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In Memoriam
Diane Edmund Griffin, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute founder, dies at 84
Published Nov 1, 2024
Griffin joined Johns Hopkins in 1970, where she completed groundbreaking research in virology and was founding director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
HopkinsLocal
Making an impact in Baltimore
Published Nov 1, 2024
With HopkinsLocal, the university and health system have spent more than $1 billion with Baltimore businesses since the initiative's 2015 launch
Student services
JHU commences work to replace SIS
Published Oct 30, 2024
After more than 20 years of use, JHU's Student Information System, or SIS, will be replaced with a new version that fits modern needs
University News
New initiative to nurture 'dialogue across difference'
Published Oct 30, 2024
From residence hall programming to new grants for faculty, JHU will expand on its history of reaching across divides with new dialogue endeavor
Q+A
Provost charts new academic frontiers
Published Oct 29, 2024
Ray Jayawardhana reflects on JHU's momentum, innovation, and what lies ahead as he begins his second year at Hopkins
Construction
Honoring a 'transformative legacy'
Published Oct 28, 2024
University and health system leaders were joined by members of the Lacks family and elected officials Monday to officially kick off an East Baltimore building project that honors the legacy of a woman whose cells have revolutionized science and medicine
Faculty honors
Johns Hopkins chemist Rigoberto Hernandez elected president of American Chemical Society
Published Oct 28, 2024
With more than 155,000 members, the American Chemical Society is one of the world's largest scientific societies
Sustainability
Inaugural Campus as a Living Lab grants awarded to 10 projects
Published Oct 25, 2024
Grant recipients will use JHU's campuses to explore solutions for the university's new sustainability goals
William G. Howell named dean of new School of Government and Policy
Published Oct 24, 2024
Howell, a scholar of issues related to separation of powers, political institutions, democratic reform, and the U.S. presidency, will join JHU from the University of Chicago beginning Jan. 1
University history
Recommendations made on fellowship, residence hall entry named for former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson
Published Oct 24, 2024
Johns Hopkins Name Review Board considers complex legacy of only U.S. president to hold a PhD, which he earned from JHU in 1886
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