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Georgetown Welcomes Larger Second Cohort for M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management
Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Environment and Sustainability Management (MSESM) Program Associate Director Lindsey Jamieson welcomed 53 new members to an…
August 30, 2023
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What It’s Like to Live in the Amazon for Three Weeks
For three weeks in July, Gleeson and her team — led by Brian Griffiths, an assistant teaching professor in the Earth Commons, and in conjunction with the Amazon Center for…
August 15, 2023
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This Is Summer on the Hilltop
We’ve been busy this summer. We welcomed students for pre-orientation programs, broke ground on new construction projects, gardened and spruced up our grounds, and found ways…
August 10, 2023
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After a Trip to the Yucatan, Undergraduates Find Their Plans Shaken Up
We’re bringing students to different international sites to give them hands-on experiences with environment and sustainability issues and empower them to see the world and our…
August 1, 2023
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ECo Impact Awards: 2023 Recipients
The ECo Impact Awards provide seed funding for Georgetown faculty across schools and campuses to support environmental and sustainability projects. These awards aim to foster new…
July 27, 2023
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ECo Impact Awards: Project Progress
From pollinators to people to past populations, ECo Impact Award recipients are expanding scholarship on environment and sustainability at Georgetown University and beyond. In…
July 27, 2023
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Students Map Out Alternate Futures in Environmental Humanities Course
“The question of what the environmental humanities are is open and undefined – there’s not a set curriculum or an anthology that you crack open,” said Hensley. “In this…
July 12, 2023
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‘Universities on Fire’ is brisk, inspiring and sobering
In a new book, Georgetown University futurist Bryan Alexander ponders higher education’s next 75 years in a climate-changed.…
July 5, 2023
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Energy Democracy in a Federal and Localist System: Georgetown Scholars Investigate a Crucial Component of Just Energy Governance in the Coming Decades
Foster and Chertoff explore how different levels of governmental regimes impact energy democracy, comparing how legal and policy levers (authorities, mandates, funding, and power…
June 20, 2023
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The interdisciplinary approach of the Georgetown MS in Environment and Sustainability Management
Eleni Orfanos embarked on a transformative journey by enrolling in Georgetown McDonough’s MS in Environment and Sustainability Management. Eleni shares how the program prepared…
June 19, 2023