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Sustainability
'Freezer Challenge' helps Hopkins labs reduce energy consumption
Published Nov 27, 2023
Participating JHU labs were able to lower their energy use by a collective 1,202 kWh per day
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Congressional briefing
Studying the healing power of psychedelics
Published Nov 21, 2023
JHU Congressional Briefing panelists explain how the controlled substances could transform mental health treatment
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Community
Vernon Rice Memorial Turkey Drive supports over 300 Baltimore families
Published Nov 17, 2023
More than 300 turkeys and produce boxes were distributed by Johns Hopkins and St. Anthony's of Padua Catholic Church
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Hopkins in D.C.
Leading health policy scholar joins JHU
Published Nov 16, 2023
Melinda Buntin, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Economics, will lead a newly established Center for Health Systems and Policy Modeling
Homewood Early Learning Center
Homewood Early Learning Center relocating to a new state-of-the-art facility
Published Nov 16, 2023
Two advisory committees will be forming soon to gather feedback from families, faculty, staff, and learners ahead of the center's move to a new building in 2026
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Student spotlight
Senior named Rhodes Scholar
Published Nov 12, 2023
Zandy Wong, a public health studies major who has earned acclaim for her disability advocacy work, is one of 32 students honored by the Rhodes Trust this year
Mayer Katz at the 3rd Marine Division hospital in Phu Bai near the demilitarized zone in Vietnam in 1968
Veterans Day
Destined to put people back together
Published Nov 9, 2023
Mayer Katz, who was named a 2023 Distinguished Alumnus in recognition of his work saving lives as a vascular surgeon in Vietnam, credits Hopkins with teaching him the value of endurance and self-reliance
Johns Hopkins student and selection committee member Maya Kelsey Johnson, standing, and artist LaToya Hobbs look at a painting titled *How Johnetta Taught Us to Pray II*
Names+Narratives
Baltimore artists to inspire campus conversations
Published Nov 7, 2023
Initiative will bring contemporary works of art to JHU, with a goal of selecting artists and artwork representing a broad range of perspectives
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Hopkins in D.C.
Search for inaugural School of Government and Policy dean begins
Published Nov 2, 2023
The search committee will be chaired by Provost Ray Jayawardhana
Catherine Pierre
In memoriam
Catherine Pierre, longtime JHU communications leader, dies at 53
Published Nov 2, 2023
Colleagues remember Pierre as an extraordinary writer, editor, mentor, and friend