Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins
University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools,
the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to
the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins
communications offices.
On the cusp of last year’s presidential election, many working class voters who were once staunch Democrats had gone independent, opening the door for a non-traditional Republican candidate, a new Johns Hopkins University study concludes.
August 1, 2017 Tags: Bloomberg Distinguished Professors, Democrats, Donald Trump, General Social Survey, Johns Hopkins University, party affiliation, political identity, politics, Republicans, Stephen L. Morgan, voters, working class
| Category: Government and Politics, Social Sciences
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation has committed $150 million to Johns Hopkins University to forge new ways to address the deterioration of civic engagement worldwide.
June 22, 2017 Tags: Agora Institute, Beverly Wendland, Krieger School of Art and Sciences, Rising to the Challenge, Ronald J. Daniels, Stavros Niarchos Foundation
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Arts and Humanities, Fundraising, Giving, Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Psychology, Public Health, Social Sciences
Once-formidable disparities between black and white families living in subsidized housing have largely vanished, and black and white children who grew up in such housing fared similarly in school, jobs and earnings, finds a new Johns Hopkins University study. However, one troubling difference remains between black and white families in assisted housing — neighborhood quality. Black families getting subsidized housing are about nine time more likely than whites to live in segregated, impoverished neighborhoods, the study found.
May 8, 2017 Tags: assisted housing, C. Scott Holupka, inequality, Johns Hopkins University, public housing, race, Sandra J. Newman, Subsidized housing
| Category: Business and Economics, Government and Politics, Social Sciences
Johns Hopkins University political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg offers a possible explanation of the motives behind the flurry of executive orders and presidential memoranda issued during President Donald Trump’s first week in office.
February 1, 2017 Tags: Benjamin Ginsberg, Donald Trump, Johns Hopkins University, Political Science
| Category: Government and Politics
Barbara A. Mikulski, the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress and Maryland’s longest-tenured U.S. senator, will join the Johns Hopkins University on Jan. 16 as a professor of public policy and presidential adviser.
January 12, 2017 Tags: Barbara Mikulski, Political Science, Public Policy, Ronald J. Daniels, Sheridan Libraries
| Category: Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Libraries, University Administration, University-Related
The following Johns Hopkins University experts, whose research focuses on such subjects as race, economic policy, inequality, gun violence, law enforcement and health care, are available for interviews during the presidential election season.
July 26, 2016 Tags: economics, Election experts, issues, Johns Hopkins University, politics, Presidential election, race
| Category: Business and Economics, Government and Politics, Public Health, Social Sciences
National tax preparation chains continue to exploit the working poor, many of whom spend a significant portion of a key federal anti-poverty tax credit just to pay for filing their taxes, a new study concludes.
April 14, 2016 Tags: Advanced Academic Programs, Earned Income Tax Credit, income taxes, Johns Hopkins University, Paul Weinstein, tax preparation
| Category: Business and Economics, Government and Politics, Social Sciences
A new interdisciplinary science team, led by experts from Yale and Johns Hopkins universities and funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will try to figure how power generation trends, climate change and public policy interact to affect air quality. A key goal is to trace how the resulting changes in air pollution may affect the health of people who live and work in the mid-Atlantic area.
March 2, 2016 Tags: air pollution, climate change, environmental engineering, power generation, Public Health, respiratory ailments
| Category: Earth Science, Engineering, Environment, Government and Politics, Public Health, Technology
Ben Seigel, a Baltimore native who helped design the Obama Administration’s place-based strategy and led the federal government’s effort to address deep-rooted issues in Baltimore after last year’s unrest, has joined a Johns Hopkins University project to strengthen cities with similar urban challenges.
January 27, 2016 Tags: 21st century cities initiative, Baltimore City, Ben Seigel, Johns Hopkins University, Kathryn Edin
| Category: Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Social Sciences, University-Related
Carter Hewgley, former head of analytics for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has joined a Johns Hopkins University project to make cities’ data more accessible and help solve urban problems.
September 22, 2015 Tags: Carter Hewgley, Center for Government Excellence, Government Analytics, GovEx, Johns Hopkins University, open data
| Category: Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, Technology
The Affordable Care Act has eroded support for health care spending not just among Republicans, but for Democrats and Independents, a Johns Hopkins University study has found.
September 21, 2015 Tags: Affordable Care Act, General Social Survey, Obamacare, Stephen L. Morgan
| Category: Government and Politics, Social Sciences
In its efforts to curb criminal activity, should the government be allowed to see confidential consumer data collected by businesses? Or does the right to privacy trump such intrusions? These complex questions will be the focus of the second annual Senior Executive Cyber Security Conference, to be held Thursday, Sept. 10, at Johns Hopkins University. Registration for the daylong event is under way.
