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Diversity+Inclusion
Goals turn to action as DEI work enters a new phase
Published Feb 14, 2023
Divisional goals developed over the past year set the stage for sustained, measurable progress in the years ahead
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Coronavirus Resource Center
Hopkins winds down pioneering pandemic data tracking
Published Feb 10, 2023
The Coronavirus Resource Center, a critical resource during the COVID-19 pandemic, will cease the collection and reporting of COVID-19 data on March 10; other Hopkins COVID-19 resources remain available
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COVID-19
An influential COVID tracker shuts down
Published Feb 10, 2023
'It's bittersweet,' Lauren Gardner, an engineering professor who launched the project with one of her students, told NPR's Morning Edition. 'But it's an appropriate time to move on.'
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Democracy+Politics
Opposing perspectives on voting rights spark lively debate
Published Feb 9, 2023 Video
SNF Agora's first marquee debate, featuring Karl Rove and Symone D. Sanders, closed out the 2023 Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival
Barbara Migeon
In Memoriam
Genetic medicine pioneer Barbara Migeon dies at 91
Published Feb 9, 2023
Migeon, the sixth woman to reach the rank of professor at the School of Medicine, remembered for dedication to education, influential research
Rama Chellappa
Faculty honors
AI expert Rama Chellappa elected to National Academy of Engineering
Published Feb 7, 2023
Chellappa, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in electrical and computer engineering and biomedical engineering, is among 106 new members and 18 international members selected
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Diversity+Inclusion
Six projects selected for Diversity Innovation Grants
Published Feb 7, 2023
More than $20,000 awarded for ideas to improve JHU with emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion
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Diversity+Inclusion
Student applicants sought for new universitywide Disability Inclusion Advisory Committee
Published Feb 6, 2023
The creation of the committee supports university's stated goals to foster inclusion of the disability community and to invest in needed accommodations and services
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Hopkins PhD students vote in favor of unionization
Published Feb 1, 2023
Approximately 3,200 student workers across JHU's 65 PhD programs will be represented by TRU-UE in collective bargaining with the university
Louise Flavahan
Politics+Society
Students to take center stage in debate initiative
Published Jan 31, 2023
Debate director Louise Flavahan aims to turn tension into dialogue, starting with a discussion about voting rights Feb. 8 featuring Karl Rove and Symone Sanders-Townsend