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Politics+Society

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Public health

Costs to global health

Published July 7, 2025

Cuts to U.S. aid funding will have ramifications abroad—and at home

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Libraries+Museums

Former Sen. Ben Cardin donates political papers to Johns Hopkins

Published July 3, 2025

The materials span Cardin's nearly 60 year legislative career, covering a range of topics and historical events

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Research funding

Disrupted but determined: Lessons from Argentine scientists

Published July 1, 2025

Funding cuts and sky-high inflation have made researchers in Argentina thrifty and creative. What can U.S. colleagues learn from them?

Books

Walled off

Published Summer 2025

In 'Something Between Us,' anthropologist Anand Pandian explores the walls that divide America / Johns Hopkins Magazine

People wearing military uniforms inside of a lecture hall at Hopkins Bloomberg Center

Rather than create its own military university like other branches of the armed forces, the Space Force opted to team up with SAIS to offer programs that combine a traditional military education with graduate-level courses in areas such as international relations, geopolitics, and diplomacy / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at a press briefing June 14

Q+A

The rise of politically motivated violence

Published June 23, 2025

Johns Hopkins political scientist Lilliana Mason explains how political violence is eroding American democracy

The incoming SNF Agora Institute Visiting Fellows are (top row, from left) Amy B. Becker, Rosy Sunshine Galvan, Masha Lisitsyna, Felix Maradiaga, Rev. Johnnie Moore, (second row, from left) Reuben Ng, David Park, Gabriel Rossman, Daniel Sabet, (bottom row, from left) Eugene Scott, Nigel Semaj, Benjamin Storey, Jenna Silber Storey, and Jon Temin.

SNF Agora Institute announces visiting fellows

Published May 28, 2025

Leaders in democratic development, public-minded AI, and civic life—including the institute's inaugural Artist in Residence—will join JHU for the next academic year

Faculty honors

Three from JHU elected to American Academy

Published April 25, 2025

Lucy Allais, Jenann Ismael, and Martha Jones are among 250 individuals recognized for their leadership, their multidisciplinary work, and their achievements in advancing the common good