The World

Knowledge for the world

Johns Hopkins has a proud tradition of leadership in education, research, service, and patient care around the globe. Guided by our founding mission, we bring the benefits of discovery to the world.

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Pioneering pandemic data tracking

The Coronavirus Resource Center became a critical global resource during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing the public, journalists, and policymakers across the U.S. and around the world with visualizations of cases and deaths as they were being reported / The Hub, February 2023

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Ready to live

From the earliest days of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, Johns Hopkins has led clinical care, research, and education locally and around the world / The Hub, November 2024

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Blue bloods

For each COVID-19 vaccine shot in the arm, we have the horseshoe crab—and the collaboration between a Johns Hopkins immunologist and hematologist—to thank / Johns Hopkins Magazine, Summer 2021

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Giants of the genome field

Bert Vogelstein and Ken Kinzler have pioneered genetic cancer research for decades. Through some failures, and even more bad jokes, their lab continues to search for the disease’s elusive cure. / Johns Hopkins Magazine, Spring 2022

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The art of the pivot

Pandemics. Wars. Existential financial threats. The Bloomberg School of Public Health has long used its hard-won experience to anticipate and shape the future.

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Trailblazing Chinese-American grad program

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center opened in China to a cohort of 64 graduate students in September 1986, marking the first time an American university established a physical presence in the country

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Calls to Action

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From its earliest days, Johns Hopkins has been defined by a pioneering spirit and extraordinary people who are united by a common purpose—to deliver world-changing impact.

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Johns Hopkins has always been deeply connected to Baltimore, recognizing that the health and well-being of the university is inextricably tied to the well-being of the city of which we are a part.

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