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Record Number Of SFS Students, Graduates Receive Pickering Fellowship

Record Number Of SFS Students, Graduates Receive Pickering Fellowship

By Annie Kane March 17, 2022

Seven, a record number of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (SFS) students and graduates, received the 2022 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship.  The selective fellowship,...

African Studies Program Expands Course, Language Offerings

African Studies Program Expands Course, Language Offerings

By Ingrid Matteini March 4, 2022

The African Studies Program (AfSP) in the Georgetown School of Foreign Service (SFS) hopes to expand its mission of international anti-racism through increased course offerings.  The AfSp was...

“They Will Survive This”: Georgetown Community Members Express Support for Ukraine

“They Will Survive This”: Georgetown Community Members Express Support for Ukraine

By Caitlin McLean February 25, 2022

CW: This article discusses mass violence in Ukraine. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. The sound of bombs abruptly woke up Katya Sedova’s (GRD ’18) family...

SFS Professors Appointed to Biden Administration’s Defense Policy Board

SFS Professors Appointed to Biden Administration’s Defense Policy Board

By Annie Kane January 27, 2022

Professors at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (SFS) were appointed to the Biden administration’s Defense Policy Board. The Defense Policy Board, a subset of the U.S. Department...

Diplomacy Failure Contributed to Crisis in Afghanistan, Georgetown Professors Say

Diplomacy Failure Contributed to Crisis in Afghanistan, Georgetown Professors Say

By Alicia Novoa September 2, 2021

CW: This article references violence in Afghanistan. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. The collapse of the Afghan government was brought about by diplomatic failure,...

SFS Collaboration Allows High School Students to Take Iconic Georgetown Course

SFS Collaboration Allows High School Students to Take Iconic Georgetown Course

By Samantha Sinutko September 2, 2021

The School of Foreign Service announced a new partnership Aug. 12 that will pave the way for high school students to participate in a well-known international affairs course offered by the university. In...

Faculty Letter Petitions Georgetown To Develop Accountability Criteria for Outgoing Trump Officials

Faculty Letter Petitions Georgetown To Develop Accountability Criteria for Outgoing Trump Officials

By Giulia Testa December 3, 2020

Faculty in the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service drafted an open letter calling for university leadership to implement accountability standards to consider former officials from President...

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SFS Establishes New Vice Dean Position as Part of Anti-Racism Effort

By Hansen Lian July 28, 2020

The School of Foreign Service appointed professor Scott Taylor as the school’s inaugural vice dean for diversity, equity and inclusion as part of an ongoing effort to adopt anti-racist practices in...

SFS Faculty Push for Schoolwide Commitment to Racial Justice

SFS Faculty Push for Schoolwide Commitment to Racial Justice

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo June 17, 2020

Faculty in the School of Foreign Service drafted a petition calling on administrators to combat systemic racial inequalities at Georgetown University and outside the campus gates.  The petition, drafted...

To the Misunderstood Majors

To the Misunderstood Majors

By Jessica Alexander and Jessica Alexander March 16, 2020

It’s that time of year again, when a whole new cohort of sophomores sets out to choose which major they want to cry over for two more years. Each department picks out its best outfit and lines, naive...

Evolving Battlefield and Climate Require Renewed Aid Tactics, Expert Says

Evolving Battlefield and Climate Require Renewed Aid Tactics, Expert Says

By Harrison Lee February 14, 2020

Rapid evolutions in cyberwarfare and the advent of climate change require new, sustainable methods for delivering aid to vulnerable populations, Head of Policy and Humanitarian Diplomacy of the International...

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Students Stress Significance of Cultural Awareness in Classes

By Lexi Nelson February 7, 2020

Like many other freshmen, Emma Chowdhury (COL ’23) took “Problem of God” her first semester at Georgetown University. For the course’s first homework in the Buddhism unit, Chowdhury’s professor...

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