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 Dr. Der-Chen Chang, the Robert and Catherine McDevitt Chair in Mathematics and Computer Science.
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
A Resource for Georgetown Faculty Collaborators: Visitor Lodging Right Outside the Gates
December 11th, 2019
Most faculty members at some point in their careers spend time at other universities, refreshing their viewpoints on their own scholarship and meeting potential new collaborators. Once a collaboration is ongoing, periodic face to face meetings are highly desirable. Such meetings both can make important progress on the collaboration, and renew the excitement of a […]
Information within Democracies
December 5th, 2019
Information is the life blood of a democracy. An informed citizenry must judge the merits of government actions through periodic votes for elected officials; their “informed” status comes from widely distributed information. Proportional representation in legislative bodies needs population counts. Policy makers in the private sector and in government need objective information to identify problems […]
When Good People Work in Institutions with Good Missions
November 28th, 2019
Over the past few days, we witnessed testimony of civil servants in hearings on Capitol Hill, who exhibited deep professional expertise, a complete devotion to the mission of their agency, and an honesty that naturally arises from a code of ethics motivating service to others above all. There are millions of such persons in the […]
Short-term vs. Long-term
November 20th, 2019
Georgetown’s Center for Education and the Workforce recently released a report on the monetary payoffs of different colleges and universities. The authors compared schools for payoff at 10 years and at 40 years after graduation. Of course, a variety of assumptions were necessary to estimate these payoffs. First, there were data available on earnings based […]