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Technician in blue gloves does control check of the in vitro fertilization process using a microscope
3 questions
A closer look at Alabama's IVF ruling
Published Feb 27, 2024
The ruling that frozen embryos are children could set the stage for a national fetal personhood law, but restricting IVF is generally unpopular, Hopkins bioethicist Ruth Faden says
An Enemy of the People promotional flyer
Politics+Society
Public health discourse takes center stage
Published Feb 20, 2024
Dramatic readings from Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play 'An Enemy of the People' will pair with guided discussions during two performances in D.C. this week
A young person speaks in front of a red, black, and green banner
New name, new major for Krieger School program focused on study of migration, racial hierarchy
Published Feb 8, 2024
The Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism will also launch a new major in Critical Diaspora Studies
Green bird whose head is a camera
Q+A
Birds aren't real*
Published Feb 7, 2024
How a nonsensical protest sign sparked a movement that shed light on how conspiracies grow and spread
U.S. Capitol Building
3 questions
Who would benefit from the bipartisan tax bill?
Published Feb 2, 2024
If passed, a new tax package would convey the most significant benefits to low-income families, Hopkins economist Robert Moffitt explains
Samantha Power speaks at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center Jan. 30, 2024
Climate policy
Samantha Power urges major investments in climate resilience
Published Jan 30, 2024
During an address at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, the USAID administrator said the world is moving far too slowly to address changes in our climate and discussed how we can all be part of the solution
A large crowd gathers outdoors at night to view Taiwan election winners on a giant video screen
Q+A
Understanding the Taiwan elections
Published Jan 19, 2024
Tensions were already heightened between mainland China and Taiwan before the polls opened on Jan. 13. With the results in, what's the next chapter in this complex story?
Jerome Schneewind
In memoriam
Jerome Schneewind dies at 93
Published Jan 9, 2024
Schneewind was best known for his innovative research on the history of ethics, authoring and editing influential articles and volumes that stand as definitive works
Close-up of a hand touching a blue and green globe
3 Questions
The road ahead after COP28
Published Dec 18, 2023
The U.N. summit's climate pact is a step in the right direction, but much more is needed, Hopkins expert Benjamin Link says
J.G.A. Pocock
In memoriam
J.G.A. Pocock dies at 99
Published Dec 18, 2023
Considered one of the great historians of his generation, Pocock wove philosophy, political science, and history into a program in political and moral thought that Hopkins is known for today