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A Semester at Georgetown: Three International Students Share Their Experiences
For three international students, the fall 2024 semester at Georgetown was not only a transformative academic, professional, and personal experience, but also an opportunity for them to learn how to create community while abroad.
Pre-IAJU Assembly Workshop on Democracy in Crisis: Jesuit Higher Education Responds to Global Democratic Erosion
In a June 30 workshop hosted by the International Association of Jesuit Universities, Vice President for Global Engagement Thomas Banchoff moderated a panel which discussed the realities and responses of Jesuit institutions in Nicaragua and Lebanon.
Dean Masri Shares Importance of Global South Voices at Major International Forum in Rome
During the Georgetown Global Dialogues in Rome in June 2025, Safwan Masri, dean of Georgetown University in Qatar, provided a welcome address and participated in a panel discussion on the globalization of literature in an unequal world.
Working Women in Jordan: Education, Ambition, and Creative Agency
In this interview with Fida Adely, associate professor in the School of Foreign Service and director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Adely answers questions about her 2024 book, Working Women in Jordan.
School of Medicine Students Seek Out International Clinical Experience
In the last stretch of classes before commencement, fourth-year medical students Evan Czulada (M’25) and Carlynn Winters (M’25) traveled abroad to gain new insight into the art of practicing before starting their residency programs.
Georgetown Launches Faith-Health Commission To Strengthen Trust in Health Systems
Georgetown’s Global Health Institute has launched a new project that will explore how collaborations between faith and health leaders can improve global health outcomes and well-being.
Georgetown Qatar Graduate Named 2025 Yenching Scholar
Brian Cody Wibowo (SFS’25) has been selected as one of the 114 scholars worldwide accepted to the Yenching Academy of Peking University, a competitive master’s program for promising young leaders in Beijing, China.
Alumna Who Works With Refugees Wins Knight-Hennessy Scholarship at Stanford
Elena Sapelyuk (SFS’23), an alumna who works with refugees in Nairobi, Kenya, has been named a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholar, a prestigious graduate program at Stanford University that prepares students for international leadership.
Exploring Women, Peace, and Security in Japan
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security recently traveled with a delegation of Georgetown Ambassadors for Women, Peace and Security to Tokyo, Japan, for a series of meetings with government, diplomatic, and civil society partners.