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A vision for Johns Hopkins by the year 2020
In May 2013, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels articulated priorities for the university through the remainder of the decade, collectively called the Ten by Twenty. As 2020 approaches, we invite you to read our latest report on the progress the university has made toward those goals, and to join the conversation about the institution’s future.
Watch our update video
10x 2020 Progress Report Spring 2019
A vision for Johns Hopkins by the year 2020
In May 2013, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels articulated priorities for the university through the remainder of the decade, collectively called the Ten by Twenty. As 2020 approaches, we invite you to read our latest report on the progress the university has made toward those goals, and to join the conversation about the institution’s future.
Watch our update video
Our
Priorities
The aspirations that inspire and guide us as we look to the second half of the decade.
- Four Priorities
- Ten Goals
- Thirty Snapshots
Ten by Twenty launched six years ago. How are we doing? There is still more work to do toward our ambitious goals, but we’ve made some good progress. Here we present 30 “Snapshots”—stories of our most recent accomplishments since our second progress report was released in spring 2017.
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- 1Selectively invest in programs that support our core academic mission.
- 2Strengthen our capacity for faculty-led interdisciplinary collaboration and launch a set of innovative cross-cutting initiatives that will contribute substantially to the world of ideas and action.
- 3Enhance the impact of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the School of Nursing as the world’s pre-eminent academic health sciences enterprise by deepening collaboration among these entities and with disciplines in other parts of the university and across the globe.
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- 4Build Johns Hopkins’ undergraduate experience so it stands among the top 10 in the nation.
- 5Build on our legacy as America’s first research university by ensuring that at least two-thirds of our PhD programs stand among the top 20 in their fields.
- 6Attract the very best faculty and staff in the world through a welcoming and inclusive environment that values performance and celebrates professional achievement.
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- 8Strengthen the institutional, budgetary, technological, and policy frameworks necessary to set priorities, allocate resources, and realize the highest standards of academic excellence.
- 9Reinforce our position as the leading university recipient of competitively funded federal research support, while increasing the amount of annual research investment from other sources with appropriate cost recovery.
- 10Develop the resource base necessary to support investments in key academic priorities.
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Tackling the Opioid Epidemic
Targeted interventions to reduce opioid deaths A first-of-its-kind partnership between the Centers for Disease Control, Johns Hopkins University, several states, and other organizations is taking aim at a national crisis: the epidemic of opioid addiction. The goal of this $50 million investment, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and announced in November 2018 at the Bloomberg American Health Initiative’s summit in Washington, D.C., is
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Fueling Student Discoveries
A new home for undergraduate research Research isn’t just something we do at Johns Hopkins—it’s who we are. Every day, our faculty, clinicians, researchers, staff, and students collaborate to advance humanity. To give our youngest researchers a boost, the Hopkins Office for Undergraduate Research—HOUR, for short—launched in March 2017 under Vice Provost for Research Denis Wirtz with the mission to create a broad,
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Caring for the Hopkins Family
Investing in Hopkins children and families advances our mission One of the best ways to support our core academic mission is to invest in our people. Part of that is offering benefits that help our faculty, staff, and graduate students care for their families. To that end, we have recently expanded offerings to allow time and resources for growing Hopkins families: The Family Leave
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Empowering Entrepreneurs
Fostering closer ties between the city’s big and small businesses When Baltimore’s small business owners gain traction in the local marketplace, the whole city reaps the benefits. That’s why Johns Hopkins has focused significant resources on educational programming in support of Baltimore’s small business community, including the city’s minority and women entrepreneurs. In 2016, the BLocal partnership launched BUILD College, a 12-week program designed to
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Fresh Takes on the PhD
Rethinking graduate training across the disciplines It is imperative that today’s PhD candidates are trained to develop the skills and habits of mind that will enable them to thrive not only in the classroom and laboratory but in the wide world beyond their discipline. Johns Hopkins is setting a new standard for a 21st-century PhD whose knowledge bridges the disciplines with
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Partnering With Industry
Forging innovative partnerships brings new discoveries to market Working together with new partners is helping researchers at Johns Hopkins realize the potential of their most promising endeavors. Bluefield Innovations exemplifies the kind of collaborations that support the commercialization of early stage therapeutic research at Johns Hopkins. Launched in November 2017 with funding by Deerfield Management, an investment firm committed to advancing health care,
