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Composite of Foreign Affairs Symposium speakers
Foreign Affairs Symposium
Chelsea Manning, Samantha Power headline 2018 lineup
Published Feb 12, 2018
Five events announced for spring speaker series organized and run by undergrads
Digital stock market ticker
Finance
'Volatility is back with a vengeance'
Published Feb 7, 2018
Alessandro Rebucci, an expert in international finance, weighs in on a tumultuous week for financial markets
A stuffed lion in a doctor's office waiting room
Medicaid
Insuring parents means more kids get care
Published Feb 5, 2018
Expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income parents has spillover effect: more kids get immunizations, checkups
A crop image of a photo of African-American women aboard a ship in 1930
Exhibit
Freedom in many forms
Published Feb 2, 2018
Sheridan Libraries exhibit honors the ways black Americans have expressed freedom and empowerment
Martin Van Buren
Q+A
Hot or not: U.S. presidents edition
Published Jan 30, 2018
SAIS alum J.D. Dobson and his wife, Kate, co-author an entertaining journey through U.S. political history
Secretary Mattis
Defense policy
Mattis outlines bold new strategy at SAIS
Published Jan 19, 2018
Secretary of Defense's strategy focuses on diplomacy, strengthening alliances, and securing a long-term budget from Congress
William H. "Bill" Miller III
Philanthropy
Investor Bill Miller commits $75M to Philosophy Department
Published Jan 16, 2018
Gift from renowned investor believed to be by far the largest ever to any university philosophy program
Two little girls smile in brand new glasses
Education
Mission for vision
Published Jan 12, 2018
At the halfway mark, Vision for Baltimore has distributed more than 3,000 free pairs of glasses to city students
Robert Slavin and Jonathan Plucker
Two education scholars recognized
Published Jan 11, 2018
Robert Slavin, Jonathan Plucker included on list of 200 whose work is shaping U.S. educational policy, practice
Bullet casings lie on a street
Public Health
Hot spot policing effectively reduces Baltimore gun violence
Published Jan 11, 2018
Report evaluates effectiveness of deterrence programs used in city since 2003