Inside An Elite University’s Campaign To Bring Conservatives to Campus

Headline of the day!

"The story details efforts by Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels to promote pluralism across the university" (Source)

Inside An Elite University’s Campaign To Bring Conservatives to Campus | RealClearInvestigations

Johns Hopkins archives highlight nearly two centuries of LGBTQ+ history. Really!

Does this elite university have nothing better or more relevant/novel to present!

The celebrity circus/cult about LGBTQ goes on!

How many times has the history of gay men and/or LGBTQ been presented over the last 40 years or so? Many times!

Johns Hopkins archives highlight nearly two centuries of LGBTQ+ history | Hub "Curator Gabrielle Dean and librarian Siân Evans share the university's collection of LGBTQ+ books, photos, zines, and more—a testament to the queer community's struggles and joy"

"Ulrichs [Karl Heinrich Ulrichs] described and defended same-sex love in a series of five pamphlets published in 1864 and 1865, collected together under the title Forschungen über das Rätsel der mannmännlichen Liebe (Studies on the Riddle of Male-Male Love)"

Professor goes viral in TikTok challenge video. Really!

His eyes are not covered! He probably should have been in a separate room, where can only listen to the music and nothing else!

Peabody professor Amit Peled goes viral in TikTok challenge video | Hub "With 2.1 million views on Instagram and 1.3 million views on TikTok, Peled's ability to recognize his cello students by sound alone has impressed the Internet"

Democracy by Design Series | Engineering a Stronger Democracy. Really!

Friedrich von Hayek would probably disagree! Spontaneous order versus design!

"The first installment of the Democracy by Design: Engineering a Civic Life Lecture Series features Congressman John Sarbanes [of Sarbanes-Oxley Act fame]. His lecture, "Engineering a Stronger Democracy," will explore how we reform the design features of America's voting and governing machinery in order to restore public confidence in our elections and ensure that everyday citizens—not special interests—drive legislative policy in Washington. ..."

Democracy by Design Series | Engineering a Stronger Democracy | Hub

Paul Sarbanes

After 30 years, Japanese women, victims of forced sterilization, may receive government compensation

Good news! What took so long!

Again an US elite university, i.e. Johns Hopkins U, calls women people! Disgusting! Women were forcibly sterilized, not people! Same applies to The Telegraph news media!

"Nearly 30 years after forced sterilization ended in Japan, victims there are finally able to apply for government compensation. 

Background: Between 1948 and 1996, at least 16,500 people were forcibly sterilized in Japan under the country’s Eugenic Protection Law, and ~60,000 more underwent abortions without or with only dubious consent. 

Most were people with intellectual disabilities or hereditary diseases, and a large number of the victims were children. 

Other countries like Peru and the U.S. are also grappling with recent histories of forced sterilization of Indigenous people and incarcerated women—and advocates say the practice persists worldwide among ethnic minorities and those with intellectual disabilities. "

"Just last week, in the Miyagi prefecture of Japan, the local governor met victims of an official eugenics policy to apologise for the suffering they underwent.

“On behalf of the prefecture, I would like to offer my heartfelt apologies for the immense suffering caused to the 900 (victims),” said Murai Yoshihiro while lowering his head. ..."

"In January, victims of Japan’s forced sterilisation programme were finally able to apply for compensation for the first time.

Between 1948 and 1996, at least 16,500 people were forcibly sterilised in Japan under the country’s Eugenic Protection Law. Nearly 60,000 more underwent abortions without, or with only dubious consent. Most were mentally handicapped people or those with hereditary diseases. ..."

Global Health NOW: The ‘Hollowing Out’ of Public Health; Reckoning With Forced Sterilization; and Renewed Focus on Road Safety

As Japan starts compensation payments, forced sterilisation continues around the world "Non-consensual sterilisation of those considered genetically inferior persists in some parts of the world today"

Johns Hopkins University: Beyond Borders: Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and the Israel-Palestine Divide. Really!

Incredible! An elite university suggests a (false) equivalence between Antisemitism and Islamophobia! What a nonsense!

So the Arabs are just Antisemitists and the Israelis are Islamophobists? Nice try! What a demagoguery!

"... will examine the rise of antisemitism and Islamophobia, particularly in light of current events surrounding the Israel-Palestine conflict. ..."

Johns Hopkins conversation series aims to foster dialogue on difficult topics | Hub

Beyond Borders: Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and the Israel-Palestine Divide

Portraits of demagogues: Sarah Wildman, Michelle Goldberg, and Samer Sinijlawi

Johns Hopkins University: Alexa, should voice assistants have a gender? Advocate for a gender neutral voice! Really!

The ivory tower of an elite university questions the voice of Alexa! Do not many of us prefer a warm, kind female voice over male barking? 😊

When gender obsessions go haywire! What is a "gender neutral voice"? The tech voice of a robot?

