Leading Smithsonian Scientist to Direct Georgetown Environment Initiative
November 12th, 2019
A leading Smithsonian scientist, the author of more than 215 peer-reviewed papers and two books, has joined the university to lead its environmental…
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New Episode of Provost’s Podcast Series: Faculty in Research
Provost Robert Groves interviews Marcia Chatelain, a Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University.
Professor Rothman Earns Distinguished Achievement in Research Award
Beyond Freedom’s Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery
Georgetown Hosts PIT-UN Conference
Featured guests included award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, Harvard University professor Latanya Sweeney, Noah Joshua Phillips, and Geoffrey Starks
Professor George Shambaugh Publishes Oracles, Heroes, or Villains
The New Book Examines How Experts and Policymakers Interact in Economic Crisis
Georgetown Hosts Summer Institute: Equity in the Academic Experience
On June 24-26, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin and the American Talent Institute, Georgetown hosted the first Summer Institute on Equity in the Academic Experience
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Georgetown Alumna Receives Fulbright-National Geographic Fellowship
April 26th, 2019
Georgetown University alumni Emily “Emi” Koch, C’12 (Psychology), the National Geographic 2018 Adventurer of the Year, has recently been awarded the Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship for 2018-2019.
PBK Initiation Ceremony 2019
April 1st, 2019
On May 16, 2019, the newest class of members at Georgetown University’s Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) “Delta of the District of Columbia” chapter were inducted into the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society. The ceremony keynote address was delivered by GU alumni and fellow PBK member, Dan Porterfield (C’83), President and CEO of The Aspen Institute.
Georgetown Receives $20 Million Gift from Patricia and Jon M. Baker (C’64) for the Baker Trust for Transformational Learning
February 28th, 2019
Georgetown Receives $20 Million Gift from Patricia and Jon M. Baker (C’64) for the Baker Trust for Transformational Learning. The Trust will accelerate Georgetown’s efforts to reshape students’ educational journeys.
Provost’s Blog
Big Research Topics; Group Work
November 14th, 2019
One of the most precious attributes of being an academic is the great freedom of choosing the problems and issues in one’s scholarship. The restrictions on choice are, admittedly, larger when one is pre-tenure. Those early years are ones that demonstrate the ability to have an independent, integrated research agenda that yields multiple products and […]
The American Studies Program at 50 Years Old
November 7th, 2019
The American Studies Program is an interdisciplinary major within the College of Arts and Sciences. By constructing a sustained research agenda culminating in a senior thesis, students acquire the abilities to organize logical arguments guiding original inquiry and to work collaboratively in a set of out-of-class activities coordinated with the curriculum. Last weekend, the program […]
Modeling Civil Discourse Between Two People of Opposing Views
October 30th, 2019
I’ve written in the past about the apparent need at this moment to relearn lessons of how to productively have a dialogue with someone of opposing views. In recent chats with students and faculty, there seems to be a growing consensus that role models of civil discourse between two people of conflicting beliefs are more and […]
A New Way for the Private Sector to Support the Decennial Census
October 24th, 2019
I spent part of this morning with a great group of people. They form a worldwide team of engineers, social scientists, developers, and administrative staff at Facebook, devoted to countering misinformation on their platform about the 2020 Census. The US decennial census is a national ceremony conducted each 10 years to fulfill the mandate of […]