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Na’zhiy Dorsey
SABES
A spotlight on STEM projects
Published May 22, 2019
In SABES STEM Showcase, students in local elementary and middle schools share their designs and innovations
Exterior of Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore
Bloomberg School recognized for outstanding community service
Published March 21, 2019 Video
The school's outreach efforts are spearheaded by SOURCE, an engagement and service-learning center for faculty, students, and the community
Map from the 1630s
Book talk
The hidden histories revealed by maps
Published Feb 27, 2019
Exhibition at the Peabody Library explores how historical maps have influenced state and local history
East Baltimore aerial view
Community
Hopkins to expand support for survivors of violence in Baltimore
Published Nov 20, 2018
$1.6M grant from Stavros Niarchos Foundation comes in response to community's request for more support, services that promote healing
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
Laura Garcia
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
Drawn image of Jordan
Man in motion
Published Spring 2018
Med student Jordan Tropf is really, really fast. As in fast enough to win marathons. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Two students peer into microscopes
STEM Education
SABES program expands in Baltimore
Published Sept 12, 2017
City schools, JHU launched SABES in 2013 to improve STEM instruction
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