These JHU scientists complain about gender stereotypes by using themselves the  gender stereotype of toxic masculinity! So much for academic rigor tainted by ideology!

"Studies have long shown that men are more likely to interrupt, particularly when speaking with women. New research by Johns Hopkins engineers reveals that this behavior also extends to AI-powered voice assistants like Alexa and Siri, with men interrupting them almost twice as often as women do. These findings raise concerns about how voice assistant design—notably the use of stereotypically "feminine" traits like apologetic behavior and warmth—may reinforce gender biases, leading researchers to advocate for the design of more gender-neutral voiced tools. ..."

Alexa, should voice assistants have a gender? | Hub "Johns Hopkins computer scientists explore how gendered voice assistants influence user behavior"

AI finds biased Wikipedia content according to an elite university. Really!

Should the headline not be "Biased AI finds biased Wikipedia content"?

Ah, the disparity obsessed fanatics are at work again! Yawn, yawn! Boring, boring!

How ever busybody academics twiddle their thumbs at an elite university like Johns Hopkins! If they can't come up with anything else, there is always (imagined) disparity at their disposal.

"Cultural and social biases significantly influence Wikipedia's multilingual content, according to a team of researchers that includes a computer scientist from Johns Hopkins University. ..."

Finding hidden biases in Wikipedia's multilingual content | Hub "New tool analyzes and addresses cultural disparities across language versions, paving the way for more-balanced information"

New AI cracks complex engineering problems faster than supercomputers

Good news!

"... Called DIMON (Diffeomorphic Mapping Operator Learning), the framework solves ubiquitous math problems known as partial differential equations that are present in nearly all scientific and engineering research. Using these equations, researchers can translate real-world systems or processes into mathematical representations of how objects or environments will change over time and space. ...

In addition to demonstrating the applicability of DIMON in solving other engineering problems, ... team tested the new AI on over 1,000 heart "digital twins," highly detailed computer models of real patients' hearts. The platform was able to predict how electrical signals propagated through each unique heart shape, achieving high prognostic accuracy. ...

to study cardiac arrhythmia, which is an electrical impulse misbehavior in the heart that causes irregular beating. With their heart digital twins, researchers can diagnose whether patients might develop the often-fatal condition and recommend ways to treat it. ..."

From the abstract:

"Solving partial differential equations (PDEs) using numerical methods is a ubiquitous task in engineering and medicine. However, the computational costs can be prohibitively high when many-query evaluations of PDE solutions on multiple geometries are needed. Here we aim to address this challenge by introducing Diffeomorphic Mapping Operator Learning (DIMON), a generic artificial intelligence framework that learns geometry-dependent solution operators of different types of PDE on a variety of geometries.

We present several examples to demonstrate the performance, efficiency and scalability of the framework in learning both static and time-dependent PDEs on parameterized and non-parameterized domains; these include solving the Laplace equations, reaction–diffusion equations and a system of multiscale PDEs that characterize the electrical propagation on thousands of personalized heart digital twins. DIMON can reduce the computational costs of solution approximations on multiple geometries from hours to seconds with substantially less computational resources."

New AI cracks complex engineering problems faster than supercomputers | Hub "The shape-shifting technological solution by Johns Hopkins researchers could be a game-changer for engineering designs"

A scalable framework for learning the geometry-dependent solution operators of partial differential equations (open access)

Fig. 1: Learning geometry-dependent solution operator of PDEs on a family of diffeomorphic domains with DIMON.

Johns Hopkins targets zero emissions in new Climate Action and Sustainability, net zero by 2040. Really!

Clearly, elite universities are not immune to human fads and follies! A university to avoid for anyone with common sense!

To eliminate or drastically reduce single-use plastic is not environmentally friendly. E.g. In Germany this was unsuccessfully tried several decades ago! Plastophobia is a serious medical disorder! Please seek immediate medical assistance!

"The JHU Climate Action and Sustainability Plan —developed over the past two years with input from thousands of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and Baltimore residents—commits to:

• Achieving net-zero emissions by 2040 by phasing out on-campus fossil fuels and by transforming the design and operation of new and existing buildings;
• Purchasing all electricity from renewable sources by 2030;
• Deploying a fully electric Homewood-Peabody-JHMI vehicle fleet by 2026, with the first electric buses scheduled to be on route by early 2025;
• Ensuring that all light-duty and passenger vehicles purchased by the university are all-electric by 2030;
• Increasing the diversion of all waste to 50%, in part by eliminating plastic water bottles and by partnering with university and city stakeholders to increase composting and minimize wasted food;
• Expanding the impact of research and teaching to develop global solutions and train future leaders, thereby preparing for the community-wide impacts of climate change.

