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Urban initiative
First international cohort of mayors joins Hopkins-led City Data Alliance
Published July 14, 2022
$60M investment by Bloomberg Philanthropies will empower city leaders to create new models of data excellence
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Data security
Deleting your period tracker won't keep your health data private
Published July 11, 2022
Information security expert Anton Dahbura says 'anonymous mode' and other attempts to protect user health data may lure people into a false sense of security in the post-Roe world
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Preventing gun violence
How red flag laws reduce risks of gun violence
Published July 11, 2022
Extreme risk protection orders, also called red flag laws, are a way to temporarily restrict access to firearms during high risk situations. Here's how they work.
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Education
Johns Hopkins, national partners tackle academic success and well-being for students
Published July 5, 2022
National Partnership for Student Success, with U.S. Department of Education and AmeriCorps, will help students recover from impact of COVID-19 pandemic
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Voices
Inside the 'Dobbs' decision
Published July 1, 2022
Health law and policy expert Joanne Rosen discusses the Supreme Court decision that overturned 'Roe' and 'Casey' and ushered in a new era of reproductive rights in the United States
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Gun violence
Experts: Repealing concealed carry restrictions will lead to more gun violence
Published June 28, 2022
During a media briefing Friday, experts from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions discussed the impact of the Supreme Court's decision to remove concealed carry restrictions in New York
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Voices
After Roe falls
Published June 21, 2022
Johns Hopkins experts discuss a future without the safeguards outlined in 'Roe v. Wade'
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Bearing witness
American Prison Writing Archive moves to Johns Hopkins
Published June 15, 2022
With help from a Mellon Foundation grant, the archive will become the largest digital collection of writings by incarcerated people in the world after it moves to Hopkins
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Juneteenth
Juneteenth festivities take place across Johns Hopkins this weekend
Published June 14, 2022
Events kick off Thursday with a game night hosted by the Black Faculty and Staff Association; Juneteenth will be officially observed with a university closure on Monday, June 20
Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski at the dedication ceremony June 8
Faculty honors
Capitol honors for Barbara Mikulski
Published June 13, 2022
A unanimous, bipartisan Senate resolution renamed a room in the U.S. Capitol after the trailblazing female senator and Homewood Professor of Public Policy, dedicated June 8