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From Olympic swimmer to pandemic responder

Silver-medal swimmer Tara Kirk Sell now wages a battle against both COVID-19 spread and the misinformation surrounding the virus

Interns make an impact on Baltimore community

In honor of #NationalInternDay, meet some of the undergrads supporting the Baltimore community in big and small ways

Startup founders from Johns Hopkins aim to stop spread of cancer

AbMeta Therapeutics, launched by biologist and Provost Denis Wirtz, bioengineer Jamie Spangler, and clinician Elizabeth Jaffee, will combine years of pioneering research to create new drugs that target metastasis

Branville Bard Jr. named vice president for public safety at Johns Hopkins

Veteran, reform-minded law enforcement leader has spent the past four years as police commissioner in Cambridge, Massachusetts

How materials science and engineering enhances the performance of Olympic cyclists

Each fall, engineer Orla Wilson challenges students to consider how material properties, structure, and processing affect performance in bicycle design

Johns Hopkins Hospital ranked No. 4 nationally by 'U.S. News'

The hospital is recognized in all 15 specialty areas, including No. 1 overall rankings in psychiatry and rheumatology

Bridging the broadband gap in wake of COVID-19

As director for broadband development and connectivity for Louisiana, alum Veneeth Iyengar is working to increase access to digital services for education, telehealth, and more

The Games go on, but without fans. Will athletes' performance suffer?

Vikram Chib, whose research focuses on the brain processes behind motivation and incentive and how they relate to motor actions, discusses what to expect from participants in the Tokyo Olympics

Study explores COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and ways to reduce it

Messages that emphasize vaccination within people's social groups shown to be more effective at reversing vaccine hesitancy than messages that highlight national vaccine statistics

As more athletes use cannabis for aches and pain, there's more we need to know

Epidemiologist and former Olympic triathlete Joanna Zeiger is breaking barriers in cannabis research for pain and recovery treatment.