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Sustainability
Hopkins earns top honors in Freezer Challenge
Published Sept 30, 2025
JHU saved 1,560 kWh/day in energy costs in its research laboratories, making it the top-performing academic institution among more than 110 peers
Students walk along a brick pathway with white brick columns on the Homewood campus on a late summer day with blue skies and green trees in the background
University rankings
Hopkins No. 7 in 'U.S. News' Best Colleges rankings
Published Sept 23, 2025
University recognized for academic excellence as well as for low student debt, value, innovation, undergraduate research, and disciplines including biomedical engineering and biotechnology
Richard Huganir looks into a microscope
Brain science
New cross-university neuroscience department
Published Sept 15, 2025
Shared by the schools of Medicine and Arts and Sciences, the Department of Neuroscience aims to unify neuroscience research and education across the university
Chris Morphew
University news
SOE Dean Chris Morphew to step down in June
Published Sept 16, 2025
Morphew, who joined Hopkins in 2017, has led the School of Education through a period of tremendous growth and achievement during his tenure
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Johns Hopkins students get their first look at new student center
Aug 25, 2025
Last fall's Family Movie Night feature, "Monsters, Inc."
Family Movie Night brings 'The Lego Movie' to Homewood Field
Sept 4, 2025
Raymond A. "Chip" Mason
Visionary financier Raymond A. 'Chip' Mason, founder of Baltimore's Legg Mason, dies at 88
Aug 25, 2025

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Economic impact
Hopkins, other city nonprofits to double contribution to Baltimore
Published Oct 1, 2025
'Eds and meds' institutions to voluntarily provide $48M over five years on top of the billions of dollars in economic impact their operations generate for the city
A group photo taken at the luncheon for the 2025 International Freezer Challenge honorees
Sustainability
Hopkins earns top honors in Freezer Challenge
Published Sept 30, 2025
JHU saved 1,560 kWh/day in energy costs in its research laboratories, making it the top-performing academic institution among more than 110 peers
Khari and Shawn Parker smile for a photo in the Bloomberg Student Center's food hall.
Q+A
Connie's brings comfort food to student center location
Published Sept 29, 2025
Baltimore-born co-owners Shawn and Khari Parker will serve their signature chicken, waffles, and a variety of other culinary offerings at JHU's new Bloomberg Student Center
Students walk along a brick pathway with white brick columns on the Homewood campus on a late summer day with blue skies and green trees in the background
University rankings
Hopkins No. 7 in 'U.S. News' Best Colleges rankings
Published Sept 23, 2025
University recognized for academic excellence as well as for low student debt, value, innovation, undergraduate research, and disciplines including biomedical engineering and biotechnology
Chef Jasmine Norton smiles for the camera while standing in her restaurant, the Urban Oyster.
Q+A
Local flavor comes to Bloomberg Student Center
Published Sept 22, 2025
Chef Jasmine Norton, a James Beard Award semifinalist and Baltimore native, will open a new food stall this fall on Homewood campus
Richard Huganir looks into a microscope
Brain science
New cross-university neuroscience department
Published Sept 15, 2025
Shared by the schools of Medicine and Arts and Sciences, the Department of Neuroscience aims to unify neuroscience research and education across the university
Architectural columns seen against a blue, cloudy sky
Politics+Society
Program brings range of perspectives to contemporary topics
Published Sept 9, 2025
Projects co-led by scholars from JHU, the American Enterprise Institute earn support via program designed to enhance collaboration, deepen insights, promote intellectual pluralism
Last fall's Family Movie Night feature, "Monsters, Inc."
Family Fun
Family Movie Night returns with 'The Lego Movie'
Published Sept 4, 2025
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to bring their families and friends to a free movie screening on Sept. 26
Three students hold up cardboard props--two stars, and a pennant reading "Go Vote"--while smiling.
Democracy Day
'Guardians of fact and truth'
Published Aug 26, 2025 Video
In its fifth year, Johns Hopkins' Democracy Day introduces new students to foundational principles, models inclusion of diverse perspectives, and cultivates skills for democratic engagement
Students wearing bucket hats at convocation
Convocation 2025
Hats off to the Class of 2029
Published Aug 26, 2025
Johns Hopkins University officially welcomes its 150th undergraduate class at the annual Convocation ceremony
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