Step Up 2012

Step Up 2012 in pictures

Johns Hopkins undergraduates celebrated the many ways that philanthropy enriches the student experience at JHU during Step Up week (April 29-May 4, 2012). Events throughout the week allowed students to let loose while recognizing those … Read More →

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Johns Hopkins Atlanta event highlights

An engaged crowd of 175 Johns Hopkins alumni, friends and guests packed the ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta on May 2 to participate in a discussion with renowned bioethicist Ruth R. Faden, … Read More →

Jeri Fellerman

Why Give | I’m Part of the Community

Jeri Fellerman, Bus ’99, put her juggling skills to the test as a part-time graduate student at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School; she happened to also be working full-time and raising a family. Today, … Read More →

SAIS students in Washington, D.C.

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The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) has received among the largest gifts in the school’s history: a residential property valued at $5.9 million from an anonymous donor. The property will be … Read More →

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Why Give | Where Else Can You Get 8% Return

Faith Holland

Whenever Faith Holland visits a city, she likes to explore its libraries. So when she moved to Baltimore with her husband – the late Laurence B. Holland, Ph.D., a professor of American literature and American studies … Read More →

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Whiting Donor Hits the Heights

Bob and Kathe Shinham

After a successful career as a civil engineer and then teaching at a university, Bob Shinham, Engr ’71, is still reaching new heights, like this one in the Sedona area of Coconino National Forest, Arizona. … Read More →

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Why Give | Clinical ethics matter

John Freeman, Med '58, and Elaine Freeman

“My hope is that students and residents will be far more sensitive, more humanistic and in touch with different responses from patients and tolerant of different decisions,” says John Freeman, Med ’58.

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Overheard@ Chicago Day of Service

Johns Hopkins Chicago Day of Service

We had our ear to the ground on World Water Day.

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Johns Hopkins Chicago Day of Service

The Chicago Day of Service in pictures

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Swim Across America Laboratory

Swim Across America laboratory

“We wanted the proceeds from this event to make a difference,” says John Dierkes, A&S ’77, who brought Swim Across America to Baltimore and to Johns Hopkins.

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Why Give | The Compelling Conviction

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Before John Dierkes, A&S ’77, raised nearly a million dollars for cancer research, he was a swimmer.

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Why Give | Johns Hopkins Saved My Life

Jane Webster, A&S '94

Jane Webster, A&S ’94, learned about giving back as an undergrad, but it hit home when she was a patient.

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$10 million bequest supports knowledge exchange

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Leslie C. Norins, A&S ’58, and his wife, Ann “Rainey” Norins, will fund a student and faculty exchange program in the sciences.

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Baltimore philanthropists endow Peabody scholarships

Robert E. Meyerhoff (at the keyboard) and Rheda Becker visit with Leon Fleisher in his studio at his Baltimore home.

With a $1 million gift, Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker endow the Leon Fleisher Scholars Fund for Piano Students.

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