Beeck Center Appoints Senior White House Leader as New Executive Director
March 15th, 2023
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,…
Georgetown Named No. 1 Producer of Fulbright Student Scholars in the U.S.
February 14th, 2023
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…
Georgetown’s First VP for Interdisciplinary Initiatives To Promote Collaboration for the Common Good
January 24th, 2023
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…
Professor William Jack Selected as Finalist for edX Prize
January 18th, 2023
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…
Georgetown Increases Tuition Benefits for Military-Connected Students
January 12th, 2023
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…
COP27: Georgetown Community Acts on Climate Change at UN Conference
December 6th, 2022
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…
New Dean of Georgetown University Begins Tenure at the Qatar Foundation Partner
October 6th, 2022
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…
Bill and Hillary Clinton, U.S. and Foreign Policymakers Remember Madeleine Albright at Georgetown Symposium
October 6th, 2022
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…
Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellows
August 31st, 2022
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…
Renowned Scholar of Internet Governance, Laura DeNardis, Joins Georgetown
August 1st, 2022
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…
