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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alums Susan Cummings and Kris Jenner established the Rosemarie Hope Reid, M.D., Professorship to recognize Reid and to advance primary care education at Hopkins.
A professorship in primary care
Published Spring 2022
The Rosemarie Hope Reid, M.D., Professorship was established earlier this year to recognize Reid and to advance primary care education at Hopkins / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Sanford “Sandy” Saunders Jr.
A scholarship born from friendship
Published Spring 2022
Friends teamed up to create the Sanford M. Saunders Scholarship, awarded to a student who shares Saunders' interests in political science and history and is contemplating a career in law / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Philanthropy
India Institute renamed to honor transformational gift
Published April 1, 2022
Multidisciplinary institute will be called the Gupta-Klinsky India Institute following a joint $10M gift
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#ONEHopkins
One day for ONEHopkins: JHU aims for 1,500 donors in 24 hours
Published March 7, 2022
Tuesday, March 8, is ONEHopkins Giving Day, Johns Hopkins' sixth annual universitywide day of giving and an opportunity to show your support
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Economics
JHU to launch multidisciplinary Center for Economy and Society
Published Feb 16, 2022
The center, part of the university's SNF Agora Institute, will be dedicated to reimagining the relationships among markets, governments, and citizens
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Bloomberg School creates new center to advance public health advocacy
Published Jan 18, 2022
With new gift, two existing centers will merge and expand to drive high-impact social and policy change
William H. "Bill" Miller III
Philanthropy
Department of Physics and Astronomy receives $50M gift
Published Dec 16, 2021
Donation from legendary investor Bill Miller will support expanded research into emerging subfields of study, help attract promising young researchers
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Giving
A nod to a mentor
Published Winter 2021
To celebrate the founding faculty of the Department of Computer Science and the lessons they taught him, Charlie Neuhauser established the Neuhauser Family Teaching Award / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Jan McDonnell, Wilmer Director Peter J. McDonnell, Wilmer Board of Governors’ Chair Sanford Greenberg, Sue Greenberg and Dean of the Medical Faculty/CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Paul B. Rothman
Wilmer Eye Institute establishes the Sanford and Susan Greenberg Center to End Blindness
Published Oct 14, 2021
The new center will initially create four professorships for young scientists, providing a stable source of funding to cover their salaries and many other expenses for up to seven years to get their careers—and potentially transformative research—off the ground.
Vivien Thomas
Fueling diversity in STEM fields
Published Summer 2021
Johns Hopkins and Bloomberg Philanthropies recently launched the Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative, a $150 million effort to create new pathways for students from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to pursue PhDs in science, technology, engineering, and math / Johns Hopkins Magazine