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Everything you wanted to know about America’s first research university
Information current as of September 2021
We began by asking big questions. J O H N S H O P K I N S U N I V E R S I T Y FAC T B O O K
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“What are we aiming at?” 1. The university’s graduate programs in
public health, nursing, biomedical
3. It is the leading U.S. academic institution
in total research and development
engineering, medicine, and education are spending. In fiscal year 2019, the university
That’s the question Daniel Coit Gilman asked in 1876, considered among the best in the country, performed $2.917 billion in medical, science, and
at his inauguration as Johns Hopkins University’s first according to U.S. News & World Report. engineering research. It has ranked No. 1 in higher
president. His answer, in part: “The encouragement Individual programs in nursing and public health education research spending for the 41st year in a
and the graduate program in biomedical row, according to the National Science Foundation.
of research . . . and the advancement of individual
engineering all rank No. 1. The School of Medicine The university also ranks first on the NSF’s list
scholars, who by their excellence will advance the sci- is tied for No. 7 among research-oriented medical for federally funded research and development,
ences they pursue, and the society where they dwell.” schools. Surgery, radiology, and anesthesiology all spending $2.482 billion in fiscal year 2019 on
Gilman believed that teaching and research are ranked No. 1 and internal medicine is No. 2. The research supported by the NSF, NASA, the National
School of Education is No. 17. The university itself is Institutes of Health, and the Department of
interdependent, that success in one depends on success
tied for No. 9 on the list of top national universities. Defense.
in the other, and that a modern university must do It is No. 1 overall in biomedical engineering, tied for
both well. Johns Hopkins was the nation’s very first No. 13 in engineering among universities at which 4. Johns Hopkins is Maryland’s largest
the highest degree offered is a doctorate, and tied employer, a major purchaser of goods and
research university, and the realization of Gilman’s
for No. 20 in computer science. The university ranks services, a sponsor of construction projects and a
philosophy here, and at other institutions that later magnet for students and visitors. In fiscal year
at No. 10 on the list of the best global universities.
attracted Johns Hopkins–trained scholars, revolution- 2019, we estimate that Johns Hopkins and its
ized higher education in America. 2. Johns Hopkins claims 29 Nobel laureates affiliates directly and indirectly accounted for more
past and present. Among current faculty, there than $12.6 billion in economic output in Maryland,
For more than 140 years later, Johns Hopkins
are four—as well as 51 American Academy of and 102,404 jobs. Including operations in
remains a world leader in both teaching and research, Arts and Sciences members; 57 members of Washington, D.C., and Florida, we estimate a total
with nine academic divisions—the Krieger School of the Health and Medicine Division, seven recipients economic impact of nearly $13.9 billion and more
Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, of the Lasker Medical Research Award, six than 114,000 jobs.
the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey MacArthur fellows, four members of the National
Academy of Engineering, 27 members of the 5. The university has a presence in nearly
Business School, the Peabody Institute, the Paul H. every corner of the globe. It has campuses in
National Academy of Sciences, two Presidential
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and Medal of Freedom winners, and one Pulitzer Prize Maryland and Washington, plus Bologna, Italy, and
the schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Education— winner. Nanjing, China; faculty and students conduct
research on six continents; and more than 20
plus the Applied Physics Laboratory, a nonacademic
percent of the university’s students come from
division that supports national security and pursues countries outside the United States.
space science, exploration of the solar system, and
other civilian research and development.
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RESEARCH
We made water purification possible.
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Unveiled the first detailed images of images of Pioneered exchange of kidneys among incom- schools, which resulted in the landmark report
Ultima Thule—the most distant space object patible donors (2003-2009) “Equality of Educational Opportunity“ (1960)
We also developed the ever explored—as part of the New Horizons
mission (2019) Landed the first spacecraft on an asteroid Invented cardiopulmonary resuscitation,
ramjet engine, launched (2001) thanks to a chance observation during work on the
defibrillating machine (also invented at Johns
the field of genetic Designed, built, and operated the Parker Solar Isolated and cultivated human embryonic Hopkins) that weight placed on the chest increases
Probe, a NASA spacecraft that will travel within 4 stem cells, the undifferentiated cells from which
engineering, and million miles of the surface of the sun (2018) an entire human being eventually develops (1998)
blood pressure (1958. First performed in July 1959)
authenticated the Developed and received FDA-approval for an Helped develop the first effective treatment
Showed that retrolental fibroplasia, which
immunotherapy drug for cancer based on causes blindness in premature infants, was related
Dead Sea Scrolls. genetic glitch rather than organ site (2017)
for sickle cell anemia (1995) to high concentrations of oxygen used in babies’
incubators (1954)
Discovered that pennies’ worth of vitamin A
Built JEDI, one of nine scientific instruments
At Johns Hopkins, research isn’t just something we supplements administered to Indonesian Confirmed the authenticity of the Dead Sea
aboard NASA’s JUNO spacecraft, which is orbiting
do—it’s who we are. For more than 140 years, our children as part of a blindness prevention program Scrolls, speeding acceptance as genuine of these
Jupiter (2016) were accompanied by a dramatic drop in infant earliest biblical manuscripts (1948)
faculty and students have worked side by side in a
Designed, built, and operated the New Horizons death rates, leading to similar vitamin treatments
tireless pursuit of discovery. Their efforts have led to for thousands of children in developing countries Discovered Dramamine’s effectiveness in
spacecraft, which completed a flyby of Pluto
advances in human knowledge that include the first (2015) (1983–86) alleviating motion sickness (1948)
color photograph of Earth taken from space and the
Cataloged more than 80 percent of the proteins Identified high rates of infant deaths in motor Immunized chimpanzees with inactivated vaccines,
research that led to child safety restraint laws, Drama- vehicle accidents, leading to the passage of child essential to the development of the first widely
in the human body—the “proteome”—as a
mine, rubber surgical gloves, and, yes, the system of biomedical resource (2014) safety restraint laws throughout the United used polio vaccine and a major step toward
water purification by chlorination, which was eventu- States (1979) the prevention of poliomyelitis in human beings
Showed that half-matched bone marrow (1947–52)
ally adopted by every major municipal and industrial Developed the first successful treatment to
transplants are comparable to fully matched
water supply system in the country and many other tissue (2011) desensitize people against bee stings (1975) Took the first images of Earth’s curvature,
parts of the world. from a V-2 rocket (1946)
Developed a blood test for cancer (2008) Invented the first implantable, rechargeable
The good work continues, with faculty conducting pacemaker for cardiac disorders (1972) Developed the first supersonic ramjet engine
research in the humanities, social and natural sciences, First cancer genomes decoded (2006) (1944)
Took the first color photograph of the whole
engineering, international studies, education, business,
Determined that massive, mature, fully formed earth from space (1967) Developed the “blue baby” operation to correct
and health and medicine—and about two-thirds of galaxies existed more than 8 billion years congenital heart defects, ushering in a new era in
our undergraduates engaging in some form of research ago, far earlier than expected, necessitating a Discovered restriction enzymes, the so-called open heart surgery (1944)
re-examination of the dominant theory “biochemical scissors,” which gave birth to the
during their time here. Who knows what they’ll
of galactic evolution (2004). entire field of genetic engineering (1960s). Published the first modern edition of the
discover next? The discoverers were awarded the Nobel Prize in ‘Epic of Gilgamesh,’ making available to the
Sent a spacecraft to Mercury to orbit the 1978 for their achievement world the most significant extra-biblical work of
planet and see its entire surface for the first time ancient Near Eastern literature (1891)
(2004) Conducted the first large-scale research study
of conditions of inequality in American Introduced the rubber glove for use during
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surgery (1889)
AW A R D S
Adam Riess discovered dark energy.
