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Tom. Vozzo stands in the L.A. headquarters of Homeboy Industries
East Side story
Published Spring 2022
Alum Tom Vozzo left a high-end corporate job to become the volunteer head of a Los Angeles nonprofit serving former gang members / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Baltimore skyline
Q+A
What is guaranteed income?
Published April 26, 2022
As Baltimore announces a pilot program to provide cash payments to its poorest residents, experts on the health effects of poverty discuss guaranteed income programs and their impact on public health
Lawrence Jackson
Books
Native son
Published April 22, 2022
In 'Shelter,' JHU Professor of English and History Lawrence Jackson processes a homecoming to Baltimore
Photograph of a statue of a Black man astride a horse in the style of Confederate memorial statues
Arts+Culture
A horseman of a different era
Published April 20, 2022
A 7-foot tall sculpture, a small-scale version of Kehinde Wiley's defiant rejoinder to Confederate statuary, 'Rumors of War,' will be installed in Mudd Hall atrium
Dirty fridge with leftovers
Public health
Food insecurity doubled likelihood of missing medical care during first year of pandemic in U.S.
Published April 15, 2022
Survey conducted in December 2020 also found minorities and low-income individuals were at elevated risk of food insecurity
A man walks past a destroyed military tank
Health care in the crossfire
Published April 14, 2022
Experts call for accountability for war crimes and discuss what happens when health care infrastructure and workers become the targets of violence
Minkah Makalani
Spotlight
Minkah Makalani ventures beyond what can be imagined
Published April 12, 2022
The new director of the interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins Center for Africana Studies has seen firsthand how collaboration between the academy and the community can yield ideas unfettered by preconceived notions and expectations
Hands grip prison bars
Mental health
Incarcerating child sexual abusers topped $5.4 billion in 2021
Published April 5, 2022
The findings highlight financial toll of not preventing child sexual abuse, says researcher Elizabeth Letourneau
A residential building in the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk after intense shelling on March 31
War in ukraine
The ongoing crisis in Ukraine
Published March 31, 2022
Five Johns Hopkins experts discuss the near- and long-term global consequences of the conflict, including supply chain disruption, humanitarian disaster, and the heightened potential for a broader war
Samantha Power
Commencement 2022
Samantha Power named Commencement speaker
Published March 31, 2022
USAID Administrator, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author will address the Class of 2022 on May 22