Overview

• Pay raises slated for July 1 are paused for employees earning over $80,000 while those earning $80,000 or less will receive a 2% increase.
• A university-wide hiring freeze covers all new and vacant positions except for mission-critical roles and those funded by existing grants.
• Capital construction and renovation plans are being trimmed by roughly 10–20%, and discretionary expenses on travel, supplies and services have been cut back.
• Proposed federal policies, including limits on indirect cost reimbursement rates, threaten to reduce Johns Hopkins’s federal research funding by over $300 million each year.
• Leaders expressed deep concern about visa revocations and other measures affecting more than 10,000 international students and scholars at the university.