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And in 2011, he won a Woodrow Wilson, PhD 1886 (History)
Nobel Peace Prize, 1919
Francis Peyton Rous, AB 1900, MD 1905
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1966
David H. Hubel
Assistant Resident, Neurology, 1954–55
Nobel Prize in physics for Fellow, Neuroscience, 1958–59
James Franck Haldan Keffer Hartline, MD 1927 Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1981
his part in showing that Professor of Physics, 1935–38 Professor of Biophysics, 1949–54
the expansion rate of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1925 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1967 Torsten Wiesel
Fellow, Ophthalmology, 1955–58
universe is accelerating. Thomas Hunt Morgan, PhD 1890 Simon Kuznets Assistant Professor, 1958–59
(Zoology) Professor of Political Economy, 1954–60 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1981
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1933 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1971
In fact, there have been 29 Nobel Prize winners Merton H. Miller, PhD 1952
associated with Johns Hopkins University, either George Hoyt Whipple, MD 1905 Christian B. Anfinsen (and honorary doctorate 1993) (Economics)
Associate Professor of Pathology, 1910–14 Professor of Biology, 1982–95 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1990
as graduates or faculty, before, at the time of, or
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1972
subsequent to their receipt of the prize. And they are Robert W. Fogel, PhD 1963 (Economics)
in good company, swapping ideas and sharing office Joseph Erlanger, MD 1899 Hamilton O. Smith, MD 1956 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1993
Assistant in Physiology, 1900–1901 Assistant Professor of Microbiology, 1967–69
space with MacArthur fellows, presidential honorees,
Instructor, 1901–1903 Associate Professor, 1969–73 Martin Rodbell, BA 1949 (Biology)
National Academies members, and Academy of Arts Associate, 1903–1904 Professor, 1973–98 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1994
and Sciences members. Associate Professor, 1904–1906 Professor Emeritus, 1998–present
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1944 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1978 Jody Williams, MA 1984 (Latin American Studies)
Nobel Peace Prize, 1997
Herbert Spencer Gasser, MD 1915 Daniel Nathans
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1944 Assistant Professor, 1962–65 Paul Greengard, PhD 1953 (Biophysics)
Associate Professor, 1965–67 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2000
Vincent du Vigneaud Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics,
National Research Fellow, Pharmacology, 1927–28 1967–99 Riccardo Giacconi
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1955 Interim President, 1995–96 Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 1982–97
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1978 Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Maria Goeppert-Mayer 1998–present
Assistant in Physics, 1930-32 Nobel Prize in Physics, 2002
Associate, 1932-36
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1963
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NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS C U R R E N T FA C U LT Y H O N O R S S O M E N O TA B L E G R A D U AT E S
Peter Agre, MD 1974 Adam Riess American Academy of Arts and Sciences members: 51 Virginia Apgar, developer of Apgar score for newborns
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Thomas J. Barber Professor in Physics and Astronomy, Health and Medicine Division members: 57 John Astin, actor
1974–75 Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Lasker Award winners: 8 Russell Baker, Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist for The New York Times
Research Associate/Instructor, Cell Biology Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, 2016 and former host of PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre
MacArthur fellows: 6
and Anatomy, and Medicine, 1981–83 Nobel Prize in Physics, 2011
National Academy of Engineering members: 7 Manuel Barrueco, Grammy Award–winning guitarist
Assistant Professor, 1984–88
National Academy of Sciences members: 34 John Barth, novelist
Associate Professor, 1988–93 Gregg L. Semenza
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Medicine, C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Medicine, National Academy of Medicine members: 18 Jeffrey Blitz, writer/director of Spellbound, Rocket Science, and Lucky
1993–2005 School of Medicine National Medal of Science winners: 3 Wolf Blitzer, journalist
Malaria Institute, 2008–present Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2019 Nobel laureates: 4 Michael R. Bloomberg, former New York mayor, founder of Bloomberg
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom winners 2 L.P., Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Radio
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2003 William G. Kaelin Jr. Carter Brey, principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic
Pulitzer Prize winners: 1
Postdoctoral fellow and resident, Internal Medicine, Rachel Carson, biologist, ecologist, and author of Silent Spring
Richard Axel, MD 1971 1983-1987
Richard Ben Cramer, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2019
Wes Craven, film director
Andrew Fire Note: International Physicians for The Prevention of Caleb Deschanel, cinematographer
Adjunct Professor of Biology, 1989–2009 Nuclear War Inc. of Boston, Mass., was the winner John Dewey, American philosopher, social critic, and educator
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 2006 of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985. Two Johns Hopkins Victor A. McKusick, medical geneticist; author of Mendelian Inheritance
graduates—Bernard Lown, M.D. 1945, and in Man, the definitive source of information on human genes and
Carol Greider James E. Muller, M.D. 1969—were among the genetic disorders
Daniel Nathans Professor and Director of Molecular six physicians (three Americans, three Soviets) who James McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and author
Biology and Genetics, Institute for Basic Biomedical founded that organization in 1980. Dr. Lown deliv-
Kweisi Mfume, former president of NAACP
Sciences, School of Medicine, 1997–present ered one of the two Nobel acceptance speeches on
Walter Murch, Oscar-winning film editor and sound mixer
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, 2014 behalf of the organization.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2009 Caryle Murphy, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, longtime international
reporter for The Washington Post
Tommy Newsom, Emmy winner who was assistant conductor of the
Tonight Show band
Sam Palmisano, former CEO of IBM
Awadagin Pratt, pianist; winner of the Naumburg International Piano
Competition, 1992
Joanne Silberner, journalist
Bill Stromberg, CEO of T.Rowe Price
John A. Wheeler, physicist
Woodrow Wilson, 28th U.S. president
Abel Wolman, water treatment expert
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…and that’s all of them. Nearly 6,000 international graduate and
undergraduate students study at Johns
community leaders to provide high-quality health
care. Jhpiego’s training and low-cost, practical
Hopkins, hailing from 111 countries. health care solutions remove barriers to health care
Johns Hopkins faculty, students, staff, and alumni have for the world’s most vulnerable populations.
