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Grad School Dean to Head STIA

By Heather Sweet March 22, 2011

Dean Timothy Barbari will take over as director of the Science, Technology and International Affairs program within the School of Foreign Service and the College, effective Jan. 1 of next year. Barbari,...

SFS Needs to Keep Students in the Loop

By The Editorial Board March 3, 2011

This week, a new Facebook group has drawn 168 students: "Save [the Certificate in International Development] and Professor Wagner from the SFS Deans." This July, Raj Desai will replace the certificate...

Little Time in Cairo Yields Big Lessons

By Richard Rinaldi February 8, 2011

My understanding of the situation in Egypt is limited. Here's what I know: President Hosni Mubarak has been in power since 1981, and his government is beset by corruption; the country has stabilized but...

World Cup Boost for SFS-Qatar

By Lawson Ferguson December 3, 2010

Hearts of soccer fans across the United States broke Thursday morning when FIFA announced that Qatar had beat out a strong United States bid to host the 2022 World Cup. Despite a plan that had been...

Values Without Borders

By The Editorial Board November 29, 2010

A woman's role in society can be a touchy subject in Arab countries. But with the establishment of the new women's center at the School of Foreign Service's Qatar campus, Georgetown has reaffirmed its...

University Utilizes Telecommunication to Benefit of Students

By Carly Timm-Bijold October 25, 2010

The university is making headlines in the technology community following the release of a case study on the efficacy of telecommunications and videoconferencing in university classrooms. Since 2008,...

Undergrad Council Heads to Form Inter-School Body

By Johanna Caldwell October 21, 2010

The presidents of all four academic councils have teamed up to establish an inter-school academic council, which they hope will ease coordination on issues affecting all undergraduate students. First...

SFS Certificate Coordinator Resigns

By Bonnie Duncan October 19, 2010

In response to what some view as the systematic weakening of the School of Foreign Service's International Development certificate over the past year, Zara Khan (SFS '07) is resigning from her role as...

2 Elude Map Class This Year

By Neil Quinn October 19, 2010

In a dramatic decrease from last year, only two students in the School of Foreign Service scored high enough on the Oct. 7 exam to place out of the SFS's required Map of the Modern World course. Last...

Uribe Arrival Marked by Protest

By Stephen Szypulski September 10, 2010

With former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Vélez's arrival on campus Wednesday came a series of protests denouncing his appointment as a School of Foreign Service Distinguished Scholar in the Practice...

Former Colombian President Joins SFS

By Matt Joseloff August 27, 2010

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Vélez was appointed to the faculty of the School of Foreign Service in August, according to a university press release. Uribe was named a Distinguished Scholar...

Celebrated European History Professor Dies at 78

By Dawn Hu March 12, 2010

The university lost a distinguished member of its community as professor Richard Stites of the history department in the School of Foreign Service passed away on March 7 surrounded by family and friends...

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