Alumni

Paula Boggs, A&S ’81, with Christopher Celenza, dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

A Legacy of Breaking Barriers

Published Summer 2024

Paula Boggs looks back at her time as one of the first African-American female students at Johns Hopkins, an experience that led her to establish the Nathaniel Boggs Jr. PhD Memorial Fellowship / Johns Hopkins Magazine

As CEO of VisionSpring, an affordable eyewear company, Ella Gudwin, SAIS ’04 (MA), wants to be an example of “stubborn optimism.”

Don't Wait to Find Purpose

Published Summer 2024

An interview with Ella Gudwin, SAIS '04 (MA), the CEO of VisionSpring, a company that sells affordable eyewear / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Sisterhood of the Traveling Physicians

Published Summer 2024

During a one-year MPH program, Lily DiGiacomo and Katie Koval forged a lifelong friendship / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Illustration of four backpackers standing on a rock, overlooking a collage of places that include a river, a mountainside village, an arctic landscape, and city buildings.

Adventures of a Lifetime

Published Summer 2024

An inside look at Alumni Journeys, a program that provides alumni with the opportunity to travel the world with fellow Blue Jays / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Illustration of an older, white-haired woman, standing in front of a large, framed picture of a girl in a cap and gown

Pioneering Women

Published Summer 2024

In 1974, the first undergraduate class at JHU to include women received their diplomas. Many of them recently returned to campus to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the university's coeducation program. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Bridging Generational Divides

Published Summer 2024

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Adventures in Public Health

Published Summer 2024

Ana Rita Gonzalez, BSPH '94 (ScD), has created a series of children's books, Athena's Adventures in Health Policy, that teach children how health policy shapes our world / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Illustration of a woman wearing a large backpack. In her hand is a cupcake with a candle in it.

Birthday Walks

Published Summer 2024

Alum Kelsey Sabo takes walks that traverse hundreds of miles, a difficult yet grounding practice Sabo uses to honor her birthday each year / Johns Hopkins Magazine