There are 12,107 university alumni currently
always made a practice of living, thinking, and acting
living in countries outside the U.S. There are The Carey Business School offers a full-time Global
globally. Johns Hopkins now reaches into nearly every international alumni clubs in 63 countries. MBA program to help prepare experienced
corner of the globe—with campuses or centers in the world-class business leaders. Its Innovation for
Each year, more than 500 undergraduate Humanity course is a six-month project that
United States, China, and Italy; research and training
students study abroad in more than 40 includes a three-week in-country experience
programs on every continent; medical facilities around countries. working in a developing market.
the world; and distance education and online courses
Johns Hopkins ranks No. 10 on U.S. News & The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research
anywhere the Internet will take them.
World Report’s annual list of the Best Global Institute has gathered a critical mass of malaria
As one of our academic divisions, SAIS has Universities. JHU is also among the top 20 in 19 experts from around the world to take a
established itself as a proven training ground for the different subject areas. multidisciplinary approach to understanding the
world’s diplomats, with more than 135 graduates Plasmodium parasite, the mosquito, and the genes
.Johns Hopkins Health System treats 3,922 pa-
having served as international ambassadors. In various and proteins involved in the transmission of
tients from 145 countries in its facilities based
capacities, 19,500 SAIS alumni are currently working malaria.
in the United States
in approximately 140 countries. The Peabody Conservatory collaborated with the
Donors to the university live in 129 countries.
National University of Singapore to create the Yong
In addition to its U.S. campuses, the university has Siew Toh Conservatory, Singapore’s first and only
campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, conservatory of music. It brings an international
China. dimension to the Peabody community with
student and faculty exchange programs.
Johns Hopkins international research and training
sites, programs, and offices are in 101 countries. Because of the importance of the globalization of
technology, all students pursuing a bachelor of arts
Johns Hopkins students can participate in study in general engineering from the Whiting School are
abroad programs in 55 countries. Medical and encouraged to study abroad for at least one
nursing students participate in international semester.
medical electives in 19 countries.
The Department of German and Romance
Jhpiego is an international, nonprofit health Languages and Literatures in the Krieger School
organization. Since 1974, Jhpiego has been offers undergraduate programs in Paris at
working to prevent the needless deaths of women Sciences Po, in Germany at the Berlin Consortium,
and their families in developing countries by and in Madrid at Universidad Carlos III.
partnering with health experts, governments, and
J O H N S H O P K I N S U N I V E R S I T Y FAC T B O O KLEADERSHIP
Our best ideas are yet to come.
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Let’s start with 10. One University Individual Excellence
1. Selectively invest in those programs and 4. Build Johns Hopkins’ undergraduate experience
activities that will advance significantly our core so it stands among the top 10 in the nation.
Ronald J. Daniels took office in March 2009 as the
academic mission.
14th president of Johns Hopkins University. Before his 5. Build on our legacy as America’s first research
appointment at Johns Hopkins, Daniels was provost at 2. Strengthen our capacity for faculty-led university by ensuring that at least two-thirds of
interdisciplinary collaboration and launch a set of our PhD programs stand among the top 20 in
the University of Pennsylvania, and before that, dean their fields.
innovative cross-cutting initiatives that will
and James M. Tory Professor of Law at the University contribute substantially to the world of ideas and
of Toronto Faculty of Law. action. 6. Attract the very best faculty and staff in the
world through a welcoming and inclusive
Daniels is the author or co-author of dozens of environment that values performance and
3. Enhance the impact of Johns Hopkins Medicine,
scholarly articles and the author or editor of seven the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the celebrates professional achievement.
books. In 2009, he was elected a member of the School of Nursing, as the world’s pre-eminent
academic health sciences enterprise by deepening Commitment to Our Communities
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He sits on the
collaboration among these entities and with 7. Enhance and enrich our ties to Baltimore, the
boards of the East Baltimore Development Inc., the
disciplines in other parts of the university and nation, and the world, so that Johns Hopkins
Baltimore Community Foundation, the Goldseker across the globe. becomes the exemplar of a globally engaged urban
Foundation, the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, the university.
Governor’s International Advisory Council, and the Asia
Institution Building
Pacific Rim Universities World Institute.
8. Strengthen the institutional, budgetary,
In May 2013, after several years of discussions with technological, and policy frameworks necessary to
faculty and students, staff and alumni, deans and set priorities, allocate resources, and realize the
trustees, Daniels unveiled “Ten by Twenty.” This set of highest standards of academic excellence.
four major priorities, grouped by themes, are guiding 9. Reinforce our position as the leading university
the university through the remainder of the decade. To recipient of competitively funded federal research
take a look at how the university is doing as it approach- support, while increasing the amount of annual
es this milepost, vist http://10x2020progress.jhu.edu/ research investment from other sources with
appropriate cost recovery.
for progress reports, sucess stories, and where Johns
Hopkins is striving to do more to move the needle. 10. Develop the resource base necessary to support
investments in key academic priorities.
