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.
The Biden Administration is urging corporate executives and business leaders to take immediate steps to counter ransomware attacks following major cybersecurity breaches in the U.S. oil and meat industries. Johns Hopkins University experts are available to offer perspective on the new guidelines.
June 3, 2021 Tags: Anton Dahbura, Aviel Rubin, Biden Administration, cyberattacks, cybersecurity, JBS, Johns Hopkins, ransomware, White House
| Category: Computer Science, Technology, Uncategorized
As world leaders protest the Belarusian government’s brazen interception of a plane carrying a dissident journalist, Johns Hopkins University senior fellow Anne Applebaum can describe the political situation in Belarus, and how the incident fits into a pattern of increasing authoritarianism in countries across the globe.
May 25, 2021 Tags: Alexander Lukashenko, authoritarian governments, Belarus, dissident journalists, Johns Hopkins University, political dissidents, Roman Protasevich
| Category: Government and Politics, International Affairs, Uncategorized
In an open access paper published in Science Advances, Johns Hopkins physicists and colleagues at Rice University, the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), present experimental evidence of naturally occurring quantum criticality in a material.
May 24, 2021 Tags: Institute for Quantum Matter, Johns Hopkins University, physics, quantum materials, quantum technology
| Category: Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Technology, Uncategorized
As the death toll mounts in Gaza and the Israeli government resists calls for a ceasefire, Johns Hopkins University experts can offer perspective on why the fighting continues, and whether the United States can play a role in stopping it.
May 18, 2021 Tags: Gaza, Israel, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Johns Hopkins, Joseph Biden, Middle East, Palestine, Steven R. David, U.S. foreign policy
| Category: International Affairs, Uncategorized
With fighting between Palestinian militants and the Israeli military escalating, a Johns Hopkins political scientist can offer perspective on the causes of the most recent violence and the potential for full-fledged war.
May 12, 2021 Tags: Gaza, Israel, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Johns Hopkins, Middle East, Palestine, Steven R. David
| Category: International Affairs, Uncategorized
Today, Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the launch of the Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative devoted to addressing historic underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and preparing a new, more diverse generation of researchers and scholars to assume leadership roles in tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges. The $150 million effort funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies will be endowed to create additional pathways for students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to pursue and receive PhDs in STEM fields.
May 11, 2021 Tags: Bloomberg Philanthropies, HCBUs, Johns Hopkins University, PhDs, STEM, Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative
| Category: Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
New Johns Hopkins University simulations offer an intriguing look into Saturn’s interior, suggesting that a thick layer of helium rain influences the planet’s magnetic field.
May 5, 2021 Tags: Earth Science, NASA, physics, planetary science, Saturn
| Category: Earth Science, Physics and Astronomy, Uncategorized
Johns Hopkins University theoretical physicist Marc Kamionkowski is one of three physicists to be awarded the 2021 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their contributions to methods essential for studying the early universe.
May 5, 2021 Tags: cosmic microwave background, cosmology, dark energy, dark matter, Gruber Cosmology Prize, Gruber Foundation, physics, theoretical physics
| Category: Physics and Astronomy, Uncategorized
Jeanne-Marie Jackson, an associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the English Department at Johns Hopkins University, is among 26 scholars to be named to the Andrew Carnegie Fellows class of 2021 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
April 28, 2021 Tags: African literature, Andrew Carnegie Fellows, Carnegie, Carnegie Fellowship, Casely Hayford, Ghana, Jeanne-Marie Jackson
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Homewood Campus News, Uncategorized, University-Related
A virtual fireside chat with Anthony Fauci will launch the Johns Hopkins University’s Health Policy Forum, a new quarterly series of discussions providing a platform for JHU students, faculty, staff, and alumni to engage in dialogues with Washington leaders around interdisciplinary health policy issues.
October 12, 2020 Tags: Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, Ellen MacKenzie, Fauci, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University’s Health Policy Forum, President Ronald J. Daniels
| Category: Institutional News, Public Health, Public policy, Uncategorized, University Administration, University-Related
August 12, 2020 CONTACT: Doug Donovan Cell: 443-462-2947 dougdonovan@jhu.edu @dougdonovan A new robotic system allows medical staff to remotely operate ventilators and other bedside machines from outside intensive care rooms of patients suffering from infectious diseases. The system, developed by a team of Johns Hopkins University and Medicine researchers, is still being tested, but initial […]
August 12, 2020 Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, medical robotics
| Category: Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Uncategorized
Public health experts predict the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will include the mass evictions of as many as one million people who rent their homes.
The implications of that people potentially becoming homeless, with cities already struggling to contain the spread of the virus, could be devastating, says Johns Hopkins University sociologist Meredith Greif, who an expert in homelessness and housing insecurity.
July 20, 2020 Tags: COVID-19, evictions, homelessness, Johns Hopkins University, Meredith Greif, unemployment
| Category: Uncategorized
In a new study, researchers recently discovered that Indonesia’s national anti-poverty program reduced deforestation by about 30%.
