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Priests Teach New Holocaust Material, Involve Students in Research

Two priests teach a course on new Holocaust research findings through the Program for Jewish Civilization (PJC) in Georgetown's School of Foreign Service (SFS).
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IMF's Lagarde: World Financial Growth Still Falling Short

Christine Lagarde, managing director for the International Monetary Fund, told a Georgetown audience that the current level of global economic growth will be insufficient to address the world's most complex challenges.
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Terrorism and Dante's Inferno Subjects of Georgetown's Newest MOOCs

Georgetown's latest massive online open courses, Terrorism and Counterterrorism and The Divine Comedy: Dante's Journey to Freedom, Part 1, begin in October.
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Alumna Q&A: Sharon Kelly McBride (F'98)

Sharon Kelly McBride (F'98) looks back at her time at Georgetown and how that exposure to the world of international relations led to her current work in advocacy at Human Rights First.

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U.N Official: Syria Chemical Weapons Ended Through Global Endeavor

United Nations Under Secretary General Sigrid Kaag called the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons "a huge international endeavor" at a talk last night at Georgetown.
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Nigerian Girls' Education Subject of Women, Peace and Security Symposium

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) sponsored a symposium on education for girls in Nigeria, where the militant group Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of them this past April.
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SFS Professor Colin Kahl Named Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Colin Kahl, associate professor in the Security Studies program at the School of Foreign Service, has been tapped to serve as National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden, as well as Deputy Assistant to the President.

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University Holds Interdisciplinary Symposium on Ebola Crisis

Georgetown held an interdisciplinary symposium on the rapidly growing Ebola epidemic in West Africa, demonstrating yet again its ability to address multiple dimensions of the crisis, including medical, legal, ethical, political and security issues.
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Situation Critical: European Judaism Under Siege

SFS's Program for Jewish Civilization, in partnership with Anti-Defamation League (ADL), will host a special mini-conference looking at the recent incidents of anti-semitism that have been occurring across Europe on September 15th. The event will be streamed live online starting at 5:30 PM EDT.
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Georgetown Alumnus Covers Gaza-Israel Conflict for ABC

Alex Marquardt (SFS'04), an ABC News foreign correspondent covering conflicts throughout the Middle East and Europe, credits his time at Georgetown for his career path.
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Cuban Blogger, Journalist Now Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown

The School of Foreign Service and its Institute for the Study of Diplomacy annouce award-winning Cuban journalist and author Yoani Sanchez as its new Yahoo! Fellow in International Values, Communications, Technology and the Global Internet.

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ICC Flags Draw Attention to Global Energy Poverty

The 15 flags flying in the ICC Galleria this year represent the countries with the largest average populations living in energy poverty.

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Visa denials scuttle play with Syrian actresses at Georgetown

Cynthia Schneider, co-chair of Georgetown's Laboratory of Global Performance and Politics, spoke to The Washington Post about the U.S. State Department's decision to deny visas to Syrian women coming to Georgetown to perform in a play. “This is the greatest tragedy, because in the United States we really don’t have access to the voices of the Syrian people. Who are we hearing from? ISIS. We are completely missing this absolutely vital human perspective of the war in Syria,” Schneider said.

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New Students Don T-Shirts Made at ‘Living Wage’ Caribbean Factory

Georgetown furthers its relationship with the Dominican Republic's Alta Gracia factory, which offers its workers a living wage, by continuing research and ordering T-shirts from the factory for New Student Orientation.
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Former Dean Robert L. Gallucci Returns to SFS Faculty

The School of Foreign Service is pleased to announce that former U.S. ambassador and SFS dean, Robert L. Gallucci, has returned to Georgetown as Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy.

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SFS Faculty Share Summer Reading Picks

School of Foreign Service faculty share what they are reading this summer.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellows to Start in Fall 2014 at Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security is pleased to announce the selection of three successful candidates for the Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellowship program.

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Alumni Q&A: Keegan Pierce (F'02) Credits SFS for his "International Perspective"

Alumni Keegan Pierce (F'02) remembers "Map of the Modern World" and other highlights of his experience in the STIA program.

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Current and future Georgetown students are among 2014 Pickering Fellows

Current and future Georgetown students from the School of Foreign Service (SFS) are among the 40 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellows.

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Jeffrey Anderson Speaks on German Relations with U.S. After Spying Upset

Professor Jeffrey Anderson, Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies, spoke to Bloomberg News about the consequences of Germany's decision to expel a U.S. intelligence official on the German-U.S. relationship. "There are plenty of areas where we need to work with the Germans, or where we can, and all this is getting sidetracked," Anderson said. (Photo by John Thys/AFP via Getty Images)
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SFS Faculty News - July 2014 Edition

The latest items of note from the SFS faculty.

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GIWPS and NUI Galway cohost international conference and launch joint study on Women's Leadership in Peacemaking in the DR Congo

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security co-hosted an international conference with the National University of Ireland in Galway on women's leadership in peacemaking in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and The Great Lakes Region of Africa on July 1-2, 2014.

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Georgetown Women, Peace and Security Award Presented to Lady Ashton
July 1, 2014

The European Union's Lady Catherine Ashton received the 2014 Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Global Trailblazer Award last week in Brussels.
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Next King of Spain: Alumnus Prince Felipe
June 17, 2014

Members of the Georgetown community reflect on alumnus Prince Felipe of Spain's time at the university as he is about to become King Felipe VI.
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SFS On Topic: ISIS in Iraq and Syria
July 3, 2014
SFS faculty have been active participants in the national conversation about the growing power of terrorist group ISIS in Iraq and Syria. This is a collection of those stories.

