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  • Pelosi Scholars engage in development initiatives for lasting impact
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    Pelosi Scholars engage in development initiatives for lasting impact

    Some of the 2025 Pelosi Scholars contributed to the community development sector in local, national and international organizations.

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  • Pelosi Scholars experience foreign policy in action during challenging times
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    Pelosi Scholars experience foreign policy in action during challenging times

    The Pelosi Scholars Initiative empowers top SFS students for public service careers, with some experiencing foreign policy in action.

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  • What gives you hope in the world today? | SFS Leave the Mic
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    What gives you hope in the world today? | SFS Leave the Mic

    We asked the SFS community to share what gives them hope in the world today. Here’s what they had to say.

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  • SFS Professor Joanna Lewis selected as a lead author for the UN’s climate science body
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    SFS Professor Joanna Lewis selected as a lead author for the UN’s climate science body

    SFS Professor Joanna Lewis has been selected as a lead author for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as it approaches the creation of its Seventh Assessment Report.

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  • SFS welcomes Vladimir Kara-Murza as Dissident-in-Residence at Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
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    SFS welcomes Vladimir Kara-Murza as Dissident-in-Residence at Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies

    SFS and the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES) welcome Russian dissident ​​Vladimir Kara-Murza as the center’s first Dissident-in-Residence.

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  • A canceled internship led Talia Martin (SFS’27) to a new mentor and deepened French language skills
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    A canceled internship led Talia Martin (SFS’27) to a new mentor and deepened French language skills

    When her summer internship at the U.S. Department of State was canceled, Talia Martin (SFS’27) became one of those affected by the federal government workforce reduction.

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  • Immigration and border policies: Anna Maria Mayda examines the economic consequences of President Trump’s executive orders
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    Immigration and border policies: Anna Maria Mayda examines the economic consequences of President Trump’s executive orders

    Professor Anna Maria Mayda explores the short and long-term implications of President Trump’s immigration policies.

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  • SFS welcomes General Timothy Haugh to Security Studies Program
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    SFS welcomes General Timothy Haugh to Security Studies Program

    Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service welcomes retired Air Force General Timothy D. Haugh to the school as a Distinguished Fellow in Residence within the Security Studies Program (SSP). Gen. Haugh served for more than 30 years in the U.S. Air Force, culminating in his assignment as the 4th Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and 19th Director…

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  • SFS Graduate Orientation 2025
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    SFS Graduate Orientation 2025

    Welcome to Georgetown, new SFS graduate students! On August 20, students from 10 of our graduate programs came together for orientation. In a plenary session in Gaston Hall, they heard from Dean Joel Hellman, Professor Anthony Clark Arend and a panel including Carla Koppell, vice dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion; Kurt Campbell, distinguished fellow…

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  • Priscila Putzulu (LAS’26) spends her summer engaging energy, justice and community at Casa Pueblo
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    Priscila Putzulu (LAS’26) spends her summer engaging energy, justice and community at Casa Pueblo

    In the mountains of Puerto Rico, Priscila Putzulu (CAS’25, LAS’26), a graduate student in SFS’s Master of Arts in Latin American Studies program, spent her summer at Casa Pueblo, a community-based organization dedicated to environmental justice and energy self-sufficiency.

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