Briefings

Operation: Cura Personalis

As the world navigated ongoing disruptions from the pandemic, the preservation of McDonough’s renowned community was paramount—a mission Kerry Pace, associate dean of MBA programs, and her team took to heart. Their operation was clear: leverage the power of the Georgetown community to boost morale and care for one another in mind, body, and spirit. Cura personalis became the guiding principle. Within weeks, the team launched a series of activities to help students reconnect to the community. McDonough soon opened the programs to all students, faculty, staff, and alumni, welcoming hundreds of Hoyas to tune in for sessions to laugh with comedians, learn how to cook mindfully, discover the power of sleep, or to share their gratitude virtually.

50 Years of Purpose

Business for Impact honored its founder and professor emeritus Bill Novelli as the inaugural recipient of the Purpose Pioneer Award for over 50 years of game-changing leadership in corporate purpose, environmental sustainability, and social impact.

Novelli founded the initiative in 2011 and paved the way for many years of purpose-driven and interdisciplinary work in social impact, advancing their mission of leveraging the power of business to benefit the common good. During his tenure at Business for Impact, the initiative developed partnerships with numerous business, government, and nonprofit leaders; launched innovative courses and programs grounded in principled leadership and social impact; and advanced important discussions on the world’s most critical issues, including sustainability, inclusive and equitable hiring, healthcare, and social justice.

The mission now continues from campus. “I hope all students feel they have been transformed when they leave Georgetown,” said Pace. “They gained business concepts and skills, but they also became better people through our community. That is the spirit of Georgetown, and that is the ethos of what we’re hoping to accomplish through Operation: Cura Personalis.”

International Culture + Business

Undergraduate students interested in the intersection between international culture and business affairs can now pursue a joint degree in International Business, Language, and Culture, offered in partnership with Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and the College of Arts & Sciences. Participants gain deep expertise in a specific region to explore how language and culture can affect change and innovation in the world through the lens of pressing global issues such as inequality, labor and human dignity, and issues related to technology, ethics, and the environment.

What Happens When D.C. Floods?

The Steers Center for Global Real Estate convened leading environmental, financial, and governmental stakeholders to discuss the issue of flooding and rising sea levels as it pertains to the future of real estate infrastructure in the Washington, D.C., area. The event featured a flash flood simulation to showcase the physical and social implications of climate disasters in D.C. neighborhoods, focused primarily on vulnerable citizens and critical citywide services.