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class="primary column is-layout-constrained"> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex" style="margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:66.66%"> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="825" height="548" src="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-825x548.jpg" alt="President Daniels at Commencement 2015" class="wp-image-12217" srcset="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-825x548.jpg 825w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-500x332.jpg 500w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-360x240.jpg 360w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-768x510.jpg 768w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-420x279.jpg 420w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-630x418.jpg 630w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-1030x684.jpg 1030w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-1194x793.jpg 1194w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-1440x956.jpg 1440w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/07/commencement_hero-1300x863.jpg 1300w" sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">President Daniels at Commencement 2015</figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.33%"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-left">Meet President Daniels</h2> <p>Ronald J. Daniels has served as the 14th president of Johns Hopkins University since 2009. Under his leadership, Johns Hopkins continues its preeminence in education, patient care, and innovative discovery, and has continued its more than 40-year span as the recipient of more competitively allocated federal research funding than any other university in the country.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://president.jhu.edu/biography/">Read the president’s full bio</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="jhu-block quote section has-image" role="region" > <div class="center force"> <div class="content column"> <h2 class=visuallyhidden>Quote from Ron Daniels</h2> <div class="bubble"> <blockquote><p>“A rich diversity of people, background, experience, and thought is central to our work; to our missions of education, research, and service; and to our commitment to freedom of inquiry and expression.</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="quote-info force"> <div class="quote-image-container trigger"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="420" height="281" src="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-420x281.jpg" class="attachment-soft_crop_420 size-soft_crop_420" alt="Portrait photo of President Ron Daniels" srcset="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-420x281.jpg 420w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-500x334.jpg 500w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-825x551.jpg 825w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-360x240.jpg 360w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-768x513.jpg 768w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-630x421.jpg 630w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-1030x688.jpg 1030w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-1194x798.jpg 1194w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-1440x962.jpg 1440w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-1300x868.jpg 1300w" sizes="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-420x281.jpg 420w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-500x334.jpg 500w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-825x551.jpg 825w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-360x240.jpg 360w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-768x513.jpg 768w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-630x421.jpg 630w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-1030x688.jpg 1030w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-1194x798.jpg 1194w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-1440x962.jpg 1440w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/Ron-Daniels-Photo-2017-1300x868.jpg 1300w" /> </div> <dl class="by-line" aria-label="Information about Ron Daniels"> <dt class="name visuallyhidden">Name</dt> <dd class="name">Ron Daniels</dd> <dt class="title visuallyhidden">Title</dt> <dd class="title">President</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-left">The Ten for One</h2> <p>Time and again, we have demonstrated that when we strive and dream together, we can expand the horizons of knowledge and impact the world in extraordinary and indelible ways. Now is our chance to do so again. This strategic framework sets out ten new goals for Johns Hopkins University through 2030 under four organizing pillars: One University, Individual and Collective Excellence, Knowledge and Impact, and Community Partnership and Economic Opportunity for Baltimore and the other communities of which we are a part. We look forward with great anticipation to all that lies ahead and all that we will achieve together鈥攁s One University.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://president.jhu.edu/ten-for-one/">Explore the Ten for One Strategic Framework</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="825" height="550" src="https://qa.president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/10-4-1-logo-825x550.jpg" alt="Ten for One Strategic Plan Logo" class="wp-image-13369" srcset="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/10-4-1-logo-825x550.jpg 825w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/10-4-1-logo-500x333.jpg 500w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/10-4-1-logo-360x240.jpg 360w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/10-4-1-logo-768x512.jpg 768w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/10-4-1-logo-420x280.jpg 420w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/10-4-1-logo-630x420.jpg 630w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/10-4-1-logo.jpg 1030w" sizes="(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px" /></figure> </div> </div> <div class="jhu-block featured-content section secondary-teasers" role="region" > <div class="color-overlay"></div> <div class="dot-matrix"></div> <div class="center force"> <div class="content column count-1"> <p class="visuallyhidden">Universities play an indispensable role within modern democracies. But this role is often overlooked or too narrowly conceived, even by universities themselves. In What Universities Owe Democracy, Ronald J. Daniels, the president of Johns Hopkins University, argues that鈥攁t a moment when liberal democracy is endangered and more countries are heading toward autocracy than at any time in generations鈥攊t is critical for today’s colleges and universities to reestablish their place in democracy.</p> <div class="teaser column force has-image"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/what-universities-owe-democracy" target="_self" class="force gtm-link-click" data-action="Click" data-category="Homepage" data-label="What Universities Owe Democracy" ><div class="image column force image-landscape"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="360" height="240" src="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-360x240.