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Georgetown McDonough School of Business | Students in the McDonough School of Business traveled to New York City to meet with executives from Origins, a brand of the Estée Lauder Companies, to learn from them and provide direct customer feedback.

MSB Students Meet with Senior Estée Lauder Executives

By Kate Loughran January 20, 2023

A group of McDonough School of Business (MSB) students visited New York City on Nov. 11 to learn from executives in the Estée Lauder Companies (ELC), an American cosmetics manufacturer. The trip was...

Event: Professor Presents Book on Rebels in Middle East

Event: Professor Presents Book on Rebels in Middle East

By Brian Li January 19, 2023

A Johns Hopkins professor presented her new book on the logistical and communicational behavior of insurgent forces during the Lebanon Civil War at a Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) event. Georgetown’s...

Georgetown Physics Professor Receives Prestigious Academic Distinction

Georgetown Physics Professor Receives Prestigious Academic Distinction

By Sophia Lu January 19, 2023

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) elected a Georgetown physics professor as a member of its 2022 class of Fellows for his achievements in physics research. Professor Kai Liu, whose research focuses...

@Georgetown/Twitter | Patrick Curran (CAS ’14, GRD ’19) won $45,000 on the quiz show "Jeopardy!" in a two-day winning streak.

Georgetown Grad Becomes Two-Time Jeopardy Champion

By Brooke DeLucia January 19, 2023

A Georgetown graduate won $45,000 on the quiz show “Jeopardy!” on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6. Patrick Curran (CAS ’14, GRD ’19) competed in three games of “Jeopardy!” during the show’s 39th season....

Georgetown Hires Adnan Syed for Prison Reform Initiative

Georgetown Hires Adnan Syed for Prison Reform Initiative

By Michelle Vassilev and Nina Raj January 12, 2023

Adnan Syed, who was recently exonerated after spending 23 years in prison for a wrongful murder conviction, will join Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI), an organization that...

GU Fraternity Brother Accused of Misusing Nonprofit Money

GU Fraternity Brother Accused of Misusing Nonprofit Money

By Nina Raj and Michelle Vassilev December 5, 2022

A Georgetown University graduate and officer of the Delta Phi Epsilon (DPE) fraternity is expected to go to trial in 2023 for misusing public benefit funds intended for School of Foreign Service (SFS)...

Four Former Presidents Discuss The Future of Latin America

Four Former Presidents Discuss The Future of Latin America

By Michelle Vassilev December 3, 2022

Former President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68) and former presidents of Uruguay, Mexico and Colombia spoke about the state of affairs in Latin America at Georgetown University’s first “Americas Symposium.” The...

Students Mourn Deaths of Uyghurs in China at Candlelight Vigil

Students Mourn Deaths of Uyghurs in China at Candlelight Vigil

By Sophia Lu December 2, 2022

Georgetown University students held a vigil to honor the lives lost in an apartment fire that led to the deaths of 10 people in Xinjiang, an autonomous territory in northwest China that is home to the...

Georgetown Student Receives Award From Society of Physics Students

Georgetown Student Receives Award From Society of Physics Students

By Olivia Macaulay December 2, 2022

The Society of Physics Students (SPS) recognized Sophie Taylor (COL ’24) on Oct. 8 for her research on nanoparticles. Taylor, a physics major, won the award at the Physics Congress, which is held...

15 Georgetown Students Selected as 2023 Pelosi Scholars

15 Georgetown Students Selected as 2023 Pelosi Scholars

By Julia Frankel December 2, 2022

The Paul F. Pelosi Scholars Initiative (PSI) awarded 15 scholarships for the summer of 2023 to Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (SFS) students for their scholastic and extracurricular achievements.  PSI...

Georgetown Partners with Coursera to Launch Virtual Undergraduate Degree

Georgetown Partners with Coursera to Launch Virtual Undergraduate Degree

By Abraham van Zanten December 2, 2022

Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies (SCS) is partnering with Coursera, an online learning platform, to offer a virtual Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies. The partnership, which...

Pollsters Present Book On Political Polarization

Pollsters Present Book On Political Polarization

By Brian Li December 2, 2022

Producers of the Battleground Poll discussed their book on political polarization in the United States and solutions for the country’s political divide with Georgetown University students. Georgetown’s...

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