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Construction
Honoring a 'transformative legacy'
Published Oct 28, 2024
University and health system leaders were joined by members of the Lacks family and elected officials Monday to officially kick off an East Baltimore building project that honors the legacy of a woman whose cells have revolutionized science and medicine
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Faculty honors
Johns Hopkins chemist Rigoberto Hernandez elected president of American Chemical Society
Published Oct 28, 2024
With more than 155,000 members, the American Chemical Society is one of the world's largest scientific societies
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Sustainability
Inaugural Campus as a Living Lab grants awarded to 10 projects
Published Oct 25, 2024
Grant recipients will use JHU's campuses to explore solutions for the university's new sustainability goals
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William G. Howell named dean of new School of Government and Policy
Published Oct 24, 2024
Howell, a scholar of issues related to separation of powers, political institutions, democratic reform, and the U.S. presidency, will join JHU from the University of Chicago beginning Jan. 1
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University history
Recommendations made on fellowship, residence hall entry named for former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson
Published Oct 24, 2024
Johns Hopkins Name Review Board considers complex legacy of only U.S. president to hold a PhD, which he earned from JHU in 1886
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Sustainability
EPA recognizes JHU as a leader in green power
Published Oct 23, 2024
University purchases 60% of its total power needs from green sources, No. 4 among U.S. colleges that are part of the EPA's Green Power Partnership
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Jhpiego President Leslie Mancuso to retire this summer
Published Oct 23, 2024
Since arriving in 2002, she has helped transform the JHU-affiliated nonprofit into one of the world's most highly-regarded global health organizations
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Faculty honors
Two elected to National Academy of Medicine
Published Oct 21, 2024
Christopher G. Chute, Jeffrey D. Rothstein among 100 new members recognized for outstanding professional achievements and commitment to service
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Joseph Amon to direct Center for Public Health and Human Rights
Published Oct 16, 2024
Amon, who comes to Johns Hopkins from Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health, brings years of experience advocating for human rights
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University news
Hopkins public health expert joins Center for Urban Families in unique partnership
Published Oct 15, 2024
Bloomberg School faculty epidemiologist Amanda Smith will serve as organization's director of research and evaluation to advance its work strengthening families, addressing poverty