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The Hopkins Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. In the distance is the US Capitol Building.
Call for Proposals
Nexus Awards open new round of faculty grant applications
Published Dec 1, 2025
Recipients can receive up to $300,000 in funding for research, teaching, and programming anchored at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center
A view of the stage and crowd at Hopkins Bloomberg Center for D.C. Startup & Tech Week
Entrepreneurship
Hopkins Bloomberg Center hosts D.C. entrepreneurs, innovators
Published Nov 12, 2025
Hundreds of founders, investors, and entrepreneurs gathered for the 10th D.C. Startup & Tech Week, which emphasized artificial intelligence, national security, and emerging tech
A small spacecraft is pictured on an orange, desert-like planet
Discovery Series
JHU, SpaceNews launch space discussion series
Published Oct 29, 2025
Hopkins Bloomberg Center to kick off series with top space executives discussing the futuristic technologies fueling the modern space economy
A detailed city plaza or sidewalk bustles with a crowd of 80+ unique, fictional people walking, running, cycling, standing, and seated. Contemporary men and women use smart phones and tablets on a sunny, comfortable late afternoon. Some wear work uniforms and carry on with their jobs, while others gather in groups to meet casually. A range of ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds are represented in the population, illustrated in isometric view and in bold color.
Economics
New tool weighs tradeoffs in pandemic response
Published Oct 20, 2025
Johns Hopkins-led effort offers powerful new tool to aid health policy by integrating personal decision-making into disease prediction model
Wind turbine and a solar panel at sunset
Civil engineering
U.S. energy supply chains unlikely to meet anticipated demand
Published Oct 9, 2025
Hopkins researchers identify vulnerabilities that could hinder nation's fast-growing energy demands for clean energy sources
Colorful signage for the upcoming art exhibition Ceremony at the Frary Gallery
Arts+culture
New D.C. exhibition explores Black experience, artistry
Published Oct 1, 2025
The gallery's first exhibition of a solo artist opens Oct. 29, featuring paintings and drawings by Lindsay Adams, whose work creates a communal and sensory experience tapping into jazz and Black histories
Architectural columns seen against a blue, cloudy sky
Politics+Society
Program brings range of perspectives to contemporary topics
Published Sept 9, 2025
Projects co-led by scholars from JHU, the American Enterprise Institute earn support via program designed to enhance collaboration, deepen insights, promote intellectual pluralism
A panel of four people converse on a stage in front of a seated audience; the U.S. Capitol dome is visible through the large windows behind them
Health policy
How integrated care could help fix our health care system
Published July 21, 2025
Health policy experts explore the value of combining clinical care with services that address harmful social determinants of health
Photo of Gillian K. Hadfield, a while woman with light grey, shoulder-length hair and dark-framed glasses
Government+Policy
Technology, law, and institutional economics expert joins JHU
Published June 26, 2025
Gillian Hadfield, the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of AI Alignment and Governance, leads research to reimagine how systems can evolve to meet the demands of a changing world and emerging technologies
Two people sit on a stage and converse in front of a full auditorium audience
Hopkins in D.C.
38 proposals receive funding via Nexus Awards
Published May 16, 2025
Nexus Awards Program supports a diverse range of programming, research, and teaching at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center