Global Engagement

Georgetown has appointed Dr. Deus Bazira, a professor and global health scholar and leader, as the inaugural director of its Global Health Institute, a university-wide platform dedicated to advancing cross-disciplinary research and education on…

The discussion at Georgetown University in Qatar featured experts from various fields including technology, journalism, and law who discussed the need for representation of women in the field of technology.

From February 26 through March 2, 2023, the event series brought more than 200 people to Georgetown University throughout the week to engage with outstanding leaders who are supporting children at risk.

Remember This, a feature film based on the stage production Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski created by Georgetown’s Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, explores the legacy of Jan Karski and will premiere on PBS on March 13.

At a colloquium hosted by GU-Q, interdisciplinary scholars from Qatar spent two days exploring spirit and law in Abrahamic traditions, the dynamic nature of Islamic thought and practice, and issues that cut across religious boundaries.

The U.S. Department of State recently announced that 49 students and alumni from Georgetown University won Fulbright scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year, making the school the top producer of scholars in the United States.

In a podcast with the Brookings Institution, Rogaia Abusharaf, professor of anthropology at Georgetown University in Qatar, discussed the leading role Sudanese women have played in movements for peace from the 1920s to the recent Sudanese revolution.

For the Wall Street Journal, Matthew Kroenig, professor at the School of Foreign Service, suggests the United States needs to prioritize the inspection of Russia's nuclear arsenal to prevent potential attacks from smaller nuclear powers.

Georgetown University Vice President for Global Engagement Dr. Thomas Banchoff attended the opening of the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi on February 16.

In the summer of 2022, 21 Georgetown University undergraduate students embarked on a Magis pilgrimage to Spain led by the Office of Mission and Ministry, following in the footsteps of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus.

On January 17, the School of Foreign Service hosted Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for a conversation on the need for transatlantic cooperation in responding to Russian aggression, and providing continued military support to Ukraine.

In his book Football in the Middle East (2023), Associate Professor of History at GU-Q Abdullah Al-Arian examines the complex questions raised by football as a significant cultural force in the Middle East, as well as its links to broader political…

For the Diplomat, Jeffrey Hornung, adjunct professor at the Asian Studies Program, was invited for a conversation on the implications of U.S.-Japan alliance in the broader Indo-Pacific region following the U.S.-Japan summit.

For the Wall Street Journal, Thane Gustafson, professor in the Department of Government, discussed how the Russian economy has become more dependent on energy exports due to sanctions.

Paula Fitzgerald, executive director of the non-profit Ayuda, was honored with the 2023 John Thompson Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award by Georgetown University. 

Professor Melucci teaches a new course allowing students to have hands-on experience with real texts as they work to translate from Italian to English.  

As part of their Social Action Project, students in the Master of Arts in International Business and Policy program helped evacuate refugees from Afghanistan in August 2021 during the fall of Kabul to the Taliban.

Igor Smelyansky, a McDonough School of Business graduate and head of Ukraine’s national postal service, has pioneered creative ways to deliver the mail in extreme conditions.

Santiago Rubio-Henao, a Colombian international student at Georgetown University in Qatar, combined his passion for football and international politics at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by working as a broadcast runner for Telemundo Deportes.

In November 2022, members of the Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) traveled to Egypt to gather and speak with some of the world’s most influential climate leaders at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

For the New Yorker, Paul Elie, senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, reflects on the legacy of the late Pope Benedict XVI while serving as the prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

For the American Prospect, Leon Fink, senior research associate at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, writes that the West must ensure a generous settlement in Ukraine and keep building a revitalized coalition of democracies.

In the Review of Faith & International Affairs, Berkley Center Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall draws on the work of the Religious Responses to COVID-19 Project to assess how religious communities experienced and shaped responses to the pandemic.

The Center on National Security at Georgetown Law has received a grant from the U.S. Department of State for its work coordinating international efforts to aid Ukraine's prosecutions of war crimes committed during the ongoing Russian invasion.

Georgetown students, alumni, and faculty participated in international climate negotiations and hosted artistic and policy events at COP27 in Egypt.

At a November 2022 event, Jocelyne Cesari, senior fellow at the Berkley Center, and Kalpana Jain, editor at the Conversation US, argued that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party have constructed hostile attitudes toward…

In October 2022, the School of Foreign Service welcomed U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to discuss the Biden administration's first National Security Strategy.

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, this fall the School of Medicine’s Latino Medical Student Association held a series of events to celebrate Hispanic traditions and raise awareness about racial disparities in health care.

Georgetown students of the Vietnamese Student Association, Hoyas for Immigrant Rights, and Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán hosted a fundraiser to support immigrants in need of legal representation, raising over $1,000.