World Bank Economist to Join Georgetown Economics Faculty
Martin Ravallion, director of the World Bank’s research department, will join Georgetown as its inaugural Edmond D. Villani Chaired Professor of Economics in the spring semester.
View ArticleGeorgetown, Livermore Create New Disaster Management Degree
The School of Continuing Studies and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have joined forces to create a new executive master’s program in emergency and disaster management (EDM).
View ArticleCivil War Christmas Musical D.C. Premiere at Georgetown
Georgetown’s performing arts community has taken one of the most divisive times in the nation’s history and married it with holiday warmth to produce the D.C. premiere of A Civil War Christmas: An...
View ArticleGeorgetown Invests $8 Million in Tech-Enhanced Learning
Georgetown has announced an $8 million investment in an Initiative on Technology-Enhanced Learning (ITEL) to enrich teaching on campus through technology and to strengthen the university’s online...
View ArticleAlumnae Norah O'Donnell and Savannah Guthrie Rule the Airwaves
Two of the most prominent women in broadcast news today are Georgetown graduates who became co-host and co-anchor at rival television networks within a month of each other this year.
View ArticleSecularism Necessary for Religious Freedom, Professor Says
Jacques Berlinerblau says secularism is “the most misunderstood and mangled ‘ism’ in the American political lexicon.”
View ArticleGeorgetown Joins Harvard and MIT's EDX to Enhance Learning on Campus, Globally
Georgetown President John J. DeGioia has announced that Georgetown will partner with edX, a prestigious new online learning initiative founded by Harvard and MIT.
View ArticleWomen’s Squash Team Launches Campaign to Support Artificial Pancreas Technology
The Georgetown women’s squash team, which includes a member who competes despite having Type 1 Diabetes, has launched a Squash Diabetes Campaign to support advocacy and human trials to cure diabetes...
View ArticlePennsylvania Higher Education Chancellor to Chair D.C. Higher Ed Consortium
John C. Cavanaugh, chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), has been tapped to lead the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area.
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