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.
As a jury in Minneapolis begins to deliberate in the trial of white police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with the murder in May death of George Floyd, who is black, a Johns Hopkins University expert in racial inequality, particularly in the realm of policing, is available to offer perspective.
April 20, 2021 Tags: Black Lives Matter, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Johns Hopkins, Police, policing, Vesla Weaver
| Category: Government and Politics, Public Health, Social Sciences
Melissa R. Hyatt, recently named colonel of homeland security and training for the Baltimore Police Department after other significant command assignments in a career of more than 20 years, has been appointed vice president for security for Johns Hopkins.
February 23, 2018 Tags: Baltimore Police, campus safety and security, Daniel Ennis, Keith Hill, Melissa Hyatt, Police, Robert Kasdin, vice president for security
| Category: Institutional News, University Administration, University-Related
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
A whistleblower, the author of a bestselling book about life in a women’s prison, and the founder of Vox.com are among those speaking at Johns Hopkins University as part of the 2016 Foreign Affairs Symposium speaker series.
February 1, 2016 Tags: Edward Snowden, Ezra Klein, Foreign Affairs Symposium, Johns Hopkins University, Kevin Davis, Naomi Klein, Piper Kerman, Police, World Bicycle Relief
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News, University-Related