Speeches

President Daniels shares the story of Henrietta Lacks and thanks her family and members of the community who have helped bring the moment to fruition.

President Daniels celebrates Bayview Medical Center's interdisciplinary expertise, its spirit of clinical innovation, and its commitment to the community.

President Daniels welcomes the recently arrived Class of 2028 and transfer students and discusses the importance of open debate and discourse to the pursuit of truth and knowledge.

In address to Johns Hopkins University's Class of 2024, he speaks about the importance of seeing others in full and finding common humanity

Thank you, Sarah [Szanton], and good afternoon. I am so, so delighted to officially celebrate the Fannie Gaston-Johansson Faculty of Excellence Program, a testament to Dr. Gaston-Johansson's deep commitment to diversifying the Johns...

Thank you, Barbara [Benton Hill, Class of 1974], for that introduction, and your commitment to Hopkins—a family tradition following the legacy of your father George Benton, who enriched this university as dean and vice president of the...

Thank you, Mayor LePore. It is wonderful to be back here in Bologna with all of you. In February 1955, mere steps from here at the Aula Magna, more than a thousand people gathered for the inauguration of the SAIS program in Bologna. Assembled on...

President Daniels spoke at a celebration Oct. 19 to dedicate the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.

Remarks by President Ronald J. DanielsConvocation for the Class of 2027 | Keyser Quad | August 27, 2023 [As delivered] Thank you, Vice Provost Phillips. Thank you, too, to all our speakers this evening for your words of welcome, and also to the...

In remarks to the Class of 2023, President Daniels shares the story of the immense collective effort needed to help 88 people escape Afghanistan during its chaotic collapse in August 2021.