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The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

Lacks Building Updates

Special Event: Henrietta Lacks Building Groundbreaking

Monday, Oct. 28 | 10 a.m.-noon

Johns Hopkins, in collaboration with descendants of Henrietta Lacks, honors the legacy of Mrs. Lacks and celebrates Hopkins’ newest multidisciplinary space in East Baltimore with a groundbreaking ceremony for the building to be named in Henrietta Lacks’ honor.

An illustration of a building.

Johns Hopkins Presents Initial Design of Building Named in Honor of Henrietta Lacks to Baltimore’s Urban Design and Architecture Advisory Panel

Nov. 10, 2022

Northeast view of the Henrietta Lacks building

Johns Hopkins: Local and Minority-owned Businesses Lead Design, Construction Contracts for Building Named in Honor of Henrietta Lacks

Feb. 24, 2022

Mrs. Henrietta Lacks

One Step Closer: Johns Hopkins Selects Architect For Early-Stage Planning Of Multidisciplinary Building In Honor Of Henrietta Lacks

Oct. 05, 2019

Northeast view of the Henrietta Lacks building

Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine and Family of Henrietta Lacks Announce Plans to Name a Research Building in Honor of Henrietta Lacks

Oct. 06, 2018