..."

Johns Hopkins targets zero emissions in new Climate Action and Sustainability Plan | Hub "The university's comprehensive, decade-long strategy will cut single use plastics, introduce a fully electric bus fleet, and prepare its campuses and neighbors for a warmer future"

Nashville wants to improve traffic and reduce pollution over music

Much of this feature by Johns Hopkins University is the usual ideological garbage!

I marked the nonsense with [???] and indicated reasonable suggestions in boldface. 

What to expect from a mayor of the Dimocratic Party! He wants to pay for it with a supposedly temporary tax increase!

"Transportation Justice [???] in Music City

 

... Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is on a mission to “reverse the effects of environmental racism [???].” His engine of choice: transportation infrastructure. 

 

The challenges:

Time spent in traffic congestion increased to 56 hours in 2023 from 41 hours in 2022 [???].

It has America’s toughest commute, per Forbes, with long drive times and a lack of walkability, bikeability, and public transportation.

Pollution from traffic snaking through the city’s urban core disproportionately impacts communities that have been historically marginalized because of the racist practice of redlining [???].

O’Connell wants to establish economic equity [???] and reduce pollution-related health threats by:

Replacing two-thirds of the city’s traffic lights with smart signals capable of adjusting traffic flows on demand while reducing commute times and stop-and-go fuel emissions.

Constructing bike lanes, 86 miles of new sidewalks, and 12 new transit centers with 24-hour bus service.

Planting 500,000 trees by 2050 and seeding native wildflowers citywide. 

The catch: Much of O’Connell’s goals depend upon passage of a referendum next month that would impose a temporary sales tax surcharge [???] that would help the city access federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act."

Global Health NOW: Transportation Justice in Music City; The New Fight Against Fistula; and Health Workers Traumatized With Nowhere to Turn

Mayor of Nashville, TN Freddie O'Connell

U.S. Elections: An Existential Crossroads for Global Health Policy. Really!

Hysteria and alarmism from the elite Johns Hopkins University! Lousy propaganda and demagoguery!

"The 2024 U.S. elections will shape the future of global health policy, determining whether America will continue to provide crucial leadership to advance global health, according to four members of CUGH’s Advocacy and Communications Committee.

 

Backstory: The U.S. has long played a leading role in global health governance, from the WHO’s establishment in 1948 to the launch of PEPFAR in 2003.

But that changed after the 2016 election ...

Elections’ impact:

The Trump Administration prohibited foreign assistance for reproductive health services, withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, sought to withdraw from the WHO.

Subsequently, the Biden Administration walked back those decisions, seeking to restore U.S. leadership in global health.

High stakes: The future of the nation’s leadership in global health hangs in the balance of this election—and global health stakeholders should raise awareness of candidates’ global health positions for voters, argue the authors."

"... The Trump Administration prohibited foreign assistance for reproductive health services, withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, and pursued populist foreign policies that neglected public health, restricted human rights, and abandoned global governance. ..."

Global Health NOW: Bird Flu Control Strategies Aren’t Working; U.S. Elections: An Existential Crossroads for Global Health Policy; and Cone of Acclaim

The 2024 U.S. Elections: An Existential Crossroads for Global Health Policy

Abortion prevents child abuse and neglect by substance using mothers. Really!

Absurd coming from an elite university!

Women are called "pregnant people"! Disgusting gender ideology!

Substance using women ought to seek help or should be helped before they become pregnant. Why not adoption instead of abortion?

"At least 210 women were charged with pregnancy-related crimes since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022—more than in any other 12-month period since 1973, Pregnancy Justice reports; in most of the cases, women were accused not of violating abortion bans, but of child abuse, neglect, or fetus endangerment. Newsweek"

"... While state actors have used various justifications for criminalizing pregnancy, the overwhelming majority of cases rely on substance use allegations, usually as a basis for charging pregnant people with criminal child neglect or endangerment. With substance use and pregnancy as an entry point, prosecutors have employed fetal personhood to argue that a wide range of criminal laws should be interpreted to reach the context of pregnancy. More than half of states have laws that require reporting to family regulation authorities related to people’s use of alcohol or drugs during pregnancy and/or define alcohol or drug use during pregnancy as civil child abuse or neglect. ..."

Global Health NOW: Revisiting Stockpiles as Mpox Spreads; The Power of the Promotoras Model; and DIY Injections

The Rise of Pregnancy Criminalization: A Pregnancy Justice Report "From 2006 to the 2022 reversal of Roe, we've documented nearly 1,400 cases of pregnancy-related criminalization across the U.S. State actors — including police, prosecutors, healthcare workers, family regulation workers, and judges — have deprived pregnant people [???] of virtually every constitutional right in the name of protecting "unborn life." The cases show that pregnancy outcomes other than abortion, including birth and pregnancy loss, are far more likely to result in criminalization."

