Press Release Archive

  • Undergraduate Dean Norean Sharpe Discusses Leadership and Change

    Norean Sharpe, undergraduate dean at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, recently submitted a guest post about leadership and change management on John Keyser’s Business Leadership Coach blog.

  • Search Committee Announced for New Dean

    President John DeGioia and Provost James O’Donnell have announced the formation of a search committee for the next dean of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. The current dean, George Daly, plans to retire at the end of this academic year after leading the school through six years of successful growth and enhancement.

    Read more on the President's Office website.

  • Ronald Goodstein Speaks About the Future of Web Searching at Media Future Now Event

    How are programs like Apple Apps changing the way consumers search for information? What does this mean for traditional search engines? These questions and others were addressed by Ronald Goodstein, associate professor of marketing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, at the Media Future Now’s “Washington’s Best Minds on New Media and Content” event, held December 15, 2010.

  • Event to Connect Georgetown Students to Women on Wall Street

    Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business will host its third annual Women on Wall Street event Thursday, January 13, 2011, at 5:30 p.m. in the Rafik B. Hariri Building’s Lohrfink Auditorium. It is open to Georgetown MBA students and undergraduates from any major.

  • Czinkota Calendar

    Professor Czinkota Offers Daily Business Insights Through Desk Calendar

    While most students soak in their professors’ knowledge just a few times a week, Associate Professor Michael Czinkota’s students at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business can get a daily dose of his international business wisdom through the 2011 Daily International Iconoclast desk calendar.

  • New Ranking Lists Georgetown’s MBA Full-Time Program 23rd

    In its inaugural ranking of full-time MBA programs, Poets & Quants has named Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business 23rd in the United States.

  • Charlie Cook to Kick Off Business and Public Policy Residency

    MBA Students to Study Public Policy Through Theme of Federal Debt and Deficit

  • Professor Aggarwal to Speak about U.S. Proxy System during Governance Exchange Webinar, Dec. 16

    Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Business Administration and professor of finance at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, will discuss “The U.S. Proxy System” during an hour-long webinar Thursday, December 16, 2010, from 1 to 2 p.m.

  • Business Case Competition Winners

    MBA Entrepreneurial Ventures Recognized at Business Plan Competition Qualifier

    Food and food services ventures won the day at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business MBA Internal Business Plan Competition Qualifier December 11.

  • James Angel

    James Angel Testifies Before Senate Subcommittees About U.S. Capital Markets

    On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, James Angel, associate professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on the topic of “Examining Efficiency, Stability, and Integrity of the U.S.
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    Special Issue of Georgetown Journal Examines International Activities of Latin American Firms

    Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability Studies the Behaviors of International Companies and Foreign Investors in Iberoamerica

  • MBA Students Invited to Participate in Business Plan Competition Qualifier

    MBA students at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business who have an idea for starting a new business venture are invited to participate in the Internal Business Plan Competition Qualifier. Designed specifically for Georgetown’s MBA students, the event will be held Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Rafik B. Hariri Building, Suite 360.

  • Jie Yang

    Journal of Finance to Publish Research by Jie Yang

    Jie Yang, assistant professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, is the co-author of the article “The Cost of Debt,” which will be published in the December 2010 issue of the Journal of Finance.

  • 2011 Commencement Dates Announced

    Thursday, May 19, 2011
    2 p.m. Senior Convocation, McDonough Arena

  • New Mentorship Program Brings Together MBAs and Undergraduates

    Undergraduate students in the Georgetown Aspiring Minority Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (GAMBLE) club have launched the GAMBLE-MBA Mentorship Program to match current MBA students at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business one-on-one with GAMBLE undergraduates, providing mentoring and networking opportunities for participants.

  • Turkish Foreign Minister

    Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Meets with Executive MBA Students

    His Excellency Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, addressed students, faculty, staff, and guests at Georgetown University on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, in the university’s Gaston Hall on “Foreign Policy and Turkish–U.S. Partnership in the 21st Century.” (View webcast.)  Following his remarks, Davutoğlu met with students from Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and School of Foreign Service.

  • Secretary Gary Locke

    U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to Convene U.S.-China Economic Forum at Georgetown

    WHO:

    The Honorable Gary Locke, United States Secretary of Commerce, will deliver opening remarks.

    The forum will feature senior Commerce Department officials and leading academic experts on China’s economy, political landscape, trade networks, science and innovation policy and environmental technologies.

  • Thomas J. Donohue

    President and CEO of U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Speak at Distinguished Leaders Series

    Thomas J. Donohue to Deliver Remarks at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, Dec. 2
     
    WHAT:        
    Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will speak at the Distinguished Leaders Series at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

  • Ernst Leads Panel on International Operations

    On Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Deputy Dean Ricardo Ernst moderated a panel on International Operations, organized by the Georgetown Operations Associations, an MBA student group.

  • First Year Seminar Case Competition

    Freshmen Cook Up Plans for DC Central Kitchen in Case Competition

    During the Fall 2010 semester, 22 Georgetown University McDonough School of Business freshmen participating in the school’s First Year Seminar program offered their advice to DC Central Kitchen on how to address its current business challenges.  DC Central Kitchen’s mission is to distribute local food to area program and shelters to address the issues of poverty and hunger.

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