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President’s Cabinet Dwight Raum – Interim Vice Provost for Information Christopher C. Morphew – Dean of the School of
Kerry A. Ates – Vice President, Chief of Staff Technology and Chief Information Officer Education
Lainie Rutkow – Senior Adviser to the President Virginia Roach – Executive Director, Center for
Branville Bard Jr. – Vice President for Public
for National Capital Academic Strategy Talented Youth
Safety
Fritz W. Schroeder – Vice President for Paul B. Rothman – Vice President for Medicine;
Helene T. Grady – Vice President, Chief Financial
Development and Alumni Relations Frances Watt Baker, M.D., and Lenox D. Baker Jr.,
Officer and Treasurer
M.D., Dean of the School of Medicine; Chief
Andrew A. Green – Vice President for
Meredith Stewart – Interim Vice President for Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Communications Human Resources
T. E. “Ed” Schlesinger – Benjamin T. Rome Dean
Laurent Heller – Senior Vice President for Finance Alicia Wilson – Vice President for Economic of the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering
and Administration Development
Ralph D. Semmel – Director of the Applied
Jeanne Hitchcock – Interim Vice President for Physics Laboratory
Christy Wyskiel – Senior Adviser to the President
Government and Community Affairs
for Enterprise Development Sarah L. Szanton – Dean of the School of
Sunil Kumar – Provost and Senior Vice President Nursing
for Academic Affairs
Deans and Directors Winston Tabb – Sheridan Dean of University
Melissa Lindamood – Interim Vice President for Libraries and Museums
Fred Bronstein – Dean of the Peabody Institute
Federal Strategy
Kent Calder – Interim Dean of the Paul H. Nitze Alexander Triantis – Dean of the Carey Business
Maureen S. Marsh – Secretary, Board of Trustees
School of Advanced International Studies School
Robert A. McLean – Vice President for Facilities and
Real Estate Christopher S. Celenza – Dean of the Zanvyl
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Jason T. Perlioni – Vice President, Investments and
Chief Investment Officer Ellen J. MacKenzie – Dean of the Bloomberg
School of Public Health
Paul Pineau – Vice President and General Counsel
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University Board of Trustees, 2020-21 Charles P. Scheeler Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
Louis J. Forster, chair Mayo A. Shattuck III Alexander H. Levi
Anthony A. Anderson, vice chair A. J. Shechtel F. Pierce Linaweaver
Sarah B. O’Hagan, vice chair William J. Stromberg Roger C. Lipitz
William E. Conway Jr., vice chair, ex officio Ci-Ying Sun Christina L. Mattin
Gail J. McGovern
James Anderson Emeritus Trustees Harvey M. Meyerhoff
Jeffrey S. Barber Robert J. Abernethy Naneen H. Neubohn
Chaomei Chen Leonard Abramson David P. Nolan
Renee Chenault-Fattah Peter G. Angelos Ronald M. Nordmann
Charles Clarvit C. Michael Armstrong Walter D. Pinkard Jr.
N. Anthony Coles Norman R. Augustine Joseph R. Reynolds Jr.
Blake Cordish Janie E. Bailey Brian C. Rogers
Susan Daimler Lenox D. Baker Jr. David M. Rubenstein
Ronald J. Daniels, ex officio H. Furlong Baldwin Mark E. Rubenstein
Mary Ann Dickson, ex officio Jeremiah A. Barondess John F. Ruffle
Andreas C. Dracopoulos Ernest A. Bates Marshal L. Salant
Roger C. Faxon David H. Bernstein Frank Savage
Taylor A. Hanex Paula E. Boggs Rajendra Singh
Michael D. Hankin Aurelia G. Bolton Wendell A. Smith
Charles J. Homcy George L. Bunting Jr. Shale D. Stiller
John Hunter Constance R. Caplan Morris Tanenbaum
Bahija Jallal Ina R. Drew Adena Wright Testa
Solomon J. Kumin Manuel Dupkin II William F. Ward Jr.
Ethan D. Leder James A. Flick Jr. James L. Winter
Ross Margolies Richard S. Frary Calman J. Zamoiski Jr.
William H. Miller III Sanford D. Greenberg
Stephen G. Moore Benjamin Howell Griswold IV Former Chairs
Heather H. Murren Lee Meyerhoff Hendler Jeffrey H. Aronson
Karen B. Peetz David C. Hodgson Michael R. Bloomberg
Anika M. Penn, ex officio R. Christopher Hoehn-Saric Pamela P. Flaherty
Michael Rosenbaum Stuart S. Janney III Raymond A. Mason
Gary Roughead Jeong H. Kim Morris W. Offit
Charles W. Scharf Donald A. Kurz George G. Radcliffe
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Looking for the next big thing?
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We have more than 2,800 In fiscal year 2018, Johns Hopkins executed 138 new
license and option agreements to commercialize
research and commercial biotechnology firms in
the country—over the next several decades.
Building to Remington, a burgeoning hub for
entrepreneurship within blocks of the Homewood
inventions ready to go. technologies and was issued 150 new patents. The plan includes the development of about 4.5 campus. Under the new name FastForward U
million square feet of research and office space at Homewood, this 10,000-square-foot innovation
Johns Hopkins is an active partner in several major the Belward Research Campus, a 108-acre site space was designed with students in mind with
Johns Hopkins is a community of makers and doers. science- and technology-based economic develop- owned by Johns Hopkins near the university’s various spaces large and small for events and
We are dedicated to using our best ideas to improve ment initiatives in Maryland: Montgomery County Campus. collaboration including a 2,000 square foot maker
the lives of people around the world. From potable The Baltimore Development Corporation’s space run by the Whiting School of Engineering
Johns Hopkins is helping prepare Maryland’s next with high-tech tools for crafting and prototyping.
water in the 1920s to 21st-century prosthetic limbs, Emerging Technologies Center at Johns generation of innovators and entrepreneurs through
our innovations contribute to the common good. Hopkins Eastern provides flexible space and entrepreneurship education programs both in FastForward1812 opened in January 2017. The
Our discoveries also generate funding to pay for support services to startup companies associated Baltimore and at its Montgomery County 23,000-square-foot space is located in Eager Park,
with Johns Hopkins and other universities in Campus in Rockville. within walking distance of the East Baltimore
even more research. We had 2,864 active patents in
the city. campus. It offers offices, labs, and communal
fiscal year 2018, when the university’s inventions In fall 2017, Johns Hopkins’ first innovation hub workspaces and amenities to help fledgling
generated $16.5 million in licensing revenue with the The East Baltimore Science + Technology moved from the Stieff Silver building to Remington, ventures develop and build their products.
