This past spring,the Henderson-Hopkins School found itself with an extra 85 students on campus:Twice aweek,55 undergraduate and 30 graduate students from Johns Hopkins University would travel to the East Baltimore public school to serve as math tutors for grades four through eight.The Henderson-Hopkins Math Tutorial Program first started in fall 2022,with 53 tutors serving nearly three-fourths of all eligible students.Since then,the initiative has grown exponentially,with about 40 Hopkins tutors resuming their roles this fall and plans to hire an additional 60 tutors for the upcoming school year.The idea for the program first arose during avisit to the school by JHU President Ron Daniels.While speaking to Henderson-Hopkins Principal Peter Kannam,Daniels asked what could be done to address learning losses caused by the pandemic."I said,‘I would set up away to engage Johns Hopkins students and bring them in to tutor our students in math,"Kannam recalled."And President Daniels said,‘Let‘s make it happen.‘That‘s the kind of person that President Daniels is."According to the first cohort of tutors,each visit with their Henderson-Hopkins students follows the same routine:After arriving in Lyfts provided by the university,tutors go inside to meet their groups,which are made up of two to three students.Then,after afew minutes of catching up,the lessons begin,with each student receiving personalized attention as they review math concepts and complete practice problems.Some weeks also have special themes,such as Culture Week,where students and tutors were encouraged to share parts of their heritage with each other.One aspect that makes this tutoring program different from past Henderson-Hopkins initiatives is the timing.Rather than keeping the students after school or requiring them to come in early,tutoring occurs during the school day,slotted between the students‘other learning blocks.By structuring the day like this,the program can better retain its college-age tutors,who often have other commitments outside of school hours.As aresult,students receive more consistent instruction and support.According to Charlotte Egginton,a Krieger School junior majoring in the Writing Seminars,maintaining reliable tutors also allows for deeper connections within the program."I saw so many examples of extremely positive relationships forming between the students and tutors,"she said."Part of my duty as atutor was not just to do the math problems and solve the equations but to listen to[my students]when they needed someone to confide in.Because we‘re younger,we have the opportunity to form aclose connection like that." 查看详细>>

In amessage sent today to faculty,students,staff,and alumni,Daniels announced that he plans to convene aseries of listening sessions across the divisions in the first quarter of 2020 to begin charting the course of the university beyond the Ten by Twenty,the bold strategic vision launched in 2013 to steer the institution through the remainder of the decade."The ambitious goals we set together[for the Ten by Twenty]were shaped by conversations with more than 1,000 of you,and your ideas and efforts have driven many of our extraordinary successes in the years since,"Daniels wrote."Now,as 2020 approaches,it‘s time to take stock of how far we have come and to dream together,once again,about the institution‘s future."Daniels is working with deans,administrators,and student leaders to plan more than 50 conversations to hear diverse perspectives on the progress that has been made based on the Ten by Twenty‘s four priorities:One University,Individual Excellence,Commitment to Our Communities,and Institution Building.In his message,Daniels suggested that possible conversation-starters might include the obstacles to meaningful interdisciplinary collaboration;ways to further strengthen the undergraduate experience and doctoral programs;how best to utilize the university‘s new home in Washington,D.C.;deepening our partnerships in Baltimore;and using financial resources to advance abold vision for education,service,and discovery. 查看详细>>

When Bob Balfanz stepped to the podium to open the Pathways to Adult Success National Conference in Baltimore this morning,he realized adecades-old goal.That‘s because the idea of the conference—an effort to help students from low-income communities succeed in college and beyond—was planted in the very first days of his tenure at the Johns Hopkins School of Education,almost 20 years ago.Since those early days,Balfanz,a research professor at the Center for the Social Organization of Schools and director of the Everyone Graduates Center,has built anational reputation as areformer‘s reformer."A key point of our work is really this research to practice,practice to research process of identifying problems and then developing approaches to correct them,"Balfanz says of his life‘s work.One key finding,he says,leads to the next and the next,and it all comes together through school reforms and on-the-ground programs.A prolific author and tireless researcher,Balfanz has concentrated his efforts on ending the cycle of dropouts in the nation‘s poorest and most-challenged school systems.His first major findings,in the early 2000s,showed that just 12%of the nation‘s roughly 20,000 high schools are responsible for half of the nation‘s dropouts.In 2006,Balfanz coined aterm for these schools that has stuck:"dropout factories.""From our lived experience in these schools,we saw that it was avery mechanical process,like afactory.It was ametaphor,"Balfanz says."But it caught on."A finding as striking as that would be enough for most researchers to hang his or her hat on for years to come,but Balfanz was not one to let things linger.He soon began to contemplate ways to counter the problem of dropout factories.That led to further research into the early warning signs that those who drop out of school display,often early in their educational careers.He found that the kids who are most likely to drop out are those who don‘t show up to school,who get disciplined often,and whose grades are lacking.Balfanz labeled these warning sign categories as Attendance,Behavior,and Course performance."With just three factors we call‘The ABCs,‘you can spot dropouts in the data as early as sixth grade,"he says.But what good are early warning signs if there are no practical reforms or interventions in place to prevent at-risk students from dropping out?In response,Balfanz‘s next endeavor was to develop model programs designed to not only identify these kids,but to also get them help and shepherd them to graduation.He called it"Diplomas Now." 查看详细>>

