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Deepa Gandhi stands next to a display of Dagne Dover handbags
Q+A
Handbags for the long haul
Published Jan 7, 2022
Krieger School alum Deepa Gandhi started her career as an equity sales trader before making an unconventional leap from finance to retail and is now co-founder and COO of Dagne Dover, a handbag company
William H. "Bill" Miller III
Philanthropy
Department of Physics and Astronomy receives $50M gift
Published Dec 16, 2021
Donation from legendary investor Bill Miller will support expanded research into emerging subfields of study, help attract promising young researchers
COVID-19 case workers volunteer to support students who test positive for COVID-19
Student support
Quarantined on campus
Published Dec 14, 2021
Staff from departments across the university have been working behind the scenes to help limit the spread of COVID-19 and support students directly affected by the virus
Headshots of Tanner Amundsen and Kaushik Srinivasan
Giving
A nod to a mentor
Published Winter 2021
To celebrate the founding faculty of the Department of Computer Science and the lessons they taught him, Charlie Neuhauser established the Neuhauser Family Teaching Award / Johns Hopkins Magazine
An illustration of two women in a rowboat
Afterwords
Mentor emerita
Published Winter 2021
Elizabeth Garber, A&S '77, finds joy in keeping in touch with her longtime mentor, Nancy Struever, a professor emerita in the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Deepa Gandhi stands next to a display of Dagne Dover handbags
Risk/Reward
Handbags for the long haul
Published Winter 2021
Deepa Gandhi says Dagne Dover stands for more than just handbags. "We are leading a wave of more responsible, intentional brands, which is what consumers care about these days." / Johns Hopkins Magazine
a thermometer runs up the side of a city building
Environmental health
Urban hot zones
Published Winter 2021
A grant from the Johns Hopkins Alliance For a Healthier World supports work to identify dangerous hot zones across Baltimore's urban neighborhoods / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cover image for Escape from Castro's Cuba
Ghosts of Cuba
Published Winter 2021
In Escape from Castro's Cuba, author Tim Wendel revisits Cuba and a cast of familiar characters / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Emily Riehl sits in front of a chalkboard covered in mathematic equations
The mind Riehls
Published Winter 2021
Mathematician Emily Riehl finds deep and useful connections among objects that don't exist yet are everywhere. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Autumn on Keyser Quad
Class of 2026
Johns Hopkins welcomes first members of Class of 2026
Published Dec 10, 2021
The group of 520 talented high schoolers who applied for early decision admission to the university include those passionate about health, science, equity, and more