College: a time for exploration, trying new things and meeting new people. It’s an era designed to encourage branching out and engaging with alternate viewpoints. And yet, we as a generation are further...
This Viewpoint discusses sexual assault on campus. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources.
I came to Georgetown University four years ago looking for a fresh start....
Over the stove in my kitchen, I have a small brass plaque that bears an inscription attributed to Michelangelo. It says simply, “I am still learning.”
My mother gave it to me on the day I received...
The day I told my mom about my imaginary best friend I was four years old and being driven home from daycare. He was a 41-year-old, divorced Jewish man named Bibi Geggy. Our conversation went something...
For the past five years, I have had the privilege of directing the George F. Baker Scholars Program, geared toward College students pursuing liberal arts degrees with interests in business careers.
George...
Whether you are burned out, running on an adrenaline rush from your great grades or feeling stressed and pressured about your summer internship, you should take some time to recover from the year. Amid...
We live in a broken world.
This semester, I have been teaching a new course on the politics of inequality. Each week my students and I try to better understand how socio-economic status, race, religion,...
I’ve never been the type to adjust to change well. After my eighth-grade graduation, I went through a sort of mid-life crisis or whatever you might call a 14-year-old’s equivalent of that. I didn’t...
Georgetown's endowment reached a record high of $1.162 billion for fiscal year 2011, demonstrating growth of 15.4 percent from last year's value.
The increase also marks a jump in the endowment's growth...
I have always been motivated by doing and questioning.
In my youth, I spent hours immersed in puzzles, pausing every so often to question and evaluate my progress. With growth and coming of age, I spent...
After five years as dean of the McDonough School of Business, George Daly will leave the post at the end of this academic year.
"I didn't want to die in office," Daly joked in an interview with THE...
When my mom decided to pack everything and leave the United States for Jordan with me and my siblings, we didn't quite understand her decision. We spent four years there. Yet, more than a decade later,...
