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Inaugural Model United Nations Conference Huge Success

HOPMUNC Logo

The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) has hosted heads of states, ambassadors, and secretaries of state since its founding in 1943. But earlier this month it welcomed a new […]


International Studies Alumni Spotlight: Greta Maras

Greta Maras

In an interview with The News-Letter, Greta Maras discussed her career aspirations to become a lawyer, research experience as a Woodrow Wilson fellow and passion for baking and running.


So Long, Farewell…

The International Studies Program said auf wiedersehen, goodbye to the rising senior BA/MA cohort who will be leaving for SAIS this fall at a reception hosted at Tambers Restaurant April […]


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

Fall 2023 FAR cover

Along with Editors-in-Chief Akshat Sinha and Justin Wu and my Co-President Tess Lepelstat, I am very proud to announce the publication of the seventh edition of the Johns Hopkins Foreign […]


A Lesson in Pivoting

Ross pivoting from Friends

Over the past few weeks, we have reflected deeply and fondly on participating in this year’s Washington, DC Career Trek for international studies (IS) majors sponsored by the Life Design Lab and […]


BA/MA Student Day at SAIS!

SAIS BA/MAs

In February, students pursuing the SAIS BA/MA visited the new Bloomberg Center, SAIS’s home in Washington, DC. They explored the building and were welcomed by SAIS community members including Dean […]


Yum! Cookie Decorating Study Break

Study Break Poster

The International Studies Leadership Council sponsored a cookie decorating study break during reading period to help students destress before finals. Supplied with a rainbow of frosting and decorations, masterpieces were […]


Q & A with International Studies alum, Maryland governor Wes Moore

Wes Moore

After success in finance, philanthropy, and the military, Moore—a member of the Class of 2001—tried politics and won. One year into his governorship, The HUB sat down with the alum […]


Sophomore Awarded Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award

Vanessa Han

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

Jaime Martinez

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 […]