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Voices+Opinion

Dispatch from the chug zone

Published Spring 2023

"Runners set! Chug!" At the Beer Mile World Classic with JHU alum Elizabeth Laseter / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Education

A case for reimagining our public schools

Published March 27, 2023

In his new book, David Steiner, director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, impugns a broken educational system and argues for a return to the fundamentals of wisdom, ethics, and beauty

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Neuroaestheics

The healing powers of a brain on art

Published March 27, 2023

In new book, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross contend that making and experiencing art can help us flourish

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Q+A

A closer look at the EPA's proposed regulations of 'forever chemicals'

Published March 21, 2023

Carsten Prasse, assistant professor of environmental health and engineering, discusses the effects of the regulations on public water systems—from their benefits for Americans' health to the reality of implementation

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VOICES

Can you fight cancer with mere thought?

Published March 20, 2023

Hopkins neuroscientist David Linden reflects on what might be causing the delayed progress of his cancer in 'New York Times' essay

Voices

The dish on JHU Dining

Published March 8, 2023

Hamilton Goss, Hopkins' inaugural director of culinary innovation, reflects on the past year of Hopkins Dining's self-operated model

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Q+A

Can we trust AI?

Published March 6, 2023

From Alexa to a robot running amok in the movie 'M3GAN', artificial intelligence is part of everyday life and is capturing our imagination. Johns Hopkins AI expert Rama Chellappa helps us sort out fact from fiction, and whether we should embrace the 'AI spring'.