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Supporting the Work of Military Members
When six active-duty military students in the Executive MBA (EMBA) class of 2012 enrolled in Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in 2010, they had no idea that changes to the Post 9/11 GI Bill would lead to decreases in their tuition benefits. As they searched for the means to finish the 20-month program, they faced a delay in their graduation and the possibility of deployment during that time.
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Startup Hoyas
Entrepreneurs emerge from Georgetown University each year, but this summer the McDonough School of Business established itself as a home for their businesses by serving as an incubator for 15 groups of entrepreneurs from across campus.
The 11-week StartUpHoyas program, sponsored by the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, provided workspace in the Rafik B. Hariri Building; mentoring and advising from entrepreneurs-in-residence, faculty, and business professionals; and networking events with the growing entrepreneurship community in Washington, D.C. -
Experts Discuss Massachusetts Health Reform Law
Health reform experts gathered at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business on September 10 to discuss the role of local businesses in crafting the Massachusetts health reform law six years ago.
The panel discussion, titled The Impact of Health Reform on Business in Massachusetts: Lessons from Six Years of Experience, was moderated by the dean of the business school, David Thomas, and was co-sponsored by Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. -
Professor Delivers Congressional Testimony About U.S. Exports of Business Services
On Thursday, September 20, 2012, J. Bradford Jensen, professor of international business and economics at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, delivered the following testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways and Means, on the topic of “Opportunities for U.S. Exports of Business Services.” (Photo courtesy of Jeremy Tripp.)
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Betsy Sigman Receives Award from IBM
Betsy Sigman, distinguished teaching professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, recently was awarded a 2012 Faculty Award by IBM.
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Chris Long Receives Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management
Chris Long, assistant professor of management at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, was honored with the "Best Paper - Conflict in Context" award for his research on “How Managers’ Trust and Control Activities Influence Subordinates’ Perceptions” by the Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management. This award is given to an outstanding field-based paper studying organizational, political, or social conflict.
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Global Social Enterprise Initiative Launches Executive in Residence Program
Leaders from Tides and the Hershey Company to Provide Mentorship to Students, Insights to Initiative
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Dean Thomas Receives Beacon Award for Leadership
David Thomas Honored For Being A Visionary Leader Committed to Inclusive Leadership Development
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Matthew Cypher to Lead Real Estate Finance Initiative
Cypher Brings A Decade of Industry Real Estate Experience to the Initiative and the Classroom
Matthew L. Cypher joined the faculty at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in July as a professor of the practice in real estate finance and director of the school’s Real Estate Finance Initiative.
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MBAs Explore Opportunities for Improving DC’s Business Improvement Districts
As part of the Initiative for a Competitive DC, two current MBA students and one recent graduate of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business completed a rigorous economic development analysis for the District of Columbia Office of Small and Local Business Development this summer.