Park, adjacent to the main campus of Johns a burgeoning hub for entrepreneurship within
guidance of Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures. The
Hopkins Medicine, is one of the central elements blocks of the Homewood campus. Under the new Located across from FastForward 1812,
several thousand active patents held by Johns Hopkins of a broader, long-term effort to revitalize East name FastForward R. House, this 9,000-square- FastForward East (Rangos) began transitioning
today could become lifesaving medical devices and Baltimore. The first of a number of research foot renovated space, located a short walk from to a student-dedicated innovation hub in FY2017.
therapeutic treatments tomorrow. buildings planned for the Park, the 300,000- Johns Hopkins’ Homewood campus, features 9,000 For the 2017-2018 academic year, FastForward East
square-foot Rangos Building, was completed in square feet of office, co-working, meeting and wet/ will also house the five startups selected for the
From creating new awards for entrepreneurial
2009. dry lab space. M-1 Ventures accelerator for connected health and
faculty to fostering the development of the FastFor-
fitness startups.
ward business accelerator, President Daniels has made The Great Seneca Science Corridor is an In fall 2018, Johns Hopkins’ first student innovation
ambitious project aimed at doubling the size of hub, Fastforward U, moved from the Wyman Park
it a priority to encourage innovation and entrepreneur-
Montgomery County’s life sciences cluster—already
ship across the institution. In addition to supporting- one of the largest concentrations of life sciences
Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, and students in their
efforts to translate discoveries into marketable inven-
tions, Daniels is a champion of young researchers on a
national scale, submitting testimony to a U.S. Senate
Appropriations Committee on research funding and
authoring a paper titled, “A Generation at Risk: Young
Investigators and the Future of the Biomedical
Workforce.”
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Our students are pursuing more than 260
courses of study.
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That’s everything from Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Whiting School of Engineering Carey Business School
The mission of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts The Whiting School of Engineering is a leader in Grounded in Johns Hopkins’ legacy of excellence and
archaeology and applied and Sciences is discovery—the creation of engineering education and interdisciplinary research, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
economics, to computer knowledge through scholarship and research, and
the education of our students, undergraduate, and
research and is committed to making an impact on
the world by turning breakthroughs taking place in
shapes business leaders who seize opportunity,
inspire change, and create lasting value for society.
engineering and genetic graduate alike. The school’s unique character derives its labs into innovations that benefit society. U.S. Carey brings a modern business perspective to Johns
from its commitment to choose carefully what is News & World Report consistently ranks the Hopkins by shaping leaders who build for what’s
epidemiology, to women’s worth pursuing and to do so without compromise. university’s program in biomedical engineering as next in the global marketplace. The school offers
studies and woodwind The school’s academic programs in the humanities,
natural sciences, and social sciences are renowned
the top in the country. Among the school’s
graduates are former New York Mayor Michael
full-time, part-time, and online MBA and MS
degrees built upon data-driven courses and
instruments. for their excellence and intensity, and notable for the Bloomberg and chairman of Liberty Media John C. experiential learning opportunities for the global
wide range of interdisciplinary opportunities they Malone. marketplace.
provide. Number of students: 2,537 graduate students
Johns Hopkins University enrolls more than 29,000 Number of students: 7,973 (1,908 undergraduates,
full-time and part-time students throughout nine Number of students: 8,527 (3,463 undergraduates, 1,606 graduate students, 4,459 Engineering for Number of faculty: 106 full-time, 66 part-time
959 full-time graduate students, 97 non-traditional Professionals students) faculty
academic divisions. No matter what their field of study,
students, 4,008 Advanced Academic Programs Number of faculty: 222 full-time faculty, 33 Degrees awarded in 2020: 1,289 master’s, 17
our students are active and engaged learners, fully graduate students) teaching faculty, 42 research faculty, 556 Engineer- graduate certificates
immersed in the process of discovery.
Number of faculty: 377 full-time tenured and ing for Professionals faculty Year established: 2007
tenure-track Degrees awarded in 2020: Full-time programs: Dean: Alexander Triantis
Degrees awarded in 2020: 880 undergraduate, 446 bachelor’s, 562 master’s, 78 PhDs, 3 certificate
236 graduate, 16 certificates, 1,360 AAP master’s of advanced study. Part-time programs: 817
degrees and certificates master’s degrees, 22 certificates
Year established: 1876 Year established: 1912
Interim Dean: John Toscano Dean: T. E. “Ed” Schlesinger
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School of Education School of Medicine School of Nursing
For over a century, the School of Education has been From its beginnings, the School of Medicine The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins
preparing educators to make a difference in the lives revolutionized the education of physicians, the Training School for Nurses both opened in 1889.
of children and adults. Founded in 1909 as the practice of medicine, and medical research Founders M. Adelaide Nutting, Isabel Hampton
College Courses for Teachers, the school addresses nationally and internationally by applying Robb, and Lavinia Dock established what would
some of the most challenging problems facing unprecedented standards to medical training. become the national model for nursing education.
education today through graduate and doctoral Rigid entrance requirements were established; the Renamed the School of Nursing, it became a
programs; research and development activities; curriculum emphasized scientific methods as well division of the Johns Hopkins University in 1983
external partnerships with school systems, as bedside teaching, laboratory research, and and opened its doors to students in 1984. Today,
educational entrepreneurs, and health care–related advanced training in specialized fields. For the first the school is a global leader in nursing research,
organizations; and collaborative connections to the time ever in the United States, women were education, and scholarship. Its master’s degree
broader Johns Hopkins research community. admitted as medical students on an equal basis program is ranked at No. 1 by U.S. News & World
Ranked at No. 17 for graduate schools of education with men. Today, the school annually receives Report. The school’s programs in several nursing
by U.S. News & World Report, the school is home to more research grants from the National Institutes specialties made the U.S. News top five.
