Graduate Representative Organization
Graduate Representative Organization
Upcoming Events & Announcements
- 01/2023: Welcome Back Grads! Our first GC Meeting is on 2/6 at 6pm over Zoom (check email for the link or email us) and in person at Mergenthaler 111
- 01/2023: GRO has planned many social events for Spring 2023! Details will be sent out through our social media (@jhugro) as well as email.
GC Meetings
- Our next GC meeting will be on 2/6/2023 at 6 pm.
- You can find the past GC Meeting Minutes here.
News and Updates
- 1/2023: Working with JHU Transportation Office, two new fixed route shuttle services will begin on Monday, Jan. 23. The Hampden Circulator will provide continuous service between the Homewood campus and the Hampden neighborhood in the mornings and the Keswick-Penn Commuter shuttle will offer service between Keswick South, Homewood campus, and Penn Station based on MARC train schedules. Check the detail map here.
- 8/2022: Johns Hopkins University welcomes the first Vivien Thomas Scholar Cohort! “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”. Check out the post on the Hub.
- 3/2022: GRO was one of the organizers to hold a vigil to demonstrate solidarity with Ukraine. Ona, GRO Co-Chair, shared her thought: “We see that the ongoing conflict has caused major displacement. This is a truly significant humanitarian crisis for the people of Ukraine,” she said. “The vigil was so emotional for a lot of people, especially those that were speaking in Ukrainian and singing the anthem.” Thank you very much to those who came. Check out the detailed article here on JHU News-Letter.
- 8/2021: “The Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative (VTSI) will endow and launch a major new effort to address historic underrepresentation in STEM. It will provide permanent funding to add a sustained cohort of approximately 100 new slots for diverse Ph.D. students at The Johns Hopkins University.” For more information, please visit here.
News & Announcements
- HUB
Hopkins PhD students to decide whether to unionize
Approximately 3,200 PhD student workers will have the opportunity to vote in a union election on Jan. 30 and 31
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'A new experience of wow'
Upperclassmen reflect on their first semester free of COVID-19 restrictions since spring 2020
- HUB
A blend of research, reflection, conceptualization, and pure logistics gave Krieger School students firsthand experience mounting an American Modernism exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art
- HUB
The impact of ending legacy admissions
'NBC Nightly News' highlights JHU's inclusive approach to admissions, one that has 'opened up a lot more space for us to be able to recruit students from a host of different backgrounds,' President Ron Daniels says
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Six from JHU named Quad Fellows
The fellowship, sponsored by the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, supports interdisciplinary scientific and technological innovations
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Workshop encourages students to explore diversity and identity
A workshop for first-year and transfer Hopkins students allows for the exploration of diversity, inclusion, and identity in the context of their new college experiences
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