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="Stylized Image of Laurels" srcset="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-360x240.jpg 360w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-500x333.jpg 500w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-825x550.jpg 825w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-768x512.jpg 768w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-420x280.jpg 420w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-630x420.jpg 630w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder.jpg 1030w" sizes="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-360x240.jpg 360w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-500x333.jpg 500w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-825x550.jpg 825w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-768x512.jpg 768w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-420x280.jpg 420w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder-630x420.jpg 630w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/democracy-teaser-placeholder.jpg 1030w" /></div></a> </div> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <h5 class="headline"> <a href="https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/what-universities-owe-democracy" target="_self" class="gtm-link-click" data-action="Click" data-category="Homepage" data-label="What Universities Owe Democracy" >What Universities Owe Democracy</a> </h5> <div class="summary"><p>In new book, Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels argues that with democracy in danger, universities must step up</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="jhu-block featured-content section primary-teasers" role="region" > <div class="color-overlay"></div> <div class="dot-matrix"></div> <div class="center force"> <div class="content column count-3"> <h2 class=>Highlighted Speeches, Articles, and Media</h2> <div class="teaser column force"> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">October 30, 2024</div> <h5 class="headline"> <a href="https://president.jhu.edu/messages/2024/10/30/on-dialogue/" target="_self" class="gtm-link-click" data-action="Click" data-category="Homepage" data-label="Home page - Highlight 1" >On Dialogue</a> </h5> <div class="summary"><p>Our mission is rooted in openness to difference and intellectual exploration, and these values are etched into our norms of academic freedom and tenure.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="teaser column force"> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">September 3, 2024</div> <h5 class="headline"> <a href="https://president.jhu.edu/messages/2024/09/03/on-a-duty-of-care/" target="_self" class="gtm-link-click" data-action="Click" data-category="Homepage" data-label="Home page - Highlight 3" >On a duty of care</a> </h5> <div class="summary"><p>In a university setting, the duty of care calls upon each member of our community to share their perspectives and beliefs on matters that are debated and discussed here.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="teaser column force"> <div class="text"> <div class="accent-element"> <div class="kicker">July 8, 2024</div> <h5 class="headline"> <a href="https://president.jhu.edu/messages/2024/07/08/landmark-1-billion-gift-from-alum-michael-r-bloomberg-for-graduate-financial-aid/" target="_self" class="gtm-link-click" data-action="Click" data-category="Homepage" data-label="Home page - Highlight 2" >$1 billion gift to make Johns Hopkins medical school free for most</a> </h5> <div class="summary"><p>Johns Hopkins has received $1 billion in new funding to support financial aid for students in our university鈥檚 graduate schools.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section-footer column force"> <a href="https://president.jhu.edu/biography/speeches-and-writings/" target="_self" class="button gtm-link-click" data-action="Click" data-category="Homepage" data-label="Call to action: Speeches and Writings" >Speeches and Writings</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="jhu-block quote section has-image" role="region" > <div class="center force"> <div class="content column"> <h2 class=visuallyhidden>Quote from Ron Daniels</h2> <div class="bubble"> <blockquote><p>At a time when democracies around the world and at home seem more fragile than we ever imagined, universities like ours have no choice but to renew our commitment to keep the idea of democracy alive, vibrant, and strong.</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="quote-info force"> <div class="quote-image-container trigger"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="420" height="280" src="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-420x280.jpg" class="attachment-soft_crop_420 size-soft_crop_420" alt="President Daniels" srcset="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-420x280.jpg 420w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-500x333.jpg 500w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-825x550.jpg 825w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-360x240.jpg 360w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-768x512.jpg 768w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-630x420.jpg 630w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-1194x796.jpg 1194w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-1300x867.jpg 1300w" sizes="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-420x280.jpg 420w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-500x333.jpg 500w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-825x550.jpg 825w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-360x240.jpg 360w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-768x512.jpg 768w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-630x420.jpg 630w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-1194x796.jpg 1194w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://president.jhu.edu/assets/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/JHZ5356-crop-1300x867.jpg 1300w" /> </div> <dl class="by-line" aria-label="Information about Ron Daniels"> <dt class="name visuallyhidden">Name</dt> <dd class="name">Ron Daniels</dd> <dt class="title visuallyhidden">Title</dt> <dd class="title">President</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <div class="center"> <div class="content force"> <a class="logo column" href="https://www.jhu.edu" title="Johns Hopkins University"> <img class="horizontal-logo svg" src="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/themes/generic/src/assets/images/logos/university-logo-small-horizontal-white-no-clear-space.svg" alt="Johns Hopkins University"> <img class="vertical-logo svg" src="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/themes/generic/src/assets/images/logos/university-logo-small-vertical-white-no-clear-space.svg" alt="Johns Hopkins University"> <img class="horizontal-logo svg-fallback" src="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/themes/generic/src/assets/images/logos/university-logo-small-horizontal-white-no-clear-space.png" alt="Johns Hopkins University"> <img class="vertical-logo svg-fallback" src="https://president.jhu.edu/assets/themes/generic/src/assets/images/logos/university-logo-small-vertical-white-no-clear-space.png" alt="Johns Hopkins University"> </a> <ul class="contact column"> <li class="university-name">Office of the President</li> <li class="address"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-map-marker"></i><span>242 Garland Hall</span><br /><span>Johns Hopkins University</span><br /><span>3400 N. 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