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Images of each of JHU's six honorary degree recipients

Commencement 2017

Six to receive honorary degrees

Published June 24, 2017

Distinguished honorees will be recognized at universitywide graduation ceremony on May 24

Education

Study: Black teachers make a difference

Published June 24, 2017

Low-income black students are more likely to graduate and express an interest in college if they have a black teacher, Hopkins economist finds

Image depicts Pluto in brown and gray tones

Status update?

Make Pluto a planet again

Published June 24, 2017

Planetary scientist offers a geophysical definition of planets—which would expand the number in our solar system from eight to about 110

News feeds from around Johns Hopkins

Jose Lezcano’s Concert Season Premieres

Published June 24, 2017

This month Dr. Jose Lezcano (BM ’81, Guitar) performed his double concerto for flute, guitar, and string orchestra, Sojourners, for the New York City & US premiere with Lisa Hansen and the North-South... / The Peabody Post

One Month Ago: A Look Back at Commencement 2017

Published June 24, 2017

One month ago the Class of 2017 graduated- let’s take a look back on it … Internationally renowned violinist and Peabody Preparatory alumna Hilary Hahn returned to Peabody as this year’s... / The Peabody Post

Vivian Adelberg Rudow’s Music Featured in Recent Radio Broadcasts

Published June 24, 2017

Vivian Adelberg Rudow (TC ’57, BM ’60, Piano; MM ’79, Composition) is a member of the Recording Academy and a voting member of the Grammys. She has also been an ASCAP award winner every year for... / The Peabody Post

Peabody Artists Receive Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards

Published June 24, 2017

Alumna Yameng Wang (MM ’08, GPD ’11, Guitar) and faculty artists David Smooke (MM ’95, Composition) and Judah Adashi (MM ’02, DMA ’11, Composition) have each been awarded... / The Peabody Post

Peabody Trumpets Performed at the International Trumpet Guild Conference

Published June 24, 2017

The Peabody trumpet studio and alumni were well represented at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Hershey, Pa., May 31-June 3, 2017. Peabody trumpet faculty Joe Burgstaller headlined a recital... / The Peabody Post

Johns Hopkins Launches Effort to Improve Civic Engagement

Published June 24, 2017

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation has committed $150 million to Johns Hopkins University to forge new ways to address the deterioration of civic engagement worldwide. / News from The Johns Hopkins University

Art Case Concert Grand Piano Makes a Home at Peabody

Published June 24, 2017

Photography by Ben Johnson A new piano has been added to the Peabody Institute; specifically, an art case concert grand made by Wm. Knabe & Co. in Baltimore in 1899 and donated to Peabody in memory... / The Peabody Post

MEDIA ADVISORY: Lights Out! Weak Networks Put Power Grids at Risk

Published June 24, 2017

The startling vulnerability of the world’s power grid systems does not surprise Yair Amir, a professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science in the Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School... / News from The Johns Hopkins University

Megan Ihnen Wraps up her June Performances

Published June 24, 2017

Mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen (MM ’09, Voice), clarinetist Gregory Oakes, percussionist Adam Groh, and composer and electronic musician Erik Spangler performed a site-specific program of contemporary... / The Peabody Post

Jelena Runic Conducts a Workshop “From Physics to Music”

Published June 24, 2017

Humanities faculty member Jelena Runić conducted an invited workshop titled “From Physics to Music: Abstract Writing Workshop for Non-Native Speakers of English” at the American Corner, Belgrade,... / The Peabody Post