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Connecting Communities to Energy Innovation: Clayton Pokorny (ESM’23) on Local Partnerships and Grid Planning

At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), researcher Clayton Pokorny (ESM’23) leads technical assistance that helps towns and cities, from Houston to remote island communities, realize the…

September 5th, 2025

Bridging Sectors, Building Systems: Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje on Operational Innovation in Emerging Markets

At Georgetown McDonough’s Business of Sustainability Initiative, postdoctoral scholar Olumurejiwa “Mureji” Fatunde-Iloeje explores how public and private institutions can rethink delivery to mee…

August 29th, 2025

Summer Internship Spotlight: Michelle Kolacz (ESM’25), Center for Green Market Activation

This summer, Michelle Kolacz (ESM’25) explored market-driven solutions for decarbonization with the Center for Green Market Activation, a globally focused nonprofit dedicated to catalyzing the adopt…

August 14th, 2025

Vishal Agrawal, Georgetown University – Designing Better Clothing Take-Back Programs

A lot of our clothes we buy end up in landfills. Vishal Agrawal, Professor and Henry J. Blommer Family Endowed Chair in sustainable business, looks to reduce this.…

August 12th, 2025

Could Tariffs Actually Accelerate the Move to a Circular Economy?

Vishal Agrawal, business of sustainability initiative academic director at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, said there are several key issues when considering the move towards a…

July 31st, 2025

Climate Change is Now Impacting Education in the MENA Region. So What Can We Do?

For the education sector, according to Vishal Agrawal, Professor of Operations Management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, climate risks could be quite a serious problem. “…

June 30th, 2025

Off the Hook

The world could use more fish—but it isn’t getting any more oceans. Entrepreneur Doug Grant (MBA’16) thinks cultivated seafood could offer the answer.…

May 27th, 2025

Poets&Quants’ World’s Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors Of 2025: Şafak Yücel, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

Over the last decade, Poets&Quants has honored 520 up-and-coming star MBA professors as part of our 40-Under-40 honor roll.…

May 21st, 2025