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Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania deploy a host of financial and intellectual resources to help locals build richer, healthier, more inclusive cities. Read more at Times Higher Education.

Applied research A university tries to take on the social problems that surround it BISHOP DOUGLAS MILES of Koinonia Baptist Church, in Baltimore, used to be embarrassed to be a Johns Hopkins alumnus. A girl once stopped talking to him when she found out where he studied. Other residents recall being told by their elders to run past Johns Hopkins in case they were kidnapped by the research hospital for experiments. The...

Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels discussed the future of public universities earlier this month on the final day of the annual Aspen Ideas Festival, calling attention to the increasing strain being put on state schools in the U.S. by governance, politics, and funding cuts. Daniels spoke with New York Times journalist David Leonhardt about the need to protect funding for public universities...

Johns Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels spoke on a panel at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference, on May 3, 2016. Daniels was part of a panel that discussed the role of higher educational institutions in regional economic development. This video includes several highlights from President Daniels’ remarks on the panel. Other speakers on the panel included: Fred Farina, Chief Innovation and Corporate...

By Hub staff report Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels was a guest Monday on Dan Rodricks’ Roughly Speaking podcast, during which he spoke in depth about the university’s response to the April unrest in Baltimore and the subsequent steps Hopkins has taken to strengthen its ties with the city. Rodricks, a longtime Baltimore Sun columnist...

By Hub staff report Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels was a guest this morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe where he spoke about the institution’s ongoing efforts to strengthen Baltimore and to promote economic growth in the city. Co-host Mika Brzezinski, whose daughter is a sophomore at Johns Hopkins, asked Daniels what steps JHU has taken to increase...

It wasn’t quite “Dancing With the Stars,” but Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels recently got a taste of what a dance routine crash course is all about. Call it “Dancing with the Students.” Daniels was a special guest performer Saturday night at the spring showcase for two JHU student dance groups—Masti, a co-ed Bollywood fusion dance team (“Masti”...