![A photocollage of various objects, and text that reads education.](/sites/default/files/objectsofaffectioneducation.jpg)
Objects of Affection: Education
![an open diary](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-education-diary.jpg?itok=tZp7po-f)
Diary (December 1915)
Founding Dean William H. Welch described his travels evaluating Chinese and Japanese medical schools for the Rockefeller Foundation.
![the Reed-Frost epidemic model](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-education-reed-frost-epidemic-model.jpg?itok=QIygJzOK)
Reed-Frost Epidemic Model (c. 1940)
Lowell Reed and Wade Hampton Frost, chairs of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, respectively, developed a mathematical simulation to teach students how disease spread through a population. Three colors of marbles represented individuals at three stages: susceptible to disease, actively infected and immune.
![a folded piece of cloth with a purple, yellow, and red floral design](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-education-cloth.jpg?itok=fHepf0vk)
Fabric (2007)
In Malawi, the Center for Communication Programs (CCP) distributed this chitenge—an all-purpose cloth that women use as a skirt, a ground covering and a blanket—as part of an HIV/AIDS campaign called nditha("I can do it").
![three rows of toy soldiers in red and blue uniforms](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-education-toy-soldiers.jpg?itok=ib_w8li-)
Toy Soldiers (c. 1960s)
For 50 years, George Comstock, MD, DrPH ’56, has a novel way to randomly call on students in epidemiology classes. Each student chose a soldier—one had the message "Please discuss problem" taped to the bottom.
![yellow hard hat](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-education-hard-hat.jpg?itok=pK6XzDfG)
Hard Hat (c. 1997)
Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine residents wore protective gear on visits to Baltimore industrial plants and work sites.
![45 RPM Vinyl Record and Sleeve with an image of a teenage boy and girl and the words Tatiana and Johnny](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-education-45.jpg?itok=kylO3_fw)
45 RPM Vinyl Record and Sleeve (1986)
CCP reached Latin American youth with an innovative sex education campaign using a blockbuster music video titled "Cuando Estemos Juntos" ("When We're Together"), starring pop singers Tatiana Palacios and Menudo's Johnny Lozada.
![silver mace](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-education-deans-mace.jpg?itok=7RZyUDoV)
Dean's Mace (1986)
At every JHSPH Convocation since 1986, the Chief Marshal has carried this sterling silver mace engraved with the names of every dean.
![6 students wearing blue full-body spandex suits, leaping into the air](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-education-superhero-spandex.jpg?itok=xy8wxh_T)
Superhero Spandex (2010)
JHSPH students donned total-body pneumonia-fighter costumes for World Pneumonia Day activities in Washington, D.C. on November 12, 2010. Photo Credit: David Rotbard
![legal document with signatures](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-education-founding-docs.jpg?itok=9XrrThlQ)
Founding Documents (June 13, 1916)
This memo recorded the Rockefeller Foundation's decision to award Johns Hopkins University a grant to establish a School of Hygiene and Public Health.