June 12, 2020 Tags: Carey Business School, cash grants, conditional cash transfers, conservation, Indonesia, Paul Ferraro, The Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: Uncategorized
In response to a pressing need for more ventilators to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients, a team led by Johns Hopkins University engineers is developing and prototyping a 3D-printed splitter that will allow a single ventilator to treat multiple patients. Though medical professionals have expressed concerns about the safety and effectiveness of sharing ventilators, the team has designed this tool to address those concerns.
April 2, 2020 Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Johns Hopkins University, ventilators, Whiting School of Engineering
| Category: Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Uncategorized
Scientists developing a rapid system for tackling outbreaks of avian influenza at their origins in Thailand are available to discuss their project and how it could potentially help improve responses to other pandemic threats such as coronavirus.
February 12, 2020 Tags: Applied Physics Laboratory, Coronavirus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Pandemic, SARS, World Health Organization
| Category: biology, Government and Politics, International Affairs, Public Health, Uncategorized
A sociology professor at Johns Hopkins University is available to discuss how the racist and xenophobic treatment of people of Chinese ancestry often escalates during outbreaks of disease such as the current coronavirus that began in China and is spreading worldwide.
February 3, 2020 Tags: Coronavirus, Ho-Fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University, racism
| Category: Computer Science, International Affairs, Psychology, Public Health, Uncategorized
A co-director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering is available to discuss the center’s website, launched today to track the international spread of coronavirus in real time. The data visualizations are all available for download.
January 22, 2020 Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coronavirus, World Health Organization
| Category: Engineering, Government and Politics, International Affairs, Public Health, Uncategorized
With the 2020 elections looming and amid continuing concerns over social media’s role in U.S. politics, Johns Hopkins University has an expert ready to discuss a comprehensive new report recommending how candidates, tech platforms and regulators can ensure that digital political campaigns promote and protect fair elections.
January 8, 2020 Tags: Adam Sheingate, digital political campaigns, Digital Political Ethics, elections, Facebook, Johns Hopkins University, Twitter
| Category: Uncategorized
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University has unveiled plans for the Institute’s home in Baltimore, designed by world-renowned architecture firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The new structure on the Homewood campus promises to represent the mission and values of the Institute as well as the creativity and vibrancy of the university and the city.
September 19, 2019 Tags: Hahrie Han, Johns Hopkins University, Renzo Piano, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
Alicia Wilson, an accomplished attorney and civic leader with deep expertise in creating local economic opportunity, has been appointed vice president for economic development for Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System. She will lead the newly-created Office of Economic Development when she joins the organization in July.
June 19, 2019 Tags: Alicia Wilson, Baltimore, BLocal, East Baltimore Development Initiative, Homewood Community Partners Initiative, HopkinsLocal, Johns Hopkins Health System, Johns Hopkins University, vice president for economic development
| Category: Institutional News, Uncategorized, University Administration
The Centers for Civic Impact, an effort to help public organizations thoughtfully and masterfully use data and research to better understand and improve public life, has launched at Johns Hopkins University.
April 29, 2019 Tags: Beth Blauer, Center for Applied Public Research, Center for Government Excellence, Centers for Civic Impact, GovEx, GovEx Academy
| Category: Government and Politics, Institutional News, Uncategorized, University-Related
In the largest commitment to solar energy in Maryland and one of the most significant pledges to greenhouse gas reduction in higher education, Johns Hopkins University has entered into a long-term agreement to supply its campuses with more than 250,000 megawatt hours of solar power per year.
April 22, 2019 Tags: carbon emissions, Constellation, Johns Hopkins University, Ronald J. Daniels, solar, solar energy
| Category: Environment, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Uncategorized, University Administration, University-Related
Retired U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), who is now a professor of public policy at Johns Hopkins University, today issues the following statement remembering Maryland House of Delegates Speaker Michael E. Busch:
April 8, 2019 Tags: Barbara Mikulski, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Uncategorized
Computers, like those that power self-driving cars, can be tricked into mistaking random scribbles for trains, fences and even school busses. People aren’t supposed to be able to see how those images trip up computers but in a new study, Johns Hopkins University researchers show most people actually can.
March 22, 2019 Tags: adversarial images, artificial intelligence, Chaz Firestone, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, fooling images, Johns Hopkins University, self-driving cars
| Category: Computer Science, Psychology, Technology, Uncategorized
Can liberal democracy endure? Reawakening the Spirit of Democracy will address this question head-on. Co-hosted by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and the Renew Democracy Initiative, this conference will convene global thought leaders from across the political spectrum who will debate threats to democracy and propose strategies to reinvigorate it.
March 11, 2019 Tags: Anne Applebaum, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Barbara Mikulski, Ben Cardin, Bill Galston, Bill Kristol, Bret Stephens, Dana White, Donna Brazile, Ed Lucas, Eric Cantor, Evelyn Farkas, Francisco González, Garry Kasparov, Graham Brookie, Jennifer Rubin, Johns Hopkins University, Jonathan Haidt, Max Boot, Pete Wehner, Renew Democracy Initiative, Richard North Patterson, Sheri Berman, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Yamiche Alcindor, Yascha Mounk
| Category: Uncategorized
