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Urban policy

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Public innovation

New Hopkins center will help cities develop creative solutions

Published Oct 20, 2021

With a $43M investment, the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation aims to deliver better results for residents while advancing the field of public sector innovation

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Q+A

Unlocking the potential of Baltimore and other cities

Published Feb 25, 2021

Matthew Kahn and Mac McComas of the 21st Century Cities Initiative discuss the decline of post-industrial cities and what can be done to reinvigorate their economies and communities

A city skyline is overlaid with intersecting lines representing digital connection

Urban policy

New Johns Hopkins report details plan for digital equity in Baltimore

Published Jan 25, 2021

A new 21st Century Cities Initiative report outlines steps to increase access to reliable high speed internet in cities with pronounced digital divides

Symposium guests discuss solutions to urban problems

Urban policy

Data science in the city

Published Aug 29, 2019

Hopkins hosts symposium on how research and data can drive solutions to pervasive urban problems

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21st Century Cities

Urban research projects get seed funding

Published June 5, 2019

Seven faculty-led studies, eight PhD candidates receive grants totaling more than $124,000 from 21CC Initiative

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

#Reinventing18

Conference addresses urban challenges, opportunities

Published Oct 3, 2018

'Reinventing Our Communities' conference, co-hosted by JHU's 21st Century Cities initiative, draws nearly 600 leaders, policymakers to Baltimore

Black and white photo of crowds rioting in a Detroit street in 1967

The Kerner Report at 50

Reflections on race and inequality

Published Feb 26, 2018

Anniversary conference explores landmark 1968 findings on racial unrest

Stephanie and George Zuo

Urban policy

Medicine grad shares Abell Award

Published Aug 7, 2017

Proposal suggests using psychotherapy to help break cycle of violent behavior among Baltimore youth

CityLab Baltimore

Experts discuss pressing urban issues

Published Aug 3, 2017

Hopkins faculty members, alums weigh in on blight, opioids, and other challenges faced by cities