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The Federal Reserve
3 Questions
The Fed's historic independence
Published Sept 16, 2025
Johns Hopkins political scientist Nicolas Jabko explains how prevailing political forces threaten to disrupt the nation's money supply and the global economy
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Voices
Experts to debate legacy of U.S. COVID-19 response
Published Sept 12, 2025
Second debate in the Hopkins Forum series will be held on Sept. 17 with Tom Frieden, Jerome Adams, Dara Kass, and Mike Varshavski
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Politics+Society
Program brings range of perspectives to contemporary topics
Published Sept 9, 2025
Projects co-led by scholars from JHU, the American Enterprise Institute earn support via program designed to enhance collaboration, deepen insights, promote intellectual pluralism
I. William Zartman
In memoriam
Pioneering international relations scholar I. William Zartman dies at 93
Published Aug 12, 2025
Zartman, a leading negotiation and conflict resolution specialist, spent decades on the SAIS faculty, including as director of its African Studies and Conflict Management programs
A child's hand fills up a cup of water in the sink.
Community
Community outreach pushes Baltimore toward safer drinking water
Published Aug 8, 2025 Video
As Baltimore faces a federal deadline to identify and replace lead service lines, local researchers and community groups are stepping in to reach residents the city has struggled to engage
Liz Jaffee talks to Ted Koppel in this screenshot from a CBS News video clip
Hopkins in the news
ICYMI: National media explores effects of federal research cuts
Published July 22, 2025
Hopkins cancer expert Liz Jaffee discusses what federal budget cuts might mean for patient care and future cures; NIH grant terminations affect some of the nation's most promising young scientists, including two Hopkins doctoral students
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Health policy
How integrated care could help fix our health care system
Published July 21, 2025
Health policy experts explore the value of combining clinical care with services that address harmful social determinants of health
Domenico Giannone
Economic forecasting expert Domenico Giannone joins Johns Hopkins
Published July 8, 2025
Giannone, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Economics and Statistics, searches for ways to improve how economic activity and risks are monitored in low-income countries
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Public health
Costs to global health
Published July 7, 2025
Cuts to U.S. aid funding will have ramifications abroad—and at home
Sen. Ben Cardin speaks from a podium at Evergreen House
Libraries+Museums
Former Sen. Ben Cardin donates political papers to Johns Hopkins
Published July 3, 2025
The materials span Cardin's nearly 60 year legislative career, covering a range of topics and historical events