Tag: Johns Hopkins University

National Community-Based Health Teams Reflect on Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts

A group of public health researchers across the country recently convened to discuss their work and outreach efforts around the coronavirus pandemic in African American and Latino communities, both rural and urban.

July 16, 2021

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Leadership & Policy

The Rich Get Richer in the Midst of a Pandemic

In order to stay above water, institutions are making drastic decisions – implementing hiring freezes and pay cuts, trimming personnel via furloughs and layoffs, and leaving several employees without cost-of-living adjustments for the foreseeable future. Yet, in the midst of these decisions, I can’t help but notice how certain individuals seem to avoid economic losses – or take only minimal losses to save face.

December 17, 2020

Census Records Reveal the Founder of Johns Hopkins University Owned Slaves

Records show that Johns Hopkins, the founder of Johns Hopkins University, owned slaves, despite the previously held perception that he was an early abolitionist. The university announced the discovery on Wednesday in a letter to the campus community from President Ronald J. Daniels, Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Dr. […]

December 10, 2020

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Howard, Johns Hopkins Reverse Course, Opt for Virtual Fall Semester

Howard University, in the nation’s capital, will now hold its fall semester entirely online for undergraduates and will not house students. The decision announced late Friday afternoon is a reversal of plans to offer students the option of in-person and virtual classes. It also signals the angst and gravity that campus leaders are facing as they decide how or if they will re-open their institutions as the coronavirus pandemic rages.

August 7, 2020

University of Michigan’s Kessler Scholars Program for First-Generation Students Expands to Other Institutions

The Kessler Presidential Scholars Program, which was established at the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) at the University of Michigan (U-M) as a way to support first-generation students financially and academically, will expand to more institutions across the country.

May 27, 2020

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Johns Hopkins Gets $200,000 in Federal Funds For COVID-19 Tracker

Johns Hopkins University has been given $200,000 in federal funds to support its global COVID-19 tracker that has become the preeminent resource worldwide for tracking the spread of the coronavirus. Democratic Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Democratic Representatives Dutch Ruppersberger and John P. Sarbanes said the federal funds will be disbursed through […]

April 30, 2020

Coronavirus Has Ripple Effects Across Higher Ed Landscape

The American Council on Education (ACE) said on Monday it is canceling its annual meeting, set for March 14-16 this year in San Diego, due to the threat posed by the novel coronavirus. However, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, or NADOHE, is still planning to go ahead with its March 11-14 annual meeting. These developments come even as more and more universities announce they are closing and/or moving classes online amid fears of a global pandemic.

March 9, 2020

Penn State to Launch Clark Scholars Program Via $15.5M Gift, $10M Match

Penn State University will this fall begin a need-based program to fund underrepresented engineering students with a $15.5 million donation and an additional institutional match of $10 million.

February 19, 2020

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Report: Higher Ed Giving Rose 6.1% in 2019 But Growth Rate Slowed

Donations to higher education institutions rose 6.1% in 2019 compared to 2018, boosted by a $1.8 billion gift from presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg and his foundations to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, said a new survey.

February 6, 2020

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Johns Hopkins Ditched Legacy Admissions to Boost Diversity – And It Worked

In 2014, Johns Hopkins University got rid of legacy as a factor in admissions, hoping to up its student diversity. Six years later, its president, Ronald J. Daniels, wrote about the decision in The Atlantic. In sum, it worked.

February 5, 2020

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Faculty & Staff

JHU Faculty Protest Armed Police Force on Campus

More than a 100 faculty members at Johns Hopkins University is protesting a plan to create an armed school police force at the private Baltimore university, according to a report in The Baltimore Sun. “If Johns Hopkins wants to cultivate better relations with its neighbors and with the City government, the creation of a private […]

January 27, 2020

2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Daisy Le

George Washington University (GWU) School of Nursing recently released a doctoral program in which the school’s assistant professor in health disparities and oncology, Dr. Daisy Le, will figure prominently. Although not a nurse, Le’s in-depth research in health equity and healthcare disparities as well as her extensive community-based work make her of crucial importance to dean Dr. Pamela Jeffries’ transdisciplinary research vision.

January 23, 2020

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