New York mayor tops $1B in gifts to Johns Hopkins

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 28, 2013
Tags: Education, education news, fundraising, johns hopkins university, Michael Bloomberg, philanthropy, Ronald J. Daniels

Johns Hopkins University says New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $350 million pledge is the largest gift it has ever received. The university announced the commitment late Saturday. It said the money will be used mainly to expand Hopkins’ interdisciplinary research on an array of issues including global health and urban revitalization. Bloomberg, who amassed [...]

Hopkins pledges $10M to surrounding communities

BY: Alissa Gulin
POSTED: December 6, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Development, development news, Education, homewood, johns hopkins university, Maryland Institute College of Art, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, Ronald J. Daniels
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Johns Hopkins University has pledged $10 million over five years for the Homewood Community Partners Initiative, a collaborative effort to address key issues facing 10 North Baltimore communities surrounding the Homewood campus, officials announced Thursday. Although the initiative itself isn’t new — Hopkins convened a committee in 2010 to prioritize solutions — university President Ronald [...]

Rothman named dean of Johns Hopkins medical school

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: December 19, 2011
Tags: Carver College of Medicine, Edward D. Miller, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Paul B. Rothman, Ronald J. Daniels, University of Iowa

Paul B. Rothman, the next dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, will take the helm as the future of American health care remains all but inscrutable beyond the next election and major Supreme Court decision. Rothman described a “a time of turmoil” at his introductory news [...]

Residents rebuke EBDI developer

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: July 28, 2011
Tags: Andrew B. Frank, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, beacon park, Carton Donofrio Partners, Development, Forest City-New East Baltimore Partnership, hopkins, Kia-Michelle Massey, middle east, Phyllis A. Hubbard, Reginald Fitzgerald, Ronald J. Daniels, Scott Levitan
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Saying they were excluded from the process, angry residents of Middle East shut down a presentation Thursday by the developer of the 88-acre redevelopment as he attempted to detail a series of recommendations for the future of the stalled $1.8 billion project. Scott Levitan, senior vice president of the Forest City-New East Baltimore Development Partnership, [...]

Hopkins business school dean Gupta stepping down

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: May 16, 2011
Tags: canada, carey business school, Dennis O'Shea, johns hopkins university, montreal, Phillip Phan, Ronald J. Daniels, SDP Telecom Inc., Yash P. Gupta

Yash P. Gupta, the first dean of the Carey Business School, will step down at the end of June to take a top post at a Canadian telecommunications firm, Johns Hopkins University announced Monday. Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels said he will open a national search to find a replacement soon. Gupta’s last day will [...]