The year in photos

Hub staff, Dec 20

Between trailblazing financial aid support for Peabody Institute and School of Medicine students, groundbreakings for the upcoming Henrietta Lacks and Bloomberg Public Health buildings, and countless medical, academic, and scientific breakthroughs, 2024 has been a year …

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New Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships clusters will advance interdisciplinary research efforts at Johns Hopkins University’s Data Science and AI Institute

Hub staff, Dec 17

Today, Johns Hopkins University announced the results of a year-long, faculty-led process which has identified seven Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships research clusters to drive interdisciplinary discoveries as a central part of the university’s new Data Science and AI …

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SAIS Professor John McLaughlin makes ‘magic with meaning’

Abigail Green, Dec 9

Ever since he saw the 1953 film as a child about the magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, John McLaughlin has been fascinated by magic. “It was spellbinding to me,” he says, recalling the Technicolor production …

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Johns Hopkins scholars and experts share their favorite books of 2024

Hub staff report, Dec 18

It’s no surprise that Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, and administrators are a community of readers. From the dean who reads a book a week to the career development adviser who can’t resist adding new finds to …

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Johns Hopkins welcomes first members of its Class of 2029

Rebecca Kirkman, Dec 13

551 one of the best and brightest students from around the world have been admitted to Hopkins in the Early Decision I cohort

Five hundred fifty one students from 15 countries, 43 states, one U.S. territory, and …

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Lighting of the Quads – Annual tradition brightens campus

Hub staff report, Dec 9

Johns Hopkins University hosted its 20th annual Lighting of the Quads on Friday, welcoming hundreds of students, staff, faculty, and community members to celebrate the end of the fall semester and mark the beginning of the …

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2024 in Review: Ideas and Insights You Loved

If you’re a Spotify or Apple Music listener, you know December is when those highly-anticipated yearly rewinds drop — the playlists and stats that show what you’ve been listening to all year. Similarly, we’re taking a moment to rewind and reflect …

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Johns Hopkins Ice Rink to open January 10 in new location off University Parkway

Ed Gunts, Dec 6

For the fourth year in a row, Johns Hopkins University is bringing a temporary ice rink to its Homewood campus for six weeks, starting Friday, Jan. 10, and running through Sunday, Feb. 23, weather permitting.

The …

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Lighting of the Quads turns 20

Claire Goudreau, Dec 3

In 2005, Johns Hopkins University celebrated its first Lighting of the Quads, gathering hundreds of students, staff, faculty, and community members to watch as the Homewood campus turned on its holiday lights. The original organizers hoped …

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Program prepares students to tackle challenges of a complex world

Emily Gaines Buchler, Nov 19

Stephen Hawking famously predicted in 2000, “I think the next century will be the century of complexity.”

Today, the late physicist’s words ring true, given the many large, multilayered problems that exist in our world, …

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