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Georgetown Grad Explores Race, Class, Identity and White Privilege in New Book
When Cole Brown (COL ’18) sat down in his sophomore year entrepreneurship class with Georgetown University professor Eric Koester and found out he had to…
Syrian Refugee Who Survived Imprisonment Under Assad Accepted to Georgetown
Omar Alshogre (GRD ’25) was driving through the mountains of Norway when he received an email notifying him he was accepted to Georgetown University just…
GU Qatar Grad Launches First Independent Iraqi Film Festival
Growing up, Israa Al-Kamali (SFS-Q ’17) dreamed of being a writer. But the more she wrote, the more she realized how much better the stories…
Undergrad launches company, matching Gen Z influencers with brands they want to promote
If there is one thing that Ava McDonald (COL ’24) values most, it is authenticity. Almost two years ago, as a junior in high school,…
With a Week Until Election Day, Undergrad Campaigns to Get More Youths the Right to Vote
Five years ago, if someone asked 13-year-old Arianna Nassiri (COL ’24) if teenagers three years her senior should be allowed to vote, she would have…
GU Graduate Launches Podcast About Ethics in Capitalism
As she entered the 25th year of her investment banking career, Dawn Carpenter (GRD ’20) stopped to ask herself, “What am I doing with my…