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Nola Goodwin/The Hoya | Economist and CEO of World Data lab Wolfgang Fengler spoke at a webinar on global demographic changes as part of the School of Continuing Studies (SCS) Drivers of Geopolitical Insecurity Seminar Series on Feb. 7.

World Data Lab CEO Talks Demographic Changes, Geopolitics

By Nola Goodwin, Hoya Staff Writer February 9, 2024

An economist-turned-CEO spoke at a webinar on global demographic changes at Georgetown University Feb. 7. Wolfgang Fengler, the CEO of World Data Lab, a company focused on creating large data models...

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Speak At Doomsday Clock Town Hall

By Anna Lim January 26, 2024

The experts who set the Doomsday Clock, a symbol forewarning imminent global destruction, shared insight on their decision to program the clock for 2024 at Georgetown University’s Doomsday Clock Town...

The Intersection | Help Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Go Green

The Intersection | Help Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Go Green

By Keerthana Ramanathan March 16, 2023

Climate change poses an existential threat to life on earth as we know it. Largely driven by fossil fuel use, greenhouse gases have reached the highest level they have ever been in 4.5 billion years....

‘Environmental Graphiti’ on Campus Depicts Science on Climate Change

‘Environmental Graphiti’ on Campus Depicts Science on Climate Change

By Camille Vandeveer February 22, 2023

Across campus, a new series of art installments is combining art and science to spark dialogue about climate change issues.  Artist Alisa Singer’s “Environmental Graphiti” is bringing science,...

PUKAS: Confront Climate’s Role in Pandemics

PUKAS: Confront Climate’s Role in Pandemics

By Annabelle Pukas February 5, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has completely upended life as we once knew it, infecting over 104 million people and claiming the lives of over 2.2 million worldwide. While the current vaccine rollout makes the...

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Rachael Miller, co-founder of the environmental group, the Rozalia Project, debuted her new 
patent on Saturday — a filter ball that removes harmful micro-fibers from washing machines.

Experts Discuss Ocean Health Risks

By Owen Eagan April 8, 2016

The Georgetown University Sustainable Oceans Alliance, a student-led environmental advocacy group founded at the university in 2014, hosted its second annual summit in the McDonough School of Business’...

To Save the Earth, Save the Oceans

By Sebastian Nicholls February 26, 2015

Few people are immune to the mesmerizing spell of the ocean. Its rhythmic ebbs and flows draw you in, and keep you enthralled with otherworldly landscapes. Coral reefs dot the seafloor like brushstrokes...

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Indian Politician Talks Climate Change Policy

By Sarah Smith October 7, 2014

Jairam Ramesh, a member of India’s Parliament and a senior political leader in the Indian National Congress Party, spoke about the need for climate change policy in a lecture hosted by the Georgetown-India...

The Perils of Unlimited Consumption

By Jerry D. Rassias November 1, 2013

The drive to live the good life is something all Americans can identify with, and I believe that our generation is characterized by a fixation on conspicuous consumption. A pervasive mindset encourages...

Obama’s Climate Action Plan Is Too Little, Too Late

By Gabriel Pincus June 27, 2013

Frustrated by Congressional obstinacy, President Obama took executive action to address climate change on the steps of Old North on Tuesday. He spoke to a crowd in Dahlgren Quadrangle, outlining a...

Valuing Sustainability for Future Generations

By Clara Gustafson and Vail Kohnert-Yount April 13, 2012

Georgetown offers ample opportunity to study, reflect on and live by the Jesuit values that define our university. One of the pillars of our Jesuit heritage is learning to be not only bright men and women,...

Extreme Weather Punctuates Warming

By Andrew Swanson April 9, 2010

Back in mid-March, when the weather cracked the 70-degree mark for the first time this year, my friend introduced me to a great saying. Across a table at Leo's, he grandly announced that we were basking...

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