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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
an orange and white cat stands on its hind legs to look out a window
Science shows Baltimore's cats are friendly little guys
Published April 1, 2024
Postdoc Charlotte Fare has conducted a semi-quantitative analysis of the cats of Baltimore, surveying the appearance and disposition of a subset of the city's felines
Mitt Romney
Commencement 2024
Mitt Romney named Commencement speaker
Published March 28, 2024
U.S. senator and 2012 Republican presidential nominee will address the Class of 2024 on May 23
Five students in white t-shirts smile while leaning over a fence at Homewood Field.
Community
Hopkins athletes give back to Baltimore
Published March 25, 2024
Blue Jays for Baltimore, a charity founded by current Hopkins football players, uses sports to improve youth well-being in Baltimore
Daffodils on a spring day at Homewood
Undergraduate admissions
Hopkins adds to its Class of 2028
Published March 20, 2024
The 1,749 students offered admission have the opportunity to join 809 students previously admitted to the class in the Early Decision cohorts
A college student fist-bumps Barbara Mikulski.
Undergraduate education
A gateway to D.C.
Published March 19, 2024
New Hopkins Semester D.C. program allows undergrads to pursue internships while living in the nation's capital
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
Ishan Kalburge
Awards+Honors
Ishan Kalburge awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Published Feb 23, 2024
Kalburge will investigate how humans form internal representations of uncertainty during decision-making
Celebrating 148 years
Commemoration Day
Happy Birthday, Hopkins!
Published Feb 22, 2024
This Commemoration Day, we reflect on 148 years of scholarship, discovery, and impact since the university's founding in 1876 and celebrate a truly momentous year at Johns Hopkins
Middle schoolers build a tower during the Maryland Science Olympiad
Community
Middle schoolers put science skills to the test
Published Feb 15, 2024
Several hundred students, coaches, and mentors visited the Homewood campus Feb. 10 for a day filled with science-related contests hosted by Johns Hopkins University