The office of student research at the Krieger School has anew name and new research opportunities.Now called the Office of Undergraduate Research,Scholarly and Creative Activity,or URSCA,the office continues to be directed by Natalie Strobach and will continue to support Krieger School undergraduate students interested in or currently pursuing research in the humanities,social sciences,and natural sciences.URSCA manages avariety of research funding opportunities,including the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship,the Dean‘s ASPIRE Grant(formerly called the Dean‘s Undergraduate Research Award),the Bander Family Fund,the Clinger Award,the Albstein Research Scholarship,and the Amgen Scholars Program.The office also oversees several summer programs for visiting students. 查看详细>>

Johns Hopkins University today released an interim study on approaches to improving public safety,a report compiled after nearly ayear of research and community conversations about safety and security on and around the university‘s campuses.The report was posted online for public comment and sent to the Maryland state legislature."After nearly ayear of careful study and community discussions,it is our firm belief that asmall,university-based,community-oriented,and research-backed police department—one that is authorized by the state and accountable to the public and to local government—is essential for Johns Hopkins and would make asignificant contribution to the safety of our city and the communities around our campuses,"JHU President Ronald J.Daniels and Hopkins Medicine CEO Paul Rothman wrote in amessage to the university community and neighbors announcing the release of the report.The full text of their message is below. 查看详细>>

JHU offers new master‘s degree program in Healthcare Systems Engineering.Non-residential program prepares grads to solve health care‘s greatest challenges.Image credit:Pixabay By Lisa Ercolano/Published Nov 16,2018 The Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering has launched anew online master‘s degree program in Healthcare Systems Engineering aimed at preparing engineers and health care professionals to make health care more efficient,affordable,and safer.... 查看详细>>

Johns Hopkins collaborates with Morgan,Coppin to promote STEM diversity.ASPIRE program,supported by$2.46M grant from NIH,provides professional development opportunities for engineering,medicine,and biology PhDs.By Lisa Ercolano/Published Nov 13,2018 With$2.46 million in support from the National Institutes of Health,Johns Hopkins University is teaming up with two historically black Baltimore institutions,Morgan State and Coppin State universities,to cultivate a... 查看详细>>

Partnership combines JHU‘s top-rated biomedical engineering program with the world‘s No.1 engineering school Anew program will allow students to earn graduate degrees from both the Johns Hopkins University‘s top-ranked Department of Biomedical Engineering and the world‘s No.1 engineering school,Tsinghua University in Beijing,China.The Tsinghua JHU-BME Dual Degree MS program,the first academic collaboration between Johns Hopkins and Tsinghua University,extends the research collaboration between the two institutions that started in 2008 with the establishment of ajoint Center for Biomedical Engineering Research.During the two-year curriculum,students will study and conduct research in the U.S.and China,earning aMaster of Science in Engineering in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins and aMaster of Science degree from Tsinghua‘s Electronic Engineering or Biomedical Engineering departments.U.S.News&World Report ranks Tsinghua as the world‘s best global engineering school and ranks the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Department first among BME graduate programs."This partnership brings together the two best engineering programs in the world to position our students at the forefront of the rapidly expanding and dynamic medical technology innovation field,"says Michael I.Miller,professor and director of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins."The future of biomedical engineering education is global,and we are proud to partner with Tsinghua University to offer students this exciting opportunity."Tsinghua JHU-BME program students will spend their first year at Johns Hopkins taking advanced project-based courses in either biomedical data science;regenerative and immune engineering;neuroengineering;biomedical imaging and instrumentation;genomics and systems biology;or computational medicine.They will have the opportunity to work with researchers,clinicians,and physicians at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the university‘s Whiting School of Engineering.The next year,the students will travel to Tsinghua to pursue ayear of thesis research under the mentorship of scientists and engineers.Students will also be able to participate in summer internships with Beijing companies and hospitals."This provides our students with the best of both worlds,"says Raimond L.Winslow,director of the Institute for Computational Medicine,and the BME department‘s vice chair of academic programs."At Johns Hopkins,they receive specialized,hands-on training in emerging BME disciplines and access to one of the nation‘s best medical schools.At Tsinghua,they gain aglobal perspective of research and product development that will make them an asset for future employers.Together,these experiences give them acompetitive advantage in the global marketplace." 查看详细>>

Kara Shipley had always planned to pursue adoctorate in engineering someday,but life got in the way,including athriving professional career,a husband,and,eventually,a daughter."I got my undergraduate degree and went straight into the workforce because Iloved putting my knowledge and skills to work in apractical way,"said Shipley,an assistant section supervisor in the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory‘s Oceanic,Atmospheric and Remote Sensing Sciences Group."I earned my master‘s in mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins part-time while Iwas working,but Ididn‘t go on from there because doing athesis while working full-time and balancing family responsibilities seemed too daunting."Until now.This summer,Shipley became amember of the first cohort of students accepted to the Whiting School of Engineering‘s innovative new Doctor of Engineering program,which was designed with the needs of working,mid-career engineering professionals like Shipley in mind."This program is aperfect fit for me because it will enable me to get the doctorate that Ialways wanted and planned for while still working full-time and raising my daughter,"she said.Like atraditional PhD,the DEng program is grounded in acandidate‘s advanced research and mentorship by amember of the Whiting School‘s engineering faculty.But the similarities end there.While traditional PhD programs focus on engineering theory and scholarship to prepare candidates for careers in academic or industrial research and leadership,the DEng program centers on engineering practice and application to prepare graduates for technical leadership roles in industry or the public sector. 查看详细>>