Posts from 2020

Dear Members of the Johns Hopkins Community, In the past three months, across the U.S. and around the globe, we have experienced extraordinary challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In communities of which Johns Hopkins is a part—from...

Remarks by President Ronald J. DanielsJohns Hopkins Virtual Commencement [iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MPw8Yog055A" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer...

Dear Members of the Johns Hopkins Community: We write today to update you on our preparations for the gradual resumption of Johns Hopkins’ in-person activities as we face together the ongoing challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic. No final...

Dear Members of the Johns Hopkins Community: In recent weeks, I have written to share updates with our community and to express my profound gratitude for your extraordinary response to COVID-19. I continue to be awestruck by our university’s...

Dear Johns Hopkins Faculty, Students, and Staff: It has been a long and nerve-wracking month since we began to fully prepare for, and mitigate the impact of, the extraordinary challenges posed by COVID-19. Our colleagues from the Bloomberg...

Features a conversation with President Ronald J. Daniels, Johns Hopkins University, and Dr. Jonathan Cole, Columbia University [iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ao5Vefy1PvM" title="YouTube...

Over the past few weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has transformed life for all of us. As a country, we have taken a series of steps that would have been unimaginable a few weeks ago. Millions of Americans are working from home. Colleges, schools...

Dear Students of the great Class of 2020, In light of the recent guidance from public health authorities and our own experts about the prolonged and unpredictable nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, Johns Hopkins has made the difficult decision...

Dear Johns Hopkins Students, Faculty, and Staff: The rapidly evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has called upon Johns Hopkins—and each of you—to take a series of unprecedented steps to safeguard our community and ensure that we...

Dear Johns Hopkins Faculty, Students, and Staff: We are facing an increasingly challenging moment as COVID-19 has moved from an isolated and seemingly distant outbreak to a global pandemic that is now clearly among us. The reality of the rapid...