Georgetown President John J. DeGioia addresses conference attendees By: Jesse Gibson From March 19-21, Georgetown University hosted an international conference entitled “Integral Ecology: A Synodal Response from the Amazon Region and Other Biomes / Essential territories for the Care of Our Common Home.” This event was organized by…
By: Zeke Gutierrez & Miranda Carnes Former Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, captivated the audience in a discussion of the peace-building processes in Colombia during his presidency, leading to the dissolution of the FARC and subsequent Nobel Peace Prize. During his time in office, Santos sought to end the conflict…
During his first presidential visit to Washington, D.C., Colombian President, Iván Duque, visited Georgetown on February 14, 2019 to speak with Law Center Dean William M. Treanor about the crisis in Venezuela, economic policy, and his time as a Georgetown student.
Christina Huntzinger (LAS’20), Luis Garzon-Negreiros (MSFS/MBA’20), and Matthew Tibbitts (MSFS’20) have been selected for the 2019 cohort of the <a href="https://wallenbergfellows.com/">Wallenberg International Fellows Program</a>, a two-part program that includes a semester of coursework and a summer internship in Stockholm along with mentorship and professional growth opportunities.
By: Miranda Carnes, BSFS Scholar, SFS ’19 On Thursday, February 14th, visiting researcher Eduardo Chaves da Silva presented his findings regarding early childhood policies in Brazil and the U.S. In conducting his research, Chaves da Silva aimed to explain the institutional change that occurred in Brazil between 1990 and…
By: Sofia Vegas, BSFS Scholar, SFS ’20 On Tuesday February 5th, the Georgetown University Center of Latin American Studies hosted an event titled “U.S. Foreign Policy For South America.” Livia Peres Milani, a PhD candidate, refuted the idea that the United States foreign policy has neglected Latin America during the…
By R.O. Niederstrasser-Hernández During the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), I was invited by the Cuban Embassy to a closed event at the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations in New York. There, the newly elected Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel, on his first trip…
