Posted on 01/25/2019 10:15:19 AM PST by billorites
Johns Hopkins University is acquiring the building that houses the Newseum in Washington, D.C., where it plans to consolidate its presence in the nation’s capital, provide more opportunities for students and better inform policymakers, officials announced Friday.
Hopkins is buying the building at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW for $372.5 million under an agreement with the Freedom Forum, which owns the Newseum. The institution aims to broaden the practical impacts of its research and position itself to influence national and international decision making from its new home.
The sale will mark the eventual closure of the Newseum at its current location. The museum has dedicated the last decade in D.C. to increasing public understanding of the role of the free press, but has struggled to stay afloat financially. The museum will remain open through the end of the year, according to the Freedom Forum.
Acquiring the Newseum building will allow Hopkins to consolidate its D.C. operations — currently spread across four buildings on Massachusetts Avenue — into a one space. “Hopkins D.C.” will be anchored by the university’s School of Advanced International Studies. The district is also home to Hopkins programs including graduate courses in applied economics, government analytics, communication and global security, as well as support services for students.
University president Ronald J. Daniels said Hopkins had been looking for several years for a single facility to house its D.C. operations. Artifacts from the Newseum Support Center in North Laurel (Photos by Nate Pesce)
“We have wanted to bring all of our activities together into one facility and also have increasingly wanted to be able to bring some of our programs and research activities that are currently in Baltimore and elsewhere to Washington,” Daniels said. “We are hoping that with this new facility
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This is a real coup for Johns Hopkins University. It is a tremendous location.
But will they have to gut the Newseum to get rid of the stench of self-congratulatory hubris?
In the empire, its important to be imperial capital.
“Better inform policy makers” is just a polite way of saying bribe. With DC awash in trillions of taxpayer dollars, everyone who can is on site with their hands out or pockets open.
Are they using Bloomberg’s money?
That’s the way, uh-huh uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh uh-huh.
Self-Indulgent Journalistic Shrine to Itself to Close After Hemorrhaging Money
newsbusters.org | 1/25/2019 | Scott Whitlock
Posted on 01/25/2019 10:17:01 AM PST by rktman
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Don’t worry, they will bring in an unlimited supply of academic self-congratulatory hubris.
A real coup for Michael Bloomberg-Johns Hopkins U.
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