Archived events

Hopkins Bloomberg Center
May 9, 2024
Making Schools Better: The Inaugural National School Redesign Showcase
10:30 am - 1pm EDT
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
School teams of students, teachers, and administrators, selected from across the country, who will present their visions on how to make schools better, focused on this year's challenge: How might we design a school so that it's a place where everyone wants to be and students are put on a pathway to adult success?
Promotional image with purple, multitone background: Reflections on 10 years of the DATA Act
May 8, 2024
Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of the DATA Act: Examining the Impact and the Future of Open Data
8:30 am - 1pm EDT
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
The Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University will gather lawmakers, policy experts, and city stakeholders from across the country in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the federal Digital Accountability & Transparency (DATA) Act of 2014—the nation's first open-data law.
May 2, 2024
Media Diversity and Democracy
5:30 - 7:30pm EDT
Room 258, Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
During this interactive panel discussion, media scholars and practitioners will discuss the many important intersections of media diversity and democracy.
A solo dancer in a yellow dress in the middle of a spotlight on an otherwise dark stage
May 1, 2024
Peabody BFA Dance Faculty Concert
12:30 - 1:30pm EDT
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Original choreography from Peabody Conservatory Dance faculty artists danah bella, Diedre Dawkins, Kelly Hirina, and Christopher Pennix.
Official photo of Ambassador Shigeo YAMADA, an older Japanese man in a suit sitting in front of a Japanese flag
April 26, 2024
The Japan-U.S. Relationship: Global Partners for the Future
4 - 5:30pm EDT
Room 258, Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Ambassador Shigeo Yamada of Japan will visit the Reischauer Center to give his first major policy address since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's recent summit with President Joe Biden, titled "The Japan-US Relationship: Global Partners for the Future."
April 26, 2024
Peabody Graduate Jazz Ensemble
12:30 - 1:30pm EDT
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
A new ensemble created to spotlight Peabody's graduate students in Jazz Studies takes the stage.
Headshot of Richard D. Johnson
April 25, 2024
No Voy a Parar: The Music of the Caribbean with Jazz
7 - 9pm EDT
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Headshot of Randall Scarlata
April 24, 2024
Randall Scarlata & Gilbert Kalish: Die schöne Müllerin
12:30 - 1:30pm EDT
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
Associate Professor of Voice and acclaimed baritone Randall Scarlata together with pianist and Peabody Medal recipient Gilbert Kalish perform Franz Schubert's seminal 1823 song cycle Die schöne Müllerin.
Sudan flag at sunrise
April 23, 2024
Sudan's Path Forward: Peace, Transition, and Humanitarian Response
1 - 2pm EDT
Room 258, Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
This roundtable discussion aims to bring together diverse stakeholders—including policymakers, practitioners, academics, and media representatives—to explore solutions and chart a path forward for Sudan. Students and emerging leaders with a focus on African studies, international relations, and humanitarian affairs will also be included, fostering the inclusion of future generations invested in Sudan's development.
Government headshot of Xavier Becerra, an older Hispanic man with glasses
April 22, 2024
Earth Day with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra
9 - 11am EDT
8th floor conference room, Hopkins Bloomberg Center Hopkins Bloomberg Center
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. , 20001
The Hopkins Business of Health Initiative welcomes Xavier Becerra, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, for a fireside chat about health and climate—the threat to human health, the challenge of environmental justice, and the Biden administration's unprecedented efforts to help hospitals and health systems reduce their own considerable carbon footprint.