Posts from <span>2016</span>

JHU and undocumented U.S. residents at the university

Published on Dec 16, 2016

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff: Over the past month, members of our community have expressed understandable concern about potential changes in national policies as a result of the presidential transition, particularly related to undocumented...

BloombergView Commentary: A Better Way to Help U.S. Victims of Free Trade

Published on Dec 2, 2016

By Ronald J. Daniels and Michael Trebilcock There's no way to stop globalization or technological progress. Washington should instead focus on helping industrial workers to adapt. If Donald Trump was consistent about one thing on the campaign...

Washington Post Commentary: Allowing guns on campus will invite tragedies, not end them

Published on Oct 21, 2016

By Daniel Webster and Ronald Daniels Daniel Webster is a professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. Ronald...

Update on diversity and inclusion

Published on Sept 16, 2016

Dear Faculty, Students, and Staff: Over the past academic year, we announced several significant initiatives related to the diversity of our university, and committed to keeping you apprised of our work. We understand that to make progress...

‘The Economist’ looks at the challenging history and strengthening future of Hopkins and Baltimore

Published on Sept 1, 2016

Applied research A university tries to take on the social problems that surround it BISHOP DOUGLAS MILES of Koinonia Baptist Church, in Baltimore, used to be embarrassed to be a Johns Hopkins alumnus. A girl once stopped talking to him when...

Freshman Convocation 2016

Published on Aug 31, 2016

Remarks by President Ronald J. DanielsJohns Hopkins UniversityFreshman ConvocationRalph O’Connor Recreation CenterAs prepared. [Presentation of the Class of 2020 by Vice Provost David Phillips.] Thank you, Vice Provost Phillips....

Aspen Ideas Festival

Published on July 12, 2016

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Baltimore Business Journal Commentary: STEM education key to city’s future

Published on June 23, 2016

Ronald DanielsStanley Litow, Contributors Throughout the past year, Baltimore has been engaged in an earnest conversation about how to change the city’s trajectory, bending it in a way that provides opportunities for all of its residents...

2016 Commencement Ceremony

Published on May 18, 2016

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The Chronicle of Higher Education Commentary: Free the Public Universities

Published on May 6, 2016

By Ronald J. Daniels Over the last decade, the fate of America’s public universities has commanded considerable attention. The principal concern has been the impact that steadily declining levels of state support for higher education...