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Wellness kits
COVID-19
Hopkins to distribute wellness kits to undergraduate students
Published Aug 28, 2020
Locally sourced and assembled kits feature facial coverings, digital thermometer, hand sanitizer, and cleansing wipes
Convocation Class of 2024
Convocation 2020
A virtual welcome
Published Aug 24, 2020
Members of the Class of 2024 and new transfer students are welcomed to the Johns Hopkins community in the university's first digital convocation ceremony
Group photo
Startups
Student startup Relavo takes home $500,000 KidneyX prize
Published Aug 3, 2020 Video
The award will support them as they work full-time on a solution for safer at-home dialysis—an issue they'll meet with greater urgency as the coronavirus pandemic makes in-person treatment riskier
Photo of the Gilman Hall clock tower
Financial aid
JHU distributes federal relief to students most impacted by COVID-19 disruptions
Published July 17, 2020
Approximately 10% of all JHU students are eligible to receive $1,200 grants to cover costs incurred due to the university's move to remote learning in spring 2020
Jeffrey Morelli
Carey student named Product Developer of the Year
Published July 2, 2020
Jeffrey Morelli was honored by the American Business Awards for his start-up that is playing a key role in COVID-19 contact tracing efforts
Gilman Hall as seen across Keyser Quad
JHU 2020 Planning
Plans for fall undergraduate experience announced
Published June 30, 2020
University will resume on-campus activities while preserving flexibility for those who cannot or do not wish to return to campus
Meal provided by Baby's on Fire
COVID-19
Initiative delivers meals to Baltimore's health care workers
Published June 18, 2020
Baltimore chapter of Frontline Foods, founded by a Johns Hopkins undergraduate, has purchased more than 2,000 meals for those working directly with COVID-19 patients
Exterior of News-Letter headquarters
On writing history's first drafts
Published Summer 2020
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter journalists work to make sure students' voices become part of the archives we use to tell stories about our past / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Photograph of actress Celeste O'Connor
Hollywood up-and-comer
Published Summer 2020 Video
With major roles in an Amazon original and the new 'Ghostbusters,' actress Celeste O'Connor is determined to use her star status—and Hopkins degree—as a force for good in the world / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of planes traveling around the world
Student awards
21 from Hopkins receive Fulbright grants
Published May 26, 2020
Awards from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program support students as they study, conduct research, and teach in foreign countries