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Will Wisner-Carlson and Lizzie Crespi in Carmine Garden

President's Day of Service

Day of service plants seeds of sustained engagement

Published Oct 11, 2018

Two Hopkins alums help West Baltimore community garden flourish, continuing a connection that was initially forged during President's Day of Service

Health care for the homeless

Published Summer 2018

As director of adult medicine for Health Care for the Homeless, alum Laura Garcia is at the front lines of Baltimore's opioid struggle / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Man in motion

Published Spring 2018

Med student Jordan Tropf is really, really fast. As in fast enough to win marathons. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

STEM Education

SABES program expands in Baltimore

Published Sept 12, 2017

City schools, JHU launched SABES in 2013 to improve STEM instruction

Lizzie Gilman reads from a paper and gestures with her right hand

Firebrand with a pince-nez

Published Fall 2017

Elisabeth Gilman, the youngest daughter of JHU's founding president, was a fierce advocate for social justice / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Illustration shows a cardboard mobile for a baby on a soft peach background

Safe slumber

Published Fall 2017

Baltimore mom Shantell Roberts was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the Social Innovation Lab to develop a lightweight cardboard box that serves as a bassinet / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Black and white lithograph drawing depicts Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Pig politics

Published Fall 2017

New book by Matthew Crenson, professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science, examines how and why Baltimore's political systems work—or don't / Johns Hopkins Magazine