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Peter Kannam
Q+A
A hub for the community
Published Oct 4, 2021
Peter Kannam, principal at Henderson-Hopkins, talks about leading teachers, students, and families through COVID-19, and how the Eager Park school has solidified its role as a community anchor during the pandemic
Grand opening of the track at Henderson-Hopkins
Community
On track for a healthy school year
Published Sept 14, 2021
A festive late summer evening in Eager Park marked the grand opening of a new track and field at Henderson-Hopkins, kicking off a yearlong focus on exercise and wellness at the K-8 school.
Two little girls smile in brand new glasses
Vision for Baltimore
Glasses boost academic outcomes
Published Sept 9, 2021
Three-year clinical study is the most robust analysis to date linking access to eyeglasses with higher test scores, especially for students having the most trouble in school
Four masked people stand outside a mobile vaccination clinic
Community
Destination: Vaccination
Published July 30, 2021
Every Thursday, Johns Hopkins teams up with the Baltimore City Health Department and the city's chapter of the NAACP to offer free COVID-19 vaccinations to Baltimoreans
Volunteers at a community garden
#National Intern Day
Interns make an impact on Baltimore community
Published July 29, 2021
In honor of #NationalInternDay, meet some of the undergrads supporting the Baltimore community in big and small ways
Baltimore city skyline
Public safety
University awards nearly $6M to Baltimore violence reduction projects
Published June 30, 2021
Grants fund grassroots ideas to improve safety and reduce crime
Charles Village sign selfie
Lighting up Charles Street
Published June 30, 2021
JHU and the Charles Village Civic Association recently celebrated a milestone: flipping the switch on an eagerly awaited lighted sign in the median at St. Paul and 33rd streets
Collection of Cards for Courage
Dear COVID hero
Published June 18, 2021
Student-run nonprofit Cards for Courage sends homemade messages of support to frontline workers worldwide
Charles Duggar
Juneteenth
The art of liberation
Published June 16, 2021
Baltimore artists, scholars, and educators will present dramatic performances based on writings by Black Baltimoreans at the forefront of the 19th-century abolitionist movement during a Juneteenth livestream Friday at noon
John Hundt posing in front of his new ceremonial street sign
Photo
Where the streets have your name
Published June 14, 2021
Baltimore City establishes a ceremonial street sign in honor of John Hundt, chief administrative officer of surgical services for Johns Hopkins