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Philanthropy

A. James Clark
Philanthropy
$15M gift establishes Clark Scholars Program
Published Oct 17, 2016
Gift to Whiting School funds scholarships for undergraduate engineering students
Foreign policy
Teaching the 'practice of statecraft'
Published Oct 11, 2016
Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs will serve as focal point for scholarship, public debate on international affairs and policy
Public Health
Centennial celebration
Published Sept 20, 2016
Bloomberg, Biden, Bono among luminaries at School of Public Health event in New York
Michael R. Bloomberg
Philanthropy
Bloomberg gives $300M for public health initiative
Published Sept 15, 2016
Bloomberg American Health Initiative will focus on new approaches to drug addiction, obesity, gun violence, adolescent health, environmental threats
#Hopkins4All
A day to give
Published May 19, 2016
Contributions toward $140,000 goal support university's annual fund
Students try on glasses
Community partnership
Vision for Baltimore
Published May 10, 2016
Vision for Baltimore includes three-year study of how eyeglasses affect reading skills, academic performance
Philanthropy
New film incubator
Published April 25, 2016
Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film and Media Studies aims to support new Baltimore voices
Philanthropy
New institute for the humanities established
Published April 11, 2016
$10M gift is largest ever to support humanities research, education at JHU
Phony philanthropy
Social slacktivism
Published April 7, 2016
Some users share updates about online charitable giving without following through, study shows
Mural makeover
'Apocalypse' then and now
Published April 6, 2016 Video
JHU's massive 1960s mural gets a much-needed makeover