Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876
America’s First Research University
October 16, 2025
6:30 p.m.
Ralph S. O’Connor Center for Recreation and Well-Being
Joshua Watkins, drums
Rayah Thomas, bass
Caleb Johnson, keys
Ronald J. Daniels, JD, LLM
President, Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Pelto, trumpet
Trey Serrano, trumpet
Ryan Peterson, horn
Fabiola Parra, tenor trombone
Taylor Esbenshade, bass trombone
Elena Adams, PhD
Mission Systems Engineer, Applied Physics Laboratory
Axel Krieger, PhD (Engr ’07), MSE (Engr ’09)
Carol Croft Linde Faculty Scholar
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering
Elizabeth Jaffee, MD, PGF (Med ’92)
Dana and Albert “Cubby” Broccoli Professor of Oncology, School of Medicine
Deputy Director, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-director, Skip Viragh Center for Pancreas Cancer
Director, Cancer Convergence Institute
Associate Director, Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Co-director, Gastrointestinal Cancers Program
Neeha Zaidi, MD, PGF (Med ’19)
Associate Professor of Oncology, School of Medicine
Jeanne-Marie Jackson, PhD
Professor of English and Director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Senior Editor, English Literary History, Hopkins Press
danah bella, MFA
Professor and Sandra Levi Distinguished Chair, Dance, Peabody Institute
Kevin Brewster, saxophone
Joshua Watkins, drums
Rayah Thomas, bass
Caleb Johnson, keys
Theodore DeWeese, MD
The Frances Watt Baker, M.D., and Lenox D. Baker Jr., M.D. Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO, Johns Hopkins
Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Professor in Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD (BSPH ’06), MPH
Dean and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Hahrie Han, PhD
Inaugural Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
2025 MacArthur Fellow
Jeffrey S. Barber, A&S ’95
Chair, Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees
Noah Barnes, MSE (Engr ’25)
PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering
Percy Pierre Doctoral Fellow, 2022-2024
Whiting School of Engineering
Vishnu Dontu, A&S Class of 2027
President, Student Government Association Executive Board
Sareen Muthyala, A&S Class of 2027
Inaugural Ethan M. Posner Fellow
Nasya Blackwell, SAIS Class of 2026
2024 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellow
Johns Hopkins SAIS Public Service Fellow
Jeffrey H. Aronson, A&S ’80, P ’13 and ’15
Member and Former Chair, Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees
Chair of the Committee on Philanthropy and Engagement, Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees
Member, Johns Hopkins Medicine Board of Trustees
Fritz W. Schroeder
Senior Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations
Soprano: Cipriana, Jade Guo, Junyi Hu, Hannah Winston
Alto: Elizabeth Lentz, Xinyue Liu, Delaney Stewart, Anja Tuominen
Tenor: Josua Kim, Troy Koger, Daniel LaRue, Wyland Stephenson
Bass: Zihao Chen, Bowen Gao, Ruoyu Li, Holden Turner
Soloists: Holden Turner, Troy Koger, Hannah Winston, Elizabeth Lentz
Piano: Naomi Lee
Dragonfly
The Dragonfly Mission: Searching for Signs of Life on Titan
Archives
From the Archives: 150 Years at Johns Hopkins
School of Nursing
Neighborhood Nursing: Reimagining Health Through Ecosystems of Care
Manuscripts Illuminating the Past:
Medieval and Renaissance Treasures of the Sheridan Libraries
150th Display
Take your photo with the 150th display, post, and share on social media!
Maggie Kinney, voice
Kevin Brewster, saxophone
Joshua Watkins, drums
Rayah Thomas, bass
Caleb Johnson, keys
Chuck Clarvit, A&S ’78, co-chair
Nasreen Naqvi, A&S ’25, co-chair
Dan Weiss, MA (A&S ’82), PhD (A&S ’92), co-chair
Whitney Brace
Brittini Brown, PhD
Marina Cooper
Chi Van Dang, PhD, MD (Med ’82), HS (Med ’85)
Rachel Dawson
Susan deMuth
Rev. Frances “Toni” Draper, MEd (Ed ’73), LHD (h.c.)’25, DMin
John F. Guess Jr., A&S ’71, SAIS ’76, Dipl (SAIS Eur ’76), LHD (h.c.)’23
Elizabeth Madigan Jost, Dipl (SAIS Eur ’97), SAIS ’98
Judy Keen, MS (A&S ’97), PhD (BSPH ’01), PGF (Med ’05)
Buse Koldas, Engineering Class of 2027
Ellen Lee, MSN (Nurs ’25)
Sam Lichtenstein, A&S ’11
Jill McGovern, PhD, LHD (h.c.)’22
Dan Polsky, PhD
Lainie Rutkow, MPH (BSPH ’05), PhD (BSPH ’09)
Jeevika Setzer, Engineering Class of 2027
Sabine Stanley, PhD
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