Johns Hopkins launches effort to honor its diverse history through named buildings, programs
The Diverse Names and Narratives project will focus specifically on recognizing individuals from historically marginalized and underrepresented groups and elevating their stories By Hub staff report / Published April 30, 2021
Johns Hopkins today announced the first steps in a new effort to recognize and more visibly celebrate the names and stories of remarkable people who are part the institution's history, with a specific focus on individuals from historically marginalized and underrepresented groups.
"Since our founding, many thousands of people associated with our university and health system have made an outsized impact on so many different areas of human endeavor," JHU President Ronald J. Daniels, Hopkins Medicine CEO Paul B. Rothman, and Johns Hopkins Health System President Kevin Sowers wrote in a message to the Hopkins community today. "Yet we know that our institution's recognition of some of these achievements has been insufficient."