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July 14, 2025
July 14, 2025 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896

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Margaret Atwood virtually spoke to students as part of the Hopkins Seminar series.

Hopkins Lecture Series hosts Margaret Atwood in Virtual Conversation

On Thursday April 10, the Hopkins Lecture Series hosted an event titled “An Evening in Virtual Conversation with Margaret Atwood” in collaboration with the Aronson Program for International Studies and the International Studies Leadership Council. This event was part of their 2025 spring series to facilitate discussion on topics of domestic and international significance.


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37 Hopkins graduate students who have had their visas revoked by the State Department.

University hosts "Community Updates" briefing on immigration and student visas

On April 15, University administration hosted a virtual Community Updates conversation titled “Immigration and student visas.” The event was a conversation between Interim Vice President and General Counsel Tiffany Wright, Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of the Johns Hopkins Police Department Branville Brown, and Associate Vice Provost of of International Student and Scholar Services Jim Brailer. 




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Student Government Association and Hopkins Organization for Programming elections saw a significant decline in turnout, compared to the previous year. 

2025–2026 SGA election results are announced

On Friday, April 11, the Committee on Student Elections (CSE) released the results for the 2025–2026 Homewood Undergraduate Elections. These positions included the Executive Board, Senate and Class Programming Councils for the Student Government Association (SGA) and the president and vice president for the Hopkins Student Organization for Programming (the HOP).






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HJC called for the prohibition of immigration enforcement activities on campus

HJC demands a sanctuary campus prohibiting ICE activities

Hopkins Justice Initiative (HJC) released a statement on March 27, demanding a meeting with the University administration to negotiate a sanctuary campus to protect noncitizen students. In their statement, HJC called for the University to prohibit all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities on the Hopkins campus, sever partnerships with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and refuse compliance with the federal government’s efforts to surveil, monitor or deport students.







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The speakers at this event highlighted their experiences of  being refugees and how that motivated them to pursue work in public health.

Students at the School of Public Health speak out on their experiences as refugees in Center for Humanitarian Health event

On Wednesday March 5, the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and Global Health NOW hosted an event entitled “Extraordinary Journeys: Stories of Refugees Fleeing Conflict and Shaping Global Health.” Held at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington D.C. and available to an online audience through a livestream, the storytelling event highlighted the experiences of refugees from the Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH) community. 





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