Speeches

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 class of 2024, and to all of our extraordinary transfer students who are now and forever a part of the Hopkins community! I know this is not how you pictured your entry into college...

Remarks by President Ronald J. DanielsJohns Hopkins Virtual Commencement To our alumni and trustees, to our faculty and staff, to our parents, family members and friends; and most especially to our graduates, welcome to the Johns Hopkins University Commencement for the great Class of 2020! Traditionally, commencement is a time of optimism and possibility, of pomp and circumstance, as you line up by...

Features a conversation with President Ronald J. Daniels, Johns Hopkins University, and Dr. Jonathan Cole, Columbia University

Association of American Law Schools Annual MeetingWashington, D.C. Introduction In 1932, an economist, a political scientist, and a lawyer walked into the New York governor’s mansion … I promise this isn’t the start of a bad joke. The governor, in this case, was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the three visitors were Columbia professors Adolf Berle, Rexford Tugwell, and Raymond Moley. With the nation reeling...

555 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. As prepared Good evening everyone. Welcome to all our friends and leaders, including former SAIS deans Jessica Einhorn and Stephen Szabo, and the members of the Nitze family with us this evening, to Director of SAIS Europe Mike Plummer, and Co-Director of Hopkins Nanjing Adam Webb, alumni, and supporters from SAIS and the broader community. Your presence here this evening...

Ralph O’Connor Recreation Center As prepared Thank you, Vice Provost Phillips. Thanks, Joshua and Aspen for your words and to Archipelago Project, the Sirens and the AllNighters for their great performances. And thanks to the entire Orientation team for doing such a phenomenal job! And to Trustee Stromberg for sharing his thoughts and for so much more that he does as a dedicated son of Hopkins. Now, without any further...

New York Historical Society I am delighted to gather with you all in a place that celebrates the people and events that made New York the extraordinary metropolis it is. Exactly two weeks ago, the Johns Hopkins class of 2019 crossed the stage at their commencement in Baltimore to join ranks with so many of you in this room—our wonderful alumni! As is tradition, they were joined by an exceptional group of men and women who...

Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore As prepared To our honorary degree recipients, alumni, and trustees, to our faculty and staff, to our parents, family members and friends; and most especially to our graduates, welcome to the Johns Hopkins University commencement for the great Class of 2019! You have made it! You have evolved from your first timid steps around the Johns Hopkins seal to the people you are today. You are wiser....

Rising to the Challenge Campaign CloseRalph O’Connor Recreation CenterJohns Hopkins University Thank you, Jeff, and Dave, for your extraordinary leadership and friendship and your support for the milestone we mark tonight as for so many other endeavors that we have undertaken together. 121 years ago, on the afternoon of January 2, 1897, a group of our university leaders, trustees, and faculty – including our...

Remarks for President Ronald J. DanielsReinventing Our Communities: Investing In OpportunityAs prepared Thank you, Mayor Pugh. Welcome to our distinguished guests, our colleagues and leaders from civic and community organizations, academia, philanthropies, and industry in cities across the country. I share Mayor Pugh’s sentiment of appreciation that you are convening here in our hometown of Baltimore....