All charges against the remaining three Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers implicated in the death of Freddie Gray were dropped yesterday morning. The decision by the office of Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby came after unsuccessful prosecutions of four of the officers between December 2015 and July 2016.
The University has selected Sunil Kumar, dean of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, to be its fifteenth provost, effective Sept. 1. Kumar will replace Robert C. Lieberman, who will become a Krieger-Eisenhower professor in the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences (KSAS) and will continue his research on the intersection of race and inequality in the United States.
The fourth trial of police officers implicated in the death of Freddie Gray is set to begin tomorrow, coming after two acquittals and one mistrial that have rocked Baltimore.
Johns Hopkins Facilities and Real Estate (JHFRE) began a major waterproofing and repair project on Krieger Hall in May that will fence off the Breezeway and other portions of the Keyser Quad until August 2017.
The University announced on May 6 that it will discontinue covered grades in the fall of 2017. In the past week, many students, led by a coalition of groups called #ReCoverHopkins, have criticized the University’s decision. They say the covered grades policy is an effective program to guide students through the transition from high school to college.
Student groups have mobilized and formed the #ReCover Hopkins Coalition in protest of the University’s decision to end covered grades in the fall of 2017 and the University’s lack of transparency in finalizing the decision.
The University announced this afternoon that it will discontinue covered grades, officially known as the first semester grading policy, in the fall of 2017. Next year’s freshman class will still have covered grades for their first semester, but the Class of 2021 will not. Current students will not have their first semester grades uncovered.
The University has announced that the Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) and the Carey Business School will offer a new joint-degree program for undergraduate students starting next fall. The five year program will allow students to receive a Bachelor’s of Science degree (BS) from WSE and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Carey School.
JHU Circle K completed a mural painting at Joshua’s Place with the help of the daycare center’s children, parents and staff last Tuesday. Circle K is a Hopkins community service group which works with many different organizations in Baltimore. The group has students volunteering in numerous activities from cooking and tutoring to fundraising.
The Taiwanese American Students Association (TASA) hosted their annual night market last Saturday. The event, which strived to mimic the night market of Taiwan’s Jiufen area, offered food, games and performances for students who attended.
Students for Environmental Action (SEA) hosted a panel on Thursday titled, “Social Equity in Baltimore” as a part of their Sustainable Action Speaker Series.
Hopkins Relay For Life hosted its annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society from 4 p.m. until midnight on Friday. Founded in 1985, Relay For Life is a national group that supports community fundraising walks during which teams camp out overnight and take turns walking around a track field to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
The University’s website, jhu.edu, won a 2016 Webby Award in the School/University Category on Tuesday. Within this category, the website was awarded the People’s Choice Award for having received the most online votes.
The annual Woodrow Wilson Poster Session, featuring the culmination of research that senior Wilson Fellows completed over the past four years, took place Thursday, April 21, in the Glass Pavilion.
In honor of the one year anniversary of Freddie Gray’s death and the Baltimore uprising, the Johns Hopkins Men of Color Hopkins Alliance (MOCHA) and Female Leaders of Color (FLOC) hosted their inaugural “Looking Ahead” conference on Saturday, April 23 in Charles Commons.
The University’s Office of Sustainability awarded the “Green Division of the Year Award” to the Homewood campus for the significant strides and progress in sustainability it has made in the past year. This award, along with 11 others, was presented at the fourth annual Green Blue Jay Awards ceremony at the Bloomberg School of Public Health last Friday, April 22.
The Committee on Student Elections (CSE) announced the results of the Student Government Association (SGA) 2016-2017 Class Council elections on Monday evening. Compared to last year’s election, total voter turnout fell roughly 35 percent from about 1,506 students to 974 students this year. 24.3 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots.
State Senator Catherine Pugh is now Baltimore’s presumptive mayor-elect after her victory in the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday.
Due to the smaller incoming freshman class, the Hopkins Inn will not house students for the 2016-2017 school year.
The Hopkins chapter of Active Minds held Send Silence Packing (SSP) to commemorate the 1,100 college students who commit suicide every year. The organization placed backpacks on the Beach on April 21 to represent those who have taken their own lives.
