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150th celebration

A collage depicts a historical photo of geologist Florence Bascom alongside broken rocks
She dared to dig
Published Summer 2024
Trailblazing geologist Florence Bascom's stony path to becoming the first woman to receive her PhD from Johns Hopkins / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A group of people gather on the steps in front of the Scott-Bates Commons building
Names+Narratives
Pioneering figure honored
Published Oct 4, 2022
Scott Tower on the Homewood campus officially dedicated in honor of Frederick Scott, who in 1950 became the first Black student to earn a bachelor's degree from JHU
A woman in cap and gown
Women's History Month
'Instruments of change'
Published March 30, 2018
How Hopkins' first female undergraduates found their way