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Volunteers work in a vacant lot
President's Day of Service
Hundreds from Hopkins make 'meaningful impact'
Published Oct 15, 2018 Photos
Nearly 1,000 participate in community service activities across Baltimore as part of 10th annual President's Day of Service
Eager park
#Reinventing18
Conference addresses urban challenges, opportunities
Published Oct 3, 2018
'Reinventing Our Communities' conference, co-hosted by JHU's 21st Century Cities initiative, draws nearly 600 leaders, policymakers to Baltimore
Lisa Cooper
Health equity
Healing the divide
Published June 14, 2018
Hopkins expert Lisa Cooper discusses challenges and new directions in health disparities research
A man runs frantically
Q+A
An intimate portrait of a working-class life
Published May 10, 2018
In advance of the premiere of his fourth film, 'Sollers Point,' Johns Hopkins lecturer Matthew Porterfield sits down to talk filmmaking, creating complex characters, and the colors of summer in Baltimore
Clayton Smith
HopkinsLocal
Effort to hire locally transforms lives
Published May 9, 2018
Clayton Smith knew he needed a life change, so he left his job driving trucks and began work at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he's training to become a nurse
A little girl learns about buoyancy
City students get a leg up in STEM fields
Published April 30, 2018
Baltimore youngsters benefit from strategic partnerships with Johns Hopkins and Lockheed Martin
A little boy peeks out from his hockey mask
Film
Being 7 in Baltimore
Published March 26, 2018
'7 in the City' project, which received Idea Lab funding in 2017, will premiere 12 short documentaries and a related web project in May
Harriet Tubman
Women's history month
Harriet Tubman, real-life action hero
Published March 8, 2018
Maryland-born abolitionist and humanitarian is 'as heroic as it gets,' says historian N. D. B. Connolly
Photo shows Alexia Smith of the Johns Hopkins University Office of Community Affairs, with Dunbar High School students Caitlun Clark, Nayonna Earl, Simone Wade, and Alvin Winn
P-TECH
Pathways to opportunity
Published March 1, 2018
Through P-TECH program, Baltimore City students get a free associate's degree and entry-level professional experience
A row between two shelving units filled with boxes
Intersession
Gayborhood history project
Published Jan 31, 2018
Tours, reflections, readings, research help students piece together stories of the city's LGBTQ community