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A gallery of the 2023-24 SNF Agora visiting fellows
SNF Agora names new visiting fellows
Published May 16, 2023
The incoming cohort of journalists, artists, scholars, a poet, policy consultants, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders will engage with issues around democracy through a variety of lenses
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'U.S. News' Rankings
School of Medicine withdraws from rankings
Published May 16, 2023
Hopkins joins more than a dozen peers opting out of the rankings, which have come under scrutiny for their methodology, accuracy, and the priorities they promote
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Education
Hopkins joins national effort to address K-12 learning loss
Published May 10, 2023
JHU among a group of 26 universities answering a call from the Biden administration to help close achievement gaps heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic
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Research funding
Discovery Awards received by 35 interdisciplinary research teams
Published May 8, 2023
Winning projects—chosen from 191 proposals—include 115 individuals from across the university
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Research funding
37 faculty members receive Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards
Published May 8, 2023
Honorees representing dozens of fields receive $75K each to support their work
Amy Bastian, Jennifer Elisseeff, and Alex Szalay
Faculty honors
Three researchers elected to National Academy of Sciences
Published May 5, 2023
Neuroscientist Amy Bastian, biomedical engineer Jennifer Elisseeff, astrophysicist Alex Szalay among 120 new members
N. Peter Armitage
Faculty honors
Peter Armitage receives 2023 Brown Investigator Award
Published May 2, 2023
Armitage will receive $2M over the next five years for mid-career, curiosity-driven research
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Sustainability
JHU meets emissions reduction goal 3 years ahead of schedule
Published April 28, 2023
The Annual Sustainability Report outlines accomplishments from across the enterprise over the past year while maintaining a focus on future goals
Rexford Ahima
Faculty honors
Rexford Ahima elected to American Academy
Published April 27, 2023
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor among 269 scholars selected for membership in one of the nation's oldest learned societies
Brian R. Judd
In memoriam
Groundbreaking physicist Brian R. Judd dies at 92
Published April 27, 2023
He was best known for his seminal rare-earth metals research behind the groundbreaking Judd-Ofelt Theory of 1962