Georgetown University Community Invited to “Teach the Speech” in Honor of MLK Day 2021
January 15th, 2021
Each year, as part of Georgetown University’s MLK: “Let Freedom Ring!” Initiative, the Center for Social Justice encourages members of…
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Announcing the Georgetown School of Nursing (GSN) and the Georgetown School of Health (GSH)
As an expansion of our commitment, today, we are announcing a plan to launch two new schools focused on health: The Georgetown School of Nursing (GSN) and the Georgetown School of Health (GSH).
Georgetown student-veterans tell their stories
Meet six McDonough graduate students who tell us about their life as student-veterans and how they journeyed from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force to the Hilltop.
Georgetown students named Presidential Management Fellows finalists
Congratulations to the 29 School of Foreign Service graduate students who were named Presidential Management Fellows finalists!
Latest News
Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield Named Ambassador to UN, SFS Faculty and Alumni Tapped for Biden Agency Review Teams
December 18th, 2020
November 23, 2020 As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, he is drawing on the expertise and recommendations of members of the SFS f…
Theater, African American Studies Scholar Appointed Interim Georgetown College Dean
November 13th, 2020
November 11, 2020 Georgetown has appointed performing arts and African American studies scholar Soyica Colbert as the new interim dean for Georget…
Chemistry Professor Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Global Scholarship for Research on Reduction of Greenhouse Gases
November 9th, 2020
October 20, 2020 YuYe J. Tong, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and director of the Environmental Metrology & Policy Program, was…
Provost’s Blog
Beginnings
January 21st, 2021
These past few days have offered many of us a sense that corners have been turned. Normally, this feeling hits immediately upon New Year’s Day, and returning to normal activities after a holiday break, and adjusting to writing a new number for the year. It seemed slower this year but more multifaceted. We have reasons […]
Flexibilities in Undergraduate Education
January 14th, 2021
Despite the fact that Georgetown has a rather well-articulated set of requirements applicable to all students, there are already several different kinds of paths through the university. For example, I am impressed in talking with alumni who took part in intercollegiate athletics that their memories are quite different from others. They disproportionally participated in fewer […]
Learning for Life
January 7th, 2021
A story I love to retell describes one of the first meetings of a Georgetown undergraduate course. The course was designed to have students work as a team to solve a practical problem faced by a nonprofit organization devoted to providing meals to poor children. How could the nonprofit increase the number of children served […]
After This, What?
December 31st, 2020
It’s that time filled with retrospectives on the soon-to-be-completed year. This year’s crop of reflections seem confounded with speculation about how the world will be the same or different in the upcoming year. Our colleague, Deborah Tannen, is quoted in one piece – “Instead of asking, ‘Is there a reason to do this online? we’ll […]