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Georgetown’s main campus houses six schools that offer an array of intellectually rigorous programs designed to guide our undergraduate and graduate students toward their academic and professional goals. Our degrees include the arts and sciences, international relations, business administration, public policy, specialized certificates and continuing education programs, and executive education.
danah boyd, a leading expert and researcher at Microsoft Research ( @MSFTResearch ), has joined Georgetown as a visiting distinguished professor, accelerating a university-wide initiative on technology, ethics, governance and public policy.
SFS and the Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) program hosted “The Road to COP26: From Climate Ambition to Climate Action,” a panel discussion about the upcoming global summit and climate goals for the U.S., U.K. and the world.
In a new and meaningful phase of work and with the ongoing support of Georgetown, the Jesuits and the Descendants of the 272 enslaved individuals sold in 1838 by the Maryland Province of Jesuits have established a charitable foundation focused on racial healing and educational advancement.
Georgetown Masters Program in Educational Transformation Awarded $2.6M from U.S. Department of Education
November 18th, 2021
Georgetown ‘ s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences announces that Project ELEECT , a proposal by the Program in Educational Transformation ( MAET ), has been awarde…
New Interim Dean Named at Georgetown University in Qatar
November 4th, 2021
Georgetown University in Qatar ( GU – Q ), a QF partner , has named Dr . Clyde Wilcox , Professor of Government and a member of Georgetown University faculty since 198…
Leading Technology and Society Researcher Joins Georgetown for the Year To Fuel Cross-Campus Innovation
October 15th, 2021
A leading expert and researcher at Microsoft Research who studies the intersection of technology and society has joined Georgetown as a visiting distinguished p…
SFS Launches Initiatives to Open Doors for High School Students from Historically Excluded Communities
September 9th, 2021
To further its founding mission of educating future leaders who will make the world more peaceful , prosperous and equitable , the School of Foreign Service has l…
Giving Thanks
November 25th, 2021
The annual ritual started a bit early this fall – roller bags being pulled across campus from the residence halls to meet transportation to train stations, bus pickups, and airports — students on their way to Thanksgiving gatherings. On university campuses, this has been a fall unlike any previous fall. After seeing the Georgetown community […]
Building a Welcoming, Effective Learning Community
November 18th, 2021
One of the stark lessons of teaching during the pandemic via remote learning was the instructors’ exposure to the large heterogeneity of life circumstances among our students. Some of our students were connecting to zoom classes at the summer home of their parents, with strong internet, quiet, and privacy. Some of their classmates were taking […]
In Praise of Slow
November 10th, 2021
I was in a conversation recently about the relative performance of local public health agencies in assembling data to track the COVID-19 epidemic in their areas. These data are of critical importance in assessing the effectiveness of measures taken to slow the rate of infection. There is large variation across geographies in the accuracy and […]
A New Institute for the Environment and Sustainability
November 4th, 2021
For several decades, over 70 faculty in various schools at Georgetown have conducted research and taught courses concerning the environment and sustainability. About ten years ago, the Georgetown Environment Initiative (GEI) was launched, with philanthropy from a donor who wished to remain anonymous. More recently, after an international search, we hired a new director of […]
