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History
Fallout: Eighty years later
Published Fall 2025 Video
The story of the atomic bomb is more complex than most Americans have been taught / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Luneborch Prayer Book, Crucifixion with patron and his armorials at the foot of the cross, fantastical beasts, and historiated initial
Arts+culture
A medieval art form, digitized
Published Fall 2025 Video
Curator Earle Havens shares highlights from Johns Hopkins' collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts—and his team's work to make the 100-plus pieces accessible to all / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Brain science
Seeing the bigger picture
Published Fall 2025 Video
Experts at Johns Hopkins shed new light on inattentional blindness, the tendency among us to miss noticing something obvious when our minds are caught up in other things / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Film+Media Studies
Learning by moving pictures
Published Fall 2025 Video
The eclectic collection of more than 7,600 vintage 16 mm classroom films represents an unsung genre that offered engaging new ways to teach the tales of humankind / Johns Hopkins Magazine
President Daniels, center, speaking in front of the gathering for the Democracy and Freedom Festival
Politics+Society
Democracy thrives with communication, connection
Published Oct 21, 2025
Panelists at SNF Agora Institute's fifth-annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival say tapping into our shared humanity is the key to finding common ground in a divisive time
A detailed city plaza or sidewalk bustles with a crowd of 80+ unique, fictional people walking, running, cycling, standing, and seated. Contemporary men and women use smart phones and tablets on a sunny, comfortable late afternoon. Some wear work uniforms and carry on with their jobs, while others gather in groups to meet casually. A range of ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds are represented in the population, illustrated in isometric view and in bold color.
Economics
New tool weighs tradeoffs in pandemic response
Published Oct 20, 2025
Johns Hopkins-led effort offers powerful new tool to aid health policy by integrating personal decision-making into disease prediction model
Milky Way above the telescopes at Roque de los Muchachos on La Palma, Canary Island
Astronomy
Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter
Published Oct 16, 2025
New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy
Jasmina Wiemann
Faculty honors
Scientist Jasmina Wiemann named Packard Fellow
Published Oct 15, 2025
Wiemann combines tools from chemistry, biology, and geology to explore ecological and evolutionary questions about life on Earth
A man in the foreground is silhouetted against a computer screen showing temperature readings on a digital map
Environmental health
Cuts to environmental health research portend crisis
Published Oct 15, 2025 Video
With the federal government canceling and scaling back funding in research related to environmental health, scientists worry about the health and economic consequences for society
Statues on display in the archaeological museum
Arts+culture
Archaeological Museum begins a new era
Published Oct 13, 2025
The university's home for ancient objects reopens after being closed for almost three years to design a space for intimate connections with the distant past