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Jim Bellingham, an older white male, stands in front of a projector and addresses a crowded room

Artificial intelligence

Congressional staffers attend AI policy briefing at Bloomberg Center

Published July 26, 2024

Johns Hopkins experts recently briefed policymakers about the potential of artificial intelligence to advance everything from national security to medicine

Rendering of sickle cells in the bloodstream; they are crescent-shaped instead of round

Biomedical engineering

A less burdensome approach to sickle cell treatment

Published July 18, 2024

A Johns Hopkins team has developed a gene editing approach that could make the treatment of sickle cell disease shorter and less risky, relieving some of the burden on patients

Hager to head NSF directorate in information science, engineering

Published March 14, 2024

The directorate supports research in all areas of computer and information science and engineering, as well as advanced research cyberinfrastructure necessary for discovery in all science and engineering fields

Photo of offshore wind turbines in the ocean during sunset

Environmental Health

Investing in offshore wind energy

Published March 4, 2024

JHU and Morgan State researchers team up with the Maryland Energy Administration to grow the local offshore wind industry

Tower of power

Annual contest gets students noodling around

Published Feb 23, 2024

National Engineers Week competition pits area middle schoolers against Hopkins undergrads to build the tallest tower out of pasta and marshmallows

Gianna Murphy, Maya Mann, Ciara Darden, Adeola Ojuade, Kristen Corlay Sanmiguel, and Julia Choe

Undergraduate honors

Sustainable city block earns top-five spot in ASCE competition

Published June 26, 2023

The competition encourages students to learn more about sustainability and challenges them to include sustainable practices in engineering design in a practical way