April 2, 2025
Four Seasons Hotel Boston
Remarks from
Jeffrey S. Barber, A&S ’95
Chair Designate, Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees
Ronald J. Daniels, JD, LLM
President, Johns Hopkins University
Moderator and Panelists – The Bigger Picture: Arts and Humanities In Focus
Johns Hopkins is cultivating an artistic culture — across our campuses and in partnership with our communities — to foster innovation, strengthen collaboration, and help deepen our understanding of our shared human experience.
From the spark of inspiration and the firing of synapses to sounds and stories that transcend generations, the arts and humanities are essential to being human and how we connect with each other.
Daniel H. Weiss, A&S ’82 (MD), ’92 (PhD)
Homewood Professor of the Humanities, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
President Emeritus, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Elizabeth Futral
Marc C. von May Distinguished Chair of Vocal Studies
Professor of Voice, Peabody Institute
Jeanne-Marie Jackson, PhD
Professor of English, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Senior Editor, English Literary History, Hopkins Press
Susan Magsamen, Bus ’87 (MAS)
Executive Director, International Arts + Mind Lab Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics
Assistant Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine
Co-director, NeuroArts Blueprint
Co-author, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Remarks from
Fritz W. Schroeder
Senior Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations
Host Committee Co-chairs
Thomas Dretler, A&S ’91, member of the School of Education National Advisory Council
Rachel Safer, A&S ’00, co-chair of the Hopkins Alumni Boston Regional Chapter
Deborah Weidman, Eng ’21, co-chair of the Hopkins Alumni Boston Regional Chapter
Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees Members and Honorary Co-chairs
Jeffrey S. Barber, A&S ’95, chair designate, Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees
Solomon J. Kumin, A&S ’99
Carmine Petrone, A&S ’04
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