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The university lost a distinguished member of its community as professor Richard Stites of the history department in the School of Foreign Service passed away on March 7 surrounded by family and friends after a battle with cancer. Stites was 78 years old and on research leave in Helsinki, Finland.
The SFS Academic Council established a Map of the Modern World working group about two weeks ago, a move that followed earlier recommendations put forth in the council’s report on this year’s changes to the School of Foreign Service’s core requirement.
Anthony Lake, distinguished professor in practice of diplomacy in the School of Foreign Service, was nominated last week to be the next head of UNICEF.
Two years after the anthropology program separated from the sociology department, plans to solidify the resulting anthropology department’s autonomy continue with a scheduled move from the Intercultural Center to the Car Barn this summer.
Michael Hayden, retired Air Force general and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, has signed on as a senior adviser to Georgetown’s new Cybersecurity Policy Initiative.
People across the globe harbor distrust for multinational corporations and their motivations, according to a new report titled “Faith and the Global Agenda: Values for the Post-Crisis Economy,” co-researched by the Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the World Economic Forum.
Georgetown University Law Center Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff was appointed to the position of United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.
Professor Joan Riley of the School of Nursing and Health Studies was named the 2009 District of Columbia Professor of the Year for her commitment to undergraduate education.
The School of Foreign Service School Council has accepted the second of two SFS Academic Council proposals concerning the revised Map of the Modern World curriculum.
The Georgetown University Faculty Senate held a main campus caucus meeting Monday afternoon in the Leavey Center to discuss its stance regarding faculty rights to external activities, which include professional or academic consultations outside of the university.
