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.
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
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
Waiting until marriage to have babies is now “unusual” among less educated adults close to 30 years old, Johns Hopkins University researchers found.
June 16, 2014 Tags: Andrew J. Cherlin, birth, Fertility, Johns Hopkins University, marriage, Millennial, sociology
| Category: Social Sciences
Andrew J. Cherlin, a Johns Hopkins University professor and an expert in the sociology of the families and public policy, is available to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s action today regarding the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8.
June 26, 2013 Tags: Andrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Uncategorized