Johns Hopkins University
Private university in Baltimore
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| February 2025 | Johns Hopkins University ranked 6th best university in the nation and 13th best globally by U.S. News & World Report for the 2024-2025 academic year. |
| 2024 | Reached Semifinals of NCAA Division III playoffs, defeating Grove City (17-14), DePauw (14-9), and Mary Hardin-Baylor (17-10), but ultimately losing to Mount Union (37-45). |
| 2024 | Significant growth in applicants by 17.9% to 45,134, the highest in the provided data. The acceptance rate further reduced to 5.7%, with 2,558 students accepted and 1,288 students enrolled, with a 50% yield rate. |
| 2024 | A survey ranked the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) as the second-best Master's Degree program in international relations nationally, with 65 percent of respondents placing it in the top 5 programs. |
| 2024 | Officer recruitment and training for the Johns Hopkins Police Department began, with active duty planned for summer 2024. |
| September 2024 | New Student Center scheduled to open in the fall, replacing the demolished Mattin Center. |
| 2023 | Blue Jay Racing achieved their best performance, finishing as the sixth overall team across three competitions. |
| 2023 | JHUDC placed second in the American Parliamentary Debate's national championship and were finalists in the US Universities Debating Championship. |
| 2023 | Advanced to Quarterfinals of NCAA Division III playoffs, defeating Western Connecticut (62-20) and Union (NY) (39-17), but losing to Randolph-Macon (36-39). |
| 2023 | Applicant numbers increased by 3.1% to 38,294. The acceptance rate decreased to 6.3%, with 2,403 students accepted and 1,306 students enrolled, maintaining a 54% yield rate. |
| January 2023 | In the fall of 2023, fifteen percent of undergraduate male students belonged to a fraternity and sixteen percent of undergraduate females belonged to a sorority. |
| 2022 | Women's soccer team won their first NCAA Division III Women's Soccer National Championship with a perfect 23-0-2 season record. |
| 2022 | Men's swimming team placed second at NCAA Division III Nationals. |
| 2022 | Women's field hockey team reached NCAA semifinals for the fourth consecutive year and became NCAA Division III National Championship runner-up, losing to Middlebury College. |
| 2022 | A slight decline in applicants by 4.0% to 37,156. The acceptance rate further reduced to 6.5%, with 2,407 students accepted and 1,310 students enrolled, maintaining a 54% yield rate. |
| 2022 | 99% of admitted students graduated in the top 10% of their high school class, highlighting the exceptional academic caliber of incoming students. |
| December 2 2022 | The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Johns Hopkins Police Department was finalized, defining its jurisdictional boundaries. |
| September 19 2022 | Johns Hopkins University made public a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for its proposed police department and scheduled community town halls. |
| 2021 | Marked 32 consecutive years of placing in the top five hospitals in the nation. |
| 2021 | Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's basketball team, under head coach Josh Loeffler, achieved an outstanding season with a 23-4 record, securing first place in the Centennial Conference and regional rankings. |
| 2021 | Reached Second Round of NCAA Division III playoffs, defeating Salisbury (45-20) but losing to Mount Union (35-45). |
| 2021 | Women's field hockey team reached NCAA semifinals and became NCAA Division III National Championship runner-up, losing to Middlebury College. |
| 2021 | The Mattin Center was demolished to make way for a new Student Center. |
| 2021 | The university's Office of Admissions accepted approximately 4.9% of 33,236 Regular Decision applicants and 6.4% of total 38,725 applicants, demonstrating extremely high selectivity. |
| April 18 2021 | Head Coach Janine Tucker achieves her 300th NCAA Division 1 Women's Lacrosse win with a 13-11 victory against Penn State, becoming the 9th coach to reach this milestone. |
| January 2021 | As of spring 2021, 1,208 students were members of fraternities or sororities at Johns Hopkins University. |
| 2020 | Completed 21 consecutive years of being ranked as the best overall hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. |
| 2020 | CreativeWritingMFA.info ranked the Writing Seminars program as the #1 creative writing program. |
| 2020 | NCAA canceled collegiate activities for the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays women's lacrosse team's potential competition schedule. |
| 2020 | Johns Hopkins ranks 5th globally in the number of utility patents granted and spends nearly $3.1 billion on research, continuing its streak of being the top research-spending university in the U.S. for over 40 consecutive years. |
| 2020 | Johns Hopkins ranked 5th globally in the number of utility patents granted and spent nearly $3.1 billion on research, continuing its tradition of being the top research-intensive university in the United States. |
| 2020 | Johns Hopkins University experienced a decline in applicants by 8.1%, with an acceptance rate of 8.8% and 2,604 students accepted. 1,300 students enrolled, with a yield rate of 50%. |
| 2020 | Undergraduate population increases to 53% female. |
| 2020 | University research into Johns Hopkins' historical records revealed he owned at least five household slaves in the 1840 and 1850 census, contrary to previous assumptions about his abolitionist stance. |
| December 9 2020 | Johns Hopkins University sent an email to employees revealing research findings about Johns Hopkins' potential involvement with slavery, disputing his previous reputation as an abolitionist. |
| June 12 2020 | University president Daniels announced a two-year pause on implementing the Johns Hopkins Police Department following George Floyd protests. |
| June 10 2020 | Johns Hopkins Office of Public Safety issued a statement about pausing the implementation of the university police department. |
| 2019 | Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity chartered its Rho Upsilon Chapter at Johns Hopkins University. |
| 2019 | The baseball team achieved a 3rd place finish in the D3 College World Series. |
| 2019 | Women's field hockey team returned to NCAA semifinals. |
| 2019 | Women's field hockey team reached NCAA semifinals for the second consecutive year. |
| July 8 2019 | Therese Bishagara Kagoyire, a Rwandan Senator, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital. |
| May 2019 | Completed an $80 million expansion project at the Green Spring Station campus in Brooklandville, Maryland, adding a 3-story facility for out-patient surgery, imaging, and oncology treatment. |
| May 8 2019 | Baltimore police arrested three community members, one undergraduate, and one graduate student after a week-long sit-in protest at Garland Hall. |
| April 2019 | The Community Safety and Strengthening Act was passed, granting Johns Hopkins University permission to establish a private police department. |
| April 8 2019 | The Homewood Faculty Assembly unanimously passed a resolution requesting the administration stop pursuing the private police force establishment. |
| March 16 2019 | Virachai Plasai, Thailand's ambassador to the United States, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital. |
| February 2019 | Johns Hopkins University requested permission from the Maryland General Assembly to create a private police force, facing immediate opposition from communities, students, and faculty. |
| January 2019 | Johns Hopkins University announced an agreement to purchase the Newseum in Washington, D.C. to house its D.C.-based graduate programs. |
| 2018 | Johns Hopkins Barnstormers began celebrating their 100th anniversary during the 2018-2019 school year. |
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