STEMming the Brain Drain

Against a dismal backdrop, our experts champion fresh ideas for making STEM--science, technology, engineering, and mathematics--a national priority. The country's future depends on it.
- By Stephanie Shapiro

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STEM Initiatives at the Whiting School: WSE reaches out to middle and high school students--locally and across the nation--to increase STEM literacy.

Collateral Damage

In her research on the structural damage wrought by earthquakes and hurricanes, assistant professor Judith Mitrani-Reiser thinks broadly.
--By Maria Blackburn

Planning for Failure

Last spring's massive oil spill off the Gulf Coast left responders scrambling to deal with the aftermath. What lessons did we learn? Three Hopkins engineers offer their expertise from the field.
-- By Christen Brownlee