covid-19
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Office Hours: Brooks Holtom Examines the Financial Impact of Retaining Employees Who Prefer to Leave
Company culture is powerful — so powerful that it can impact sales, profits, and employee morale, whether positively or negatively. Engaged employees create innovative products, deliver extraordi
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MBA Student To Release Book With Focus on Healthcare Literacy
Working at a medical clinic, HanhLinh HoTran (MBA’23) was astounded by the lack of basic healthcare and health insurance literacy among patients. More than 95% of the general population does not have
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How to Navigate Awkward Political Conversations at Thanksgiving Dinner After a Tense Election
Stress from COVID-19, health care, the economy, racism and the presidential election is threatening American’s mental health, according to the annual “Stress in America” survey from the American Psychological Association. Stress or feeling overwhelmed is the primary reason people cite for being rude, which has the potential to ignite conflict during the holidays, according to Christine Porath, a professor at Georgetown University and the author of “Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace.”
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Covid Dampens But Can’t Drown Georgetown MBA Outcomes
Doreen Amorosa, associate dean for McDonough Career Services, says that to adapt to the challenges of the pandemic, McDonough Career Services launched a Hoyas Helping Hoyas campaign, asking alumni to connect with students around their career needs.
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Millennials & Gen Z Fear Lasting, Negative Financial Impact From Pandemic, According to New Georgetown University Survey
One in four young adults report that the pandemic will have lasting negative impact on them financially, while one in three millennial parents feel financial strain and project long-term repercussions. This is a troubling new finding from a national survey of 2,280 young adults, ages 18-39, conducted by Georgetown University Business for Impact’s AgingWell Hub, part of the McDonough School of Business. The survey found that 25% of adult Gen Zers (ages 18-23) and 35% of millennials (ages 24-39) had spent savings or delayed saving or paying off debt as a result of the pandemic.
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Office Hours: Shiliang (John) Cui Explores How COVID-19 Testing Can Be Incentivized
As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, testing facilities are experiencing longer wait times, which may be discouraging individuals from getting tested. In his recent paper, Design of COVID-
Categories: COVID-19, News Story
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How COVID-19 May Affect Spectator Sports in the Coming Years
Covid-19’s impact on spectator sports this year has been obvious. Marty Conway, a longtime sports executive who teaches sports management and marketing at Georgetown University explains what the impact will be as the pandemic continues, and whether the impact will last when the pandemic ends.
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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 this fall's Georgetown Entrepreneurship’s virtual COVID-19 Design Challenge that focused on work, learning, and vulnerable commun
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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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