"Several dozen" Hopkins international graduate students and recent graduates now have visas revoked
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On Tuesday, March 4, President Ronald J. Daniels sent out an email titled “Our bond at a moment of challenge,” addressing the University’s commitment to research and its response to recent executive orders affecting federal funding.
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Late into the night on Feb. 21, Judge Adam B. Abelson, a federal judge in Baltimore, temporarily blocked several of President Trump’s executive orders regarding the termination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
On Wednesday March 5, a federal judge issued a nationwide temporary injunction against the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) plan to reduce reimbursement for grant-related costs at universities and research institutions nationwide. The preliminary injunction supersedes a temporary restraining order that was issued on Feb. 10.
Hopkins Dining transitioned into a self-operated model in 2022 after separating from Bon Appétit Management Company. The University stated that the transition would create greater flexibility and oversight of the dining facilities on campus.
On Nov. 6, Former President Donald J. Trump was announced as the winner of the 2024 presidential election over Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump has received 295 electoral votes, including decisive votes from various swing states, compared to Harris’ 226, and will return to office for a second term.
The Johns Hopkins Name Review Board (NRB) made recommendations on the use of former U.S. President and Hopkins alum Woodrow Wilson’s name for an undergraduate research program and residence hall entryway on Oct. 24.
The University has released data on the socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds of the class of 2028, marking the first admissions cycle since the Supreme Court's 2023 decision to restrict race-conscious admissions. While the academic qualifications of the new class remain consistent with previous years, the percentage of students from underrepresented racial groups has declined sharply from the data for incoming students in fall of 2023. The proportion of Black students dropped from 13.8% to 5.7% while Hispanic or Latino students fell from 20.8% to 10.7%. The percentage of incoming students who reported identifying with underrepresented groups dropped from 37% in 2023 to 17.6% this year.
In an email to the Hopkins community earlier today, President Ronald J. Daniels announced that Bloomberg Philanthropies, the philanthropic organization of alumnus Michael Bloomberg, has donated $1 billion in funding to alleviate the financial burden of students attending Johns Hopkins graduate schools.
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Historically, Hopkins has maintained a complex relationship with owning land and property in Baltimore.
On Wednesday, April 10, the University announced Flo Milli as the headliner for the upcoming Spring Fair 2024 concert. The artist was announced at an event on Keyser Quad at 7 p.m. — students waited until sundown for the reveal.
On Monday, April 8, hundreds of Hopkins students and community members gathered on the Beach to watch the 2024 total solar eclipse. Beginning at 2:05 p.m. and lasting until 4:33 p.m., the eclipse allowed viewers to see a rare sight: the moon passing between the sun and the Earth.
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The Atlantic announced on Sunday, Feb. 4 that it had suspended its relationship with Hopkins political scientist Yascha Mounk after a journalist accused him of rape on social media platform X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
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In response to the ongoing war in Gaza, Anthropology Department Professor and Graduate Studies Director Clara Han and Anthropology Department Associate Professor and Chair Naveeda Khan wrote the “Open Letter from JHU Faculty in Solidarity with Gaza.” As of Friday, Nov. 3, 29 professors have signed the letter.
Following last week’s vigil, Johns Hopkins University Dissenters and Speak Out Now organized a walkout on Monday, Oct. 30 in solidarity with Palestine. The walkout voiced demands to the University administration and included speeches from Hopkins community members.