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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at a press briefing June 14
Q+A
The rise of politically motivated violence
Published June 23, 2025
Johns Hopkins political scientist Lilliana Mason explains how political violence is eroding American democracy
The incoming SNF Agora Institute Visiting Fellows are (top row, from left) Amy B. Becker, Rosy Sunshine Galvan, Masha Lisitsyna, Felix Maradiaga, Rev. Johnnie Moore, (second row, from left) Reuben Ng, David Park, Gabriel Rossman, Daniel Sabet, (bottom row, from left) Eugene Scott, Nigel Semaj, Benjamin Storey, Jenna Silber Storey, and Jon Temin.
SNF Agora Institute announces visiting fellows
Published May 28, 2025
Leaders in democratic development, public-minded AI, and civic life—including the institute's inaugural Artist in Residence—will join JHU for the next academic year
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 Video
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