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Goldwater Scholarship

Goldwater Scholarship Winner and Honorable Mentions

Congratulations to Goldwater Scholarship winner Patrick Mulcahey (C’19) and honorable mentions Jane Donnelly (C’19) and Matthew Park (C’19)

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The New Director of Georgetown University Press

Alfred (Al) Bertrand, after having spent the last eight years at Princeton University Press, has been appointed as the new Director of Georgetown University Press this year. He replaces Richard Brown who left Georgetown in October 2017.

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2018 DAPs

Announcing the 2018 Provost's Distinguished Associate Professors

For the third consecutive year, we are recognizing Associate Professors who are performing at such a high level that their colleagues have identified them for more visible praise.

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Georgetown University

Racial Justice Institute Faculty Searches

Proposals from academic units at Georgetown's Main, Medical, and Law campuses searches for faculty jointly appointed in their unit and the newly forming institute.

First-Gen Faculty Initiative

First-Generation Faculty Initiative

Faculty and staff have recently collaborated to create a network of first-generation faculty and staff, graduates and allies, to support students from similar backgrounds.

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Main Campus Research

Main Campus Research

Stay abreast of the latest happenings in our University's research, along with learning the lifecycle of research administration.

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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.

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Provost's Blog

  • Research as Service
    October 17, 2018
    It is common for faculty to assess their contribution to the university and their profession along three dimensions – teaching, research, and service. These roughly correspond to the three central goals of all universities – formation of their students, original inquiry and discovery, and advancement of the common good. “Service” at most universities consists of […]
  • Global Competition, Global Diplomacy, and Academic Research
    October 10, 2018
    A colleague of mine recently reminded me that, during the Cold War, nuclear physicists in the Soviet Union and the US continued scientific exchanges. In the opinion of some, these exchanges were critical to the eventual diplomatic agreement between the two countries regulating nuclear armaments. Academics can easily build bonds with those working in the […]
  • Critical Thinking, Imagination, Creativity, Interpretation, Design Thinking, Problem Solving, Self-Teaching, Inquiry, Scholarship, Research
    October 3, 2018
    One of the joys of being a provost is learning a bit about the cultures of diverse areas of study within the university. Some fields are relatively united around a strong conceptual framework identifying key questions and methods to answer them. Other fields are debating what key questions should be addressed or what methods, used […]
  • Venturing into Entrepreneurship
    September 26, 2018
    A few weeks ago, the McDonough School of Business, based on a gift from the Leonsis family, announced the opening of the Georgetown Venture Lab, a facility within the space of WeWork White House, just a baseball throw from the White House. The purpose of the site is to provide current students and alumni a […]
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