the Institute for Education Policy and three research of Health than any other medical school and
centers: the Center for Research and Reform in consistently is ranked among the top medical Number of students: 1,592 (1,045 graduate
Education, the Center for Social Organization of schools in the nation by U.S. News & World students, 57 graduate certificate students, 490
Schools, and the Center for Technology in Education. Report. non-degree special students)
Number of students: 1,422 (477 medical Number of faculty: 78 full-time, 157 part-time
Number of students: 2,437 graduate students
student candidates, 945 graduate degree Degrees awarded in 2020: 264 master’s, 39
Number of faculty: 116 full-time; 17 joint, candidates) post-master’s certificiates, 50 professional practice
emeriti, or courtesy appointments Number of faculty: 2,855 full-time, degrees, 6 PhDs
1,266 part-time Year established: 1889 as Johns Hopkins Training
Degrees awarded in 2020: 8 bachelor’s, 817
Degrees awarded in 2020: 115 medical School for Nurses; 1983 as Johns Hopkins University
master’s, 35 doctoral, 122 certificates
degrees, 31 master’s, 125 PhDs, 2 post-bac School of Nursing
Year established: 1909; became the School of certificates Dean: Sarah L. Szanton
Education in 2007 Year established: 1893
Dean: Christopher C. Morphew Dean: Paul B. Rothman
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Peabody Institute Bloomberg School of Public Health cultural expertise to confront complex global
challenges.
The Peabody Institute provides the highest level of As a leading international authority on public
training to musicians and dancers of every age health, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Number of students: 1,083 (884 in Washington,
through its degree-granting Conservatory and its Public Health is dedicated to protecting health and D.C.; 159 in Bologna, Italy; 40 in Nanjing, China)
community-based Preparatory school. Building on saving lives—millions at a time. Founded in 1916,
Number of faculty: 108 full-time, 143 part-time
its rich history as the country’s first conservatory of it is the world’s oldest and largest independent
music, Peabody has introduced the Breakthrough school of public health. It has been ranked No. 1 by Degrees awarded in 2020: 598 master’s,
Curriculum to prepare artists for success in the 21st U.S. News & World Report since 1994. The 4 PhDs, 7 certificates
century. Focused on excellence, interdisciplinary Bloomberg School’s faculty and alumni are Year established: 1943
experiences, innovation, community connectivity, recognized local and global leaders in public health
Interim Dean: Kent Calder
and diversity, Peabody is setting a new standard for research, education and practice.
educating artists, empowering them to thrive in the Number of students: 2,856 (2,677 graduate
ever-evolving international performing arts students, 179 certificate or non-degree students) Applied Physics Laboratory
landscape.
Number of faculty: 765 full-time, 797 part-time The Applied Physics Laboratory is a not-for-profit
Number of students: 664 (383 undergraduates, center for engineering, research, and development;
Degrees awarded in 2020: 861 master’s, 465
252 graduate students, 29 certificate or non-degree it is a nonacademic division that does not grant
certificates, 118 doctorates
students) degrees, though APL staff members lead many of
Year established: 1916 the Whiting School of Engineering’s part-time
Number of faculty: 86 full-time, 9 part-time,
Dean: Ellen J. MacKenzie Engineering for Professionals programs.
and 91 adjunct Conservatory faculty members
Strategically located between Baltimore and
Degrees awarded in 2020: 71 bachelor’s, Washington, D.C., APL has been a major asset to the
102 master’s, 16 DMAs, 32 certificates and diplomas The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced nation since it was organized to develop a critical
Year established: 1857; affiliated with JHU International Studies World War II technology in 1942. APL staff and
in 1977 A division of Johns Hopkins University since 1950, the collaborators work on more than 600 programs that
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies protect the homeland and advance the nation’s
Dean: Fred Bronstein
is a global institution that offers students a truly vision in research and space science, at an annual
international perspective on today’s critical issues. The funding level of about $1.5 billion.
school was established in Washington, D.C., in 1943;
opened its European campus in Bologna, Italy, in Number of employees: Approximately 7,200;
1955; and in 1986 initiated one of the first Western more than 65 percent are scientists and engineers;
university programs in the People’s Republic of China, more than 55 percent hold a master’s or doctorate
in Nanjing. SAIS graduates are known as innovative degree
thinkers and problem-solvers with the economic and
Year established: 1942
Director: Ralph Semmel
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You can visit all our campuses in just
9,921 miles.
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While you’re at it, take in Homewood Carey Business School SAIS
The Homewood campus, situated in the north The main campus of the Carey Business School is The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International
the Lincoln Memorial, the Baltimore neighborhood of Charles Village, is a located in a state-of-the-art waterfront building in Studies is an urban campus with three buildings on
Piazza Maggiore, and Sun peaceful place of green grass, wide-spreading
trees, brick residence halls and classroom buildings,
Harbor East, one of Baltimore’s newest and most
dynamic neighborhoods. The 77,000-square-foot
Massachusetts Avenue in northwest Washington,
D.C.: the Rome Building at 1619 Massachusetts
Yat-sen’s mausoleum. and interconnecting walkways that combine to space offers unparalleled views of a working Avenue, the Bernstein-Offit Building at 1717
create a comfortable country atmosphere in the seaport, where container ships still ferry raw sugar Massachusetts Avenue, and the Nitze Building at
heart of a major city. It’s also just minutes— by to the Domino plant and tall ships from around the 1740 Massachusetts Avenue. SAIS classes are held
Baltimore is the university’s hometown, but we’re bus, light rail, bike, or Johns Hopkins shuttle— world dock regularly. The Carey Business School in all three buildings, while the library, student
at home throughout the world—with campuses in from the Inner Harbor, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, occupies three and a half floors of the Legg Mason lounge, cafeteria, and most administrative offices
Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China, in addition to Johns Hopkins’ medical campus, and the Peabody tower, sharing the structure with one of the world’s are housed in the Nitze Building.
those in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area. Institute. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, top investment firms as well as other businesses.
the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of The campus includes classrooms with video and SAIS Europe
Education, the Carey Business School, and the audio technology, smaller rooms for breakout SAIS’ European campus is in Bologna, Italy, a city
Peabody Institute offer classes and programs at groups and study sessions, an IT support desk, a with a long tradition of education, a rich cultural
Homewood. business center offering print and fax capabilities, heritage, and a history of political vitality. American
and a suite of offices dedicated to student and European students enjoy strong relationships
East Baltimore organizations. with faculty, vigorous debate, and a cohesive social
The East Baltimore campus is home to the School and intellectual community. Courses emphasize
of Medicine, the Bloomberg School of Public Peabody economics, political science, history, and language
Health, and the School of Nursing, as well as Johns Baltimore’s historic Mount Vernon neighborhood skills, and offer an international perspective on
Hopkins Hospital. Ongoing redevelopment of an provides the Peabody campus with a backdrop of global issues.
