A year of incredible impact

Each and every day your discoveries, your scholarship, your work, and your service—

make an incredible impact in our community and across the world.

I’m thrilled to share a taste of all the examples that exist in every division and corner of our institution.

Thank you for another inspiring year at Johns Hopkins.

Ron Daniels' Signature Ron Daniels,
President

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Read more about the incredible impact the Johns Hopkins community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni made this year.

A gray, rocky ball - the asteroid Dimorphos - is seen against the black backdrop in space in this image transmitted by NASA's DART spacecraft

Credit: NASA/ Johns Hopkins APL
Planetary defense
Bull's-eye! NASA's DART spacecraft slams into asteroid
Published Sept 26, 2022
Collision with asteroid Dimorphos demonstrates a mitigation technique that could be used in the future to deflect asteroids that pose a threat to Earth
Marie Eric and Tyler Guarino show a burrito

Image caption: Marie Eric and Tyler Guarino display a burrito outfitted with Tastee Tape, which has been dyed red for visibility, and a piece of the clear tape.

Credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University
Student Success
Stuck on Tastee Tape
Published Nov 10, 2022
When four Hopkins students presented their Design Day product, they didn't expect the media to pick it up and give it viral attention. Months later, the students are alumnae, and the future of the product is bright.
A young girl with a light blue headband tries on a pair of red eyeglasses

Credit: Larry Canner / For Johns Hopkins University
Vision for Baltimore
Vision realized
Published Nov 1, 2022
Vision for Baltimore celebrates providing 10,000 pairs of eyeglasses for Baltimore City students
Inaugural Johns Hopkins Vivien Thomas Scholars cohort
Hopkins welcomes first Vivien Thomas Scholars
Published Aug 18, 2022
20 scholars join the university this fall to pursue PhDs as part of a new $150M initiative to address historic underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and math fields
A person holds a white pill in the palm of their hand and a glass of water in the other

Credit: Getty Images
The best way to take a pill, according to science
Published Aug 16, 2022
Researchers examining the mechanics of drug dissolution and the natural anatomy of the stomach found that taking a pill while lying on your right side shortens the time it takes for medicine to be absorbed
Photo of autonomous robot performing a surgery in a dark room

Credit: Courtesy of Axel Krieger and Jin Kang
Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help
Published Jan 26, 2022
In four experiments on pig tissues, the robot excelled at suturing two ends of intestine—one of the most intricate and delicate tasks in abdominal surgery
A campus scene featuring four marble columns and marble steps, with fall foliage in the background

Credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University
University rankings
Hopkins rises to No. 7 in 'U.S. News' rankings
Published Sept 12, 2022
Key factors in JHU's ranking include small class sizes, academic performance of incoming students, high graduation rates
A group photo of the team of Johns Hopkins University team that has collaborated with more than 100 researchers around the world to assemble and analyze the first complete sequence of a human genome

Credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University
Biology
Deciphering our DNA
Published March 31, 2022
Johns Hopkins team contributes key research to the effort to produce the first complete sequence of human genome, which will provide a clearer picture of how DNA affects the risks of diseases and how genes are expressed and regulated
The exterior of the Imagine Center

Credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University
Life design
Inside the Imagine Center
Published Sept 19, 2022
Since 2018, Johns Hopkins has been quietly revolutionizing its approach to student career and life design. Now, the revolution has a headquarters.
A monitor tracking a patient's vitals

Credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University
Artificial Intelligence
Sepsis-detection AI has the potential to prevent thousands of deaths
Published July 21, 2022
A new system identifies patients at risk for sepsis to aid in the prevention of the illness, which is often difficult to detect and is one of the world's leading causes of death
NGC 3324, a young star-forming region in the Carina Nebula, looks like mountains and valleys speckled with glittering stars

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
James Webb Space Telescope
Images show a sky full of stars
Published Fall 2022
Much-anticipated images from Hubble's successor show, in brilliant and startling detail, far corners of the unseen universe / Johns Hopkins Magazine