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(06/30/25 9:30pm)
On June 16, Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education Sabine Stanley and Associate Vice Provost for Postdoctoral Affairs Val Culotta announced the results for the union representation election organized by National Labor Relations Board. The voting took place between June 4th – 6th, and postdoctoral fellows at the University voted on whether or not Johns Hopkins PRO-UAW would become their exclusive representative for the purposes of collective bargaining.
(07/03/25 12:41am)
On Friday, June 6, Hopkins filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Harvard University in its ongoing legal fight with the Trump administration. Through the brief, Hopkins and 23 other U.S. universities have publicly promoted Harvard’s case. Previously, the Hopkins administration issued multiple statements pledging compliance with the new policies.
(06/20/25 2:33pm)
On Wednesday, May 21, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the administration will begin to “aggressively revoke” the visas of international Chinese students, including those with ties to the Chinese Communist Party or those studying in “critical fields.”
(06/16/25 9:16pm)
On June 4, approximately 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel from the Hopkins Hospital spilled into Inner Harbor, Baltimore. Beginning on East Fayette Street, the spill originated from the hospital’s emergency generators when the tanks were overfilled, resulting in the discharge of diesel into various stormwater drains that ultimately led to the Patapsco River.
(06/04/25 11:10pm)
On May 22, Hopkins conducted the University-wide Commencement ceremony to recognize the achievements of the Class of 2025 and celebrate the completion of their degree requirements. In interviews and responses to a survey conducted by The News-Letter, recent graduates commented on this year's ceremony.
(05/14/25 10:41pm)
On May 1, the Hopkins and Baltimore communities came together for the May Day Picket protest at the Beach, as well as the Dome at the University’s med campus. Organized by Teachers and Researchers United (TRU-UE), the protest demanded that Hopkins declare itself a sanctuary campus, end student surveillance, support the international community, fully fund all ongoing research and commit to academic freedom.
(05/14/25 6:01pm)
At around 5 a.m. on May 8, the Hopkins Justice Collective (HJC) formed an encampment on Keyser Quad called the Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Liberated Zone. Members of Johns Hopkins Public Safety and the Johns Hopkins Police Department (JHPD) responded to the encampment, dismantling the tents and dispersing the protesters.
(05/13/25 12:20am)
On Wednesday, April 23, the Hopkins Postdoctoral Researchers Organizing Committee (Hopkins-PRO) filed a petition to form a union with United Auto Workers (UAW), representing 1,600 postdoctoral researchers.
(05/20/25 8:25pm)
April 29 marked a year since the beginning of the Palestine Solidarity Encampment at Hopkins. The primary aim of the encampment, initiated by the Hopkins Justice Collective (HJC) with the support of student organizations and community members, was to spotlight the ongoing genocide in Gaza and demand the University divest from and boycott companies and universities supporting genocide. During the negotiation process, University administrators intimidated students by threatening disciplinary action and police violence to forcefully dismantle the encampment.
(05/02/25 11:31pm)
On Monday, April 28, President Ronald J. Daniels announced in an email that 36 of the 37 previously terminated graduate student visas had been reactivated by the federal government. The following day, April 29, University administrators hosted a second virtual “Community Updates” briefing to elaborate on the reinstatements and discuss broader guidelines and resources for international students.
(04/29/25 4:01pm)
On April 25, 2025, a Hopkins spokesperson shared an update about the bus accident. In the update, the spokesperson described the nature of the accident and provided the University’s response to the crash.
(04/23/25 6:00am)
As of April 21, more than 1,500 students from several hundred colleges and universities, have had a sudden change in their F-1/J-1 visa status or Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status. In many of these cases, the exact reasons for these changes in visa status remain unclear, and several universities have stated that they only discovered the changes by consulting the SEVIS database.
(04/22/25 10:06pm)
On Saturday, April 19, 2025, at 5:19 p.m, the JHMI bus crashed into buildings on the corner of 25th and North Charles Street. At least nine people, including the driver and several passengers, were hospitalized.
(04/25/25 2:50pm)
On Aug. 24, 1867, Johns Hopkins University established its Board of Trustees, consisting of 12 members responsible for defining the University's mission and values. Today, the Board has expanded to 30 trustees and six ex officios. The Board now acts as the University’s chief governing body, responsible for academic, financial and policy actions of the University, including voting on tenure, setting tuition for academic programs, determining compensation for the president and supervising University investments.
(04/22/25 4:22pm)
On April 18, the Leadership, Engagement and Experiential Development (LEED) office at Hopkins announced that The Beaches and Toosii will be performing at the 2025 Spring Fair Concert. The artists were revealed through an Instagram post by the official LEED account and a “Concert Artist Reveal Party” was also hosted.
(04/24/25 5:00am)
Established in 2018, the Johns Hopkins Police Department has faced significant critical responses from students and community members, including student protests in 2019, spray-painted messages around campus in 2020 and a student-led “Die-in,” where participants imitated lying dead on the floor in a town hall in 2022. In face of opposition and nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, JHPD operations paused between June 2020 and June 2022 to evaluate the department.
(04/20/25 2:23pm)
On April 15, University administration hosted a virtual Community Updates conversation titled “Immigration and student visas.” The event was a conversation between Interim Vice President and General Counsel Tiffany Wright, Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of the Johns Hopkins Police Department Branville Brown, and Associate Vice Provost of of International Student and Scholar Services Jim Brailer.
(04/14/25 9:46pm)
As of April 10, the Office of International Services (OIS) stated that the number of graduate students who have had their F-1 visas and records revoked was now “several dozen” on their website, an increase from the “approximately dozen” described on April 8.
(04/13/25 5:34pm)
Editor’s Note: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
(04/07/25 4:00am)
On Wednesday April 2 at 4 p.m., the Hopkins Justice Collective (HJC) and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a press conference outside Charles Street Market to announce a joint letter signed by over 50 advocacy, faith-based and student organizations addressed to the Governor Wes Moore, Attorney General Anthony Brown and the Maryland legislature.
