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Community
Students lead harm reduction efforts
Published Jan 30, 2025
HopOn Harm Reduction hands out free syringes, Narcan, and other supplies to decrease the dangers and stigmas surrounding drug use
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Community Safety
Innovation Fund for Community Safety offers new funding
Published Jan 13, 2025
Up to $6M available for innovative, community-led programs that reduce violence in Baltimore
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University leadership
Alicia Wilson named VP for civic engagement and opportunity
Published Dec 20, 2024
Wilson, who led key community and economic development initiatives from 2019 through 2023, will aid the university's efforts to deepen its impact and engagement across the city and region
A group photo of the Social Innovation Lab's 2024 cohort
Entrepreneurship
Meet the Social Innovation Lab's 2024 cohort
Published Dec 19, 2024
The program's largest group of entrepreneurial teams will receive access to a network of mentors, advisers, partners, and funders in Baltimore and beyond
Beth Blauer
Community
JHU aims to enhance collaborations, impact in Baltimore
Published Dec 11, 2024
Beth Blauer, an expert in using data to help improve the work of governments, will lead a new effort to maximize the university's partnerships and investments to help fuel growth
An artists' panel discussion for
A celebration of Inheritance Baltimore
Published Nov 12, 2024
Through panels, performances, and showcases, Inheritance Baltimore partners will share highlights and lessons from the past four years
Meaghan McDermott, left, and Maria Harris Tildon at a table looking at a laptop
Community
Legal aid, other resources provided at fall expungement clinic
Published Nov 4, 2024
Residents received free legal assistance and accessed additional vital services at an expungement clinic hosted by Johns Hopkins and Maryland Legal Aid
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HopkinsLocal
Making an impact in Baltimore
Published Nov 1, 2024
With HopkinsLocal, the university and health system have spent more than $1 billion with Baltimore businesses since the initiative's 2015 launch
Latoya M. Hobbs with her painting
Arts+culture
Two paintings join Hopkins' growing collection of contemporary art
Published Oct 16, 2024
The Bloomberg School of Public Health is the new home for two paintings by Baltimore artists Latoya M. Hobbs and Ernest Shaw Jr.
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Community health
Nurses on call
Published Fall 2024
A School of Nursing pilot program brings health care to Baltimore neighborhoods by placing nurses and health workers in community focal points / Johns Hopkins Magazine