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Suchi Saria with a laptop computer
Editor's note
Published Fall 2025
Editor Greg Rienzi talks about the power of AI and big data to improve patient outcomes / Johns Hopkins Magazine
President Daniels, center, speaking in front of the gathering for the Democracy and Freedom Festival
Politics+Society
Democracy thrives with communication, connection
Published Oct 21, 2025
Panelists at SNF Agora Institute's fifth-annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival say tapping into our shared humanity is the key to finding common ground in a divisive time
Peter Agre wearing a white lab coat in a lab setting
Books
How science can succeed where politics falls short
Published Oct 21, 2025
Drawing on decades of experience in global health and international scientific exchanges, Nobel laureate Peter Agre makes the case that evidence and collaboration—even simply forging friendships—can offer a path forward
The Federal Reserve
3 Questions
The Fed's historic independence
Published Sept 16, 2025
Johns Hopkins political scientist Nicolas Jabko explains how prevailing political forces threaten to disrupt the nation's money supply and the global economy
A drawing of a coronavirus in grey watercolor background to illustrate dangerous cases of a pandemic
Voices
Experts to debate legacy of U.S. COVID-19 response
Published Sept 12, 2025
Second debate in the Hopkins Forum series will be held on Sept. 17 with Tom Frieden, Jerome Adams, Dara Kass, and Mike Varshavski
Thomas Hartung
3 Questions
End of animals-only testing brings opportunities, challenges
Published July 16, 2025
Hopkins expert Thomas Hartung discusses NIH announcement that it will no longer consider grant proposals that do not include alternative testing models
An illustration giving a glimpse inside two heads. One, along with a brain, has dollar signs, test tubes, syringes, and DNA strands. The other, which is upside down, just has X's and a cavity where the brains should be.
Essay
Research funding cuts: What's at stake
Published Summer 2025
Researchers like Richard Huganir are closing in on a cure for SYNGAP1-related disorders. But in the face of federal funding cuts, can they finish what they started? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
President's message
Published Summer 2025
Walking around campus is a great way to and gain perspective / Johns Hopkins Magazine
An acoustic guitar on a dark blue background with white twinkle lights
Editor's note
Published Summer 2025
Editor Greg Rienzi talks about music therapy programs at Johns Hopkins / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Letters to the editor
Published Summer 2025
Letters to the editor / Johns Hopkins Magazine