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Concept idea art of way change and choice showing a woman and surreal road
Voices
After Roe falls
Published June 21, 2022
Johns Hopkins experts discuss a future without the safeguards outlined in 'Roe v. Wade'
A person holds a pen and writes; in the background, a person in orange has their hands folded on the table
Bearing witness
American Prison Writing Archive moves to Johns Hopkins
Published June 15, 2022
With help from a Mellon Foundation grant, the archive will become the largest digital collection of writings by incarcerated people in the world after it moves to Hopkins
Image of a galaxy in outer space
Astronomy
Johns Hopkins astronomers to discuss new satellite galaxy simulation
Published June 14, 2022
A new simulation used by Johns Hopkins researchers shows abundant streams of satellite galaxies, which early predictions thought to be incredibly rare
Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski at the dedication ceremony June 8
Faculty honors
Capitol honors for Barbara Mikulski
Published June 13, 2022
A unanimous, bipartisan Senate resolution renamed a room in the U.S. Capitol after the trailblazing female senator and Homewood Professor of Public Policy, dedicated June 8
Artist's rendering of a hot Jupiter exoplanet circling its star
Astronomy
New clues suggest how hot Jupiters form
Published June 10, 2022
Johns Hopkins astronomers discover new way of determining the relative age of exoplanets and prove there are multiple ways these planets form
Lionel Foster speaks at the 2022 Baldwin Prize award ceremony
Alumni spotlight
Sharing his love for storytelling
Published June 8, 2022 Video
Krieger School alum Lionel Foster created the Baldwin Prize to spark a new generation of young writers at his high school alma mater, Baltimore City College
An illustration of a glass building with people interacting with alphabet blocks, pie charts, line graphs, and other mathematical tools
What economists really do
Published June 8, 2022 Video
More than just Wall Street types or stock market prognosticators, Johns Hopkins economics faculty and students apply their tools to address the world's most important issues
A gas station sign reads the cost per gallon of regular unleaded gas is $5.39
Q+A
What's happening with the American economy right now?
Published June 8, 2022
Economist Laurence Ball discusses what factors influence rising inflation and what could trigger a recession
A digital collage of historic photographs overlaid with database entries and data
Black beyond data
Published June 2, 2022
Historian Jessica Marie Johnson leads several teams tapping into the power of datasets to uncover new truths about Black history
A hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico as seen from outer space
Climate science
Study: In wake of hurricane, microbial ecosystem remarkably resilient
Published June 2, 2022
Findings offer hope for coastal regions even as climate change intensifies storm risk