News – Johns Hopkins University Student Well-Being

'The Class of 2020 is ready to make its mark'

'Few classes graduate into an environment as desperately in need of our solutions and sacrifices as this one,' says senior class president Pavan Patel

Anthony Fauci delivers special message to Johns Hopkins graduates

Leading infectious disease expert and member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, an unannounced participant in JHU's Commencement ceremony, praises students for their achievements, resilience, and potential

Hats off to the graduates

Universitywide ceremony recognizes more than 9,000 graduates, including 1,400 undergraduate students

Class of 2020 in photos

Members of the Class of 2020 celebrate their achievements and document their final days as Johns Hopkins students

Senior reflections

As they prepare to graduate, members of the Johns Hopkins Class of 2020 reflect on friendships made, lessons learned, and their future plans

Johns Hopkins students develop campaign to combat coronavirus-related racism

The marketing campaign, created for the university's Advertising/Integrated Marketing Communications course, addresses harmful labels students have experienced firsthand

A conversation with Pavan Patel, president of the Johns Hopkins Class of 2020

Patel helped plan this year's virtual Commencement ceremony, crowdsourcing ideas from the Class of 2020 to create a one-of-a-kind interactive celebration

Katrina Myers Caldwell named chief diversity officer at Johns Hopkins University

Caldwell has more than 26 years of leadership experience in diversity and inclusion in higher education

Shanon Shumpert to lead Johns Hopkins Office of Institutional Equity

She joins JHU from Rush University System for Health, where she established and led their office of institutional equity

Despite distance, LGBTQ Life helps students stay close

Disruption to semester and effects of social distancing make the office's services and events more important than ever, says LGBTQ Life Director Demere Woolway