Skip to main content

Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876

America’s First Research University
Archived articles

Voices+Opinion

Book covers
Books
Book recommendations from Hopkins scholars and experts
Published Dec 15, 2022
We asked faculty members, library staff, and many others about the best books they read in 2022. This is what they told us.
A person taps their iPhone
Q+A
New Apple security measures concern the FBI but should reassure consumers
Published Dec 13, 2022
The new opt-in features protect user data, messages, and photos and signal a positive change in how big tech companies approach consumer privacy, says cryptography expert Matt Green
Graphic collage of a hand holding a phone with digital text and pixelated noise overlaying the image
Cybersecurity
How to spot 'fake news' online
Published Dec 5, 2022
Cybersecurity expert Joe Carrigan, co-host of Hacking Humans podcast, offers tips for verifying information online
A black and white line drawing with a handgun in the foreground and an American flag in the background as well as a municipal building and an interpretation of a national monument
Q+A
Oregon's new laws and the future of U.S. gun policy
Published Nov 28, 2022
A midterm ballot initiative requires permits to purchase guns and limits magazine capacity, charting a course for other states to put gun control in the hands of voters, says Hopkins expert Cass Crifasi
A hand inserts a ballot into a ballot drop box
Elections
What we learned from the midterms
Published Nov 11, 2022 Video
Scholars from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins convened to discuss the influence of factors such as 'Dobbs,' the war in Ukraine, and the specter of the 2024 presidential race on this year's midterm elections
A man wearing a veteran's cap sits with a flag in the background and a walker in the foreground
Q+A
On the front lines of veteran health
Published Nov 10, 2022
Johns Hopkins nursing expert Rita D'Aoust and her longtime research colleague Alicia Gill Rossiter are working to change how veterans and their families receive health care in the United States
A white sign with black text posted on a city street says "no electioneering between this point and the poll"
Q+A
Midterm elections analysis with a Hopkins expert
Published Nov 9, 2022
The American political landscape is unsettled after Election Day, with several major races still undecided. Which party had a better night? Political scientist Daniel Schlozman breaks down the midterm winners and losers
Members of the Proud Boys attend a rally wearing yellow bandanas and gaiters over their faces
Politics
White supremacy, political violence, and firearms
Published Nov 3, 2022 Video
Policy experts, including U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, convene to discuss armed intimidation in the political process as Americans go to the polls for midterms
Coronavirus cell
Voices
Commentary: It's time to stop creating 'superbugs' in the lab
Published Nov 1, 2022
Johns Hopkins computational biologist Steven Salzberg says Boston University study that created a new form of the omicron coronavirus variant should never have happened
A toddler receives treatment in the hospital for RSV, wearing a mask to help them breathe.
Q+A
Expert warns of a 'tripledemic'
Published Oct 31, 2022
Now is the time to get your flu shots and bivalent boosters as hospitals and healthcare systems reach capacity with surging cases of flu, RSV, and COVID-19, says Brian Garibaldi of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Biocontainment Unit