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Johns Hopkins University And Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative, A $150 Million Effort To Fuel Diversity In STEM Fields Includes creation of new slots for diverse PhD students in JHU STEM programs coupled with academic and financial support, funding for cohort of HBCUs and MSIs to strengthen STEM pathways, and summer and post-baccalaureate programs Initiative is named for one of Johns Hopkins' most celebrated figures, Vivien Thomas, whose contributions went unrecognized for decades because of racial discrimination News provided by Share this article Share ...

Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Philanthropies announce $150M effort to fuel diversity in STEM fields The Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative will create new opportunities and supports for diverse PhD students in STEM programs at Johns Hopkins By Hub staff report / Published May 11, 2021 Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the launch of a $150 million effort to directly address historic underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and math fields, and to prepare a new, more diverse generation of researchers and sch...

Advertisement Robert Meyerhoff, a Maryland real-estate developer, and his wife, Jane, promised last year to bequeath their $300 million collection of more than 100 modern art works to Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Irwin Jacobs, chairman and chief executive officer of the San Diego wireless company Qualcomm, and his wife, Joan, pledged $110 million to the University of California-San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, which bears their name. These Jewish couples were among dozens of philanthropists such as McDonald’s heiress Joan Kroc who gave the most generous donations to ch...

Partnership Expands Free Programming of The Marin Festival  for Viewers Throughout the State BSO’s Gala Celebration, the culminating event of a free multi-week lineup celebrating Marin Alsop as she concludes her historic 14-year tenure as music director. The one-night-only Gala Celebration will air live on MPT-HD from the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Saturday, June 19 at 8:30 pm. BSO Artistic Partner Wordsmith will emcee the 90-minute program, which includes BSO OrchKids in Price’s Adoration and the world premiere of Destined Words, a BSO commission by Baltimore composer James Lee...