Archive: COVID-19

• Office Hours: Christie Nordhielm Explains How Both Consumers and Retailers are Adapting Amid COVID-19

  With the increasing e-commerce demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies are shifting their focus to accommodate consumer needs. Christie Nordhielm, associate teaching professor of mark

  Categories: COVID-19, News Story Tags: covid-19, Faculty, Marketing

• Office Hours: Leslie Crutchfield on Corporate Social Responsibility During A Global Pandemic

  As the role of business in society continues to evolve, many organizations are rising to the challenge to support their community’s needs during COVID-19. For this defining moment in history, man

  Categories: COVID-19, News Story Tags: Business for Impact, covid-19, Faculty, Global

• Georgetown Undergraduate Sparks Hope and Raises Funds for Medical Workers with Lawn Sign Business

  While many of us remain apart from our loved ones due to COVID-19, the new social distancing era has people looking for a sign of hope, and a Georgetown student is putting one right in your front law

  Categories: COVID-19, News Story Tags: covid-19, Entrepreneurship Initiative, Georgetown Entrepreneurship, Jesuit, Students, Undergraduate Program

• Georgetown Master’s in Management Revises Admissions Requirements to Offer More Flexibility

  In recognition of the impact COVID-19 has made to the graduate admissions process, and in response to testing center closures and economic uncertainty, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of B

  Categories: COVID-19, News Story Tags: covid-19, Master's in Management

• Office Hours: Marty Conway Explores How Communities are Affected by the Cancellation and Postponement of Sports

  The spread of COVID-19 immediately sparked the cancellation and postponement of all major sporting events around the world in an effort to prevent the spread of infection. In times of crisis, spo

  Categories: COVID-19, News Story Tags: covid-19, Faculty

• Finding a Better Way: McDonough Undergraduate Student Creates an Alert System for Grocery Delivery Time Slots

  “There’s gotta be a better way,” said Adrian Hertel (B’20), a frustrated consumer and one of many who are reporting weeks-long waits for grocery and pharmacy deliveries due to the COVID-19 crisis. Ma

  Categories: COVID-19, News Story Tags: Entrepreneurship Initiative, Global, Jesuit, Operations and Information Management, Undergraduate Program

• Office Hours: Catherine Tinsley Explains Why Social Distancing Is So Hard

  As humans, the impulse to maintain human connection runs deep. With the growing COVID-19 crisis, it has never been more difficult to stay connected, while being physically apart. Governments and

  Categories: COVID-19, News Story Tags: covid-19, Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty, Global, Management, Women

• Georgetown MBAs Support Local Community During COVID-19 Pandemic

  Georgetown McDonough MBA students are continuing their commitment to the community and the university’s mission of service to others by participating in volunteer programs, supporting charities wit

  Categories: COVID-19, News Story Tags: covid-19, DC, Flex MBA, Jesuit, MBA

• Should the Financial Markets Close? Georgetown Center Hosts Expert Panel on Market Value Amid COVID-19 Crisis

  The continued spread of COVID-19 throughout the world has posed serious uncertainty and volatility in global financial markets in recent weeks, prompting debate about whether markets should remain op

  Categories: COVID-19, News Story Tags: Center for Financial Markets and Policy, covid-19, Featured Speakers, Finance

• Five Ways You Can Be a Successful Student Virtually

  Since Georgetown University transitioned to a virtual learning environment on March 16, many students have navigated taking classes online for the first time. The Master of Science in Finance (MS

  Categories: COVID-19, News Story Tags: covid-19, Master of Science in Finance, MBA, Undergraduate Program