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.
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
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
Lester K. Spence, an expert in racial politics and American political thought, sociologist Katrina Bell McDonald, civil rights historian Nathan Connolly and historian Ronald Walters can discuss the impact of the March on Washington and its modern relevance on its 50th anniversary.
August 14, 2013 Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Katrina Bell McDonald, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Lester K. Spence, March on Washington, Nathan Connolly, Ronald Walters
| Category: Government and Politics, Social Sciences
Supreme Court Fisher Decision: Lester K. Spence, an expert in racial politics and American political thought, and Joel Grossman, an expert in constitutional law, can discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Fisher v. University of Texas case.
June 24, 2013 Tags: Joel Grossman, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Lester K. Spence, The Johns Hopkins University
| Category: Arts and Humanities, Government and Politics, Uncategorized