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A Hub for Young Innovators
Startup space for students Johns Hopkins students now have access to a space that’s devoted to turning the seeds of their creative ideas—their inventions, startups, crafts, and robotics—into reality. A former factory building in Remington has been transformed into FastForward U Homewood, which opened its doors to students in September 2018. The 10,000-square-foot building features a makerspace with high-tech
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A Sage Investment
Putting a premium on the humanities In a moment when others are retreating from investment in the humanities, a $75 million gift to the Department of Philosophy in January 2018 is helping Johns Hopkins University recognize the indispensable role of the humanities in modern life. The gift is from Wall Street icon William H. “Bill” Miller III and is believed to
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Arming Our Trainees With Data
Shining a light on doctoral student outcomes Landing a traditional university job isn’t a given for trainees in the life sciences. Because there aren’t enough faculty positions to go around, it’s critical that students know the odds while also learning that trained life scientists have a range of career options open to them in industry, entrepreneurship, government, and science communication. To that
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Helping Students Thrive
Building supports from Convocation through Commencement Johns Hopkins wants its undergraduates to do more than simply survive their college experience. We want all our students—especially those who are first-generation college students or from families with limited incomes—to thrive. The Center for Student Success was launched in 2016 with the idea of helping undergrads become fully engaged intellectually, socially, and emotionally as
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Crossing Ideological Divides
Building a hub of conversation and debate As civic engagement declines around the world, Johns Hopkins is leading a global effort to facilitate the restoration of open and inclusive discourse that is the cornerstone of healthy democracies. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University was established in spring 2017 with a $150 million gift from its namesake foundation as
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Exploring New Horizons
Pushing the limits of what’s possible Johns Hopkins’ innovation continues to push the boundaries of humankind’s understanding of the universe with two historic long-term missions: the Parker Solar Probe and the New Horizons spacecraft. Launched in summer 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was designed and built, and is being managed, by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. It will swoop within 4
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Ensuring Equity on Campus
Striving for a fully inclusive community Over the past several years, the university has been working to make Johns Hopkins a more equitable place to learn, work, and live. October 2018 marked the release of the university’s first annual report providing a detailed look at the Office of Institutional Equity‘s efforts to ensure that Johns Hopkins is a community that is free from discrimination
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Making Strides on Diversity
Steady gains in diverse hiring, admissions, and supports When the university released its Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion in November 2016, it set forth a series of concrete actions to support meaningful, lasting progress toward increased diversity and inclusion while providing a framework through which progress would be subject to periodic evaluation and public accountability. The first Roadmap progress report, released in spring 2018, captured the
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Vision for Success
Helping students see their full learning potential Johns Hopkins and its partners in Vision for Baltimore have distributed 5,000 free pairs of eyeglasses to city students, helping them see better in the classroom so they can expand their educational opportunities. Launched in 2016 by Johns Hopkins, the nonprofit Vision To Learn and the alumni-founded eyewear retailer Warby Parker, Vision for Baltimore has provided
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Shining a Spotlight on R&D
Growing our research expenditures and our opportunities to work together Research is our founding principle, outlined in 1876 in the inaugural address of the university’s first president, Daniel Coit Gilman. It remains central to our mission, with the university investing more money in research and development than any other American university for 39 years in a row. To help underscore the vital role research continues
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Global Strategy in Action
Tackling international policy in the heart of D.C. The art of grand strategy and statecraft is alive and well at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at SAIS, where distinguished scholars are engaging with leading practitioners to address some of today’s most complex global challenges. Established in October 2016 with contributions of more than $50 million—the largest combined gift in SAIS
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A Baseline for Progress
Recruiting and retaining a diverse pool of graduate students Across Johns Hopkins’ academic divisions, program leaders and deans have expressed their commitment to finding best practices for attracting, recruiting, and retaining an excellent and diverse pool of graduate students. A detailed report about the composition of the university’s graduate student body by the Office of the Provost is helping to inform these efforts. Released in May
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Engaging Tomorrow’s Citizens
