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Voices+Opinion
Philosophy
Truth and consequences
Published Nov 16, 2017
Richard Bett, chair of the philosophy department, says we could learn from the skeptics of ancient Greece
A battered, roofless blue building surrounded by debris
Perspective
An unfamiliar homeland
Published Nov 14, 2017
Bloomberg School PhD candidate writes about what she saw in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María
John Kasich
MSE Symposium
4 takeaways from John Kasich's talk
Published Nov 14, 2017 Video
Former GOP presidential candidate focuses on mental health, kindness, and faith
An image is projected on a screen showing a hilltop vineyard with a blue net cascading in the wind. In the lower left corner of the image, there is the silhouette of a man with thick glasses
ART
Teju Cole, on seeing
Published Nov 8, 2017
Author, 'New York Times Magazine' photography critic discusses vision, art in President's Reading Series talk
Texas church shooting 'fits a pattern'
Published Nov 7, 2017
Despite research thats shows majority of mass shootings have a connection to domestic abuse, policy loopholes allow abusers to obtain firearms easily
Joy-Ann Reid
MSE Symposium
A country divided by fake news
Published Nov 3, 2017
MSNBC political analyst Joy-Ann Reid discusses the polarized media landscape and how we got here
Jerome Powell speaks at a table
Q+A
Economist discusses next Fed chair
Published Nov 2, 2017
Carey School's Alessandro Rebucci offers insight on Jerome Powell, Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve
Artist's rendition of Mars shows the planet in silhouette against a tiny sun
The search for water on Mars
Published Nov 2, 2017
Lecture explores lingering questions relating to the presence of liquid water on the Red Planet
The Johns Hopkins Hospital sign and dome with brightly shining sun
Commentary
The merit of merit-based aid
Published Oct 25, 2017
Leaders at Hopkins, Harvard, Stanford say merit-based scholarships may be detrimental to future of medicine
Tracy Smith stands at a podium and speaks
Turnbull Lecture
On the power and mystique of metaphor
Published Oct 25, 2017
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith, the U.S. Poet laureate, visits Johns Hopkins