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Louis Clarke
Olympics
The JHU athlete who won Olympic gold
Published Aug 6, 2024
At the 1924 Paris Olympics, Louis Alfred Clarke, who didn't start running competitively until he was a sophomore at Hopkins, helped propel the four-man U.S. team to victory in the 4x100-meter relay
Paula Boggs, A&S ’81, with Christopher Celenza, dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
A Legacy of Breaking Barriers
Published Summer 2024
Paula Boggs looks back at her time as one of the first African-American female students at Johns Hopkins, an experience that led her to establish the Nathaniel Boggs Jr. PhD Memorial Fellowship / Johns Hopkins Magazine
As CEO of VisionSpring, an affordable eyewear company, Ella Gudwin, SAIS ’04 (MA), wants to be an example of “stubborn optimism.”
Risk/Reward
Don't wait to find purpose
Published Summer 2024
An interview with SAIS alum Ella Gudwin, the CEO of VisionSpring, a company that sells affordable eyewear / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Lily DiGiacomo (left) and Katie Koval
Sisterhood of the Traveling Physicians
Published Summer 2024
During a one-year MPH program, Lily DiGiacomo and Katie Koval forged a lifelong friendship / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of four backpackers standing on a rock, overlooking a collage of places that include a river, a mountainside village, an arctic landscape, and city buildings.
Adventures of a Lifetime
Published Summer 2024
An inside look at Alumni Journeys, a program that provides alumni with the opportunity to travel the world with fellow Blue Jays / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of an older, white-haired woman, standing in front of a large, framed picture of a girl in a cap and gown
Pioneering Women
Published Summer 2024
In 1974, the first undergraduate class at JHU to include women received their diplomas. Many of them recently returned to campus to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the university's coeducation program. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Radhika Papandreau
Bridging Generational Divides
Published Summer 2024
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Ana Rita Gonzalez
Adventures in Public Health
Published Summer 2024
Ana Rita Gonzalez, BSPH '94 (ScD), has created a series of children's books, Athena's Adventures in Health Policy, that teach children how health policy shapes our world / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of a woman wearing a large backpack. In her hand is a cupcake with a candle in it.
Afterwords
Birthday walks
Published Summer 2024
Alum Kelsey Sabo takes walks that traverse hundreds of miles, a difficult yet grounding practice Sabo uses to honor her birthday each year / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Class Notes
Published Summer 2024
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