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Convocation

Welcoming JHU’s newest students

Published Aug 27, 2024

Before classes started Monday morning, the Johns Hopkins University Class of 2028 and transfer students were officially welcomed to campus Sunday evening at the annual Convocation ceremony.

A nebula made up of cloudy gas and dust in the form of soft and wispy clouds and, in the centre, thin and highly detailed layers pressed close together. Large, bright stars surrounded by six long points of light are dotted over the image, as well as some small, point-like stars embedded in the clouds. The clouds are lit up in blue close to the stars; orange colours show clouds that glow in infrared light.

Astrophysics

Possible clues to how stars are born

Published Aug 27, 2024

Survey of young star-forming cluster offers evidence that the same cosmic processes that give birth to stars may also play a role in making objects only slightly bigger than Jupiter

Hopkins welcomes third cohort of Vivien Thomas Scholars

Published Aug 27, 2024

19 scholars join JHU to pursue PhDs as part of a $150M initiative designed to advance STEM pathways for students from HBCUs and MSIs

Class of 2028

Picture perfect

Published Aug 26, 2024

Members of the first-year class, nearly 1,300 in all, arranged themselves on Keyser Quad to spell out their class year, a Hopkins Orientation tradition