88-acre, piano-shaped area to the north of the stunning 19th-century architecture and inviting
campus has brought the Johns Hopkins Berman parks. Mount Vernon is a cultural urban village that Nanjing
Institute of Bioethics to the neighborhood, along boasts museums, music, theater, international The Asian campus of SAIS is in Nanjing, China. The
with the Henderson-Hopkins K–8 elementary/ cuisine, boutiques, festivals, and a thriving Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American
middle school and the Harry and Jeanette nightlife. The neighborhood’s historic centerpiece is Studies opened in 1986 as a one-of-a-kind
Weinberg Early Childhood Center. The neighbor- the Washington Monument, built in 1815 as the educational collaboration between Johns Hopkins
hood features a 20-story residential tower called nation’s first monument to George Washington and and Nanjing universities. Located on the downtown
the 929, a 10-story parking garage, a pharmacy, soaring 178 feet above four picturesque parks. campus of Nanjing University, the center educates
and several new restaurants. Still to come are Mount Vernon is a special place, rich in history and future leaders in the only China-based international
several residential developments and a central vibrant in the present, a neighborhood that program with spaces for genuinely free and open
park. beckons residents and visitors to take their time academic exploration.
and enrich their lives.
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics The Montgomery County Campus in Rockville,
Laboratory, founded in 1942, moved from Maryland, offers classes and programs from the
downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, to its Howard School of Education and the Krieger School of Arts
County campus in 1954. Today, APL staff can be and Sciences. MCC aims to create a community of
found working across almost 400 acres of rolling education, business, and government organiza-
countryside that is approximately 50 percent tions, where collaborative thinking and scientific
forested. The Laboratory, located in an area of rural discovery advance academic and economic
farmland and newer housing communities, development. The campus is experiencing
currently has more than 20 buildings, as well as significant growth, with plans to expand from its
facilities at two nearby satellite campuses. In the current 215,000 square feet to more than 2.6
past decade, APL completed construction of several million square feet of academic, research, and
new buildings which meet LEED certification. APL corporate space during the next few decades.
has also won a Bicycle Friendly Business Award
from the League of American Bicyclists. Columbia Center
Located in Columbia, Maryland, and housing
Washington, D.C., Center classes and programs of the School of Education
Situated in the heart of Washington, D.C., the and the Carey Business School, the Columbia Center
Washington Center provides an excellent learning has served adult students in the region since 1974.
environment for Advanced Academic Programs and Some administrative and advising offices are
many Krieger School of Arts and Sciences located there, as well as Professional Career
Washington-based initiatives. The Bernstein-Offit Services, the office of Enrollment Management
Building, located at 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, Services, the Student and Alumni Relations office,
N.W., houses the administrative office for Advanced the office of International Services, the Center for
Academic Programs as well as a Library Resource Teaching and Learning, and the Center for
Center, faculty and student lounges, a large Technology in Education. Columbia Center facilities
administrative/program management suite for include 19 classrooms, academic and career
faculty and staff, 16 classrooms or seminar rooms, advising offices, three computer labs, an electronic
two computer labs, and a large presentation library, two conference rooms, a bookstore, and
room—all just two blocks south of Washington’s faculty and student lounges.
Dupont Circle and accessible by Metro.
J O H N S H O P K I N S U N I V E R S I T Y FAC T B O O KLIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS
We have 3,250,086 volumes on our shelves.
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And more than 1.2 million By the numbers: and Preservation. Together, the interconnected MSE
Library and the Brody Learning Commons counted
designed by Baltimore architect Edmund G. Lind,
is one of the most beautiful libraries in the world.
Total volumes held: 3,250,086
e-books are accessible from Electronic journal subscriptions: 93,957 more than 1.5 million visits in FY2014. Its magnificent neo-Grec interior features an atrium
Commonly referred to as “the Hut,” the surrounded by five tiers of ornamental cast-iron
the comfort of home. Full-text electronic books: 1,210,320
Albert D. Hutzler Reading Room occupies a balconies, gold-scalloped columns, and a latticed
central room in Gilman Hall, the oldest academic skylight more than 60 feet above a black-and-
Everything from e-books and research journals to The Sheridan Libraries building on the Homewood campus, and features white marble floor.
Located in Baltimore, the Sheridan Libraries a high ceiling and beautiful stained-glass windows
DVDs and sheet music can be found in the system
primarily serve the schools of Arts and Sciences, bearing the printers’ marks of 18 Renaissance printers.
Other university libraries:
of libraries supporting Johns Hopkins. In many cases, The John Work Garrett Library is
Engineering, Education, and the Carey Business
the libraries are open to the public. located in Evergreen Museum & Library, the former The William H. Welch Medical Library collects
School.
residence of Ambassador John Work Garrett and current scholarly information that supports the
In Baltimore and the surrounding region, Opened in 1964, the Milton S. Eisenhower
his wife, Alice Warder Garrett. The house was be- research, clinical, administrative, and educational
Johns Hopkins maintains the Milton S. Eisenhower Library is the university’s principal research
queathed to the university in 1942, and the library needs of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
library. Our largest library, it was named for the
Library, the Brody Learning Commons, and the contains about 28,600 volumes. The collection, Because the library’s emphasis is on providing
university’s eighth president, whose vision brought
Albert D. Hutzler Reading Room, all on the Home- which can be used by appointment, features 16th- materials at point of need, the collection is
together the university’s collection of books,
and 17th-century English literature, especially the primarily in electronic format. It covers health, the
wood campus; the Welch Medical Library, the John journals, and other scholarly resources. Strengths
works of Shakespeare, Bacon, Spenser, and Milton. practice of medicine and related biomedical and
Work Garrett Library, the George Peabody Library, in the humanities include German and Romance
Also strong in natural history, the library has some allied health care disciplines, public health and
and the Friedheim Library in the city of Baltimore; languages, philosophy, and the ancient Near East.
