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Provost Ray Jayawardhana named Caltech president
Published Jan 6, 2026
An accomplished astrophysicist and academic leader, Jayawardhana has served as provost at Johns Hopkins since 2023
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Exhibition
Wonder and discovery coalesce at Vatican Observatory
Published Dec 8, 2025
Wonder Bound, the product of a collaboration between JHU, the Space Telescope Science Institute, and the Vatican Observatory, brings images from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to a historic venue
Ray Jayawardhana
Q+A
Provost charts new academic frontiers
Published Oct 29, 2024
Ray Jayawardhana reflects on JHU's momentum, innovation, and what lies ahead as he begins his second year at Hopkins