News & Announcements Archive

Sophomore Awarded Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award

Sophomore Awarded Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award

Sophomore Vanessa Han has been awarded a Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award to study the structural undercurrents of Korean and Black relations in Baltimore. A Sociology and International Studies major, with a minor […]

International Studies Senior Runs for Hometown School Board

International Studies Senior Runs for Hometown School Board

Since last winter, Jaime Martinez ’24 has balanced class work with running for school board in Pennsylvania’s North Allegheny School District, just north of Pittsburgh. If elected, he would become […]

Experts Discuss Evolving Conflict In Israel and Gaza

On Wednesday, Oct. 11, four Johns Hopkins University experts, including Aronson professors Adria Lawrence and Sarah Parkinson, convened to discuss the latest developments in an evolving and escalating conflict between […]

Aronson Center Fall Speaker Series Begins

Aronson Center Fall Speaker Series Begins

The Fall 2023 Aronson Speaker Series, “Faculty Globetrotters,” began on September 22 with SNF Agora Institute professor Glory Liu.

Spring 2023 Edition of the Foreign Affairs Review (FAR) Available Now

Foreign Affairs Review is an undergraduate-run journal sponsored by the International Studies Program at Hopkins and the International Studies Leadership Council. FAR publishes articles covering a variety of international relations […]

IS Graduate Raymond Perez Chosen for Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship Program

IS Graduate Raymond Perez Chosen for Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship Program

A 2023 graduate of the International Studies Program and a Woodrow Wilson Scholar, Perez will be studying Indonesian this summer with his CLS award.

Recent IS Graduate Wins Sudler Prize

Recent IS Graduate Wins Sudler Prize

A member of the Class of 2023, Sigrid Edson received the Sudler Prize in recognition of her plays about the LGBTQ+ community.

Right the Wrongs of Mass Incarceration

Right the Wrongs of Mass Incarceration

International studies and economics major Ava Levine’s work on the focus of women after incarceration and with the Maryland Justice Project is leading her to a new path.

IS alumnus Nabiha Syed keeps an eye on Big Tech

IS alumnus Nabiha Syed keeps an eye on Big Tech

Syed, a 2007 Anthropology and International Studies graduate, serves as CEO of a The Markup, an award-winning news outlet that applies data-intensive investigative journalism to one of Washington’s biggest policy concerns. She was featured by the Hub as one of their alumni Changemakers.

International Studies Welcomes New Pre-Law Advisor to Hopkins

International Studies Welcomes New Pre-Law Advisor to Hopkins

The Office of Pre-Professional Programs and Advising has hired a new assistant director and pre-law advisor – Komal Raani Dilawari – who will offer advising in pre-health and pre-law careers. […]