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.
The Johns Hopkins University today unveils a program that will pay for service-minded undergraduates to stay in Baltimore over the summer to work as interns at local nonprofit and government agencies at no cost to those agencies.
December 13, 2010 Tags: Baltimore, community impact, nonprofits
| Category: Institutional News, Student-Related News, University-Related
In an effort to engage a new and promising audience in Baltimore City’s greening efforts, six Johns Hopkins University students will be visiting three Baltimore City nonprofits this week to help assess their sustainability and to advise them on how to save their organizations money on energy and other resources. A collaboration between the university and Baltimore City, this “Climate Showcase Project” – which was launched in June — strives to help nonprofits become more eco-friendly, while educating students on both sustainability measures and the vital role that these socially focused organizations play in the community.
August 2, 2010 Tags: Climate Showcase Project, eco-friendly, nonprofits, sustainability, Sustainability Office, The Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Environment, Homewood Campus News, JHU Community Connections, Public Health, University-Related
Nearly 40 percent of nonprofit organizations currently lack adequate staff to deliver their programs and services, according to results of a national survey released today by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies.
July 14, 2010 Tags: Alliance for Children and Families, Federal HIRE Act, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies, Lester Salamon, Listening Post Project, nonprofits, Peter Goldberg, recession
| Category: Business and Economics, Government and Politics, Social Sciences, Uncategorized