Ann Sarnoff, president of BBC Worldwide North America, recently shared her leadership philosophy and thoughts about the state of television at the McDonough School of Business in conjunction with the re-launch of the Georgetown University Women’s Leadership Institute. Read More
Georgetown Law Center recognized two graduates and one student on Veterans Day for their public service contributions – John McDade Jr. (F'85,'88), principal deputy general counsel for the Air Force; Mary Fletcher (MA’93, L’01), chief of the Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Division in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Sgt. Maj. Theodore Bessa (L’18), a former U.S. Army Ranger. Read More
Nancy Sherman, University Professor of philosophy at Georgetown, says America’s engagement with veterans should go far beyond the standard “thank you for your service,” because of the “moral injury” experienced by the more than 2.6 million who have returned home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read More
Faith leaders, scholars and policymakers met at Georgetown and the State Department this week to address the complex intersection of faith, science and policy surrounding global climate change. Read More
Contrary to popular belief, the greatest progress among the global poor in the history of the world is happening right now, says Steven Radelet, Georgetown’s Donald F. McHenry Chair of Global Human Development, in his new book. Read More
Navy veteran Justin Ossola (G’13) creates Tech Qualled, a start-up that places veterans, who are transitioning out of the military, into competitive sales jobs at high-tech firms. Read More
The right side of the brain can take on speech duties when a stroke damages that function on the left side, according to a new study by Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) researchers. Read More
Jeh Johnson, secretary for Homeland Security, talks about immigration priorities and the status of the executive actions announced by President Obama during the 12th Annual Immigration Policy Conference at Georgetown's Law Center. Read More
Georgetown risk analysis experts Robin Dillon and Catherine Tinsley find that large U.S. commercial airlines may be lulled into a false confidence when they interpret averted collisions and other near-misses as proof that their safety systems are satisfactory. Read More
Americans should worry more about school shootings than terrorist attacks on the U.S. homeland, says School of Foreign Service professor Daniel Byman, the recent author of Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know. Read More