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Libraries
Open Source Programs Office to establish Research Software Support Network
Published Jan 6, 2026
With funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Sheridan Libraries' OSPO launches an initiative to coordinate and support scholars' use of research software across the university
University news
Provost Ray Jayawardhana named Caltech president
Published Jan 6, 2026
An accomplished astrophysicist and academic leader, Jayawardhana has served as provost at Johns Hopkins since 2023
Detour ahead
Construction to close Wyman Park Drive entrance to vehicles
Published Jan 2, 2026
Pedestrian access will remain open through July, but vehicle traffic will be disrupted beginning in early January as construction begins on JHU's data science buildings
Community
Hopkins holiday drive spreads good cheer
Published Dec 19, 2025 Video
Johns Hopkins affiliates helped make this holiday season brighter for more than 700 children, families, and seniors in Baltimore through the annual holiday gift drive
Campus life
Have an ice day!
Published Dec 17, 2025
Registration is now open for the rink's fifth season of skating, at the Hopkins Ice Rink which will run from Jan. 9 to Feb. 22
Community
Hopkins launches fund to support community-academic partnerships
Published Dec 16, 2025
Innovation Fund for Community-Academic Partnerships will seed and sustain collaborations between the local community and Hopkins faculty, centers, institutes, and programs
Undergraduate admissions
Hopkins welcomes first members of Class of 2030
Published Dec 12, 2025
553 of the most talented students from around the world have been admitted to Hopkins in the Early Decision I cohort
Faculty Honors
Groundbreaking researcher Jamie Spangler honored
Published Dec 12, 2025 Video
President's Frontier Award winner delightfully surprised with $300,000 in research funding for her groundbreaking work in molecular immunoengineering
Faculty honors
Two Johns Hopkins scientists named to National Academy of Inventors
Published Dec 11, 2025
Jun Liu and Barbara Slusher are among 169 fellows recognized for contributions to science and society
Exhibition
Wonder and discovery coalesce at Vatican Observatory
Published Dec 8, 2025
Wonder Bound, the product of a collaboration between JHU, the Space Telescope Science Institute, and the Vatican Observatory, brings images from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to a historic venue
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