Speeches

President Daniels welcomes the recently arrived Class of 2029 and transfer students, encouraging them to embrace their 'limitless possibility’

In address to Johns Hopkins University's Class of 2025, President Daniels reiterated his belief in the transformative power of higher education.

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.