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Politics+Society

Students in a course for the Program in Islamic Studies

9/11 anniversary

Turning trauma into action, advocacy

Published Sept 9, 2021

New course from Program in Islamic Studies provides tools to research, analyze the personal and systemic impacts of 9/11 while building advocacy and allyship

Vision for Baltimore

Glasses boost academic outcomes

Published Sept 9, 2021

Three-year clinical study is the most robust analysis to date linking access to eyeglasses with higher test scores, especially for students having the most trouble in school

Sociology

Baby carriage before marriage?

Published Sept 7, 2021

New research by sociologist Andrew Cherlin suggests a historic shift away from the traditional marriage-then-baby continuum among college-educated moms

An instructor speaks with students in a classroom

#HopkinsVotes

New students get a democracy crash course

Published Sept 1, 2021

Participants in inaugural Democracy Day learn about the role of a university in a democratic society and the value of free inquiry, civic engagement

Q+A

A closer look at the U.S. economic recovery

Published Aug 27, 2021

Economist Jonathan Wright shares insights on key indicators for recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic as well as thoughts on what was learned during the Great Recession

Center for Talented Youth

CTY's new social justice courses empower students to spark change

Published Aug 23, 2021

The curriculum for academically advanced pre-college learners is part of an overarching antiracism initiative launched by the center

Education

Focused? Frustrated? Restless?

Published Aug 18, 2021

Hopkins researchers who study classroom stress create an app that makes it easier for students to tell teachers how they're feeling

Map illustrates how frequently states report COVID-19 data each week

Data visualization

Many states abandon daily reporting of COVID data

Published Aug 17, 2021

Despite new COVID-19 cases exceeding 900,000 last week, 36 states do not update their pandemic data every day, causing significant data gaps for public health agencies and officials