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COURTESY CLYDE WILCOX
Government professor Clyde Wilcox has transferred to the School of Foreign Service campus in Qatar for the next two years.

After 27 Years in DC, Wilcox Shifts to SFS-Qatar

By Matthew Larson September 30, 2014

Government professor Clyde Wilcox, who has taught at Georgetown’s main campus since 1987, transitioned this year to the School of Foreign Service in Qatar, where he will remain for two years. Wilcox...

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Former Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine became the director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy on July 1, after a 33-year career with the United States Foreign Service.

Career Diplomat Charts Future for Institute

By Mallika Sen August 29, 2014

Ambassador Barbara Bodine joined the School of Foreign Service as the director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy on July 1. The former ambassador to Yemen left the United States Foreign Service...

Advisory Boards Chart Course for Schools

By Kit Clemente April 10, 2014

Often removed from the day-to-day functions of life at Georgetown, advisory boards across divisions serve an important function in informing the academic life within their respective schools. Georgetown’s...

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Carol Lancaster, pictured at commencement last May, is stepping down as dean of the School of Foreign Service to recover from a brain tumor.

Lancaster Steps Down as SFS Dean

By Mallika Sen April 4, 2014

Carol Lancaster (SFS ’64) has stepped down as dean of the School of Foreign Service, as announced in an April 2 email to the Georgetown community from University President John J. DeGioia. SFS Acting...

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Charles Weiss, a distinguished professor of science, technology and international affairs, will retire at the end of the year, after overseeing the consolidation of the first-of-its-kind STIA program over the past 17 years.

Professor Who Shaped STIA Program Retires

By Katherine Richardson April 1, 2014

The School of Foreign Service pioneered the major of science, technology and international affairs, with one man, Charles Weiss, instrumental in the program’s development. After shepherding over...

Theater and Politics Meet

By Kshithij Shrinath March 28, 2014

With Monday’s announcement of its Myriad Voices, a cross-cultural festival spanning more than two years, the Laboratory of Global Performance and Politics continues its goal of bringing together performance...

Merger Slights Regional Studies

By Suzanne Monyak January 24, 2014

Due to inadequate funding, the administrations for the Latin American Studies and African Studies programs merged at the end of the fall semester, resulting in the dissolution of the African Studies department’s...

SFS Ups Alumni Engagement With New Annual Magazine

By Katherine Richardson October 25, 2013

To enhance alumni engagement, the School of Foreign Service will launch its first annual alumni print magazine in December. The magazine will replace the quarterly SFS print newsletter, which will still...

Tenure Denial Incites Backlash

By Tia Baheri February 22, 2013

Students, alumni and professors have banded together to petition Georgetown’s July decision to deny tenure to the School of Foreign Service’s assistant professor of Arab politics Samer Shehata. Ebie DuPont...

Tombs Lunches Facilitate Student-Faculty Dialogue

By Madison Ashley October 26, 2012

This October, students in McCarthy Hall can forgo the O’Donovan Hall experience to eat with a professor at The Tombs. Launched last February by Hall Director Lamar Dawson, the McCarthy Hall “Out...

First Black Undergraduate Dies

By Elizabeth Garbitelli March 28, 2012

Samuel Halsey Jr. (SFS ’53), who died last month at the age of 87, left behind three siblings, four children and more than a dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren. But he also left an enduring...

SFS Survey Calls for More Space, Curriculum Reform

By Annie Chen March 16, 2012

Results of a survey conducted by the Bachelors of Foreign Service Review Committee suggest student desire for more student space and core curriculum reform. Results of the survey, which was conducted...

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