
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.
To celebrate Diwali, the McDonough School of Business spoke with executive MBA student Anagha Mhatre (G’24) to learn how her family celebrates the Festival of Lights, the meaning of the holiday, and how she carries on her cultural traditions.
GU-Q furthered the critical discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with its latest installment in the Palestine Speaker Series, a lecture titled Palestine and the Limits of the Law featuring distinguished legal scholar, Professor Wadie Said.
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security recently launched a report on masculinities, non(violence), and peacebuilding drawing on surveys conducted with partner organizations in Indonesia and the Philippines.
In recognition of the region’s critical importance in global affairs as well as the university’s historically strong ties to the region, Georgetown welcomes Renée Gallant (G’17) as its first representative in Asia.
Debora Tonelli has compiled a new anthology of essays in Italian which includes seven works from Mediterranean scholars exploring the concepts of identity and citizenship, particularly in the context of globalization.
Pragyan Kumar Acharya (SFS'24), an undergraduate student at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), researched an innovative educational project at Xavier University in the Philippines called the Night School Program.
Nami Bolat (C’25) spent the summer on a Davis Fellowship, digging through the lives, beliefs, and paintings that the Nabis, a cult-like group of post-impressionist painters, left behind in the United States, Japan, and France.
In summer 2023, 15 School of Health students immersed themselves in the Argentinian health care system as part of a six-week health science internship program to study viruses that cause respiratory infections in infants and children.
The McDonough School of Business has partnered with the Atlantic Council to support the WIn Fellowship program, in which three cohorts of women from the Middle East participate in a year-long executive education program.