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D.C. Location
Located in the nation’s capital, Georgetown offers opportunities to engage with global leaders in government, business, society, and the academy.
Academic excellence, a DC location, and service to the world are at the core of Georgetown University's global identity. An international community of scholars and students based in the nation’s capital, Georgetown advances the common good through research, teaching, and outreach around global issues.
Researchers, students, and alumni at the McCourt School of Public Policy are collaborating with key leaders and organizations to cultivate a deeper understanding of the region’s policy challenges.
Georgetown University in Qatar students are taking ethnography courses led by heritage professionals, giving them a deeper understanding of the nation's history and political economy as part of an effort to preserve and celebrate local culture.
Sydney Blackston (N’25) presented her summer research at the Global Social Justice Summer Research Symposium. Her research was based in Kelowna, British Columbia, and focused on wildfires and their impact on the community.
The Baratta Center for Global Business at the McDonough School of Business announced five winners of the inaugural Georgetown Baratta Center Global Impact Award, which acknowledges future leaders engaged in innovative and sustainable initiatives.
Georgetown University students from GU-Q and the Hilltop Campus recently united through the DC-Doha Dialogue, a program designed to spark meaningful conversations and foster collaboration between the campuses.
João Sodré (G’25) and Santiago Bestilleiro Lettini (G’26), two doctoral students at Georgetown University, are conducting research on the history of local and international migration and regional agriculture and its wider effects in Latin America.
Monsalvo traveled to Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, sponsored by the Royden B. Davis Fellowship, and collaborated with the non-profit Fundación Estación Biológica Bachaqueros to research reforestation efforts and environmental belonging.
The Global Health Institute is joining the Pope’s Global Alliance for the Health and Humanitarian Care of Children, a new initiative that will create a worldwide network to provide medical care to children and support health care workers.
National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 through October 15, honoring the histories and traditions that transcend borders and unite Latine people. Georgetown will celebrate by hosting events and opportunities to commemorate the month.
Participating in this experience at the U.S.-Mexico border gave School of Nursing and School of Health faculty members a better understanding of the immigration process and a renewed appreciation for the humanity and dignity of migrant people.
Renowned Liberian human rights lawyer and environmental advocate Alfred Lahai Brownell, Sr. has joined Georgetown Law as this academic year’s Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights.
Students in the first cohort of the McDonough School of Business' Executive Master in Business Administration in Dubai program recently traveled to Washington, DC to work on consulting projects with local organizations.
In its first year, ECo Greece, an extension of the Earth Commons Institute, has become a model for international collaboration, bringing together Georgetown students, faculty, and local partners to tackle climate challenges on the ground in Greece.
In this article, colleagues from the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London provide updates on the events, conferences, and scholars in residence program from the 2023-2024 academic year.
The McCourt School of Public Policy’s Tech & Public Policy program hosted "Shaping the Digital Future," an intensive executive education program for Ukraine’s digital transformation leaders, on Georgetown’s Capitol Campus.
In his new book, Fathali Moghaddam, professor in the College of Arts & Sciences Department of Psychology, offers a better way for society to manage diversity and conflict.