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Opioids
Preventing overdoses
In opioid crisis, language matters
Published Aug 14, 2018
Public support increases when opioid 'safe consumption sites' are called 'overdose prevention sites'
Needle reads 'Never share'
Opioid epidemic
Public support remains low for needle exchanges, safe injection sites
Published July 19, 2018
Despite growing concerns over the opioid epidemic, majority of Americans don't support proven harm-reduction programs, study finds
Children play with water balloons
Education
Henderson-Hopkins ends school year with a splash
Published July 16, 2018
Family Fun Day brings families, community, and teachers to the Henderson-Hopkins School
Jeremy Shiffman
Interdisciplinary scholar
Global health policy expert named 34th BDP
Published July 2, 2018 Video
Jeremy Shiffman, who comes from American University, views health care policy through the lens of political science
Bill Gates
Global health
'I hope countries will compete in generosity'
Published June 27, 2018 Video
Philanthropist and tech giant Bill Gates visits SAIS for discussion of the U.S. foreign aid budget and what it means for health care in the developing world
Three boys sit with their back to a chain-link fence at a detention center
Q+A
The impact of family separation
Published June 21, 2018
Paul Spiegel says that for children, being separated from their parents is a trauma that can have 'very negative effects' / Newsweek
Ancient agora in Athens, Greece
An effort to restore civil discourse
Published June 19, 2018 Video
SNF Agora Institute workshop in Athens, Greece, examines division, distrust, and democracy
A group poses for a photo
LGBTQ Life
Pride of Charles Village
Published June 18, 2018
About 250 from Hopkins participate in Baltimore's annual Pride parade
Gold shipping container in front of brick academic building
Civil discourse
Building a 'global public square'
Published June 15, 2018 Video
Agora Institute brings immersive audiovisual Portals to Homewood to connect people at Hopkins with others around the world
Lisa Cooper
Health equity
Healing the divide
Published June 14, 2018
Hopkins expert Lisa Cooper discusses challenges and new directions in health disparities research