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A crowd of students gathered for Convocation 2024
Convocation
Welcoming JHU's newest students
Published Aug 27, 2024
Before classes started Monday morning, the Johns Hopkins University Class of 2028 and transfer students were officially welcomed to campus Sunday evening at the annual Convocation ceremony.
Three students wearing white shirts with
A day devoted to democracy
Published Aug 27, 2024
At Johns Hopkins' fourth annual Democracy Day, experts urged incoming students to actively engage in making their communities and world better
Johns Hopkins University Class of 2028 arrayed to spell JHU 28
Class of 2028
Picture perfect
Published Aug 26, 2024
Members of the first-year class, nearly 1,300 in all, arranged themselves on Keyser Quad to spell out their class year, a Hopkins Orientation tradition
Gloved hands assemble a gyro in a paper bowl over a prep station full of ingredients.
Campus dining
Levering Kitchens serves up new options
Published Aug 20, 2024
New offerings for the new academic year include fresh takes on Mediterranean, Southeast Asian, and Mexican cuisine
Julia Ye outside the World Trade Center in Baltimore on a sunny summer day with blue skies
Undergraduate education
Student interns spend summer 'InBaltimore'
Published July 31, 2024
For 10 weeks this summer, 13 students worked 40 hours a week at nonprofits, government agencies, and companies around the city
Map of World in a trendy vintage style. Beautiful retro illustration with old textured paper and light rays in the background
Awards+Honors
26 from Johns Hopkins earn Fulbrights
Published June 4, 2024
A record-breaking number of JHU affiliates received awards this spring from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in support of their continuing study, research, and teaching in foreign countries
An aerial view of the half-built Hopkins Student Center.
Campus construction
Student center milestone
Published May 29, 2024
The new building, envisioned as a focal point of student activity and engagement on the Homewood campus, is scheduled to open in July 2025
Mitt Romney
Featured speaker
Romney: Rely on family, friendships
Published May 23, 2024
In Commencement address, longtime public servant encourages Class of 2024 to find 'stability and meaning … in friendships, in love, and in commitments'
A student in a cap and gown speaks at a podium at JHU Commencement.
Senior speaker
'I already see legacies everywhere'
Published May 23, 2024
In remarks to the Class of 2024, senior Kristen Corlay Sanmiguel encourages graduates to embrace uncertainty, make an impact
Two sets of feet take their first steps onto the JHU seal in Gilman Hall
Commencement
Rituals, totems, and bling
Published May 21, 2024
From the ceremonial mace to the lore surrounding stepping on the university seal, traditions abound during Commencement