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Georgetown Welcomes Larger Second Cohort for M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management

Georgetown Welcomes Larger Second Cohort for M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management

By Allie Stevens August 30, 2023

Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Environment and Sustainability Management (MSESM) Program Associate Director of Marketing and Recruitment, Lindsey Jamieson welcomed 53 new members to an...

MSB Offers Professional Business of Sustainability Certificate

MSB Offers Professional Business of Sustainability Certificate

By Jack Willis April 13, 2023

The McDonough School of Business (MSB) is launching a new four-day professional certificate in business sustainability, the first of its kind.  Admitted students will participate in four days...

MSB Hosts Talk On Environmental Sustainability in the Chocolate Industry

MSB Hosts Talk On Environmental Sustainability in the Chocolate Industry

By Emma Barbazette March 29, 2023

Peter Blommer (CAS ’85), the vice chairman of the Blommer Chocolate Company, discussed his company’s legacy of sustainability that began with his grandfather’s extensive travels to cocoa’s origin...

VIEWPOINT: Confronting the Climate Crisis at GU

VIEWPOINT: Confronting the Climate Crisis at GU

By Dagomar Degroot and Meghan Chapple January 20, 2023

If you’re an undergraduate student, carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere have surged by about 15% since you were born. Because even small changes in the atmospheric concentration of carbon...

Georgetown Students, Professors Revitalize Conservation Center in Kenya

Georgetown Students, Professors Revitalize Conservation Center in Kenya

By Nina Raj September 15, 2022

A group of Georgetown undergraduates and professors helped rebuild an educational visitor center in the Diani Beach region of Kenya this summer. The center was built under the jurisdiction of Colobus...

Shop Like Your Life Depends on It

Shop Like Your Life Depends on It

By Ava Culoso April 27, 2022

Behind the latest trends and glamor of the fashion industry lies an appalling truth: fast fashion kills.  The fashion industry is responsible for countless environmental atrocities. Not only is...

COMMUNITY CORNER: What is an “Earth Commons”? We Asked the Director.

COMMUNITY CORNER: What is an “Earth Commons”? We Asked the Director.

By Amna Shamim March 4, 2022

https://soundcloud.com/multimedia-editor/earth-commons-podcast-final-03032022-1415/s-6YsmeLWt5vu?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing On this episode of “Community...

VIEWPOINT: The Environmental Flaws of New Leo’s

By Austin Hong and Vivian Cox October 13, 2017

As The Hoya’s editorial board noted last week, this summer brought major renovations to O’Donovan Hall. The establishment is now divided between the lower-level Fresh Food Company, which offers unlimited...

COURTESY MARACAS
Maracas uses all-natural ingredients to create Mexican-style ice pops now available to Georgetown students at a variety of local venues.

Maracas Shakes Up GU Desserts

By Sarah Fisher September 23, 2016

Born and raised in Mexico, Julia Padierna-Peralta (SFS ’87) left home to attend Georgetown in the early 1980s. From there, she flew over an ocean to enroll in the London School of Economics and Political...

Reject Business Mindset to Avoid Crisis

By Brian Harbour March 19, 2010

The last few years have been disheartening for observers of business. Countrywide Financial sold bad products to ignorant consumers. A bloated banking system collapsed. Banks helped Greece manipulate its...

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