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Alumni

Q&A

Finding the virtue in AI

Published Summer 2025

Juan M. Lavista Ferres, the chief data scientist at Microsoft's AI for Good Lab, discusses how artificial intelligence might solve the world's most pressing issues / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Five volunteers stand in a row next to a sign reading "ADOPT. FOSTER. VOLUNTEER. DONATE."

Alumni

A SAIS alum's devotion to New York's stray cats

Published Summer 2025

Alum Charlotte Conley shares her story of leaving academia to start a cat rescue / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Ken Jennings (left) and alum Harvey Silikovitz stand in front of a blue curtain on the Jeopardy! stage

Alumni

Alum Makes Jeopardy! History

Published Summer 2025

Alum Harvey Silikovitz made Jeopardy! history by being the first contestant with Parkinson's to win a show / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Illustration of a figure scaling a graduation cap; behind the cap is a brick wall, on which another figure casts a large shadow

Afterwords

When Potential Meets Purpose

Published Summer 2025

Alum Erwin Hesse describes his journey from hardships to Hopkins / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Dora Malech stands at the front of a room lined with books, leading a classroom of high school and college students

Community

Building community through writing

Published June 12, 2025

The Writers in Baltimore Schools program introduces high school students to the college experience while also providing undergraduates with teaching experience

Sandbox Percussion poses for a group photo at their Tiny Desk concert

Arts+Culture

Peabody's Sandbox Percussion performs at 'Tiny Desk'

Published April 3, 2025

Described by NPR's producers as 'one of today's finest—and friendliest—percussion ensembles,' the group of Peabody alums and faculty filled the famously small space with an eclectic arsenal of instruments