Posts from 2015

Originally published in the Johns Hopkins News-Letter On Monday evening, the Black Student Union called the campus community together for a frank conversation concerning issues of race, diversity and the black student experience at Johns...

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff: Reports of bigotry and racial discrimination across U.S. higher education have drawn this country’s attention in recent weeks, and it is important to acknowledge that this moment is not about a handful...

By Hub staff report Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels was a guest Monday on Dan Rodricks' Roughly Speaking podcast, during which he spoke in depth about the university's response to the...

By Hub staff report Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels was a guest this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe where he spoke about the institution's ongoing efforts to strengthen Baltimore and...

Dear Faculty, Students, and Staff, This summer, I hosted a small group of high school students from the Johns Hopkins Summer Jobs Program in my office, offering cookies and lemonade as, with typical teenage reserve, they shared stories about...

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Dear Johns Hopkins community: In recent years, we—along with other colleges and universities across the country—have confronted and addressed a number of complex issues surrounding sexual assault and the steps we must take to protect...

Remarks for Ronald J. DanielsBUILD EventSt. Peter Claver Church [Introduction MAY be from Rev. Andrew Foster Connors]Thank you Rev. Foster Connors. And good evening! It is a great privilege to be here with all of you — to join together in...

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Dear Faculty, Students and Staff:Ten goals. Four priorities. Conversations with more than 1,000 members of the Johns Hopkins community across 10 divisions, culminating in one ambitious vision for our university through 2020. Since we...