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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 Video
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 Video
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 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