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Sustainability
New dashboard tracks environmental impact of travel across the university
Published May 20, 2025
The Travel Emissions Dashboard will guide better decision-making to help consolidate trips, choose more efficient airlines, avoid stopovers, and opt for lower-emission modes of transit where possible
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Urban initiative
First international cohort of mayors joins Hopkins-led City Data Alliance
Published July 14, 2022
$60M investment by Bloomberg Philanthropies will empower city leaders to create new models of data excellence
Beth Blauer
In profile
The defining power of disruption
Published Nov 20, 2020
Beth Blauer, a core team member of the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, says her life has been defined by moments of great upheaval. In a recent talk, she explores how to face adversity—and grow from it.
City skyline and data
Hopkins expands efforts to help governments, nonprofits find data-driven solutions
Published April 29, 2019
Centers for Civic Impact will be part of university's Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Open Data
Setting standards
Published Dec 8, 2017
New Data Standards Directory helps cities across the country report civic data like crime and election results in a consistent, uniform way
Urban renewal
Cities working for change
Published Sept 16, 2016
21st Century Neighborhoods symposium draws mayors, other leaders to Baltimore to share ideas on 'lifting up distressed communities'
WHAT WORKS CITIES
FEMA data official joins JHU
Published Sept 22, 2015
Carter Hewgley will serve as director of analytics and performance at new Center for Government Excellence
New center aims to help cities do more with data
Published April 20, 2015
Center for Government Excellence, established with grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, is part of JHU's 21st Century Cities Initiative