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.
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.
What Looks Like Substance Abuse Could be Self-Medication, Study Finds
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: Mikulski Statement on the Death of George H.W. Bush
Retired U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., a Homewood Professor at Johns Hopkins University, today issued the following statement on the passing of former President George H.W. Bush.
December 3, 2018 Tags: Barbara Mikulski, George H.W. Bush, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Social Sciences
High Water Bills Can Unintentionally Harm Disadvantaged Tenants
Landlords in disadvantaged communities are so unsettled by increasing water bills and nuisance fees they are taking it out their tenants, threatening the housing security of those who need it most, a new Johns Hopkins University study concludes.
October 1, 2018 Tags: inequality, Johns Hopkins University, landlords, Meredith Greif, Water bills
| 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: Symposium to Explore Black Marriage
The symposium will explore contemporary black marriage across legal, political, cultural, social, economic, and historical contexts. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who will address the current state of black intimate relationships in all of forms and orientations.
March 6, 2018 Tags: black Americans, Johns Hopkins University, marriage, slavery, symposium
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News, 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
MEDIA ADVISORY: How a ‘rock-paper-scissors’ game led to Charlottesville
Johns Hopkins historian N.D.B. Connolly says last weekend’s white nationalist demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, has made it clear that “generic solutions” to this county’s racial problem do not work. For too long, he says, discrimination and equality in the United States have operated “like an oversized historical game of paper-rock-scissors.”
August 15, 2017 Tags: Charlottesville, history, inequality, N.D.B. Connolly, racism, White supremacy
| Category: 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
When Women’s Health Improves, Domestic Violence Diminishes
Chronically ill, low-income women who thought they were dying, experienced a sharp reduction in domestic violence after getting access to a life-saving treatment, a Johns Hopkins University-led study found.
March 8, 2017 Tags: domestic violence, economics, HAART, Nicholas W. Papageorge, women's health
| Category: Business and Economics, Psychology, 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
For-Profit Trade Schools Prove Costly for Disadvantaged Black Youth
Young African-Americans from some of the country’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods are drawn to for-profit post-secondary trade schools, believing they are the quickest route to jobs. But a new study co-authored by a Johns Hopkins University sociologist finds the very thing that makes for-profit schools seem so appealing — a streamlined curriculum — is the reason so many poor students drop out.
September 15, 2016 Tags: Baltimore, Education, for-profit colleges, sociology, Stefanie DeLuca
| Category: Business and Economics, Education/K-12, Social Sciences
Media Advisory: Johns Hopkins Experts Available to Discuss Election Topics
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
Income Inequality Leads Millennials to Start Families Before Marriage
Rising income inequality, and the resulting scarcity of certain types of jobs, is a key reason a growing number of young Americans are having babies before getting married.
July 14, 2016 Tags: Andrew J. Cherlin, babies, inequality, Johns Hopkins University, marriage, Millennials
| Category: Social Sciences
Johns Hopkins Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Four Johns Hopkins University faculty members are among the new scholars elected to the National Academy of Sciences today in recognition of their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
May 3, 2016 Tags: Andrew J. Cherlin, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Geraldine Seydoux, Johns Hopkins University, Kenneth W. Kinzler, National Academy of Sciences, sociology, Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Timothy M. Heckman
| Category: Medicine and Nursing, Natural Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Social Sciences
Tax Prep Chains Target Low-Income Workers
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
Race Biases Teachers’ Expectations for Students
When evaluating the same black student, white teachers expect significantly less academic success than black teachers, a new Johns Hopkins University study concludes. This is especially true for black boys.
March 30, 2016 Tags: economics, Education, Nicholas W. Papageorge, race, teacher expectations, teachers
| Category: Education/K-12, Social Sciences
Baltimore Series to Explore Roots and Realities of Discrimination
A year after the unrest in Baltimore sparked by the arrest and tragic death of Freddie Gray, Johns Hopkins University is launching an art and conversation series to reflect on deep-rooted discrimination in the city and what the community can do about it.
March 24, 2016 Tags: 21st century cities initiative, Baltimore City, Ben Seigel, Redlining Baltimore
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Social Sciences, University-Related
Evidence of a ‘Ferguson Effect’ on Baltimore Arrests Before Unrest
A “Ferguson effect” likely decelerated arrests in Baltimore well before the April 2015 unrest related to the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, but there is little evidence to suggest it influenced the city’s crime rate, a new report concludes.
March 15, 2016 Tags: 21st century cities initiative, Baltimore City, crime, Ferguson effect, Freddie Gray, Johns Hopkins University, Police, Stephen L. Morgan
| Category: Social Sciences