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.
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.
On Tuesday, April 15, the Student Government Association (SGA) convened for their weekly meeting. They discussed the renovation of Shaffer and Remsen Halls with members of the administration before moving on to committee voting procedures and agenda-making with the new Executive Board, who were elected last week.
On Thursday April 10, the Hopkins Lecture Series hosted an event titled “An Evening in Virtual Conversation with Margaret Atwood” in collaboration with the Aronson Program for International Studies and the International Studies Leadership Council. This event was part of their 2025 spring series to facilitate discussion on topics of domestic and international significance.
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.
Two tickets, consisting of three and two candidates, respectively, are running in the 2025–2026 Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Board elections. The SGA Executive Board debate was held Tuesday, April 1, and voting will be open on April 8.
On Wednesday, April 9 the Masters in Intelligence Analysis Program hosted “Africa at the Center of Global Issues”, which featured a discussion on the future of diplomacy and conflict in the African continent, especially considering the role of foreign aid.
On Friday, April 11, the Committee on Student Elections (CSE) released the results for the 2025–2026 Homewood Undergraduate Elections. These positions included the Executive Board, Senate and Class Programming Councils for the Student Government Association (SGA) and the president and vice president for the Hopkins Student Organization for Programming (the HOP).
As of April 10, the Office of International Services 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.
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.
On Tuesday, April 8 the Student Government Association convened for their weekly meeting. This was the last general body meeting of the 112th SGA Senate.
On Wednesday, March 26 at the Great Hall in Levering Hall, the Sheridan Libraries hosted the Milton S. Eisenhower Library (MSE) Furniture Fair, where students were encouraged to provide feedback on a new array of furnishings, which will become available once the renovations for MSE are completed.
Hopkins Justice Initiative (HJC) released a statement on March 27, demanding a meeting with the University administration to negotiate a sanctuary campus to protect noncitizen students. In their statement, HJC called for the University to prohibit all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities on the Hopkins campus, sever partnerships with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and refuse compliance with the federal government’s efforts to surveil, monitor or deport students.
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 50 advocacy, faith-based and student organizations addressed to the Governor Wes Moore, Attorney General Anthony Brown and the Maryland legislature.
On Tuesday, April 1 the Student Government Association (SGA) convened for their weekly meeting. They discussed SGA merch, amendments to their Constitution and passed a funding bill to promote voter turnout in SGA elections.
On March 13, pro-life activist and Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins visited Hopkins as part of her nationwide “Make Abortion Illegal Again” Speaking Tour, tabling in front of Charles Street Market during the day before delivering a talk in Gilman 50 in the evening.
On Monday, March 31, 2025, the University announced that Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, will deliver the commencement speech for the Class of 2025.
The University announced the Regular Decision results for its 150th class on March 21. This was the final round of decisions in one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the University’s history.
On Wednesday March 5, the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and Global Health NOW hosted an event entitled “Extraordinary Journeys: Stories of Refugees Fleeing Conflict and Shaping Global Health.” Held at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington D.C. and available to an online audience through a livestream, the storytelling event highlighted the experiences of refugees from the Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH) community.
On Tuesday, March 25 the Student Government Association convened for its weekly meeting.
