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Voices+Opinion

The cover of the book "Hedge" by Jane Delury

Hard choices at midlife

Published Winter 2023

The novel Hedge starts with the makings of a riveting romance—but not all is as it appears / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Book cover of "The Rigor of Angels" by William Egginton

A writer, a physicist, and a philosopher walk into a bar ... replace "bar" with "book" and you have the gist of The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Panelists on a stage during a recent about whether the United States still needs race-based affirmative action.

Politics+Society

Does the U.S. still need affirmative action?

Published Nov 22, 2023

Experts deliberated the pros and cons of race-based affirmative action in a debate open to the public hosted by Johns Hopkins University's SNF Agora Institute

Congressional briefing

Studying the healing power of psychedelics

Published Nov 21, 2023

JHU Congressional Briefing panelists explain how the controlled substances could transform mental health treatment

Three soldiers walk among the ruins of buildings in Gaza

Humanitarian health

Experts discuss toll of Middle East conflict

Published Nov 20, 2023

Israel-Hamas war has resulted in mass civilian casualties, psychological trauma, and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, humanitarian health experts say

Paula Neira, program director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Diversity+Inclusion

A path to authenticity

Published Nov 15, 2023

Paula Neira, the program director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education at Johns Hopkins Medicine, shares her journey from a dream job in the Navy to a life of service, purpose, and impact beyond

Panda cub Xiao Qi Ji wrestling with his mom

Q+A

Is panda diplomacy over?

Published Nov 8, 2023

For the first time in over 50 years, the panda enclosure at the National Zoo will be empty. What does that mean for U.S.-China relations?

Lines of computer code in white, green, red, and yellow are shown on a black screen

3 questions

New executive order regulating artificial intelligence

Published Nov 2, 2023

Johns Hopkins cybersecurity expert Anton Dahbura discusses the sweeping order meant to harness the potential—and anticipate the risks—of artificial intelligence