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Students vote at Johns Hopkins Absentee Ballot Party
#HopkinsVotes
Students get registered, ready for 2020 elections
Published Feb 17, 2020
Hundreds of students get guidance on how to register, how to submit absentee ballots at event hosted by Center for Social Concern
Expert panel focuses on coronavirus
Experts weigh in
Coronavirus prevention and preparedness
Published Feb 5, 2020 Video
Experts from the Center for Health Security and the Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response discuss the current outbreak of novel coronavirus
Caucus-goers in Precinct 61
Election 2020
Iowa caucus 'debacle' spurs calls for new format
Published Feb 5, 2020
As the wait for complete Democratic primary results continues, Johns Hopkins experts size up the flaws in Iowa's first-in-the-nation nominating contest for presidential candidates
Photo of a suffrage parade in New York in 1912
Value the vote
Hopkins plans yearlong commemoration of women's suffrage
Published Feb 5, 2020
Events throughout 2020 will highlight the centennial of the 19th Amendment and explore the legacy and shortcomings of the women's suffrage movement
Darcie Draudt teaches Star Trek and Diplomacy Intersession class
Intersession 2020
Interstellar diplomacy
Published Jan 24, 2020
Students analyze the ways in which the 24th century tactics of the Starfleet Command provide a useful lens for understanding international relations today
Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels
Daniels discusses how colleges can better support liberal democracy
Published Jan 10, 2020
Universities play a vital role in fostering democracy and educating citizens, he says, yet many have failed in these essential responsibilities in recent years
Barbara Mikulski
Q+A
Barbara Mikulski reflects on 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment
Published Jan 10, 2020
The women's suffrage movement was a 'scrappy, hard-won fight,' but it was not without its flaws, says the former U.S. senator, who is now a Homewood Professor of Public Policy at JHU
Hahrie Han
SNF Agora Institute
Collective action in divided times
Published Jan 10, 2020
SNF Agora Institute hosts conference in partnership with Cincinnati megachurch to explore issues of civic engagement, democratic participation
Qassim Suleimani's grave
Commentary
Suleimani assassination 'pulverizes' U.S. influence in Middle East
Published Jan 6, 2020
JHU experts on the Middle East, international relations, and political science discuss the role Qassim Suleimani played in Iran's military and the potential fallout from his assassination by U.S. drone strike
Helicopter dropping dollar bills
Health spending
Taken for a ride
Published Jan 2, 2020
Study suggests that patients are overpaying for air ambulance services because of a market failure within the industry