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.

Seminar Series Starting Friday Aims To Expose, Explain Threats to U.S. Democracy

A group of political science scholars is launching a webinar series on Friday to highlight escalating threats to democracy that have been percolating for decades and boiling over ever since Donald Trump’s election.

June 24, 2020 Tags: 2020 Elections, American Democracy Collaborative, Black Lives Matter, Cornell University, Donald Trump, Johns Hopkins University, Swarthmore College
| Category: Government and Politics, Social Sciences

Beyond Tofurky: Can the Alt-Meat Trend Reach Thanksgiving?

Jan Dutkiewicz, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins and an expert in the alternative meat industry, can explain:
How the history of the Impossible Burger and other popular alternative meats can be traced to Thanksgiving.
Why despite the current plant-based meat craze, there is not yet a turkey option that’s created as much buzz.
How in the future Thanksgivings, with lab-grown meat soon to be available, people might be able to buy turkey created in a petri dish.

November 11, 2019 Tags: alternative meat, Beyond Burger, Impossible Burger, Jan Dutkiewicz, Johns Hopkins University, lab-grown meat, plant-based meat, Thanksgiving, tofurky
| Category: Business and Economics, Environment, Government and Politics, Public Health, Social Sciences

Study: Millennials Arrested More Often Than Their Predecessors—Even When Fewer Crimes Are Committed

Millennials are more likely to be arrested than their predecessor counterparts regardless of self-reported criminal activity, finds a new study by a Johns Hopkins University expert. Furthermore, black men who self-reported no offenses were 419% more likely to be arrested at the beginning of the 21st century than non-offending blacks of the previous generation, and 31.5% more likely to be arrested than whites of the same generation who did not self-report any crimes.

April 29, 2019 Tags: arrest, crime, disparities, generation, incarceration, Millennials, Political Science, sociology, Vesla Weaver
| Category: Government and Politics, Social Sciences

What Looks Like Substance Abuse Could be Self-Medication, Study Finds

When improved antidepressants hit the market in the 1980s, heavy drinking among people with depression dropped 22 percent, suggesting people who knowingly use drugs and alcohol to relieve mental and physical pain will switch to safer, better treatment options when they can get them, a new Johns Hopkins University study found.

December 17, 2018 Tags: alcohol abuse, antidepressants, depression, drug dependency, Michael Darden, NBER, Nicholas Papageorge, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
| Category: Business and Economics, Public Health, Social Sciences

ADVISORY: Johns Hopkins Hurricane Experts Available

Johns Hopkins Hurricane Experts Available.

September 11, 2018 Tags: catastrophic flooding, climate change, first responders, Hurricane experts, Johns Hopkins University, Preparedness, response
| Category: Business and Economics, Earth Science, Engineering, Environment, Government and Politics, International Affairs, Medicine and Nursing, Natural Sciences, Psychology, Public Health, Social Sciences, Technology

Report: An ‘F’ Grade for the Nation’s Initial Three-Year Degree Programs

More schools are offering three-year degrees to counter the ever-skyrocketing costs of a college education but a new Johns Hopkins University analysis finds these new programs are failing students.

May 10, 2018 Tags: Advanced Placement courses, college, Johns Hopkins University, Paul Weinstein, three-year degrees, tuitition cost
| Category: Education/K-12, Government and Politics, Social Sciences

How Recent Economy Kept Black, White Young Adults From Leaving Nest

The economically tumultuous last decade convinced many young people to keep living with their parents, but the reasons why differ starkly by race, concludes a new Johns Hopkins University-led study.

May 7, 2018 Tags: "live with parents", economy, Great Depression, household formation, housing, housing market, jobs, Johns Hopkins University, race, Sandra J. Newman
| Category: Business and Economics, Social Sciences

MEDIA ADVISORY: Conference to Explore Race, Segregation and Inequality

Race & Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50. A conference featuring dozens of scholars and experts exploring race, segregation, and inequality 50 years after the release of the historic Kerner Commission Report.

February 27, 2018 Tags: inequality, Johns Hopkins University, Kerner Commission, race, Race & Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50
| Category: Business and Economics, Events Open to the Public, Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, JHU Community Connections, Social Sciences, Uncategorized

MEDIA ADVISORY: Leaders to Address Issues Facing Cities

Leaders representing about 45 U.S. cities and urban scholars will convene to discuss new research on critical issues for metro areas during the 21st Century Neighborhoods: Research. Leadership. Transformation symposium, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University’s 21st Century Cities Initiative.

December 1, 2017 Tags: 21st century cities initiative, Baltimore, Barbara Mikulski, cities, crime, Economic segregation, Johns Hopkins University, Lester K. Spence, nal Asset Scorecard for Communities of Color, Pat Sharkey, Racial wealth gap, urban issues, violence
| Category: Business and Economics, Government and Politics, Social Sciences, University-Related

Advisory: JHU Experts Can Discuss Race, Political movements, Inequality

The following Johns Hopkins University experts — political scientists, economists, historians and sociologists — are available for interviews on topics of race, inequality and political movements:

August 17, 2017 Tags: Adam Sheingate, Andrew Cherlin, Black Lives Matter, Christian right, civil rights, conservatives, Daniel Schlozman, inequality, Johns Hopkins University, Kathryn Edin, Lester K. Spence, Nathan Connolly, political movements, race, Stephen L. Morgan, Steven Teles, Vesla Weaver
| Category: Government and Politics, Social Sciences

Working Class Voters Choosing Independence Over Party Loyalty

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

Johns Hopkins Launches Effort to Improve Civic Engagement

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

Study: Black and White Kids Faring Equally in Subsidized Housing

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

Teens in Poorest Families Go Hungry More Than Younger Kids

In very poor families, teenagers are going hungry twice as often as their younger siblings, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds.

February 13, 2017 Tags: extreme poverty, food insecurity, hunger, Johns Hopkins University, poverty, Robert A. Moffitt
| Category: Business and Economics, Public Health, Social Sciences

Subsidized Housing Works Better for Some Kids Than Others

Living in subsidized housing seems to give a boost to children with high standardized test scores and few behavior problems, but it has the opposite effect on students who score poorly and have behavioral issues, a new study finds.

November 29, 2016 Tags: affordable housing, assisted housing, low-income families, Sandra J. Newman, standardized test scores, Subsidized housing
| Category: Business and Economics, Education/K-12, Public Health, Public policy, Social Sciences