Alumnas sustain a friendship for the books
The common interest in sustainability that brought together Lauren DeMates and Rosaly Byrd at GPS now is turning profits for the duo in that of a burgeoning blog and book deal...
Alumni, then and now (the times have changed)
In the 1950s, a half-dozen African nations had won their independence. In 1960, more than a dozen others followed. It wasn’t long before these new nation-states would send their top diplomats to Washi...
SFS On Topic: Brexit
The SFS community, including faculty and alumni, weighed in on the political and economic implications of the historic "Brexit" Decision, which called for the UK to leave the EU....
Georgetown Medical Student Develops Global Medical Aid Group
Aaron Epstein (SOM'12) founded Global Surgical and Medical Support Group (GSMSG) during his second year at Georgetown Medical School in hopes of making an impact in remote corners of the world....
SARAH WANG (MASIA ’14)
Alumna Sarah Wang (MASIA'14) discusses her passion for Asian Studies and her experience at Georgetown SFS....
Making a Career of Solving Problems: MSFS Alumna Bailey Hand in the Public and Private Sectors
MSFS alumna Bailey Hand, (MSFS'03), draws on her public sector experience in the Department of Defense in her strategy consulting work with Boston Consulting Group....
MSFS Graduate Andrea Conde Ghigliazza Lauds Tight-Knit Community of Classmates, Faculty and Alumni
Andrea Conde Ghigliazza came from Mexico City to attend the Master of Science in Foreign Service program, and leaves most struck by its "tight-knit community interested in international affairs."...
MAERES Graduate Bryan Furman Learned Multidisciplinary Approach to World Problems at SFS
Bryan Furman is graduating from the MA in Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies. He leaves Georgetown with a broadened perspective and hard skills, but also with lifelong friends....
Going to Ukraine via Seattle
Christi Anne Hofland’s tells us how her master’s degree at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington led to a job with the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine upon graduation....
Randall Kempner on International Development, Income Inequality and the Importance of Education
Alumnus Randall Kempner reflects on international development, income inequality, and the importance of education in narrowing the rich-poor gap....
LBJ Grad’s ‘Aunt Bertha’ – Building a Business With Social Impact
After going through a series of transformative life experiences that re-directed his path, Erine Gray, a 2004 MPAff graduate, reflected on his start-up company Aunt Bertha....
The dawn of public policy
The protests started in earnest in the spring of 1965. Operation “Rolling Thunder,” spearheaded by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, commenced on March 2, with massive and near-continuous air strikes...