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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
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The ongoing crisis in Ukraine
Published March 31, 2022 Video
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 Video
USAID Administrator, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author will address the Class of 2022 on May 22
A gun with bullets scattered around it
Public health
New center merges gun violence research, policy, advocacy
Published March 30, 2022
Newly merged center to combine rigorous scientific research with public-policy advocacy expertise
Belongings and debris are piled on the sidewalk after an eviction
Economics
New measurement suggests U.S. undercounts people in poverty
Published March 25, 2022
The Supplemental Expenditure Poverty Measure combines spending data with living costs such as credit card debt and health care deductibles
Nancy Pelosi
Voices
Nancy Pelosi and Ron Daniels discuss role of institutions in democracy
Published March 23, 2022 Video
The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives joined Johns Hopkins University's president for a wide-ranging virtual discussion as part of the Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival
Poster for Paradise app
Artificial intelligence
Trouble in Paradise?
Published March 22, 2022
Immersive audio experience developed at Johns Hopkins brings cutting-edge storytelling to confront intimate partner abuse
Ukrainian refugees from 2022, crossing into Poland
International health
Humanity under fire as Russia bombards Ukraine
Published March 16, 2022
As the war in Ukraine causes a massive humanitarian crisis, three Hopkins health care experts call out Vladimir Putin for illegally attacking civilians as well as health care facilities and workers
Illustration of a satellite looking over the Earth
This week
How geospatial intelligence provides vital insights into Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Published March 14, 2022
Johns Hopkins experts, former CIA employees Michael Ard and Jack O'Connor will discuss the growing roles satellite, drone, and aircraft imagery play in intelligence gathering