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Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876

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Rendering of a tree-lined campus quad with brick academic buildings
Campus life
Plans shared for new Homewood residence hall, dining facility
Published Feb 10, 2025
New building, expected to be completed by the end of 2028, will replace Alumni Memorial Residence I and Hopkins Café
Student volunteer with SOOTHE hold up canvas tote bags in a group photo
Grad student experience
Comfort through company
Published Feb 4, 2025
Students Offering Optimism to Help, or SOOTHE, gives companionship to patients while teaching future doctors about the human side of medicine
Two young adults stand in front of a rolling cart. Above it hangs a sign that reads "Free Harm Reduction Supplies."
Community
Students lead harm reduction efforts
Published Jan 30, 2025
HopOn Harm Reduction hands out free syringes, Narcan, and other supplies to decrease the dangers and stigmas surrounding drug use
A painter in a yellow safety vest smiles for the camera while standing in a warehouse. In front of them is a canvas and easel, as well as a sea of boxes.
Visual arts
The art of a second chance
Published Jan 28, 2025 Video
A new exhibition of oil paintings and photographs made by JHU students highlights the objects and associates of a second-hand furniture warehouse
From left, Natalie Bernstein and Sareen Muthyala
Undergraduate honors
Two sophomores named Ethan M. Posner Fellows
Published Jan 27, 2025
Established in Posner's memory, the annual fellowship supports students who demonstrate a passion for research and the desire to help others
Six students get on their hands and knees to make a pyramid in front of Gilman Hall.
Year in review
The year in photos
Published Dec 19, 2024
As December nears an end, the Hub looks back at some of the memorable moments that caught our photographers' eyes in 2024
A student smiles while walking on brick pathway with Gilman Hall in the background
Undergraduate admissions
JHU welcomes first members of Class of 2029
Published Dec 13, 2024
551 of the best and brightest students from around the world have been admitted to Hopkins in the Early Decision I cohort
A male student sets up a wooden vehicle on a wooden ramp
Mechanical engineering
Student designs take flight
Published Dec 9, 2024
At the 2024 MechE Freshmen Design Challenge, 22 teams of first-year mechanical engineering students showed off their small vehicle designs in a fun competition
An adult holds up three Lighting of the Quads souvenir mugs from different years.
Who Does That?
Lighting of the Quads turns 20
Published Dec 3, 2024
Meet the cross-office collaborators who pull off Homewood's favorite winter tradition
Jacob Lauinger and Meg Swaney with students
Undergraduate education
History in the making
Published Dec 2, 2024 Video
Students in a Near Eastern Studies First Year Seminar try their hand at creating replicas of cuneiform tablets