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International Affairs Training Expert Now Director of Georgetown’s Master’s in Foreign Service Program

The new director of the Masters in Foreign Service (MSFS) program – Nancy McEldowney – is a distinguished leader in foreign affairs training, senior policy advisor and high profile diplomat. Read More

Faculty-Led Tours, Community Service Help Acclimate First-Year Law Students to D.C.

Georgetown Law welcomes its first-year students with service projects and faculty-led tours around the nation's capital before the first day of classes. Read More

Georgetown Advances Workers’ Rights Through New Agreement with Nike and Worker Rights Consortium

Georgetown facilitates a new protocol between Nike, Inc., and the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), expected to promote the well-being and rights of workers who produce Georgetown-licensed apparel. Read More

Enslaved Ancestors Remembered as Retiree Starts as Georgetown Undergrad

At 63, Mélisande Short-Colomb (C’21) prepares to embark on her educational journey at Georgetown as she honors her enslaved ancestors. Read More

Reflection, Sense of Purpose Urged as Students Start New Academic Year

Georgetown welcomes undergraduate, graduate, medical and law students for the 2017-2018 academic year with orientation, traditional ceremonies, events and activities leading up to the first day of classes. Read More

Syrian Conflict: Professor Wins NEH Grant for Book Project Challenging Country’s Stereotypes

Daniel Neep, an assistant professor of Arab politics in the university's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, receives a Public Scholar grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a book project titled, The Nation Belongs to All: The Making of Modern Syria . Read More

Survivor of Tragedies to Urge New Students to Reflect in Daily Life

Tomás Álvarez Belón, the 2017 McTighe Prize recipient, will share his brush with death with the incoming class of first-year students during New Student Convocation on Aug. 27 and urge them to reflect daily about their purpose. Read More

All Ears: Professor Gets NEH Grant for Book on History of U.S. Wiretapping

Brian Hochman, associate professor of English, earns his second grant in two years from the NEH to research a book, tentatively titled All Ears: A History of Wiretapping in the United States. Read More

Working for the Common Good: Justice in Jesuit Higher Education Conference Includes Georgetown Delegation

A Georgetown delegation of 16 students, faculty and staff joins hundreds of representatives from U.S. Jesuit colleges and universities to present on topics ranging from racial justice to immigration and explore ways institutions can best use their resources for the common good. Read More

Veterans Affairs Secretary Delivers Remarks at Innovation Event

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. David Shulkin speaks at Georgetown for the federal department's second annual “VA Innovation Demo Day," an event the School of Nursing & Health Studies helped to organize. Read More