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  • Dean's Honors Dinner
    Students

    Dean’s Honors Dinner

    Those who pursue knowledge and personal development know that hard work brings its own rewards, but at the annual Dean’s Honors Dinner at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in…

  • Qatar High School Students Hone Research Skills at Planet Georgetown Week
    Alumni

    Qatar High School Students Hone Research Skills at Planet Georgetown Week

    Twenty-six Qatar-based high school students recently completed the Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) Planet Georgetown week-long after-school research program. The young researchers were all Year 10 students and represented 14…

  • The Rising Afghan Women Leaders Initiative of the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council
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    The Rising Afghan Women Leaders Initiative of the U.S.- Afghan Women’s Council

    The Rising Afghan Women Leaders Initiative (RAWLI) recently was launched by the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council (USAWC) of Georgetown University at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service campus in Doha, Qatar. This…

  • From Doha to Belfast: GU-Q Learning Trip Focuses on Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland
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    From Doha to Belfast: GU-Q Learning Trip Focuses on Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland

    In order to examine attempts at peace and healing from what many still refer to as “the Troubles,” eighteen Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students recently traveled to Belfast. While…

  • Alone but not Lonely: Acclaimed Author Explains New Trend to Georgetown Audience in Qatar
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    Alone but not Lonely: Acclaimed Author Explains New Trend to Georgetown Audience in Qatar

    Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) recently hosted celebrated prize-winning author Dr. Eric Klinenberg as a Faculty Distinguished Lecture speaker. His topic was living alone, and aging alone, without loneliness. Klinenberg…

  • Fueling the Energy Debate at Georgetown
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    Fueling the Energy Debate at Georgetown

    Worldwide gas and energy exploration and production trends were the focus of a Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) Monthly Dialogue Series public lecture at Georgetown University in Qatar…

  • A Million Trees Start with One Seed
    Alumni

    A Million Trees Start with One Seed

    Dean Gerd Nonneman represented GU-Q at a Qatar Foundation tree planting ceremony called “Plant a Tree for Life”, a campaign launched by the Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) directorate…

  • Three Georgetown in Qatar Students Inducted into Prestigious Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society
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    Three Georgetown in Qatar Students Inducted into Prestigious Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society

    Three Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students have been inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the prestigious honor society of Jesuit institutions of higher education. Mohamad (MK) Harb (Class of 2014),…

  • Engaging Globally: GU-Q Students Travel to Philippines to Study Worker Migration Process
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    Engaging Globally: GU-Q Students Travel to Philippines to Study Worker Migration Process

    Fourteen Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students recently spent eight days in the Philippines studying Filipino migration and the migrant worker process. Organized and run by GU-Q’s Community Engagement Program…

  • GU-Q Students Negotiate Safe Return of Refugees During Crisis Simulation
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    GU-Q Students Negotiate Safe Return of Refugees During Crisis Simulation

    Thirty-two Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students recently participated in a humanitarian-focused crisis simulation exercise at the Georgetown building in Education City. GU-Q’s crisis simulations are based on a hypothetical…