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University naming committee to host listening sessions

Published Jan 13, 2021

The group is developing guidance for future decisions about the names of existing facilities, professorships, scholarships, fellowships, and programs

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Group to develop guidance for evaluating renaming requests

Published Oct 14, 2020

The work of the Committee to Establish Principles on Naming will shape future decisions about how and whether to alter the names of existing facilities, professorships, scholarships, fellowships, and programs

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Diversity+Inclusion

JHU begins process of establishing new diversity, inclusion goals

Published Sept 3, 2020

Roadmap 2020 Task Force will review university’s progress to date, develop recommendations that incorporate community feedback

Racial justice

Just Us Dialogues will spotlight critical health and justice disparities

Published Aug 13, 2020

Free online series begins Aug. 20 with a panel discussion titled ‘The 4th Amendment: Use, Misuse and the Case for Police Reform’

Image caption: Sharon Gerecht (left) and Franklyn Hall are among three student-mentor pairs to win the prestigious award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Research

PhD students, mentors win research and diversity fellowship

Published July 31, 2020

Three student-mentor pairs have received a 2020 Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study, which will fund their research as well as programs that promote diversity