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A highly decorative hand-embroidered tapestry, or sampler, on display at Baltimore’s St. James Episcopal Church
Community
Threads of history
Published Jul 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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
Five students in white t-shirts smile while leaning over a fence at Homewood Field.
Community
Hopkins athletes give back to Baltimore
Published Mar 25, 2024
Blue Jays for Baltimore, a charity founded by current Hopkins football players, uses sports to improve youth well-being in Baltimore
Team Awesome from the Waldorf School
Tower of power
Annual contest gets students noodling around
Published Feb 23, 2024
National Engineers Week competition pits area middle schoolers against Hopkins undergrads to build the tallest tower out of pasta and marshmallows