of the most important and beautiful ornithological related disciplines, nursing, research literature,
In science and engineering, collection strengths
and libraries for regional campuses and centers in works ever produced by John James Audubon, methodological literature, reviews or state-of-the-
include biomedical engineering, chemistry, and
Maryland and Washington, D.C., which is also home John Gould, and Alexander Wilson. The Fowler art reports, and in-depth, authoritative analyses of
environmental engineering. The library also offers
Architectural Collection focuses on early editions areas influencing biomedicine and health care.
to SAIS’ Mason Library. SAIS also has libraries at its an extensive array of electronic resources, including
of Vitruvius and the great Renaissance architects The electronic collection includes more than 5,000
campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. full-text books and journals, specialized databases,
Alberti, Serlio, Palladio, Vignola, and Scamozzi. journals, more than 400 databases, and more than
and statistical and cartographic data.
Along with millions of books, the libraries The George Peabody Library dates from 8,000 e-books. The WelDoc Service provides access
The newest of the Sheridan Libraries, the
provide 24/7 access to electronic journals, e-books, the founding of the Peabody Institute in 1857. to materials not in the Hopkins collections.
Brody Learning Commons opened in August
In 1982, the Peabody Library became part of the The History of Medicine collection on the
and special collections including rare books, manu- 2012. Connected to the Eisenhower Library on
Eisenhower Library’s Special Collections depart- third floor of the Welch Building is a comprehensive
scripts, and archives. all floors, the BLC is open 24/7 and features a
ment. Reflecting the scholarly interests of the 19th collection, print and electronic, of history of
large quiet reading room, 16 group study rooms,
The university is also home to three museums— century, the library’s 300,000-volume collection is medicine materials.
teaching and seminar rooms, and a café. The Com-
the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum, Home- mons is also home to the Department of Special particularly strong in religion, British art, architec-
The Arthur Friedheim Music Library is one
wood Museum, and Evergreen Museum & Library. Collections and the Department of Conservation ture, topography, and history; American history,
of the largest and oldest music collections in the
biography, and literature; Romance languages and
All three are open to the public for tours, exhibitions, country. Located in Peabody’s Leakin Hall, it serves
literature; history of science; and geography, ex-
lectures, and other events, and are increasingly the faculty, staff, and students at the Peabody
ploration, and travel. The George Peabody Library,
involved in the academic life of the university.
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Institute and Johns Hopkins University, as well as a distinguished alumnus from the class of 1960 Homewood Museum
the general public. Holdings include more than and director of the center from 1992 to 2003. One of the finest extant examples of American
200,000 books, scores, and periodicals; 40,000 The collection consists of more than 85,000 Federal architecture and interior design,
sound recordings in all formats; 3,000 DVDs and volumes, specializing in international economics, Homewood was built in 1802 for newlyweds
videos; microform; and more than 5,400 linear feet international relations, contemporary history, Charles and Harriet Chew Carroll. The 130-acre
of archival and special collections. The Friedheim international law, political science, and European property became the university’s suburban campus
Library offers 24-hour electronic access, both on history and politics. There are strong holdings in the a century later with the historic house serving as
and off campus, to many full-text journals, foreign relations of the United States, the Atlantic architectural inspiration for campus buildings. The
databases, and streaming media. Alliance and European integration, and an furnishings of Homewood Museum, a National
extensive collection of English-language materials Historic Landmark that opened to the public in
The Hopkins-Nanjing Center Library on Italian government and politics. The library’s 1987, reflect the elegant opulence of the Carroll
The research library at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center primary mission is to support the educational goals family’s occupancy (1802–1832). With American
for Chinese and American Studies in China features of the SAIS community, but it is also open to local and imported furniture, ceramics, silver, and other
more than 120,000 volumes in English and Chinese, and visiting readers. fine and decorative art objects, the museum’s
400 periodicals, and access to thousands of electronic period interiors reflect the ideals and culture of a
resources held by both Johns Hopkins and Nanjing new nation while offering visitors an intimate look
University. It is the only uncensored, open-stack Museums at the early 19th-century lifestyle of a prominent
library on the mainland of the People’s Republic of Evergreen Museum & Library Maryland family.
China. Floor-to-ceiling windows, reading carrels, Evergreen Museum & Library, which opened to
couches, and meeting rooms provide students with the public in 1990, is renowned for its diverse Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum
a pleasing study environment. holdings of Asian, European, and American art. The Archaeological Museum was founded in 1882
Of particular interest are Japanese lacquerware, to encourage and enliven the study of the ancient
The Sydney R. and Elsa W. Mason Library art glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany, postimpres- world through the close study of artifacts. The
offers comprehensive library services to SAIS sionist paintings, the John Work Garrett Library of installation highlights nearly 700 archaeological
students, faculty, and staff. It is located on the sixth, rare books and manuscripts, and the only known objects from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, the Near
seventh, and eighth floors of the Nitze Building, at theater designed by revolutionary stage designer East, and the ancient Americas, all exhibited in the
1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Léon Bakst. The former Italianate residence of two custom-built museum facility set within the newly
Its goals include developing and preserving generations of Baltimore’s philanthropic Garrett renovated Gilman Hall atrium.
collections that support the curriculum and family (1878–1952), the museum offers a unique
research interests of the SAIS community and perspective on the evolution of American collecting
providing convenient and seamless access to print, from the post-Civil War industrial revolution to the
electronic, and other resources to facilitate research modern jet age. Contemporary artists are regularly
and expand scholarship. invited to respond to the historic property, and the
museum presents exhibitions and programs that
Robert H. Evans Library at SAIS Europe in
explore the Garretts’ legacy as art patrons.
Bologna, Italy, is dedicated to the memory of Evans,
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