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Impact Investing Conference to Showcase Latin American Companies
Twenty-two companies operating in 12 Latin American countries and 16 different industries, looking to raise a combined total of $50 million, will convene alongside impact investors, industry leaders, and cultural commentaries at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business to participate in Agora Partnerships’ 3rd Annual Impact Investing in Action (IIA) conference.
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MBA Student Perseveres After Tanzanian Bombing
When a bomb exploded at a Tanzanian church on May 5, it killed three people and injured 60 others. It also rocked the foundation of the community’s primary school, just next door, and left MBA Evening Program student Brendan Callahan shaken.
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Five Georgetown Interns Join Bono’s ONE and (RED) Campaigns
The Georgetown McDonough Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) announced that five Georgetown students are joining U2 lead singer Bono’s ONE and (RED) campaigns as interns this summer. The opportunities were established through GSEI’s relationship with Bank of America, a founding partner in the initiative, and were created with the organizations after hosting Bono on campus in November.
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Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy Hosts Conference on the Leadership Role of the Gulf Countries in the Global Economy
On Tuesday, April 9, the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policyin partnership with the Financial Times hosted a conference on the potentialleadership role of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the global economy.The event was co-hosted by the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) andtook place at the DIFC Conference and Exhibition Centre in Dubai, United ArabEmirates.Keynote speakers included Mustafa Abdel-Wadood (MBA ‘96), partner and chairof the Executiv -
Business Librarian Receives Research Grant
Jennifer Boettcher, Georgetown University business librarian, has been selected to receive the 2013 Reference and User Services Association BRASS Emerald Research Grant Award.
The Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) administers the $5,000 grant, which supports research in the field of business librarianship, and Emerald Group Publishing, Ltd., funds the award.
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Financial Times Ranks Executive Custom Programs #11 in the U.S., #34 in the World
In its inaugural ranking by the Financial Times, the Executive Education Customized Programs at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business ranked #11 in the United States and #34 in the world.
The ranking measures clients’ perceptions of the quality and delivery of the program, as well as the internationality of the overall program through a survey of each business school.
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Georgetown McDonough Announces Commencement Speakers
The Ambassador of Brazil to the United States H.E. Mauro Vieira and United States Senator William M. Cowan (D-Massachusetts) will speak at the graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies for Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
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MBA Student Poses Global Economics Question to Gates
When Georgetown MBA Evening Program student Stephanie Chen got the chance to pose a question to Microsoft founder Bill Gates on live television on May 6, she wanted to know two things.
“What is the greatest global challenge in the next 10 years, and what can this generation of young business leaders to do solve that problem?” she asked him from the McDonough School of Business during Fox Business Network’s live coverage of the Berkshire Hathaway board meeting in Omaha, Neb.
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MBA Students and Faculty Recognized at Year-End BBQ
The Georgetown McDonough MBA Program celebrated the end of the academic year with its traditional barbeque on April 30. Despite the persistent rain showers, Full-time and Evening Program MBA students, faculty, and staff gathered to recognize the accomplishments of students, faculty and staff.
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CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management Discusses Changing Structure of Global Financial System
On Friday, April 26, the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy and the Georgetown Wall Street Alliance hosted an event at JPMorgan Chase and Co. World Headquarters in New York City featuring Mary Callahan Erdoes (C ’89). Erdoes serves as the Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Asset Management, a global leader in investment management with more than $2 trillion in client assets.