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Campus dining hall
Dining
University will self-operate campus dining services at Homewood, Peabody
Published Feb 2, 2021
The change, which takes place July 2022, will allow the university to enhance sustainable food service practices and provide greater flexibility and oversight
Students physically distance in a Homewood campus classroom
University operations
Careful planning, safety precautions underpin JHU's in-person instruction
Published Feb 2, 2021
University officials have spent months honing the plans that will guide this week's resumption of in-person instruction
Saliva samples for COVID-19 testing
Return to campus
COVID testing expands as spring semester gets underway
Published Jan 29, 2021
More than 8,500 tests have been conducted over the past seven days at nine campus testing sites as the university prepares to expand in-person activities
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#JHNeedsU
JHU Social Compact promotes safety, solidarity
Published Jan 27, 2021
All members of the university community are encouraged to commit to following simple public health protocols designed to keep themselves and others safe and healthy
Nilabh Shastri
In memoriam
Pioneering immunologist Nilabh Shastri dies at 68
Published Jan 27, 2021
Shastri, who explored how the human immune system recognizes rapidly changing foreign elements, joined Johns Hopkins as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in 2018
Hopkins student learns online
Rankings
Three Johns Hopkins master's degree programs among top online programs in the country
Published Jan 26, 2021
Programs from the schools of Nursing and Engineering are included in annual rankings from 'U.S. News & World Report'
A city skyline is overlaid with intersecting lines representing digital connection
Urban policy
New Johns Hopkins report details plan for digital equity in Baltimore
Published Jan 25, 2021
A new 21st Century Cities Initiative report outlines steps to increase access to reliable high speed internet in cities with pronounced digital divides
MSE Library exterior
Libraries announce spring service updates, reopening of some spaces
Published Jan 22, 2021
Libraries at Homewood campus, Peabody Institute will allow expanded access in the coming weeks with reduced hours, capacity
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Coronavirus
One year of tracking the COVID-19 pandemic
Published Jan 22, 2021
On Jan. 22, 2020, a civil and systems engineering professor and her graduate student created a coronavirus tracker map that would become the world's leading source for real-time pandemic data
Johns Hopkins SAIS exterior
Search committee formed to help identify next SAIS dean
Published Jan 15, 2021