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A group of six college students smile for the camera with their arms around each other.

Community

Students build inventory app for local food pantry

Published May 6, 2025

Six juniors have created a better way for Baltimore-based mobile food pantry Let's Eat, Inc., to collect and distribute resources

Community leaders and Henderson-Hopkins students and staff in a group photo with a ceremonial shovel

Community

Revitalization continues near Henderson-Hopkins

Published April 29, 2025

Better lighting, streets, and landscapes planned for area around the K-8 school in East Baltimore's Eager Park neighborhood

A group in hard hats and yellow vests points at something in the distance while standing at a wastewater treatment plant.

Community

Designing for a wetter future

Published April 28, 2025

Environmental engineering students partner with Baltimore City to protect a major wastewater treatment plant from future climate-driven impacts

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HopkinsLocal

A decade of fueling economic opportunity in Baltimore

Published April 17, 2025

HopkinsLocal, the institution's economic growth initiative launched in 2015, has resulted in the investment of more than $1 billion in Baltimore-based businesses over the past 10 years

Hopkins staffers at the expungement clinic

Community

Spring expungement clinic

Published April 7, 2025

Hosted by Johns Hopkins and Maryland Legal Aid, the spring clinic also provided career resources, vaccinations, and housing assistance with the help of 20 local partner organizations

Volunteers at the radiothon

Community

Tuning in for a great cause

Published March 6, 2025

Mix 106.5 Radiothon, powered by volunteers including Hopkins staff and grateful families, raise more than $1.1M for Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Two young adults stand in front of a rolling cart. Above it hangs a sign that reads "Free Harm Reduction Supplies."

Community

Students lead harm reduction efforts

Published Jan 30, 2025

HopOn Harm Reduction hands out free syringes, Narcan, and other supplies to decrease the dangers and stigmas surrounding drug use

A painter in a yellow safety vest smiles for the camera while standing in a warehouse. In front of them is a canvas and easel, as well as a sea of boxes.

Visual arts

The art of a second chance

Published Jan 28, 2025

A new exhibition of oil paintings and photographs made by JHU students highlights the objects and associates of a second-hand furniture warehouse

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Community Safety

Innovation Fund for Community Safety offers new funding

Published Jan 13, 2025

Up to $6M available for innovative, community-led programs that reduce violence in Baltimore

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Community

10 recognized for community service

Published Jan 13, 2025

Recipients will be honored at Johns Hopkins' annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration on Jan. 17