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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...

FELDMAN & SHAHAM: Address Whiteness of the SFS

FELDMAN & SHAHAM: Address Whiteness of the SFS

By Amanda Feldman and Adam Shaham February 7, 2020

Attending Georgetown University has been a privilege. The faculty, the programs, even the students are all world-class. But something is off about campus. Georgetown is really white, especially the School...

SFS Does Away With Course Minimum Degree Requirement

SFS Does Away With Course Minimum Degree Requirement

By Amy Li January 24, 2020

The School of Foreign Service announced Jan. 17 that a degree from the school will no longer require a minimum number of courses, making the SFS the last of the four schools to remove the course minimum...

CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES/GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Professor Rebecca Patterson draws upon her experience working at the State Department to inform her students on policy choices such as when intervention from the United Nations is warranted.

GU Professors Bridge Gap Between Academia, Policymaking

By Liam Scott January 17, 2020

During the 1990s and the early 2000s, high political instability in Liberia resulted in two civil wars that led to the deaths of over 250,000 people. These civil wars are estimated to have shrunk Liberia’s...

New Joint MSB and SFS Program Announced

By Joshua Gienapp October 9, 2019

The Bachelor of Science in Business and Global Affairs degree, a new interdisciplinary undergraduate program created jointly by the School of Foreign Service and the McDonough School of Business, will...

GEORGETOWN COLLEGE | Commencement speakers like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie impart graduates with wisdom that embodies the values they learned at Georgetown.

Carefully Selected, Grad Speakers Reflect Georgetown Values

By Grey Rosenzweig May 15, 2019

Each year, the schools of Georgetown University set out to select individuals who embody the values of the institution to deliver the commencement addresses to the graduating class. Though they conclude...

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GU-Q School of Foreign Service Graduates 11th Cohort

By Connor Thomas May 14, 2019

Sixty-four seniors graduated from the School of Foreign Service in Qatar in front of family, friends, faculty, Qatari officials and international diplomats in the campus’s 11th commencement ceremony...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Jason Matheny is the founding director of the Center for Security and Emerging Technologies, which will research technological advances in artificial intelligence.

GU to Establish Largest AI Policy Center in United States

By Anya Howko-Johnson March 15, 2019

The largest U.S. center focused on artificial intelligence technology and policy is set to open on Georgetown University’s campus in fall 2019. The center will be housed in the Walsh School of Foreign...

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