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Fall 2025 at Johns Hopkins University
A selection of photos taken on and around Johns Hopkins University's campuses
Maryland saw a hint of snow Friday, Dec. 5.
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Sound Rounds, a collaboration between Peabody Conservatory and Johns Hopkins Medicine, brings trained musicians to perform at the hospital. Studies have shown that music can ease a patient's discomfort, elevate mood, and improve staff productivity.
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Local high schoolers developed solutions to Baltimore's biggest problems at this year's Hackgood4Baltimore, hosted Nov. 21 at the Pava Center.
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The Johns Hopkins Police Department teamed up with the Baltimore Police Department to host this year's Battle of the Badges, which invited officers from across the city to play flag football while distributing holiday food kits and collecting toy donations. The event was also attended by a special VIP guest: Poe, the Baltimore Ravens mascot.
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Hopkins Dining hosted a traditional Thanksgiving feast for students on Nov. 17. If you preordered a holiday dinner, meal pick-up will take place on Nov. 27 from 10am-2pm at Nolan’s on 33rd.
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As autumn transitions into winter, here's one last hurrah for Homewood's fall foliage.
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The new Johns Hopkins geriatrics engineering hub held its official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 19. “Our aim is to leverage technology to extend the time that older adults can remain living safely and independently at home," said Najim Dehak, the hub's co-director.
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The Hopkins community welcomed the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to Turner Auditorium Nov. 19 as part of its annual Symphony in the City concert series. More than 400 staff, students, and Hopkins affiliates attended the free concert and celebrated the start of the upcoming holiday season. The program featured a selection of autumnal works by Coleridge-Taylor, Debussy, Grieg, Price, and Vaughan William, led by conductor Jiannan Cheng.
Lisa Ishii, senior vice president of operations for the Johns Hopkins Health System offered brief remarks before the concert, thanking everyone for spending their evening with Hopkins and the BSO. This event was hosted as part of the Johns Hopkins University 150th anniversary, giving Hopkins staff, students and the community an opportunity to come together and celebrate two Baltimore anchor institutions.
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With just a few days until fall recess, students are making the most of autumn on Homewood campus.
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Johns Hopkins has officially relaunched its partnership with Baltimore's Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. The program, which was first established more than 20 years ago, helps local high schoolers achieve academic excellence, career readiness, and exposure to the health care field. A relaunch celebration was held Nov. 12.
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Looking for an upside to fall's earlier sunsets? Visit the Bloomberg Student Center at dusk, when these suspended multicolored handblown glass orbs really shine. They are part of the signature lighting-fixture installation by Cuban-American artist Jorge Pardo.
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Artist Lindsay Adams and curator Caitlin Berry smile for a photo at the opening of Adams's new exhibition, "Ceremony." The exhibition, which explores the histories of Black movement, migration, and world-building, will be open through March 7 at the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery.
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Campus sunsets make daylights savings a little sweeter.
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JHU Theatre's Fall Mainstage production, Moisés Kaufman's Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, will run Nov. 6-9 on Homewood campus.
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With midterm season in full swing, students are making the most of the fall weather by moving their study sessions outside.
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Johns Hopkins volunteers gave back to Baltimore last Saturday by participating in the Mayor's Annual Fall Cleanup in Southwest Baltimore's Penrose community. To volunteer in the community, please visit gce.jhu.edu or email communityprograms@jh.edu.
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The leaves are finally changing in Baltimore, making every walk to class even more enjoyable.
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R&B singer Khalid headlined this year's Hoptoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 25. The weekend also featured games, a haunted house, and other free events for JHU students.
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Homewood's 2025 Hoptoberfest included music, games, and a mechanical bull.
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Blue skies framed fall leaves to make for a beautiful late October day on the Homewood campus.
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Marathon runners jog past the Homewood campus Oct. 18 during the Baltimore Running Festival. The next campus race is the eighth-annual Homewood Holiday 5K on Dec. 7, featuring a course through Homewood, the BMA Sculpture Garden, and along the San Martin Hackerman Pathway, in support of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
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A 2004 Hopkins men's lacrosse jersey, a throwback to those worn by the Blue Jays in the 1970s made to commemorate the 100th meeting between JHU and the rival Maryland Terrapins, was one of several historic artifacts on display at the kickoff event for Johns Hopkins University's 150th celebration on Oct. 16.
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Students practice yoga in one of the Bloomberg Student Center's reservable spaces.
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The Hopkins community is making the most of October's beautiful fall weather—pups included!
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Hopkins swimmers celebrated the opening of Homewood campus's newly renovated natatorium on Oct. 11. The enhanced space was made possible thanks to a generous gift from businessman and JHU alum Brad Procton, whose All-American skills helped Hopkins achieve three NCAA swimming championships in the 1970s.
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A student pianist performs for passersby in the Bloomberg Student Center. With its new theater, dance rooms, and recording studios, the BSC has quickly become a hub for the arts on Homewood campus.
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Food service has officially started at the Bloomberg Student Center. Learn more about the options available.
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Johns Hopkins hosted its 15th annual Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture on Oct. 4, featuring a keynote speech from Professor Diedra Crews. Henrietta Lacks was a Baltimore County woman whose cells have contributed to medical advancements around the world.
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Confirmation that Jay is a Swiftie: Homewood's ever-changing statue was painted in anticipation of the Oct. 3 release of Swift's latest album, The Life of a Showgirl.
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The historic Merrick Barn, built in 1802 and home to theater and playmaking at Hopkins for more than a century, gets a cupola cleaning on a sun-drenched October afternoon.
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Runners of all ages came out Sept. 27 for the second annual "Miracles in Motion" 5K in benefit of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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JHU faculty, students, and staff brought their friends and families to Homewood Field on Sept. 26 for the university's annual Family Movie Night, where they watched The Lego Movie.
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Hopkins students attended Student Night at the Baltimore Museum of Art on Sept. 18.
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The Henderson-Hopkins School in East Baltimore unveiled its new book vending machine on Sept. 18, announcing that each student will receive a free book on their birthday.
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Five years after the start of COVID-19, the Hopkins Forum brought together a panel of public health experts to debate an important question: Where did the pandemic response break down?
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital lit its dome red on Thursday in honor of Aortic Dissection Awareness Day.
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In recognition of National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 16, Hopkins Votes set up tables to connect students with voting and registration resources.
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Hopkins kicked off its fall sports season with Blue Jay Opening Day on Sept. 13. The event, which was followed by both a football game and a men's soccer match, featured a university-wide tailgate with free food, t-shirts, and signs.
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College Republicans and College Democrats at JHU collaborated Thursday to plant long lines of American flags on Decker Quad in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Between coursework and research, thousands of Johns Hopkins students are back in the lab after summer break.
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Students in Rebecca Pearlman's general biology lab ventured outside the classroom to collect samples from nature.
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Student groups are already making the most of the Bloomberg Student Center's new practice spaces, which include dance studios, a theater, and an esports lounge.
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Hundreds of student clubs and organizations set up booths for the Student Involvement Fair on Friday, Aug. 29.
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Johns Hopkins is celebrating its 150th anniversary! To learn more about the university's history and impact, visit the official anniversary website.
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School is back in session! Monday's first day of classes was filled with new courses, new faces, and a new student center.
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First-year students have arrived on Homewood campus— With a little move-in help from Jay the Blue Jay, of course!
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