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Two paintings join Hopkins' growing collection of contemporary art

Published Oct 6, 2024

The Bloomberg School of Public Health is the new home for two paintings by Baltimore artists Latoya M. Hobbs and Ernest Shaw Jr. The paintings were installed as part of the university's new public art initiative, which aims to uplift promising Baltimore artists and reflect the broader community by housing their works on Johns Hopkins' campuses.

Tall, green trees are seen on the left of this photo and also reflected in the curve, mirrored glass facade of a campus building on the left

Sustainability

Johns Hopkins releases new Climate Action and Sustainability Plan

Published Oct 11, 2024

The university's comprehensive, decade-long strategy will cut single use plastics, introduce a fully electric bus fleet, and prepare its campuses and neighbors for a warmer future

A blue Johns Hopkins University shuttle bus parked at an angle on a sunny day in front of green trees

Sustainability

First electric buses will hit the road in 2025

Published Oct 11, 2024

The first wave of five all-electric, fully accessible buses will operate on the Homewood-Peabody-JHMI shuttle route beginning early next year, with help from a $1.5M state grant

Research Peng Zheng shows off the heart of the blood test, chip with a groundbreaking nanostructured surface on which blood is tested.

Medical innovation

Test quickly detects early heart attack signs

Published Oct 16, 2024

With heart attacks, every second counts. A Hopkins team developed a blood test that diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home.

Women's Health

Let's please talk about menopause

Published Oct 15, 2024

Wen Shen, director of the Women's Wellness and Healthy Aging Program at Johns Hopkins Medicine, is on a mission to raise awareness about menopause, as a boom of women hit midlife in the U.S.

From left, Dingchang Lin and Ziquan Zhuang

Faculty honors

Two researchers named Packard Fellows

Published Oct 15, 2024

Dingchang Lin, Ziquan Zhuang among 20 recipients of prestigious fellowship that supports creative and innovative lines of research by early career scientists