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July 15, 2025
July 15, 2025 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896

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Previous ceasefire weekends have encouraged an end to gun violence.

Baltimore sees 72 hours without gun homicide

Baltimore held its third ceasefire weekend from Feb. 2-4. It was the first successful ceasefire, with no homicides taking place for 72 hours, despite an average city-wide homicide rate of one murder a day.



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Many of the students at the event were athletes or involved in Greek life.

Researcher examines studies on alcohol abuse

Substance abuse researcher Jason Kilmer of the University of Washington presented a talk on Monday explaining the social, physical and psychological effects of substance abuse. The talk was titled “Beer Goggles to Blackouts: The Science of Substance Use.”


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Philp Morris International produces brands like Marlboro and Bond Street.

Bloomberg School rejects tobacco-funded foundation

The Bloomberg School of Public Health announced on Jan. 25 that it will refuse to accept funds from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, an anti-tobacco organization which has ties to global tobacco magnate Philip Morris International (PMI). 






Former Hopkins prof. says Trump unfit for office

Last year, psychologist John Gartner, a former assistant professor at the Hopkins School of Medicine, made national news after declaring that U.S. President Donald Trump was mentally unfit for office due to malignant narcissism and paranoid delusions.



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The Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research released a study that evaluated the BPD’s gun violence prevention tactics in January.

Hopkins study evaluates BPD tactics for gun control

The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research released a study in January evaluating the tactics of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) to counter gun violence in the City. According to the study, sending plainclothes officers into areas with high levels of crime is the most effective way to reduce gun violence.



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Since 1966, the Center has focused on interdisciplinary humanities studies.

After 50 years, Humanities Center changes its name

The Humanities Center at Hopkins, which faced threat of closure last school year, has changed its name to the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature. For some graduate students, the name change fails to reflect the department’s academic focus and erases the history of the Center.




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Hopkins received the largest ever donation to a philosophy department.

Alum gifts $75 million to philosophy department

Hopkins alum William H. Miller donated $75 million to the University’s philosophy department in January. The donation, the largest ever to a university philosophy program, made national headlines, and the department will now bear the name: William H. Miller Department of Philosophy.



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The Republican tax bill omits the provision to tax graduate tuition waivers.

Grad students weigh in on new tax bill

The recently passed Republican tax bill ultimately did not include a provision that would have classified graduate student tuition waivers as taxable income. However, many graduates have criticized the University for inadequately supporting and communicating with them while the provision was being considered.


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Community members and Hopkins students came together for the Baltimore Women’s March

Second Women’s March calls Baltimoreans to action

Hopkins students gathered alongside thousands of Baltimore residents in the War Memorial Plaza on Jan. 20 to take part in a protest commemorating the first anniversary of the Women’s March. Protesters in cities across the country donned pink hats and hoisted signs calling for women’s rights.


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