Posts from 2020

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Dear Johns Hopkins Community: I write to you on the other side of a historic Election Day. While there is still much we don’t know as we wait for remaining states to certify results, it is beyond doubt that participation—especially by younger...

Recorded Oct. 28, 2020 | Broadcast Nov. 3, 2020The following remarks were prepared for delivery at the Times Higher Education Leadership & Management Summit Good morning, everyone. I’m delighted to be able to join you for...

Dear Johns Hopkins Community: We write today to share news about our spring semester. With a mix of cautious optimism, careful preparation, and strong desire to convene on our campuses, we are planning to resume in-person, on-campus academic...

Dear Johns Hopkins Community: This past summer, I had the opportunity to talk with Professor Martha Jones in the Department of History about her latest book, Vanguard, a history of Black women’s multigenerational struggle to secure...

October 15, 2020 Dear Johns Hopkins community: The past eight months have been among the most challenging in our university’s past century, as we have weathered together the effects of a devastating pandemic that has taken millions of lives...

Dear Faculty, Students, Staff, and Neighbors: In June, we wrote to you to express Johns Hopkins’ commitment to reimagining public safety in our communities. We believed then, as we do now, that this moment calls upon all of us who care deeply...

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Thank you, Vice Provost Phillips. And thank you to everyone who has worked tirelessly and imaginatively to make this program and orientation so special under such dramatically changed circumstances. Welcome—officially—to the great...

Dear Faculty Colleagues: It is hard to overstate the importance of our junior faculty to the future of our university. They are without question some of the best young scholars, teachers, and clinicians anywhere in the world, and they bring...