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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

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

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

Bullet casings lie on a street

Public Health

Hot spot policing effectively reduces Baltimore gun violence

Published Jan 11, 2018

Report evaluates effectiveness of deterrence programs used in city since 2003

President Ronald J. Daniels at podium

Progress report

BLocal program off to a promising start

Published Dec 11, 2017

Hopkins, 24 other Baltimore-area companies surpass their three-year goals to build, hire, and buy locally