Best Public Health Programs - US News Rankings: Johns Hopkins University. Really!

I have documented here on my blog plenty of times how much garbage and junk this Bloomberg school publishes!

"This year’s top 10 schools:

 1. Johns Hopkins University

2. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

3. Emory University

3. Harvard University

5. Columbia University

5. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

7. Boston University

7. University of Washington

9. University of California–Los Angeles

10. University of California–Berkeley"

Best Public Health Programs - US News Rankings

Bloomberg School of Public Health conceals transgender individual was the latest school mass shooter

This is disgusting! Latest newsletter does not mention the background of the shooter!

Such crass ideological blindness is breathtaking! Shame on the Johns Hopkins University!

Michael Bloomberg do you know what your money is paying for!

Global Health NOW: ‘The Ultimate Crime’—Again; Insulin Out of Reach; and Curbing Black Lung

Johns Hopkins University leads nation in research spending for 43rd consecutive year, spending totaled $3.2 billion in FY 2021

Very impressive!

"Johns Hopkins University once again led all U.S. universities in research and development spending in fiscal year 2021, according to the annual National Science Foundation report on higher education R&D.

In its 43rd consecutive year in the top spot, Johns Hopkins directed a record-breaking $3.181 billion into an array of projects across the enterprise, the most recent year for which nationwide data is available.

Johns Hopkins' closest peers in R&D spending switched places on the list this year, with the University of California, San Francisco, climbing one spot to second place at $1.7 billion, followed by the University of Michigan in third at $1.6 billion. UCSF's spending was up 3.6% while Michigan's spending decreased by 2%; JHU's R&D spending increased 2.8%. ..."

Johns Hopkins leads nation in research spending for 43rd consecutive year | Hub In FY 2021, JHU spent a record $3.181 billion—nearly $1.5 billion more than the next highest institution on the annual list compiled by the National Science Foundation

Johns Hopkins University accuses Israel of “unspeakable horrors” against children based on a UNICEF report

Glaring antisemitism at elite U.S. universities!

"Children caught up in conflict are subjected to “unspeakable horrors”—amounting to a  staggering average of 71 violations every day, according to a UNICEF analysis published yesterday, VOA reports.

UNICEF verified over 250,000 grave violations in total, against children in 30+ armed conflict settings across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America between 2005 and 2020 ...
The worst hot spots: Children in just 5 places—Afghanistan, Israel and the State of Palestine [???], Syria, Yemen, and Somalia—bore the brunt of all casualties, 82%, from 2016-2022. ..."

Global Health NOW: Tiny Shoulders Bear the Brunt of War; Much Ado About Omicron Boosters; and Post-Roe, A Personal Data Battlefield

Johns Hopkins University lives in a bubble

There is a war going on in the Ukraine, the largest in Europe since 1945! What does JHU release on Monday 2/28.2022:

"... Hundreds of thousands of refugees, hospitals without power or oxygen, spiking levels of radioactivity, and racism"

Yes, the biggest concern in the Ukraine are a few isolated incidences of racism! Besides Chernobyl where else does the medical school suspect spiking levels of radioactivity to come from?

"... Low O2: Medical oxygen supplies—critical for patients with complications ranging from pregnancy to COVID-19—are nearing “a very dangerous point,” ..."

War victims are not mentioned!

"... What Happened in Wuhan

A trio of new preprint research articles add to evidence that the pandemic originated in Wuhan’s massive Huanan Seafood Wholesale market, supporting a zoonotic origin story similar to that of HIV, Zika, and Ebola. ..."

Is this really published by a leading U.S. medical school? Do they really not know that that HIV, ZIKA, and Ebola are all transmitted by bodily fluids, while SARS-CoV-2 is airborne! Even the comparison with those three disease is highly questionable!

"... Nearly Half of Humanity Threatened

Widespread disruption traced to human-induced climate change is already posing a “grave and mounting threat” to billions of people around the world—with those least likely to cope facing the most suffering, warns a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. ..."

Of course, the pseudoscience of the Global Warming Hoax and the Climate Change Religion had to be mentioned too!

Global Health NOW: War’s Assault on Ukrainian Health; What Happened in Wuhan; and Billions Threatened *Now* by Climate Change

Global Covid-19 Recovered Statistics: United States is missing

Is it not very peculiar that the U.S. does not report the number of recovered (at least not according to Johns Hopkins University)? If find it extraordinary!

But Canada and Mexico are not missing from this list!

The number of recovered is essential to compute and determine herd immunity! Thus, the omission of the number of recovered in the U.S. from the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center is strange!

Here is the link to the website: Covid-19 dashboard of the JHU