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From left, Lucy Allais, Jenann Ismael, and Martha Jones
Faculty honors
Three from JHU elected to American Academy
Published April 25, 2025
Lucy Allais, Jenann Ismael, and Martha Jones are among 250 individuals recognized for their leadership, their multidisciplinary work, and their achievements in advancing the common good
Martha Jones and David Yezzi
Faculty honors
Two faculty members named Guggenheim Fellows
Published April 24, 2025
Historian Martha Jones, poet David Yezzi among 198 scholars across 53 fields recognized for their achievements, exceptional promise
Dawn Teele
Faculty honors
Political scientist Dawn Teele receives Carnegie Fellowship
Published April 16, 2025
SNF Agora Institute scholar will use the award to explore whether the gender gap is a driver of U.S. political polarization
a family pulls aside a curtain to see a brightly colored home
Tax shift, home lift
Published Spring 2025
New research led by the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School suggests one possible way to help ease the housing affordability crisis: changing U.S. tax policy. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
cover of 'Pushback' by Mary Fissell
Women's Issue
Published Spring 2025
In 'Pushback', Professor Mary Fissell traces the history of abortion back over two millennia / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Lead illustration for Eric Glitzenstein profile
Wildlife's legal champion
Published Spring 2025
Eric Glitzenstein is one of North America's most influential environmental lawyers. His job just got tougher. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
photo of martha jones
Memoir
In search of self
Published Spring 2025
In The Trouble of Color, Hopkins historian Martha Jones explores racial identity by digging into her own family history / Johns Hopkins Magazine
archival image of a neighborhood labeled as a "ghetto" during WWII. A Jewish star is painted on a fence.
Open Access to Holocaust History
Published Spring 2025
A collaboration between United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and JHU's Project Muse will allow digital access to the museum's comprehensive research on Nazi camps and ghettos / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Rush hour traffic on Interstate 95 southbound in Baltimore
21st Century Cities
Baltimoreans feel daily impact of Key Bridge collapse
Published March 25, 2025
Survey finds Baltimore-area residents say it's harder to visit family and friends, run errands, and get to work or the doctor's office since the March 2024 incident
Allison Agwu grins while standing at a podium that reads "Stand Up for Science 2025." Behind her is a crowd of people.
Hundreds from Hopkins stand up for science at D.C. rally
Published March 10, 2025
An estimated crowd of 5,000 attended the Stand Up for Science event in the nation's capital, which featured three speakers from Johns Hopkins