Archived articles

University News

Students walking on the Homewood campus in the fall
Admissions
Welcome, new Jays!
Published Dec 15, 2023
Diverse and talented group of 550 students admitted as first members of the Class of 2028
President's message
Published Winter 2023
Announcing a new strategic vision for the university's next decade / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Abbreviated
Published Winter 2023
/ Johns Hopkins Magazine
Mae Jemison
Save the date
Astronaut Mae Jemison to speak at 2024 MLK Jr. Commemoration
Published Dec 12, 2023
Jemison, the first African American woman to travel in space, will deliver keynote remarks at the annual event in East Baltimore on Jan. 12
Ted DeWeese
University leadership
Ted DeWeese named next dean, CEO of Medicine
Published Dec 8, 2023
In 18 months as interim dean and CEO, he has set JHM on the path to financial transformation and launched a reimagination of the life and basic sciences at Hopkins
Estelle Fishbein smiles for the camera while leaning her head against her hand.
In memoriam
Estelle Fishbein, JHU's first general counsel, dies at 89
Published Dec 7, 2023
Former VP was a trailblazer for lawyers in higher ed, served as the first female president of the National Association of College and University Attorneys
George W. Fisher
In memoriam
Planetary scientist George W. Fisher dies at 86
Published Dec 5, 2023
Fisher produced a definitive summary of southern and central Appalachian geology, and later studied how humans can live within the limits of Earth's system
Isabel Plakas
Awards+Honors
Nursing student named Mitchell Scholar
Published Dec 4, 2023
School of Nursing student Isabel Plakas, one of 12 students selected nationwide, will study addiction recovery at Trinity College Dublin next year
Cybele Bjorklund and Camille Johnston
University leadership
JHU adds two in leadership roles
Published Dec 4, 2023
Cybele Bjorklund returns as executive director of the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, vice president for federal strategy; Camille Johnston named vice president for communications
Four people smile for the camera as one of them holds up a certificate.
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