August 4, 2015 Tags: computer security, cyber attacks, cyber security, cybersecurity, data breaches, data privacy, information security
| Category: Business and Economics, Engineering, Government and Politics, Public policy, Technology
Low-income fathers who might be labeled “deadbeat dads” often spend as much on their children as parents in formal child support arrangements, but they choose to give goods like food and clothing rather than cash, a Johns Hopkins-led study found.
June 15, 2015 Tags: child support, Deadbeat dads, Johns Hopkins University, Kathryn Edin
| Category: Business and Economics, Government and Politics, Social Sciences
Andrew Nicklin, former head of groundbreaking open-data programs in New York city and state, has joined a Johns Hopkins University project to make cities’ data more accessible and help solve urban problems.
June 3, 2015 Tags: Andrew Nicklin, Center for Government Excellence, Johns Hopkins University, open data
| Category: Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University-Related
The chair of the Johns Hopkins University’s board of trustees and his wife have committed $10 million to give students new opportunities in international relations and to enhance scholarly work on major world issues.
May 28, 2015 Tags: board of trustees, Jeffrey Aronson, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Rising to the Challenge, SAIS
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Giving, Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, International Affairs, Student-Related News
Electricity systems in the United States are so haphazardly regulated for reliability, it’s nearly impossible for customers to know their true risk of losing service in a major storm, a Johns Hopkins University analysis found.
May 27, 2015 Tags: electric utilities, Hurricane Sandy, Johns Hopkins University, power outage, Roshanak Nateghi, Seth Guikema, tropical storm, Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: Engineering, Government and Politics, Public Health
Although critics knock United States-based companies like Apple, Google and Starbucks for dodging taxes overseas, a new analysis shows that European companies in the states are enjoying the same sort of tax breaks.
May 18, 2015 | Category: Business and Economics, Government and Politics
Three-term New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has committed funds to launch a Johns Hopkins University effort helping cities use data to run more effective operations and fix urban problems.
April 20, 2015 Tags: 21st century cities initiative, Beth Blauer, Center for Government Excellence, Kathryn Edin, Michael R. Bloomberg, Ronald J. Daniels, Sharon Paley
| Category: Giving, Government and Politics, University-Related
Three-term New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is providing initial funding for a new international policy institute at the Johns Hopkins University named in honor of his long-time friend, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
April 9, 2015 Tags: Henry Kissinger, Michael R. Bloomberg, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Rising to the Challenge, SAIS
| Category: Fundraising, Giving, Government and Politics, International Affairs, University-Related
Outgoing Maryland governor Martin O’Malley will join the Johns Hopkins University’s Carey Business School Feb. 2 as a visiting professor focusing on government, business and urban issues.
January 16, 2015 Tags: 21st century cities initiative, Carey Business School, Martin O'Malley
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Business and Economics, Government and Politics, University-Related
In an increasingly data-driven world, there is an urgent need for individuals with the analytical skills necessary to address contemporary political, policy and governance issues.
January 15, 2014 Tags: Benjamin Ginsberg, Center for Advanced Governmental Studies, Government Analytics, Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
| Category: Government and Politics
Avi Rubin, a Johns Hopkins professor of computer science and director of the university’s Health and Medical Security Lab, testified Nov. 19 before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology at a hearing titled, “Is Your Data on Healthcare.gov Secure?” In a prepared statement submitted to the panel, Rubin said, “HealthCare.gov does not collect nor store Electronic Medical Records, but it does collect whatever personal information is needed for enrollment. This information, in the wrong hands, could potentially be used for identity theft attacks.”
November 20, 2013 Tags: computer security, HealthCare.gov, identity theft, Obamacare, personal data, Web security
| Category: Engineering, Government and Politics, Public policy, Technology
The National Science Foundation has awarded Seth Guikema, a Johns Hopkins University assistant professor of geography and environmental engineering, a $3 million grant to build a program that will determine the effect of repeated hurricanes and heat waves on the Mid-Atlantic region and suggest ways to improve the region’s ability to withstand them.
October 28, 2013 Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Seth Guikema
| Category: Engineering, Government and Politics, Natural Sciences, Public Health, Social Sciences, Technology, Uncategorized
Police departments across the country are using their own predictive strategies such as algorithms, time/space analysis and social network analysis to become “data detectives” in an effort to stop crime before it starts, according a new report by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Advanced Governmental Studies.
October 23, 2013 Tags: Advanced Academic Programs, Center for Advanced Governmental Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
| Category: Government and Politics, Technology
