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Prison cell
Incarcerated Women
Landmark study compiles data on pregnant women in prisons
Published April 11, 2019
Groundbreaking study calculates prevalence of pregnancy in prisons and tracks health outcomes of incarcerated mothers and their babies
Line chart art
'Gold standard' survey tracks decades of public opinion
Published April 10, 2019
Hopkins sociologist Stephen Morgan discusses the biennial General Social Survey, a key source of social science research since 1972
Laura Moro, Ashley Fadiora, and Jodie Pelusi with baby Nova
Nursing
The difference a doula makes
Published April 9, 2019 Video
Nursing students in Birth Companions program support pregnant mothers and help deliver safer, healthier babies
David Yaffe, Vilma Martinez, and Michael Steele
Race in America
Bridging the political divide
Published April 5, 2019
Political commentator, JHU alum Michael Steele joins diplomat Vilma Martinez for JHU Forums on Race in America event
Tutor and students on a bus
Looking back
Six decades of making a difference
Published April 4, 2019
The Johns Hopkins Tutorial Project, with its origins in the civil rights era, celebrates a milestone anniversary during Alumni Weekend
Hahrie Han
Hahrie Han named SNF Agora Institute director
Published April 4, 2019
Han comes to Hopkins from UC Santa Barbara with a research focus on civic and political participation, collective action, organizing, and social change
Boots Riley speaks at the Foreign Affairs Symposium
Foreign Affairs Symposium
Artist/activist Boots Riley on film, capitalism, social justice
Published April 4, 2019
Acclaimed director of 'Sorry to Bother You' discusses the history of activism, his artistic career, and effective forms of protest
Etching
Before "Farm to Table"
We are what they ate
Published Spring 2019
Exhibit traces the culinary heritage of the New World and the worldwide food exchange that emerged after Europeans traveled to the Americas / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Logos
marketing
The secret appeal to Nike's swoosh
Published Spring 2019
Haiyang Yang, an expert in consumer psychology, researches the connection between company logos and personality / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Danna Thomas and a student
Education
Support for stressed-out teachers
Published Spring 2019
Danna Thomas, founder of Happy Teacher Revolution, believes that fortifying teachers' emotional and mental well-being can help support kids / Johns Hopkins Magazine