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. John McNeill, Professor in the School of Foreign Service and Department of History.
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 Little Geeky, but Interesting
January 16th, 2020
This is a post about a process that technology has threatened. At 8:30AM on the first Friday of every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announces the number of jobs created in the prior month and the percentage of the labor force that is unemployed but seeking work. Sometimes, within a small number of minutes […]
New Roles, New Challenges
January 9th, 2020
An interesting development is occurring in government agencies, both federal government, state and local government. For the last twenty years, such agencies have moved from paper to digital documents. In the first phase of this movement, the key issues were the construction of data entry platforms and the storage of data for querying individual data […]
Service
January 2nd, 2020
Academics are often evaluated on three performance criteria: teaching effectiveness, research impact, and service. The metrics used for these three vary somewhat over schools and fields. Some colleges solely devoted to undergraduate programs tend to emphasize teaching performance more than research. Some university units place almost sole weight on research impact of the faculty. Measurements […]
Christmas Eve at the Motor Vehicle Inspection Center
December 26th, 2019
Our car required renewal of its emissions inspection, and we realized that, given our crazy schedule, perhaps the best time was when Georgetown was on break. Thus, we found ourselves at the DC vehicle inspection center at 7:30AM on Christmas Eve. This was an encounter that we had been dreading. We assumed that despite all […]