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SNF Agora Institute launches debate initiative
Published March 1, 2022
The initiative will host a pair of marquee moderated debates and support a number of additional student-organized debates each year
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Voices
Ukraine is now the front line in the global struggle for democracy
Published Feb 24, 2022
What happens next in Ukraine has implications for democracy's survival worldwide, say SNF Agora Institute faculty members Anne Applebaum and Yascha Mounk
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Air Pollution
Gas stoves might pose risks to both our planet and health
Published Feb 22, 2022 Video
Johns Hopkins climate and pulmonary medicine experts weigh in on recent study of the toxic emissions from the household gas stoves.
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Economics
JHU to launch multidisciplinary Center for Economy and Society
Published Feb 16, 2022
The center, part of the university's SNF Agora Institute, will be dedicated to reimagining the relationships among markets, governments, and citizens
Vladimir Putin
Q+A
Russia-Ukraine conflict maxes out cyberattack risk assessment index
Published Feb 15, 2022
Cyber Attack Predictive Index predicts the potential for cyberattacks between nations; Tool finds "extremely high likelihood" of attack against Ukraine by Russia
Florence-Olivia Genesse demonstrates the "Signal for Help" by pointing her open palm toward the camera and then trapping her thumb with her other four fingers
Student spotlight
TikTok advocacy
Published Feb 7, 2022
JHU graduate student Florence-Olivia Genesse's feminist TikTok channel is changing minds—and saving lives
Virginia Roach
CTY director discusses equity in education, support for advanced learners
Published Feb 4, 2022
Virginia Roach explores how her career, personal experiences have shaped her approach to equity during episode of The Caring Economy podcast
Mihrigul Tursun
Democracy
Intersession course lifts up dissident voices
Published Jan 27, 2022
Course led by chess champion and human rights advocate Garry Kasparov gives voice to those who risk their lives to promote democracy
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University history
Honoring the humanity of enslaved people at Homewood
Published Jan 21, 2022
Today's Ritual of Remembrance honors the legacies of those who lived and labored on the land where the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University now sits
Students at Henderson-Hopkins attend a portraiture workshop after a new portrait of Elijah Cummings was unveiled January 20, 2022
Names+Narratives
Portrait honors Elijah Cummings' enduring legacy
Published Jan 20, 2022
Elijah Cummings, longtime congressman from Baltimore who received an honorary degree in 2015 and died in 2019, held the national stage while maintaining steadfast support for his city