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.
A first-of-its-kind longitudinal study of infant curiosity found that months-old babies most captivated by magic tricks became the most curious toddlers, suggesting a pre-verbal baby’s level of interest in surprising aspects of the world remains constant over time and could predict their future cognitive ability.
June 28, 2021 Tags: babies, cognition, curiosity, Johns Hopkins, Lisa Feigenson
| Category: Education/K-12, Psychology
As triple-digit temperatures scorch millions in California and the Desert West, stoking wildfires and exacerbating drought conditions, Johns Hopkins experts can discuss the environmental and health impacts of the heat wave, and how officials can better prepare for the rest of the summer.
June 16, 2021 Tags: Arizona, Ben Zaitchik, California, drought, environment, environmental justice, health equity, heat, heat wave, Nevada, urban heat, Utah, Wildfires
| Category: Earth Science, Environment, Uncategorized
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
Johns Hopkins University today announced plans to develop a Behavioral Health Crisis Support Team to serve students, faculty, staff, and community members experiencing a behavioral health crisis on or near its Baltimore campuses. This pilot program will launch in the fall of 2021, first around Homewood and then expanding to the university’s other Baltimore campuses. The approach addresses the growing need for innovative public health responses to behavioral and mental health crises and is modeled after best practices for public safety operations.
May 18, 2021 Tags: Behavioral Health Crisis Support Team, Johns Hopkins, public safety
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, University-Related
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
The Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center on May 17 is launching the Pandemic Data Initiative as a new resource to spotlight systemic deficiencies in the collecting and reporting of pandemic data, to examine how those challenges hinder COVID-19 responses, and to explore possible solutions to improve public data.
May 17, 2021 Tags: Beth Blauer, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Resource Center, COVID-19, data, Johns Hopkins University, Lauren Gardner, Pandemic, Pandemic Data Initiative
| Category: Public Health, Technology, University-Related
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, three-term mayor of New York City, and Johns Hopkins University graduate Michael R. Bloomberg will return to campus to address the Class of 2021 at commencement on May 27 at Homewood Field.
May 14, 2021 Tags: Class of 2021, commencement speaker, Johns Hopkins University, Mike Bloomberg
| Category: Commencement, University-Related
Trillions of cicadas are poised to get their buzz on across much of the United States, with the once-every-17-year emergence of Brood X. Hope you’re hungry!
One person’s infestation is another’s free eco-friendly lunch, according to Johns Hopkins University sustainable food expert Jessica Fanzo, author of the forthcoming Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?
Fanzo, who plans to collect and eat cicadas herself as soon as they hit her own backyard, can explain how the insects have as much protein as red or other factory-farmed meat, but without the harsh environmental effects, including greenhouse gases and biodiversity loss.
May 13, 2021 Tags: alternative protein, cicadas, climate change, eating insects, environment, factory farming, Jessica Fanzo
| Category: Environment, Public Health, Public policy, University-Related
As a worsening gas shortage across much of the Eastern United States causes a surge in panic buying, a Johns Hopkins University economist who has researched stockpiling mentality, can discuss the consumer behavior in play.
May 13, 2021 Tags: Andrew Ching, Carey Business School, economics, gas shortage, Johns Hopkins, panic buying
| Category: Business and Economics
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
With consumer prices in the United States climbing to levels not seen since the recession, a Johns Hopkins University economist is available to offer perspective on possible causes and whether or not this signals inflation, or pandemic recovery.
May 12, 2021 Tags: consumer prices, economics, inflation, Johns Hopkins, Robert Barbera
| Category: Business and Economics
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
People as young as 12 can now get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, as early as this week, now that the Food and Drug Administration authorized the use. Experts with Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, which has been studying the complex question of what it will take for the nation to safely return students to school, are available for perspective and commentary.
May 11, 2021 Tags: Annette C. Anderson, Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, COVID-19, Johns Hopkins, Odis Johnson, vaccines
| Category: Education/K-12, Public Health
As officials struggle to reopen a major U.S. fuel pipeline hit by a ransomware attack on Friday, a Johns Hopkins cybersecurity expert is available to offer perspective, particularly about the vulnerability of crucial systems to such attacks.
May 11, 2021 Tags: Anton Dahbura, Colonial Pipeline, cyber attacks, cybersecurity, Johns Hopkins, ransomware
| Category: Computer Science, International Affairs
Today, Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System announced an important step to support the economic wellbeing of employees by adopting an enterprise-wide $15 minimum wage. The change will take effect in line with annual pay increases on July 1, 2021 for university employees and January 1, 2022 for employees of the health system.
May 6, 2021 Tags: $15 minimum wage, HopkinsLocal, Johns Hopkins, minimum wage
| Category: Institutional News, 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
With COVID-19 cases and deaths surging in India, a Johns Hopkins University expert is available to offer context and perspective on the crisis. Michael Levien: A sociologist specializing in India, Levien can discuss what he considers the Indian government’s mishandling of the crisis, as well as the background developmental conditions that are exacerbating the problem.
May 4, 2021 Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, India, Johns Hopkins, Michael Levien
| Category: Government and Politics, International Affairs, Public Health, Social Sciences
Federal funding sustains much of the critical research underway at Johns Hopkins University and Medicine. The biennial event, Hopkins on the Hill, showcases the range, value, and impact of this work.
Instead of the usual one big event on Capitol Hill, Hopkins on the Hill is virtual this year, with lunchtime programming spread across May and June. It’s a chance to learn about the cutting-edge science and projects, straight from the early career researchers and practitioners working on it. The sessions will cover everything from space exploration and extreme materials development to Hopkins’ work to track and combat COVID-19.
May 3, 2021 Tags: Hopkins on the Hill, Johns Hopkins, research funding, Science
| Category: Computer Science, Earth Science, Education/K-12, Engineering, Events Open to the Public, Institutional News, Physics and Astronomy, Public Health
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
As part of his American Families Plan President Biden is expected today to call for free preschool for all three and four-year-old children. Johns Hopkins University experts who specialize in early education, including some who helped advise Biden’s plan, are available to offer context, commentary and perspective.
April 28, 2021 Tags: Biden, Chris Swanson, Education, Lieny Jeon, Linda Carling, preschool
| Category: Education/K-12, Government and Politics
With climate change looming, what must people hear to convince them to change their ways to stop harming the environment? A new Johns Hopkins University study finds stories to be significantly more motivating than scientific facts— at least for some people.
April 26, 2021 Tags: climate action, climate change, environment, Paul Ferraro, pollution, scicoms, science communications, storytelling
| Category: Environment
Laurent Heller has been selected from a highly competitive national search as Johns Hopkins University’s next senior vice president for finance and administration. Heller brings to the role extensive experience in budget and financial management, higher education strategy, and business operations at leading universities.
April 22, 2021 Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Laurent Heller, senior vice president for finance and administration
| Category: Institutional News, University-Related