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Georgetown Experts Join Summit on Sexual Violence in War Zones
June 16, 2014

Representatives from Georgetown University Medical Center, the School of Foreign Service and the Law Center attended last week's Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London.
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CIA Director Speaks at Agency's First Public National Security Conference
June 12, 2014

CIA Director John O. Brennan said the intelligence agency is at a "crossroads" during the organization's first public conference on national security co-sponsored by Georgetown's security studies program.
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Alumna Q&A: Gillian Evans (F'12) on her time at SFS and her current work at the Lahore University of Management Sciences
July 3, 2014
Recent alumna Gillian Evans (F'12) reflects on her time on the Hilltop and how it led to her current job working at a university in Lahore, Pakistan.

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SFS Announces New Partnership with GU Press
July 3, 2014

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5 Minutes with former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

Robert Gates, who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 until 2011 and earned his Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet History from Georgetown University in 1974, discusses leadership in foreign service and his role in the 2014 Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service Commencement Ceremonies in a joint interview with the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs and The Hoya campus newspaper.
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Oxford-Bound Student Majors in International Affairs, Masters Physics
May 9, 2014

Andrew Choi (SFS'14), who will attend Saïd Business School to study financial economics, completed a full set of Georgetown College physics courses in addition to his international affairs coursework.
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SFS On Topic: Ukraine
July 3, 2014
SFS faculty and students have been actively discussing what's been going on between Ukraine, Russia and the United States as the events have unfolded. This is a collection of those stories.

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SFS Board Establishes Graduate Scholarship to Honor Dean Carol Lancaster
May 14, 2014

A new Global Human Development scholarship will honor Carol Lancaster, dean emerita of the School of Foreign Service (SFS) and a longtime faculty member.
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Alumni Q&A: Michael Rogol (F'94) on his time at SFS and his new documentary film "The Next 1000 Days"
July 14, 2014
Michael Rogol (F'94) reflects on his time in the STIA program, which helped broaden his understanding of energy issues in preparation for his current work in the solar power sector.

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Anniversary of Jan Karski Celebrated with Staged Reading and Panel
April 24, 2014

Georgetown honored what would have been the 100th birthday of late university professor and Holocaust witness Jan Karski with a staged reading starring Academy Award-nominated actor David Strathairn Thursday.
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Alumna Q&A: Pilar Guzman (MSFS'05) on her time at SFS and her business Half Moon Empanadas

Pilar Guzman (MSFS '05) draws on her MSFS degree while managing her own business Half Moon Empanadas, which is striving to become the next fast casual concept in the U.S.

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Georgetown Announces Speakers for 2014 Commencement
May 1, 2014

One current and one former U.S. cabinet secretary are among the speakers scheduled to speak during Georgetown’s 2014 Commencement Weekend, May 15-18.
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CGES presents "1914 Revisited: How Europe Went to War"

BMW Center for German and European Studies event featured Professor Christopher Clark (Cambridge), who retold the story of the outbreak of the First World War and its causes.

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SFS’ Lancaster Steps Down to Focus on Recovery, Return to Georgetown
July 14, 2014
School of Foreign Service (SFS) Dean Carol Lancaster, who hopes to return to Georgetown as dean emerita and professor, has announced she is stepping down as head of the school to focus on recovery from a brain tumor.

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SFS Mourns Loss of Professor Harm de Blij

The School of Foreign Service is saddened to report that former SFS professor Harm de Blij died on March 25, 2014. Our condolences are extended to his family and friends.

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Economist Named First Global Human Development Chair Funded by Coca-Cola
April 2, 2014

Leading economist and scholar Steven Radelet receives the first endowed chair, funded by the Coca-Cola Foundation, for the master's in Global Human Development at Georgetown.
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NATO Secretary General Receives Award for Role in Women, Peace and Security

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen receives a Hillary Rodham Clinton Award for Advancing Women in Peace and Security from Georgetown today.
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Inaugural Mortara Undergraduate Research Fellow Symposium
July 14, 2014
Before a room of several dozen students, faculty, and community members, six of the current Mortara Undergraduate Research Fellows (MURFs) presented their research projects and discussed their experience with Georgetown University’s newest undergraduate research program.

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Clinton Presents Advancing Women in Peace and Security Awards
February 25, 2014

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presented three distinguished leaders with Georgetown's first Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards for Advancing Women in Peace and Security Tuesday.
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Ambassador Barbara K. Bodine Appointed Director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

The School of Foreign Service is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador Barbara K. Bodine as Director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy.

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Alumni Q&A: Olga Maria Beeck (F'81) on her time at SFS and the new Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation

Olga Maria Beeck graduated from the School of Foreign Service in 1981 and currently serves as a member of the SFS Board of Visitors. Georgetown University’s new Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation was recently launched through the generosity of Olga Maria and her husband Alberto. It was created to inspire and prepare students, faculty and global leaders with the necessary skills to generate and innovate solution-based social change here and across the globe.

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U.S.-Russia Relations Lowest Level Since 1991, Says Georgetown Expert
February 6, 2014

A Georgetown professor who recently authored a new book, The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century, says Russia's attempts at capturing a "geopolitical gold medal" is failing.
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Alumni Q&A: Kelly Doley Puts Degree in Action in South Sudan

Kelly Doley (MSFS '08) has been using his MSFS degree in action working for USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance in Juba, South Sudan.

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Bruce Hoffman Appointed to Commission To Review FBI's Post-9/11 Response To Terrorism, Radicalization

Professor Bruce Hoffman has been appointed to serve on a commission that will review the FBI’s implementation of the recommendations from the 9/11 Commission.

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SFS Faculty News - January 2014 Edition

The latest items of note from the SFS faculty.

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