclay Elementary/Middle School, engineering and science education, Johns Hopkins-Baltimore City Public Schools partnership, Lockheed Martin, STEM programs
| Category: Business and Economics, Education/K-12, Engineering, Homewood Campus News, Student-Related News
Carol Tyler, the acclaimed creator of the graphic trilogy You’ll Never Know, will speak at Johns Hopkins University.
April 12, 2018 Tags: Carol Tyler, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News
Parkinson’s disease, a progressive brain disorder, is often tough to treat effectively because symptoms, such as tremors and walking difficulties, can vary dramatically over a period of days, or even hours. To address this challenge, Johns Hopkins University computer scientists, working with an interdisciplinary team of experts from two other institutions, have developed a new approach that uses sensors on a smartphone to generate a score that reliably reflects symptom severity in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
April 5, 2018 Tags: brain disorders, computer science, machine learning, neurological diseases, Parkinson's disease, smartphone apps
| Category: biology, Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Student-Related News, Technology
Lawyer and social justice activist Bryan A. Stevenson, who founded an organization that has helped more than 125 wrongly condemned people on death row, will speak at Johns Hopkins University’s commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 24.
April 3, 2018 Tags: Bryan A. Stevenson, Commencement, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Commencement, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University-Related
The JHU Forums on Race in America will present a panel discussion, “Six Months after Maria: Public Health Issues in Puerto Rico.”
March 26, 2018 Tags: JHU Forums on Race in America, Johns Hopkins University, Puerto Rico
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Institutional News, University-Related
Maryland Girl Scouts will learn about the physics involved in how roller coasters work and what it takes to be an engineer. Then, the scout troops will design and build their own mini roller coasters.
March 24, 2018 Tags: Girl Scouts, roller coasters, STEM education
| Category: Engineering, Homewood Campus News, Physics and Astronomy, Student-Related News, Technology
The Johns Hopkins University led all U.S. universities in research and development expenditures for the 38th consecutive year, spending $2.431 billion in fiscal year 2016.
March 22, 2018 Tags: Denis Wirtz, federally financed R&D, National Science Foundation, NSF, R&D, research expenditures
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Institutional News, University-Related
Johns Hopkins University graduate programs in biomedical engineering, 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 20, 2018 | Category: Education/K-12, Engineering, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, International Affairs, Medicine and Nursing, University-Related
Johns Hopkins University admitted 2,284 students to the Class of 2022 today, offering admission to a talented and diverse group of scholars that includes researchers, writers, creators, innovators, and social activists.
March 19, 2018 Tags: Class of 2022, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Student-Related News, University-Related
The symposium will explore contemporary black marriage across legal, political, cultural, social, economic, and historical contexts. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who will address the current state of black intimate relationships in all of forms and orientations.
March 6, 2018 Tags: black Americans, Johns Hopkins University, marriage, slavery, symposium
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News, Social Sciences
Johns Hopkins said it fully supports legislation in the General Assembly that would give the university and other independent higher education institutions in Baltimore City the authority to enter into memoranda of understanding with the Baltimore Police Department to create university police departments.
March 6, 2018 Tags: campus safety and security, university police
| Category: Institutional News, University Administration, University-Related
Race & Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50. A conference featuring dozens of scholars and experts exploring race, segregation, and inequality 50 years after the release of the historic Kerner Commission Report.
February 27, 2018 Tags: inequality, Johns Hopkins University, Kerner Commission, race, Race & Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50
| Category: Business and Economics, Events Open to the Public, Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, JHU Community Connections, Social Sciences, Uncategorized
Melissa R. Hyatt, recently named colonel of homeland security and training for the Baltimore Police Department after other significant command assignments in a career of more than 20 years, has been appointed vice president for security for Johns Hopkins.
February 23, 2018 Tags: Baltimore Police, campus safety and security, Daniel Ennis, Keith Hill, Melissa Hyatt, Police, Robert Kasdin, vice president for security
| Category: Institutional News, University Administration, University-Related
