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Faculty diversity

Key initiative named to honor pioneering Nursing faculty member

Published May 17, 2022

The Gaston-Johansson Faculty of Excellence Program will bring 30 diverse scholars to the university, with a focus on STEM fields

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and artist Christopher Batten next to a portrait of Elijah Cummings

Image caption: Maya Rockeymoore Cummings (left), widow of the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, and artist Christopher Batten stand next to a portrait of Cummings in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University.

Credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University

Names+Narratives

Elijah Cummings portrait honors ‘devoted son of Baltimore’

Published April 28, 2022

Painting of the late congressman, created by Baltimore artist Christopher Batten, will hang in the university’s MSE Library

Graduate education

Proposals sought for programs that build pathways to PhD programs in non-STEM fields

Published March 14, 2022

University will provide $5M to support programs that prepare students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue PhDs

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Diversity+Inclusion

A key juncture on Roadmap journey

Published March 9, 2022

The university is continuing the work it began more than six years ago to make JHU a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive place for all, learning from past experience and building a durable foundation

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MLK Jr. Commemoration

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson to give keynote remarks

Published Jan 7, 2022

Celebration also includes presentation of MLK Jr. Community Service Awards on Jan. 14; advance registration required