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.
Michael R. Bloomberg and Johns Hopkins University announced an unprecedented $1.8 billion philanthropic commitment, representing the largest ever contribution to an academic institution in American history. The historic gift will be devoted exclusively to undergraduate financial aid at one of the world’s leading education, research and patient care institutions, allowing Johns Hopkins University to permanently commit to need-blind admissions and ensure unparalleled educational opportunities for the next generation of global leaders.
November 18, 2018 Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Michael R. Bloomberg
| Category: Giving, Institutional News, University-Related
The Johns Hopkins University is joining 29 other colleges and universities to expand by at least 50,000 the number of talented low- and moderate-income students at the U.S. undergraduate institutions with the highest graduation rates.
December 13, 2016 Tags: American Talent Initiative, Johns Hopkins University, Michael R. Bloomberg, Ronald J. Daniels
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Student-Related News, Uncategorized, University Administration
Michael J. Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health since 2005, a 32-year member of the university community and a world expert on the epidemiology of major chronic diseases, will step down as dean next year and return to research and teaching.
October 6, 2016 Tags: Bloomberg School of Public Health, dean, Michael Klag, Michael R. Bloomberg, Ronald J. Daniels, Sunil Kumar
| Category: Institutional News, Medicine and Nursing, Public Health, University-Related
Three-term New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has committed funds to launch a Johns Hopkins University effort helping cities use data to run more effective operations and fix urban problems.
April 20, 2015 Tags: 21st century cities initiative, Beth Blauer, Center for Government Excellence, Kathryn Edin, Michael R. Bloomberg, Ronald J. Daniels, Sharon Paley
| Category: Giving, Government and Politics, University-Related
Three-term New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is providing initial funding for a new international policy institute at the Johns Hopkins University named in honor of his long-time friend, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
April 9, 2015 Tags: Henry Kissinger, Michael R. Bloomberg, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Rising to the Challenge, SAIS
| Category: Fundraising, Giving, Government and Politics, International Affairs, University-Related
The Johns Hopkins University has named four prominent scientists as its newest Bloomberg Distinguished Professors, unique faculty positions created with a landmark $350 million gift from alumnus and former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, to foster interdisciplinary collaboration across the institution’s many divisions.
March 30, 2015 Tags: Alexander Szalay, Arturo Casadevall, Bloomberg Distinguished Professors, Christopher Chute, Johns Hopkins University, Michael R. Bloomberg, Steven Salzberg
| Category: Engineering, Institutional News, Medicine and Nursing, Public Health, Technology
Johns Hopkins University has named two of its Nobel Prize- winning biologists and a prominent Harvard University sociologist as Bloomberg Distinguished Professors, the first members of a new group of scholars created to foster collaboration across the institution’s many divisions and help address major world problems.
February 17, 2014 Tags: Bloomberg Distinguished Professors, Carol Greider, Johns Hopkins University, Kathryn Edin, Michael R. Bloomberg, Peter Agre, Robert C. Lieberman, Ronald J. Daniels
| Category: Giving, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University Administration
Philanthropist and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has committed $350 million to The Johns Hopkins University, anchoring a major initiative aimed at bringing significant innovation to U.S. higher education. The total commitment – the largest ever to the university – lifts Bloomberg’s lifetime giving to Johns Hopkins beyond $1 billion.
January 26, 2013 Tags: Bloomberg Distinguished Professors, Bloomberg Scholarships, Financial aid, global health, higher education, individualized health care delivery, Michael R. Bloomberg, philanthropy, the science of learning, urban revitalization, water resource sustainability
| Category: Institutional News, University Administration, University-Related
The Johns Hopkins-sponsored Summit on Reducing Gun Violence in America convenes today [Monday, Jan. 14] and is available by webcast today and tomorrow for reporters wishing to cover it remotely.
January 14, 2013 Tags: Christopher Koper, Daniel Webster, firearms, gun policy, guns, Jeffrey Swanson, jhugunpolicy, Martin O'Malley, Michael R. Bloomberg, Stephen Teret
| Category: Government and Politics, Public Health, Public policy, University-Related
