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.

Affirmation of Leading Research Universities’ Commitment to Progress on Climate Change

Johns Hopkins University has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability and mitigating the effects of climate change, joining 11 other leading research colleges and universities.

June 5, 2017 Tags: climate, climate change, global climate change, global warming, Ronald J. Daniels, sustainability
| Category: Institutional News, Public policy, University Administration, University-Related

Johns Hopkins Joins National Sustainable Nanotechnology Project

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University have joined a national effort to produce environmentally friendly materials built at the atomic and molecular scale.The environmental impact of materials used in emerging areas of nanotechnology – used, for instance, in video screens, solar cells and electric car batteries – is largely unknown, but scientists working across the country under a new federal grant hope to learn how these products affect the natural world before their commercial use expands.

September 9, 2015 Tags: chemistry, environmental, materials science, nanotechnology, sustainability
| Category: Business and Economics, Chemistry, Engineering, Environment, Technology

Johns Hopkins Flips the Switch on a Large Solar Project

As part of its ongoing efforts to shrink its carbon footprint, The Johns Hopkins University has installed more than 2,900 solar panels on seven buildings on the Homewood and East Baltimore campuses.

April 24, 2012 Tags: solar panels, sustainability
| Category: Environment, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News

New Johns Hopkins Institute Studies Environment, Energy, Sustainability and Health

Drawing on faculty expertise in environmental science and engineering, public health and other areas, The Johns Hopkins University has launched an Environment, Energy, Sustainability and Health Institute to promote research and education in topics ranging from green energy practices to climate change and related health issues.

February 17, 2011 Tags: climate change, energy research, environmental engineering, Public Health, sustainability
| Category: Engineering, Environment, Institutional News, Natural Sciences, Public Health, Technology

Media Advisory: Johns Hopkins Students Help City Nonprofits Become More “Eco-Friendly”

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

Johns Hopkins Offers Major on Global Climate Change, Sustainability

In an effort to provide tomorrow’s leaders with the tools needed to address both the science and policy issues confronting a world facing global climate change, Johns Hopkins’ Krieger School of Arts and Sciences has created an interdisciplinary major and minor in global environmental change and sustainability.

December 15, 2009 Tags: Engineering, Global Change Science Initiative, global climate change, Lee Meyerhoff Hendler, natural science, Parker, Public Health, social science, sustainability, Waugh
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Engineering, Environment, Government and Politics, Institutional News, Natural Sciences, Public Health