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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
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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
Three students at Roland Park Country School seated around a desk working on a project with Changemakers
Tomorrow's changemakers
Published March 8, 2022
A new program developed by two Jhpiego board members fosters the next generation of activists
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Cybersecurity
Now's the time to protect your computer networks from cyberattack
Published March 4, 2022
Anton Dahbura from the Information Security Institute suggests that individuals and enterprises should take steps now to secure cyber systems against attack from Russian agents
Oil barrels in a railway yard
Q+A
Understanding SWIFT and economic sanctions
Published March 2, 2022
Alessandro Rebucci, an expert in global economics and finance, discusses how economic sanctions could affect Russia and the global economy
Kharkiv downtown street destroyed by Russian bombardment
Voices
Ukraine's resilience, Russia's miscalculation
Published March 2, 2022
Johns Hopkins experts on foreign policy and geopolitics convene for panel discussion of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the international response
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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
Gas stove flame
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.