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.
Two political science professors are available to discuss the Democratic primary contest as voters in 14 Super Tuesday states cast ballots that could either settle which candidate emerges as the favorite to win the nomination or signal a protracted party battle.
March 3, 2020 Tags: Election experts, Political Science, Super Tuesday
| Category: Government and Politics
Millennials are more likely to be arrested than their predecessor counterparts regardless of self-reported criminal activity, finds a new study by a Johns Hopkins University expert. Furthermore, black men who self-reported no offenses were 419% more likely to be arrested at the beginning of the 21st century than non-offending blacks of the previous generation, and 31.5% more likely to be arrested than whites of the same generation who did not self-report any crimes.
April 29, 2019 Tags: arrest, crime, disparities, generation, incarceration, Millennials, Political Science, sociology, Vesla Weaver
| Category: Government and Politics, Social Sciences
Johns Hopkins University political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg offers a possible explanation of the motives behind the flurry of executive orders and presidential memoranda issued during President Donald Trump’s first week in office.
February 1, 2017 Tags: Benjamin Ginsberg, Donald Trump, Johns Hopkins University, Political Science
| Category: Government and Politics
Barbara A. Mikulski, the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress and Maryland’s longest-tenured U.S. senator, will join the Johns Hopkins University on Jan. 16 as a professor of public policy and presidential adviser.
January 12, 2017 Tags: Barbara Mikulski, Political Science, Public Policy, Ronald J. Daniels, Sheridan Libraries
| Category: Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Libraries, University Administration, University-Related
Johns Hopkins University political scientists wanted to know if America’s unelected officials have enough in common with the people they govern to understand them. The answer: Not really.
September 15, 2014 Tags: Benjamin Ginsberg, Jennifer Bachner, Johns Hopkins University, Political Science
| Category: Social Sciences
Linda Greenhouse, Pulitzer Prize-winning former Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times, is the featured speaker for The Johns Hopkins University’s ninth annual Constitutional Forum on Constitution Day, Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m.
August 22, 2013 Tags: Constitution Day, Joel Grossman, Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, Political Science, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution, Yale University
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Government and Politics, Homewood Campus News
