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VIDEO: Inside the MSB: Women in Leadership

VIDEO: Inside the MSB: Women in Leadership

By Mariolina Auletta and Ruthie Zhang November 18, 2021

https://youtu.be/KIfnIWO9vXQ When Kirsten Anderson joined the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (MSB) as a professor, there was no official maternity policy in place. Pregnant with...

Georgetown Junior To Take on Reality Competition ‘Survivor’

Georgetown Junior To Take on Reality Competition ‘Survivor’

By Maya Wendel September 21, 2021

Liana Wallace (MSB ’23) first started watching the CBS reality show “Survivor” as a 3-year-old with her mother and older brothers after bathtime. Now, 17 years later, Wallace is set to star on the...

Georgetown To Launch New Masters Program for Environment, Sustainability Management

Georgetown To Launch New Masters Program for Environment, Sustainability Management

By Claire Stowe September 1, 2021

Georgetown University announced the creation of a new master’s program Aug. 5, aimed at addressing businesses’ impact on the environment through the joint study of sustainability and business management. The...

New GU Program Focuses On Fostering Diversity in the College Admissions Process

New GU Program Focuses On Fostering Diversity in the College Admissions Process

By Sanjana Nayak March 4, 2021

The Georgetown University McDonough School of Business is helping middle school students from underrepresented groups navigate the college application and financial aid processes in a new program aimed...

Georgetown Ranks Second Among Top Universities in Women Graduates Who Enter Venture Capital

Georgetown Ranks Second Among Top Universities in Women Graduates Who Enter Venture Capital

By Campus News Editor February 26, 2021

Georgetown University ranks second among the nation’s colleges and universities in graduating women who go on to lead venture capital firms, according to a report published by the investment company...

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GU Graduate Launches Podcast About Ethics in Capitalism

By Ella Kohler October 23, 2020

As she entered the 25th year of her investment banking career, Dawn Carpenter (GRD ’20) stopped to ask herself, “What am I doing with my life?”  DAWNCARPENTER | Dawn Carpenter (GRD ’20)...

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Alumna Raises Money to Produce Potentially Lifesaving COVID-19 Oxygen Monitors

By Grace Buono September 18, 2020

When Shavini Fernando (GRD ’18) developed a wearable oxygen monitor to live independently despite her life-threatening heart condition, she did not imagine two years later her invention would aid patients...

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Graduate Student Launches Clean Beauty Company Born in Her GU Dorm

By Grace Buono September 11, 2020

Sitting in her sophomore LXR Hall dorm room four years ago, Charlotte Cook (MSB ’19) felt she was at a crossroads. She knew the finance and banking track was not what she wanted, but viable alternatives...

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Looking for Experience, Graduate Student Helps Struggling Small Businesses

By Grace Buono August 8, 2020

When Robert Knox (GRD ’21) learned about MBAs Fight COVID-19, he saw an opportunity to bring the pro bono consulting organization to Georgetown University. Since early May, when Knox proposed founding...

MBA Venture Fellows Program Expands to Undergraduates

MBA Venture Fellows Program Expands to Undergraduates

By Maddie Berry February 14, 2020

Undergraduate students began internships this January as part of the 2020 cohort of the Georgetown University MBA Venture Fellows Program, after the initiative expanded to include undergraduate students...

FILE PHOTO: KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA | The McDonough School of Business received a $12.2 million donation from the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation, it announced to the Georgetown community in an email Oct. 16.

MSB Receives $12 Million Donation

By Giulia Testa October 23, 2019

FILE PHOTO: KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA | The McDonough School of Business received a $12.2 million donation from the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation, it announced to the Georgetown community in an email...

Grad Student Awarded Funds to Develop Medical Invention

By Meredith Miller December 7, 2018

Shavini Fernando (GRD ’18) won $35,000 at the second annual Bark Tank, an event that awards funding to Georgetown students who pitch new business ventures, for her potentially lifesaving invention, O2Wear. The...

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