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Milestone celebration
125 years of innovation
Published June 6, 2018 Video
School of Medicine celebrates milestone anniversary with symposium featuring speakers, panel discussions, and interactive exhibits
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Exhibition
Exploring Homewood's untold history
Published May 16, 2018
Multiyear research project examines the stories of the slaves who lived and worked at the property that would become Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus
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Sheridan Libraries
Historic photos now available online
Published April 26, 2018
Photographs, slides, and portraits made available through the Ferdinand Hamburger University Archives
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Hopkins history
'A time of great pain'
Published April 11, 2018
JHU's Homewood campus was largely insulated from the unrest following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, but many on campus were moved to action
Hopkins history treasure hunt
Published Winter 2017
Dig a hole, crack a safe—You never know what will turn up from Hopkins' past / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Lizzie Gilman reads from a paper and gestures with her right hand
Firebrand with a pince-nez
Published Fall 2017
Elisabeth Gilman, the youngest daughter of JHU's founding president, was a fierce advocate for social justice / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cover image from the original Johns Hopkins Magazine
Frankly, an experiment
Published Spring 2017
When it was founded in 1950, 'Johns Hopkins Magazine' was dedicated to the person who likes to 'keep his oar in' research and disciplines beyond his own / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Community
Repairing ties
Published Sept 2, 2016
'The Economist' takes a hard look at the history of Hopkins and Baltimore, Ron Daniels' efforts to renew bond / The Economist