Empowering our students to design an impactful future Johns Hopkins undergraduates go out into the world with more than bachelor’s degrees from a top-10 university. They leave their alma mater civically engaged and ready to design their career. The university has ramped up its programming to support our students throughout their time at Hopkins and help them find meaningful work after graduation. This
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A Biomedical Culture Shift
Making sure our researchers can achieve their goals Dwindling federal research funding, limited academic career opportunities, and a dearth of information about rewarding careers outside of academia—all are stressors for young biomedical researchers. To help, a faculty-led team at Johns Hopkins released a 40-page report examining the landscape of the biomedical research enterprise at the university, offering 24 related recommendations for how Hopkins can
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Attracting World-Class Talent
Bright minds break down departmental barriers When philanthropist and alumnus Michael R. Bloomberg gave an unprecedented $350 million to the university in January 2013, he directed the majority of the gift to the creation of 50 Bloomberg Distinguished Professors who would become “human bridges” across the university, undertaking cutting-edge research and education in multiple schools or divisions. By December 2018, the university announced
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Underwriting Curiosity
Extended support for discovery President Daniels has said that it’s the university’s duty to invest in our researchers’ “ability to just dream” so they can pursue the fabled aha moment from which all progress proceeds. To that end, Daniels and Provost Sunil Kumar, together with 12 deans and directors, announced in February 2018 a $15 million, three-year extension of the Catalyst
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A Breakthrough in the Arts
Preparing artists for an evolving stage A new model for arts training is in full swing at the Peabody Conservatory, where students are developing skills in optimal performance, career development, and citizen artistry to meet the demands of today’s ever-changing performing arts landscape. Launched in fall 2017, Peabody’s Breakthrough Curriculum helps today’s artists build the skills they need to not only perform at
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Historic Student Support
Eliminating student loans to open doors Philanthropist, business leader, and alumnus Michael R. Bloomberg—who helped pay his way through Johns Hopkins with a campus job and a federal loan—has committed $1.8 billion to ensure that countless others will be able to seize the opportunity of a Hopkins education without worrying about how they will pay for it. Announced in November 2018,
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Rising to the Challenge
An unprecedented swell of generosity In October 2018, the university marked the successful conclusion of the Rising to the Challenge campaign. The eight-and-a-half-year fundraising effort set records for participation as well as total dollars raised, securing more than $6 billion and positioning Johns Hopkins as a leader in multidisciplinary research and patient care while significantly strengthening financial support for faculty
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Addressing a Global Challenge
Battling stroke, from the Mid-Atlantic to the Middle East Top clinician-scientists at Johns Hopkins are deploying precision medicine to better diagnose, treat, and restore function to stroke patients at the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute. The center launched in February 2018 with a $50 million gift, believed to be the largest ever for a stroke-specific initiative, from the United Arab Emirates. Hopkins researchers can now leverage
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Modernizing Student Services
Harnessing tech to improve learning and career development Each step of the university’s five-year Student Services Excellence Initiative (SSEI) advances our mission to give the Johns Hopkins community positive, streamlined interactions with student services using modern technology that meets our affiliates’ needs. A recent example is Career Services’ implementation of the Handshake platform—previously used by the Homewood Career Center—for all students and alumni across academic divisions.
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Greener Investments
Fulfilling our promises on sustainability As part of its efforts to move the university toward a more sustainable future, Johns Hopkins has divested from thermal coal, affirming our role as a leader in environmental sustainability, both locally and globally. The board of trustees took this significant step in December 2017 at the midpoint of the university’s extraordinarily ambitious Climate Change
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Creating Space for Impact
New buildings deepen community while expanding opportunities for research A new research building named for a woman who was critical to numerous significant advances in modern medicine and a building expansion at the School of Nursing are part of Johns Hopkins University’s commitment to lasting community impact in East Baltimore. Groundbreaking is scheduled for 2020 on an interdisciplinary building on the medical campus that
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Supporting Our City
Investing in our city by deepening investments in its people As President Daniels has often said, Johns Hopkins is “truly and proudly of Baltimore.” Our commitment to helping our hometown thrive is evident in the success of HopkinsLocal, a holistic approach by both the university and health system to promote greater economic growth and employment opportunities in the city. Now in its fourth year, HopkinsLocal has