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Economics
New tool weighs tradeoffs in pandemic response
Published Oct 20, 2025
Johns Hopkins-led effort offers powerful new tool to aid health policy by integrating personal decision-making into disease prediction model
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Astronomy
Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter
Published Oct 16, 2025
New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy
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Impact Maryland
Hopkins leaders strike hopeful notes for region's future
Published Oct 15, 2025
Event brings together leaders to discuss a range of issues, including federal funding cuts, Baltimore's start-up ecosystem, challenges faced by health systems, and more
Jasmina Wiemann
Faculty honors
Scientist Jasmina Wiemann named Packard Fellow
Published Oct 15, 2025
Wiemann combines tools from chemistry, biology, and geology to explore ecological and evolutionary questions about life on Earth
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Environmental health
Cuts to environmental health research portend crisis
Published Oct 15, 2025 Video
With the federal government canceling and scaling back funding in research related to environmental health, scientists worry about the health and economic consequences for society
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Grad student honors
Five named Siebel Scholars
Published Oct 13, 2025
Annual award recognizes world's top graduate students from leading institutions of bioengineering, computer science, energy science, and business
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Civil engineering
U.S. energy supply chains unlikely to meet anticipated demand
Published Oct 9, 2025
Hopkins researchers identify vulnerabilities that could hinder nation's fast-growing energy demands for clean energy sources
Jason McLellan
Alum Jason McLellan named MacArthur Fellow
Published Oct 8, 2025 Video
McLellan, who earned a PhD from the School of Medicine in 2009, has transformed vaccine design with his work on viral fusion proteins
Thomas Kempa
Faculty honors
Chemist Thomas Kempa receives $1.3M Moore Foundation award
Published Oct 8, 2025
Prestigious award from foundation's Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative supports work that advances fundamental research by 'brilliant mid-career scientists'
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Artificial intelligence
AI tool predicts risk of vehicle crashes
Published Oct 7, 2025
SafeTraffic Copilot, developed by Hopkins researchers, aims to provide experts with crash analyses, predictions to reduce the rising number of fatalities, injuries on U.S. roads each year