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.
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
A Johns Hopkins University team of 24 undergraduate students that’s come up with a clear, adaptable face mask has won the Future Forward Award in a global challenge to design a better mask.
December 22, 2020 Tags: biomedical engineering, COVID-19, face masks, Johns Hopkins University, Mask Challenge, Pandemic, XPRIZE
| Category: Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Public Health, Student-Related News
A Johns Hopkins University team of 24 undergraduate students that’s come up with a clear, adaptable face mask is among five finalists in a global challenge to design a better mask.
December 3, 2020 Tags: biomedical engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Mask Challenge, XPRIZE
| Category: Engineering, Homewood Campus News, Student-Related News, University-Related
Vijayasundaram Ramasamy, a public health studies major who graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2018 and led the team drafting the state of Kansas’ COVID-19 reopening plan, has been named a Rhodes Scholar, one of the top awards available to American college students.
November 22, 2020 Tags: COVID-19, Johns Hopkins University, Public Health, Rhodes Scholar, Vijayasundaram Ramasamy
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Public Health, Student-Related News, University-Related
A team of Johns Hopkins University graduate students that invented a sensor that ignores background noise and could improve everything from telemedicine to Zoom calls has won the Runner-Up Award in the Collegiate Inventors Competition.
October 29, 2020 Tags: Collegiate Inventors Competition, graduate students, Hearo, Johns Hopkins
| Category: Computer Science, Environment, Medicine and Nursing, Student-Related News, Technology
One team has invented a tool that could shave hours from a rhinoplasty. Another has created a sensor that ignores background noise – a device that could improve everything from telemedicine to Zoom calls.
These two Johns Hopkins University teams, a group of undergraduates and a group of graduates, are among the finalists announced today by the Collegiate Inventors Competition, an annual contest founded by the National Inventors Hall of Fame to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship at the collegiate level.
September 29, 2020 Tags: biomedical engineering, Collegiate Inventors Competition, James West, Johns Hopkins University, rhinoplasty
| Category: Engineering, Homewood Campus News, Medicine and Nursing, Student-Related News, Technology, University-Related
Johns Hopkins University filed suit in federal court Friday in an effort to stop a Trump administration rule change that would severely impact nearly 5,000 international students at the university. The decision to abruptly rescind accommodations for online learning during the COVID pandemic is unlawful and fails to consider the many complexities of meeting our educational mission while also protecting the health of our community.
July 10, 2020 Tags: international students, Johns Hopkins University, lawsuit, SEVP
| Category: Institutional News, Student-Related News, University Administration, University-Related
Johns Hopkins University is deeply concerned by the guidance issued yesterday regarding the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) for fall 2020 that may affect the vast majority of our international students. While there are a number of outstanding questions to be resolved regarding this rule and what it means for Johns Hopkins’ students, we take significant issue with this draconian decision that has the potential to permanently and adversely affect the lives of international students.
July 7, 2020 Tags: Johns Hopkins University, President Ronald J. Daniels, SEVP, Student and Exchange Visitor Program
| Category: Institutional News, Student-Related News, University Administration
Today, Johns Hopkins University announced a new partnership with Service to School’s (S2S) VetLink Program, which will expand opportunity and access for highly qualified veterans transitioning to higher education.
June 10, 2020 Tags: admissions, Johns Hopkins University, veterans, VetLink
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Student-Related News, 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
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
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
A diverse array of activists is slated to visit Johns Hopkins University this semester as part of the annual student-run Foreign Affairs Symposium. This year’s theme is “Disrupt.”
February 11, 2019 Tags: Foreign Affairs Symposium, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News, Student-Related News, University-Related
A diverse and talented group of 641 high school students who applied for early admission to Johns Hopkins University were offered admission today, making them the first members of the undergraduate Class of 2023.
December 14, 2018 Tags: Class of 2023, early decision, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Student-Related News
Planting, weeding and making lunches for the homeless. These are just some of the ways more than 1,200 Johns Hopkins University students, faculty and staff will try to help the city on Saturday, Oct. 13, as they volunteer en masse at nearly 40 Baltimore non-profit organizations.
October 11, 2018 Tags: Baltimore, President Ronald J. Daniels, President’s Day of Service
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Student-Related News, University Administration, University-Related
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Graduate and undergraduate students from around the country will gather at Johns Hopkins University this weekend for the latest HopHacks, a marathon session. The event challenges students to realize their best software and hardware ideas and compete for cash and other sponsored prizes.
February 16, 2018 Tags: computer applications, computer hardware, computer programming, computer science, hackathon
| Category: Computer Science, Engineering, Homewood Campus News, Student-Related News, Technology
