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Office Hours: Leslie Crutchfield on Corporate Social Responsibility During A Global Pandemic
Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Business for Impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, explains how socially minded businesses develop during…
June 4, 2020
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Senior Studies Energy and Environmental Policy Toward Developing Countries
David Yellen (C’20), a recent Rhodes Scholarship finalist, believes a mix of technologies, including but not limited to renewable energy, are needed to save the world from the…
April 20, 2020
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Recent Alumna Focuses on Environmental Impacts, Polar Research
Mia Vanderwilt (SFS’19), awarded Rhodes Scholarship following her environmental studies ranging from snow hydrology in Alaska to fisheries in Iceland to soil microbiomes in…
April 16, 2020
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Experts Ponder Effect of COVID-19 on Future of Sustainability and the Environment
With a commitment to sustainability and the environment rooted in its Jesuit values, Georgetown’s experts in science, history, international affairs and health say COVID-19 has…
April 15, 2020
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Georgetown: Working Toward a Sustainable Future
The university takes an integrated and holistic approach to sustainability, placing value on a quadruple bottom line – people, planet, prosperity and purpose – guided by…
February 6, 2020
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The Novel Coronavirus Originating in Wuhan, China Challenges for Global Health Governance
This article, co-authored by GEI Faculty Advisory Committee member Dr. Rebecca Katz, assesses the early response to COVID-19 and suggests strategies for controlling the. …
January 30, 2020
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Longtime Activist Jane Fonda Finds Inspiration in Young Climate Change Champions
Actress and activist Jane Fonda talks about inspiration for fighting climate change during a talk at.…
January 10, 2020
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Dream Machine: Marshall Scholar Hopes to Use AI to Combat Climate Change
Sally Matson (C’20), a Georgetown senior hoping to use machine learning to combat climate change, is one of two Georgetown students named a 2020 Marshall Scholarship.…
December 9, 2019
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Air Pollution May Affect Crime, But the Problem Goes Deeper Than That
Dr. Lutz Sager provides input on how air pollution is linked to higher crime in this article examining environmental. …
December 5, 2019
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Estimating the effect of air pollution on road safety using atmospheric temperature inversions
Dr. Lutz Sager, a member of our Faculty Advisory Committee, finds that greater air pollution is correlated with more car accidents in this 2019. …
November 9, 2019