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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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Community
10 recognized for community service
Published Jan 13, 2025
Recipients will be honored at Johns Hopkins' annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration on Jan. 17
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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
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
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Environmental health
Study confirms coal dust in Baltimore's Curtis Bay
Published Nov 25, 2024
Johns Hopkins team says the study raises health concerns, can be replicated by other heavily industrial neighborhoods
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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
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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
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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
A highly decorative hand-embroidered tapestry, or sampler, on display at Baltimore’s St. James Episcopal Church
Threads of history
Published Fall 2024
Johns Hopkins' Inheritance Baltimore effort helps return a 19th-century embroidered sampler to a Black Baltimore church in time to celebrate its 200th anniversary / Johns Hopkins Magazine