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Khari and Shawn Parker smile for a photo in the Bloomberg Student Center's food hall.
Q+A
Connie's brings comfort food to student center location
Published Sept 29, 2025
Baltimore-born co-owners Shawn and Khari Parker will serve their signature chicken, waffles, and a variety of other culinary offerings at JHU's new Bloomberg Student Center
Chef Jasmine Norton smiles for the camera while standing in her restaurant, the Urban Oyster.
Q+A
Local flavor comes to Bloomberg Student Center
Published Sept 22, 2025
Chef Jasmine Norton, a James Beard Award semifinalist and Baltimore native, will open a new food stall this fall on Homewood campus
A group of about 12 students congregate outside an entrance to a news building
Student experience
First look at student center
Published Aug 25, 2025 Video
The Bloomberg Student Center, which officially opens Oct. 16, is the first dedicated student center in the university's 150-year history
A table full of single-serving koshary bowls
Coming soon
Student center food options finalized
Published July 14, 2025
Food stalls serving dishes from Egypt, China, Maryland, and beyond will open on Homewood campus this fall
From left: Paul Andrews, Phil Kiester, Monroe Zeffert, and Mark Miller
Giving
Meet me at Mr. Z's
Published Summer 2025
To honor their late friend Monroe Zeffert, a group of Hopkins alumni have endowed a name space in the Hopkins Student Center: Mr. Z's Kitchen and Lounge. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A smiling Tim Ma leans against a wall while wearing a kitchen apron.
Q+A
Chef Tim Ma is back for seconds
Published March 14, 2025
The new Hopkins Student Center will feature a sit-down restaurant, coffee shop, and Chinese-American food stall from acclaimed restaurateur and alum Tim Ma
An aerial view of the half-built Hopkins Student Center.
Campus construction
Student center milestone
Published May 29, 2024 Video
The new building, envisioned as a focal point of student activity and engagement on the Homewood campus, is scheduled to open in July 2025
Mattin Center with construction fencing
Campus construction
Pardon our progress
Published Aug 25, 2021
Johns Hopkins kicks off major construction projects at Homewood with work on the Hopkins Student Center and SNF Agora Institute beginning this summer
Homewood Student Center conceptual rendering
Student experience
Student center plans move forward with preparation of future site
Published April 22, 2021
University community will have opportunities to bid farewell to Mattin Center, Whitehead Hall this spring; student programs and services to be temporarily or permanently relocated as project progresses
Hopkins Student Center concept rendering
Design concept selected for Hopkins Student Center
Published Nov 2, 2020
The concept, submitted by the international architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group, features an open design with a large central campus living room, a variety of social spaces, themed community lounges, art and enrichment spaces, and dining options