Ph.D. Candidate Looks to Build on Narratives of Enslaved Muslims in the Americas
June 11th, 2020
March 25, 2019 Rahma Maccarone (G’23) grew up in Somalia hearing rich oral narratives about heroines and heroes of war and tales of everyda…
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New Georgetown Report Highlights Health Disparities and Calls for Racial Equity in the District of Columbia
June 11th, 2020
June 2, 2020 – Approximately three quarters of the deaths associated with COVID-19 in the nation’s capital have been among the …
Georgetown Undergraduate Sparks Hope and Raises Funds for Medical Workers with Lawn Sign Business
May 22nd, 2020
While many of us remain apart from our loved ones due to COVID-19, the new social distancing era has people looking for a sign of hope, and a Geo…
Anna Landre (SFS’21) Recognized for Disability Rights Advocacy with Truman Scholarship
May 19th, 2020
Throughout her time at Georgetown, Anna Landre (SFS’21) has been a champion of disability rights, both on and off campus. Now, as one of just 6…
Provost’s Blog
The Global Research University
July 9th, 2020
The title of this blog has inherent redundancies – the words “global” and “research” might be read as implying there is another option, something that might be called the “nonglobal research university.” Such an institution no longer exists. Over the past few decades, with special acceleration from the use of the internet, scholars around the […]
The Foundational Contributions of Staff at Universities
July 2nd, 2020
I’ve written recently about the challenges to the roles of students and faculty during the COVID-19. This is a companion post. In mid-March, 2020, Georgetown students left their dormitories for home or sheltered in place in their apartments in DC. The campus was emptied of student presence. At the same time, faculty went to their […]
Not Just the Students but Faculty Too
June 25th, 2020
I’ve written about important lessons learned at universities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some thoughts noted the homogenizing features of university campuses for students. All students on a residential campus, regardless of their home environments, have the same dormitories, the same food, the same study spaces, the same library access, the same internet […]
The Death of Slow, Part 2
June 17th, 2020
Last week I lamented the pressure for fast decisions in this world overwhelmed by data but under-resourced for information. Here, “data” means a report of attributes of some person, organization, event, or other entity. “Information” occurs when data are used to help make decisions. It gives meaning to data. In a few days, my attention […]