Category: Community
Best of Baltimore Research
July 9, 2012
A Baltimore-based study, led by scientists at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging and published in 2010, found that African-Americans with incomes below the poverty line have a significantly higher risk of chronic kidney disease than higher-income African-Americans or whites of any socioeconomic status. After completing this study, School of Medicine faculty member Deidra […]
A great big family picnic
June 25, 2012
Almost 1,700 staff members, faculty and their families attended the JHU Staff Appreciation Picnic held June 8 on the grounds of Johns Hopkins at Eastern, where a catered BBQ dinner was served by members of the administration, and attendees played carnival games and sang karaoke. “The picnic is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and thank […]
Be prepared: July marks start of Charles Street reconstruction
June 25, 2012
Charles Street reconstruction is finally about to begin. Baltimore City has awarded a construction contract, and work is expected to begin in July on rebuilding the roadway from 25th Street north past the university’s Homewood campus to University Parkway. In a letter sent last week to faculty, staff and students, Greg Smith and Michael Sullivan […]
New elementary school breaks ground
June 11, 2012
Today more than 300 East Baltimore students, residents and supporters are expected to join Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, other city and state officials and Ronald J. Daniels, president of The Johns Hopkins University, for the ceremonial groundbreaking of a new $43 million state-of-the-art elementary school and The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Early Childhood Center. The event […]
A big shake
May 29, 2012
Showing sportsmanship by shaking hands before their chess match are Brandon Boles, a pre-K student at Pimlico Elementary, and Jaylon Simpson, a first-grader at Alexander Hamilton Elementary. The duo competed in the citywide chess tournament held May 22 in Homewood’s Glass Pavilion. Simpson finished the day undefeated and was crowned the Baltimore Kids Chess League […]
Recipes for learning
May 29, 2012
Nearly 800 fourth-graders from seven elementary schools in Montgomery County learned bread baking and, at the same time, basic principles in chemistry, math and measurement, through the King Arthur Flour Life Skills Bread Baking Program, which was held on two days last week on the Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus in Rockville, Md. The day […]
Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund helps 21 local nonprofits
May 29, 2012
Twenty-one local nonprofit organizations have received financial support from the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund in the form of grants totaling nearly $263,000. Sixty-six agencies applied in February for funding, with requests totaling nearly $800,000 for projects that address the needs of communities around Johns Hopkins campuses in the areas of public safety, health, employment, education […]
Sowing the seeds of community
October 31, 2011
A community garden will take root this fall on the Johns Hopkins at Eastern campus, thanks to the nurturing efforts of a small group of students and the support of several university offices. The garden was the idea of representatives from Real Food Hopkins, a student-run group committed to bringing local, sustainable, humane and fair food […]
Hundreds of helping hands
October 3, 2011
The collective power of one university was on full display for the 2011 President’s Day of Service. Nearly 1,000 students, faculty, staff and alumni turned out on Sept. 24 to lend a hand to local nonprofit organizations and community centers in Baltimore and beyond. Participants took part in more than 40 projects. They planted gardens, […]
Neighborhood get-together
September 26, 2011
The Johns Hopkins University and the Charles Village Business Association hosted the seventh annual JHU Convergence block party on Sunday, Sept. 18. Johns Hopkins students and administrators, including President Ron Daniels; residents from the neighborhoods surrounding the Homewood campus; and locally oriented exhibitors came together to celebrate the community and enjoy the free food, a […]