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Illustration depicts a house with a faux-Roman colonnade, a crooked window, and various other garish add-ons like astroturf, a red convertible, and a turret
Architectural bazooka
Published Summer 2017
Blogger behind 'McMansion Hell' takes aim at American consumerism, one oversized foyer at a time / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Empty movie theater with blank screen
Economics
Screen test
Published Summer 2017
Policymakers can have disruptive effects on industries even if they have good intentions, Hopkins economist finds / Johns Hopkins Magazine
black and white photo of rhinoceros
Life lessons from rhinos
Published Summer 2017
A museum program pairs up with the Maryland Zoo, challenging students to create promo materials that educate and fascinate local school kids / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration shows melting ice blocks with sinister hands in the negative space
Arctic policy
As the ice breaks
Published Summer 2017
A massive territory-grab of underwater resources is taking place in the Arctic—but when it comes to staking its claim, America lags behind / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration depicts a political map of Europe with the coastline disintegrating to become birds in flight across the Atlantic
Global disorder
Coping with the displaced millions
Published Summer 2017 Video
Bloomberg School researchers Paul Spiegel, Len Rubenstein, and Courtland Robinson bring facts and data to the discussion of mass human migration / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration depicts a tank draped in the American flag in front of a red and white striped background
Sit rep
Published Summer 2017
A deep-dive into Eliot Cohen's 'thoughtful, carefully reasoned' book, 'The Big Stick' / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Mark Christian Thompson
Like an explosion
Published Summer 2017
For Mark Christian Thompson, a new reading of Franz Kafka was spurred by a single word / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A sketch of a cat wearing an Elizabethan ruff
Furry, four-legged, and family
Published Summer 2017
Scientist and writer David Grimm says the dogs and cats of today are quasi-citizens, with more rights and legal protections than ever before / Johns Hopkins Magazine
COMMENTARY
Establishment parties in U.S. and Europe 'imploding'
Published June 8, 2017
Erik Jones, an expert in European and Eurasian studies at SAIS, suggests traditional political parties are failing, cannot contain their fringe movements / The Cipher Brief
A mother in Uganda examines a cell-phone-like device next to an infant manikin
For a Healthier World
New global health effort takes shape
Published June 6, 2017
Alliance for a Healthier World announces $250K in available grant funding for cross-disciplinary proposals