Archive: Georgetown University

• Academedia 2012 – gnovis' Inaugural Conference

  By Kgirginova August 19, 2012

  On April 11th, 2012, gnovis held its first conference titled “Academedia” at Georgetown University. The goal of this gathering of minds was to discuss how new media practices are shaping research an

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: April 11 2012, CCT, Don Knezek, Georgetown University, gnovis inaugural conference, graduate students, International Student Conferences, ISTE, new media and learning, One World Education, research, technology, The Stream Al Jazeera English

• The "Globalization" of the Study Abroad Experience

  By ErinColeman March 21, 2012

  Georgetown is a school that rightly prides itself on its study abroad statistics.  While nationally a measly 1% of American students participate in international education programs, Georgetown underg

  Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: digitization, fulbright program, fulbright scholar, Georgetown University, global citizenship, globalization, globalization of study abroad, Institute of International Education, international education, junior year abroad network, School Year Abroad, social media, State Department, study abroad, virtual study abroad

• Modernity on the Wings of Morality

  By SInman November 11, 2011

  On Wednesday, October 19, Jurgen Habermas traversed the Atlantic to deliver a lecture on myth and ritual as a part of Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs lecture series.

  Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: BP oil spill, collective action, Dow Chemical, Georgetown University, Habermas, modernization, network power, Occupy Wall Street, religion, TransCanada, transnational activism

• The Dogs That Can Do Algebra

  By brittany.t.coombs@gmail.com February 24, 2011

  Noted science fiction author (and attractive brunette with a Ph.D. from Harvard in Chemical Physics) Catherine Asaro recently made an appearance in my futures-predicting class. That’s futures with an s because, as we often discuss, at any given moment there is an inordinate amount of possible futures that can happen given the present parameters.

  Category: The Gnovis Blog Tags: Catherine Asaro, foundationalism and physics, Georgetown University, predicting the futures, unknown unknowns and donald rumsfeld, year one million