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• Beeck Center Appoints Senior White House Leader as New Executive Director

  Lynn Overmann is the new executive director of Georgetown’s Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation. Georgetown’s Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation has hired Lynn Overmann, a sen

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• Georgetown Named No. 1 Producer of Fulbright Student Scholars in the U.S.

  Georgetown students and alumni won the highest number of Fulbright scholarships out of any other college or university in the U.S. for the 2022-2023 academic year, the State Department announced Feb.

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• Georgetown’s First VP for Interdisciplinary Initiatives To Promote Collaboration for the Common Good

  Georgetown has appointed Soyica Colbert, former interim dean of the Georgetown College of Arts & Sciences and Idol Family Professor of Performing Arts and African American Studies, to be vice preside

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• Professor William Jack Selected as Finalist for edX Prize

  Congratulations to Georgetown Professor William Jack (Economics), whose Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) made its way into the top 10 finalists for the edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Onl

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• Georgetown Increases Tuition Benefits for Military-Connected Students

  Georgetown has more than doubled its tuition benefits for military-connected students, an expansion that will cover the annual cost of full-time undergraduate tuition for eligible students.   The

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• COP27: Georgetown Community Acts on Climate Change at UN Conference

  Georgetown students, alumni and staff participated in international climate negotiations and hosted artistic and policy events at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el

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• New Dean of Georgetown University Begins Tenure at the Qatar Foundation Partner

  On October 2, 2022, Dr. Safwan M. Masri was welcomed as the new dean of Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) at a celebratory reception held on the university’s Education City campus.  Masri, who

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• Bill and Hillary Clinton, U.S. and Foreign Policymakers Remember Madeleine Albright at Georgetown Symposium

  Prominent American and foreign policymakers — including President Bill Clinton (SFS’68) and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — convened yesterday on Georgetown’s campus for a symposium

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• Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellows

  Recognizing the educational benefits of a diverse intellectual community, Georgetown aims to attract assistant professor level faculty from a wide range of backgrounds and to foster their success as

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• Renowned Scholar of Internet Governance, Laura DeNardis, Joins Georgetown

  Laura DeNardis, Ph.D., a globally-recognized technology and society scholar, is joining Georgetown University’s faculty as the inaugural endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society in Georgetown

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