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An array of books
Books
Book recommendations from Hopkins scholars
Published Dec 18, 2023
We asked faculty members, library staff, and many others about the best books they read in 2023. This is what they told us.
Monica Prasad
Sociology
Sociologist Monica Prasad joins JHU
Published Dec 15, 2023
Prasad analyzes socioeconomic problems to tackle complex challenges related to capitalism, neoliberalism, and social policy
Illustration of two heads talking to one another. The text "What about?" repeats itself and is overlaid on the image.
Communicating in bad faith
Published Winter 2023
A team of Johns Hopkins scientists has received a Discovery Award to research deceptive and bad faith communication / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A closeup of the cover of 'Before the Movement' features an old photo of three Black men sitting on a porch
Civil rights
Lost legacies, found again
Published Winter 2023
In Before the Movement, alum Dylan C. Penningroth showcases "ordinary black people [using] law in their everyday lives" / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Governor Wes Moore sits in front of a Maryland flag
Politics
The Governor Wes Moore
Published Winter 2023
One year into his governorship, Johns Hopkins Magazine sat down with Moore to talk about a life of service / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Baltimore cityscape at Mt. Vernon and the Washington Monument
21ST CENTURY CITIES
How people feel about living in Baltimore
Published Dec 5, 2023
Inaugural survey by Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative benchmarks sentiments and experiences across Baltimore
Panelists on a stage during a recent about whether the United States still needs race-based affirmative action.
Politics+Society
Does the U.S. still need affirmative action?
Published Nov 22, 2023
Experts deliberated the pros and cons of race-based affirmative action in a debate open to the public hosted by Johns Hopkins University's SNF Agora Institute
screen shot of a Johns Hopkins Congressional Briefing Series video
Congressional briefing
Studying the healing power of psychedelics
Published Nov 21, 2023 Video
JHU Congressional Briefing panelists explain how the controlled substances could transform mental health treatment
Three soldiers walk among the ruins of buildings in Gaza
Humanitarian health
Experts discuss toll of Middle East conflict
Published Nov 20, 2023 Video
Israel-Hamas war has resulted in mass civilian casualties, psychological trauma, and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, humanitarian health experts say
An American flag hanging from a house front porch on the 4th of July is in focus in the foreground, nice homes in the background and a clear blue sky
Democracy
Unequal civic opportunity in the U.S.
Published Nov 13, 2023
Civic opportunity decreases as poverty levels increase, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University's SNF Agora Institute