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Stumps and debris in a felled forest
Q+A
Why climate change solutions remain elusive
Published Sept 25, 2019
Paul Ferraro says climate scientists must rethink how they disseminate their research findings in order to change human behavior
Molly Crockett
Digital media+Discourse
Outrage overload?
Published Sept 25, 2019
Yale psychologist Molly Crockett shares insights from her work suggesting social media—and its encouragement of moral outrage in particular—may be changing our brains
Opioids in a pill bottle
Opioids
Minority of opioid users say they prefer fentanyl
Published Sept 23, 2019
Those who do prefer fentanyl are more likely to be younger, white, and daily users, three-city study finds
A singer performs at the inaugural Billie Holiday Jazz Festival
ARTS
Project combines art, history, scholarly research, and community outreach
Published Sept 20, 2019
Lawrence Jackson's Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts aims to document the history of African American life in Baltimore and foster intellectual ties between the university and the community
A child looks out the door window from the room he is staying in at the Brownsville, Texas port of entry
Detention camps, in their own words
Published Sept 17, 2019
Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship hosts teach-in discussion of historic and modern day concentration camps
Illustration of books and a house in the clouds
Education
Knock knock, teacher here
Published Fall 2019
Home visiting program shown to improve school attendance and standardized test scores for elementary and middle schoolers / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Zeid Ra'd Al Hussein
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, guardian of human rights
Published Fall 2019 Video
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, a Hopkins alum and the former U.N. high commissioner for human rights, has spent decades speaking on behalf of victims of the world's most vile atrocities / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of a reading woman
VOICES
True crime on her mind
Published Fall 2019
Rachel Monroe's new book explores women's infatuation with murder stories through the lens of her own obsessions / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A man in a pigeon coop
Photography
Photographing America's back row
Published Fall 2019
In his book 'Dignity,' photographer Chris Arnade reckons with the decades of racism and economic forces that shaped the U.S. and its communities / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Mohammad Modarres with a puppet chef
Mohammad Modarres is building a bigger community table
Published Fall 2019
Mohammad Modarres wants to bridge the gap between kosher and halal foods and bring people together in the process / Johns Hopkins Magazine