Archive: covid-19
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Teams Compete in Georgetown Entrepreneurship COVID-19 Design Challenge
Over 500 people tuned in on Facebook to watch 11 teams participate in Georgetown Entrepreneurship’s virtual COVID-19 Design Challenge in September. The challenge, a one day hackathon-style event, cen
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Applicants Flock to Elite Business Schools to Ride Out the Coronavirus Pandemic
At Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, applications for this fall were initially down until Covid-19 hit. “Starting in April through our July deadline, our applications soared,” said Shelly Heinrich, the school’s associate dean of M.B.A. admissions.
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Georgetown Entrepreneurship Hosts COVID-19 Design Challenge
In an effort to provide this semester’s remote and on-campus students a sense of agency as they adjust to this new normal due to COVID-19, Georgetown Entrepreneurship has partnered with Foley and Lar
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Inaugural Virtual Recruiting Summit Equips Students with New Skills
The fundamental approach to networking and interviewing has drastically changed due to the virtual nature of the pandemic. The McDonough School of Business saw an opportunity to help students adapt t
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Looming State and Local Government Financial Crisis
Arthur Dong discusses the budget crisis facing some U.S. states exacerbated by COVID-19 with CGTN’s Business Today.
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The MBA Reboot
While Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business enrollment has climbed in the last decade, it was largely because of a surge of undergraduate students. Since 2017, the MBA program has experienced a dip, said Prashant Malaviya, senior associate dean of MBA programs at Georgetown. But that changed in the last six months, partly due to the pandemic, he said. Now is the time for working professionals to consider making a pivot in their careers. “We’ve seen a surge,” Malaviya said. “An over 20% increase in applications recently.”
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MSF Program Concludes its First Career Bootcamp
Given the toll the pandemic has taken on the economy, the McDonough School of Business’ Master of Science in Finance (MSF) program sought to provide an extra level of support for MSF students seeking
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Meet The MBA Class of 2022: The COVID Cohorts
Thanks to their hardships, you won’t find the Class of 2022 taking each other for granted, either. “In some ways, starting virtually has made us have to be more intentional about getting to know our classmates,” explains Georgetown University’s Adam Kuebler. “Everyone is passionate, engaged, and willing to help and support one another.”
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Minority Entrepreneurs at a Tipping Point as Black-Owned Banks Dwindle in the U.S.
“The lack of access to capital is the single highest driver for business failure, and Black founders are less likely to gain it,” said Melissa Bradley, Georgetown McDonough School of Business professor. Black and brown business owners have faced a disproportionate share of Covid-19 failures: from February to April of this year, there was a 41% decline in Black-owned businesses and a 32% drop in Latinx business owners.
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Office Hours: Rebecca Hamilton Discusses Scarcity During Coronavirus
Widespread scarcity gripped millions of consumers across the world, with massive shortages of toilet paper and hand sanitizer during the early months of COVID-19. Rebecca Hamilton, professor of m
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