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Students and instructors in the Summer Jobs program
Community
Summer Jobs Program celebrates 30 years
Published July 25, 2024
Since 1994, thousands of local teens and college students have spent their summers learning on the job in departments spanning the university and health system
Three men stand in an underground tunnel in 1907. A note written on the image reads
Baltimore history
The ghost river under Homewood
Published July 15, 2024
A public installation by local artist Bruce Willen traces a buried stream, which used to define the North Baltimore landscape, which now includes the university's 140-acre campus
A highly decorative hand-embroidered tapestry, or sampler, on display at Baltimore’s St. James Episcopal Church
Community
Threads of history
Published July 1, 2024
Johns Hopkins' Inheritance Baltimore effort helps return a 19th-century embroidered sampler to a Black Baltimore church in time to celebrate its 200th anniversary
Solar panels cover the roof of the Henderson-Hopkins School. Below the roof is a sky-blue sports field.
Community
Henderson-Hopkins solar panels bring power to East Baltimore homes
Published June 10, 2024
150 low- to moderate-income households will receive discounts on their electricity bills thanks to new solar project
Baltimore downtown traffic at sunset
Predictive modeling
Report shows benefits of Red Line for Baltimore
Published June 7, 2024
Simulation by JHU data scientists shows proposed Red Line could shorten people's commutes, significantly improve job access
Students in CTY Baltimore Emerging Scholars Program celebrated with their families May 19
Education
CTY program for bright Baltimore students turns 10
Published May 28, 2024
Founded in 2014, Emerging Scholars brings innovative, hands-on coursework to 400 city schools students with high academic potential each year
Photo of Gilman Hall in which the sun is perfectly aligned with the spire.
Astronomy
Rare 'Hophenge' solar event
Published April 9, 2024
On the evening of the solar eclipse, the Hopkins community enjoyed a second celestial event: "Hophenge," when the sun perfectly aligned with the Gilman Hall spire
Economic opportunity
BLocal BUILD College Alumni Reverse Vendor Fair sparks connections and opportunities
Published April 5, 2024
Event brings BUILD College alumni businesses together to showcase their work and forge new partnerships
A framed photograph of Pava LaPere sits on a table.
Entrepreneurship
'Nonstop, relentless, inspiring'
Published April 4, 2024
The FastForward U innovation hub will be renamed in honor of Pava Marie LaPere, a trailblazing entrepreneur both at Johns Hopkins University and in Baltimore who died last year
A view of Baltimore City rowhouses
A survey of Baltimore's residents
Published Spring 2024
An ambitious new annual survey of Baltimore's residents aims to inform local policy / Johns Hopkins Magazine