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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, is seen on a large video screen under a banner reading 'Johns Hopkins University'

Commencement 2023

Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers surprise Commencement address

Published May 25, 2023

President of Ukraine speaks stirringly about the indispensable ideals of freedom, self-determination, and democracy, and his nation's fight to defend those ideals in the face of foreign aggression

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Nexus Awards

40 D.C.-based endeavors receive funding support

Published May 22, 2023

Awardees will develop projects and programs anchored at JHU's new home in the nation's capital at 555 Pennsylvania Ave.

Awards+Honors

Diversity Leadership Council celebrates inclusion efforts across the university

Published May 18, 2023

The 20th anniversary of the Diversity Recognition Awards honors individuals and groups who are committed to fostering inclusive workplaces and scholarship

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