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Strengthening the core
Published Winter 2018
Besides its staggering success in raising more than $6 billion for Johns Hopkins, the Rising to the Challenge campaign generated unprecedented support for traditional core disciplines / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Construction ahead
Location for SNF Agora Institute proposed
Published Dec 4, 2018
Building designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano would be situated next to Wyman Park building on Homewood campus
Eric Klinenberg
SNF Agora Institute
How 'public palaces' can bridge divides, restore civility
Published Oct 24, 2018 Video
Investments in social infrastructure strengthen communities and can save lives, NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg says during Homewood campus talk
Architect Renzo Piano speaks at Johns Hopkins
SNF Agora Institute
Giving shape to change
Published Sept 25, 2018
World-renowned architect Renzo Piano discusses his design philosophy, his vision for the SNF Agora Institute project at Johns Hopkins
Renzo Piano
SNF Agora Institute
Renzo Piano to design campus building
Published Sept 20, 2018
World-renowned architect will create headquarters for Johns Hopkins institute dedicated to strengthening democracy by improving civic engagement, discourse
Ancient agora in Athens, Greece
An effort to restore civil discourse
Published June 19, 2018 Video
SNF Agora Institute workshop in Athens, Greece, examines division, distrust, and democracy
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Civil discourse
Building a 'global public square'
Published June 15, 2018
Agora Institute brings immersive audiovisual Portals to Homewood to connect people at Hopkins with others around the world
JHU President Ronald J. Daniels
President's message
Published Fall 2017
What will be the state of our institutions in 2,500 years? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Philanthropy
JHU gets $150M for effort to improve civic discourse
Published June 22, 2017
Gift from Stavros Niarchos Foundation establishes Agora Institute, which aims to foster discussion of divisive issues