Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, established in 1876 as the first research university in the United States. It enrolls about 30,210 students across its divisions and holds an endowment of $13.74 billion. Alumnus and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has given it $1.8 billion for undergraduate financial aid.
Leadership
Ronald J. Daniels, President. Ronald J. Daniels is the 14th president of Johns Hopkins University.
Major gifts to Johns Hopkins University
| Donor | Amount |
|---|---|
| Michael Bloomberg | $1.8 billion |
Key facts
WYDE coverage of Johns Hopkins University
WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Johns Hopkins University, from Aug 8, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026. Johns Hopkins University is a recipient in 1 story and the subject of 1 story. The most recent is Ken Griffin Gives Carnegie Mellon a Record $3 Billion, the Largest US University Gift.
Ken Griffin Gives Carnegie Mellon a Record $3 Billion, the Largest US University Gift
Citadel founder Ken Griffin's $3 billion Carnegie Mellon donation, the largest higher education gift in US history, funds a new Miami campus and computer science in Pittsburgh.
Sep 30, 2026 · 2 min read · Recipient
AIStanford and Arc Institute Researchers Used AI to Design 16 Working Viruses, a First
A Science paper published Thursday describes generative models writing complete phage genomes that were then built in a lab and killed E. coli, and Johns Hopkins biosecurity experts writing in the same issue say no oversight framework covers this.
Aug 8, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Reported alongside Johns Hopkins University
- Stanford University · in 2 stories with Johns Hopkins University
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine · in 1 story with Johns Hopkins University
- Arc Institute · in 1 story with Johns Hopkins University
- Carnegie Mellon University · in 1 story with Johns Hopkins University
- University of Oregon · in 1 story with Johns Hopkins University
- Farnam Jahanian · in 1 story with Johns Hopkins University
- John and Ann Doerr · in 1 story with Johns Hopkins University
- Ken Griffin · in 1 story with Johns Hopkins University
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