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Peter Pomerantsev and Anne Applebaum
Politics+Policy
Hopkins experts anchor new podcast on autocracy in the U.S.
Published Aug 19, 2024
Series features Anne Applebaum and Peter Pomerantsev, both senior fellows at the university's SNF Agora Institute
Omar Lloyd carries flats of grass plants while working on installing the Harbor Wetlands exhibit
Environmental science
Alum helps harbor wetland flourish
Published Aug 12, 2024 Video
Omar Lloyd, A&S '20, helped the National Aquarium bring a tidal salt marsh back to the Inner Harbor
Vector of USA Map Made of Stickman Figure with Patriotic Colors
Election 2024
Poll: Republicans who believe Trump won in 2020 expect November chaos
Published Aug 7, 2024
SNF Agora Institute publishes first of four polls designed to better understand growing divide between Republicans who do not accept 2020 election results and those who do
Julia Ye outside the World Trade Center in Baltimore on a sunny summer day with blue skies
Undergraduate education
Student interns spend summer 'InBaltimore'
Published July 31, 2024
For 10 weeks this summer, 13 students worked 40 hours a week at nonprofits, government agencies, and companies around the city
A sheet of stickers given to American citizens upon voting on election day
Voices
Could the Democrats choose a new presidential candidate?
Published July 16, 2024
In a 'New York Times' essay, Johns Hopkins political scientist Daniel Schlozman explains how the Democratic Party's charter allows for changing candidates
Concept art of exoplanet HD 189733b, a blue gas giant with yellow hue bands, up close with its parent star, a K-type that emits warm orange light.
Exoplanets
Nearby exoplanet reeks of rotten eggs
Published July 8, 2024
Johns Hopkins astronomers sniffed out the stinky atmosphere with Webb Telescope
Joon Soo Kim, Liam Cheng, and Tihitina Aytenfisu
University News
Hopkins community celebrates transformative financial aid gift
Published July 8, 2024 Video
Faculty, students share their excitement about Bloomberg Philanthropies' $1 billion investment in future generations of doctors, nurses, research pioneers
Hopkins Hospital dome
Philanthropy
JHU receives $1B investment in graduate financial aid
Published July 8, 2024 Video
Bloomberg Philanthropies gift will allow most medical students to attend Hopkins tuition-free; support for other graduate programs will ensure access for top talent from all backgrounds
A highly decorative hand-embroidered tapestry, or sampler, on display at Baltimore’s St. James Episcopal Church
Community
Threads of history
Published July 1, 2024
Johns Hopkins' Inheritance Baltimore effort helps return a 19th-century embroidered sampler to a Black Baltimore church in time to celebrate its 200th anniversary
Flat Map With Location Pointer Illustration
Neuroscience
Brains can tune their navigation system without landmarks
Published June 27, 2024
Johns Hopkins team discovers visual motion clues alone help recalibrate your brain's internal GPS