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Vector of USA Map Made of Stickman Figure with Patriotic Colors
Election 2024
Poll: Republicans who believe Trump won in 2020 expect November chaos
Published Aug 7, 2024
SNF Agora Institute publishes first of four polls designed to better understand growing divide between Republicans who do not accept 2020 election results and those who do
Four panelists
Johns Hopkins hosts leaders of Smithsonian, Library of Congress, National Archives
Published Aug 2, 2024
University hosts pioneering panel discussion on how our cultural institutions help safeguard democracy
A sheet of stickers given to American citizens upon voting on election day
Voices
Could the Democrats choose a new presidential candidate?
Published July 16, 2024
In a 'New York Times' essay, Johns Hopkins political scientist Daniel Schlozman explains how the Democratic Party's charter allows for changing candidates
American flag
Democracy+politics
SNF Agora Institute organizes bipartisan condemnation of political violence
Published July 15, 2024
Signatories also demand less violent rhetoric before election
U.S. White House and American Flag
Election 2024
Thursday's U.S. presidential debate: Unprecedented and unpredictable
Published June 26, 2024
Panelists from the JHU's SNF Agora Institute offer insights into the first-ever debate between an incumbent president and a former president
Jeremy Wallace and Jessica Chen Weiss
Foreign affairs
Renowned China experts join SAIS
Published June 12, 2024
Jessica Chen Weiss, Jeremy Wallace will join a new SAIS institute designed to foster deeper understanding and informed policymaking on the evolving role of China in the world
Left to right, Kara Swisher, Ron Daniels, Brad Raffensperger, and Adrian Fontes
Artificial intelligence
AI and the upcoming elections
Published June 11, 2024
OpenAI's Mira Murati and the secretaries of state from Arizona and Georgia weigh in on challenges, opportunities, and threats posed by emerging technology
VOTE HERE SIGN placed on the walkway to a neighborhood polling place, as seen on election day in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
3 questions
Artificial intelligence and its impact on the 2024 elections
Published June 5, 2024
AI has the potential to transform everything from health care to elections. SNF Agora's Scott Warren considers how it's affecting this election cycle.
Dorothy Ross
In memoriam
Historian Dorothy Ross dies at 87
Published May 29, 2024
The first woman to be named chair of the History Department, Ross's research focused on historical writing in the social sciences, revealing insights that transformed scholars' understanding of the past
Students in CTY Baltimore Emerging Scholars Program celebrated with their families May 19
Education
CTY program for bright Baltimore students turns 10
Published May 28, 2024
Founded in 2014, Emerging Scholars brings innovative, hands-on coursework to 400 city schools students with high academic potential each year