Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences

05/26/2026

The College of Arts & Sciences announced in March that students will be able to enroll in a nine-credit undergraduate certificate in artificial intelligence starting this fall. As part of the program, students are required to complete one course each from three domains: The Problem of AI, The Science of AI, and The Application of AI.

David Edelstein, the dean of the College, explained in a Tech & Society Week panel in late March, that Problem of AI is a “cheeky nod” to one of Georgetown’s signature courses, The Problem of God, where undergraduate students critically examine religious dimensions of human nature and reflect on their own experience with religion.

“What is incumbent upon us as a community is a sustained critical engagement with this technology, to understand the way that the technology is affecting our society and everything we do,” Edelstein said.

Read more on how the College is approaching AI ethically and responsibly:

In a panel discussion during Tech & Society Week, faculty members in the College of Arts & Sciences discussed the ethical and societal dimensions of AI and offered their predictions on the future of the technology.

05/17/2026

In an emotional and heartfelt speech at the 2026 College of Arts & Sciences Commencement ceremony, Ford president and CEO James “Jim” D. Farley, Jr. (C’85) urged the Class of 2026 graduates to learn to love problem solving.

“Seize the opportunity to fall in love with it — the fulfillment it will give you and how it will enable you to serve the people around you,” he said to the crowd of approximately 800 graduating seniors gathered in front of Healy Hall on a comfortably warm and sunny morning.

Farley recommends seeing problems as opportunities rather than obstacles. He encouraged the graduates to ask themselves: What problems are you going to solve? How are you going to face your most difficult times? What is the problem-solving framework that works for you?

“In the end, it’s the tough and the hairy problems of substance that present the greatest gift to all of you, and it’s a privilege to humbly serve other people,” Farley said.

Read the full story on the 2026 Commencement ceremony: https://college.georgetown.edu/news-story/ford-ceo-jim-farley-class-of-2026-commencement-speech/

05/17/2026

Taking pics of our graduates like…
Class of 2026, we miss you already!

05/16/2026

Our graduates are wearing Georgetown, but who are our faculty wearing?

Shoutout to Charles DeSantis, Associate Vice President of University Benefits and Wellness, for wearing Georgetown 💙

05/16/2026

Caps, gowns, and everything in between 🎓✨ Congratulations, Class of 2026!

05/15/2026

We celebrated our 107th annual Tropaia Exercises in Gaston Hall on Friday, May 15. The Tropaia Exercises awards ceremony, which takes its name from the ancient Greek word for “trophy,” honors graduating seniors for their outstanding accomplishments in and out of the classroom.

This year’s honorees included college-wide award winners, Addison Basile (C’26), recipient of the Coakley Medal, Anna Burgess (C’26), who received the Katherine Kraft Medal; Cameron Daly (C’26), winner of the Louis McCahill Award; Simone Walker Guité (C’26), who received the Lambert H. Spronck Medal; and Emilio Cazares Borbon, recipient of the Loyola Medal presented to the member of the graduating class of the College who best exemplified Catholic and Jesuit ideals in their collegiate life.

Matthew Gardiner (C’26) delivered the Cohonguroton address, and Joseph Hartman (G’15), the Walter I. Giles Associate Professor of the Practice in Constitutional Law in the Department of Government, received the Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Award for Faculty Excellence.

Get to know our awardees: https://college.georgetown.edu/news-story/class-of-2026-tropaia-exercises-award-winners/

05/15/2026

Whenever someone asks Emilio Cazares Borbon (C’26) why he is double majoring in computer science and neurobiology, he has a simple answer for them. Because he’s interested in both.

“I always had a curiosity for how things work,” Cazares Borbon said. “I’ve felt a deep connection with science. It just makes sense to me and scratches that itch in my mind of learning how things work.”

He will graduate this May with degrees in computer science and neurobiology and plans to work as a software developer in his hometown of Tucson, Arizona. Cazares Borbon’s work as a research assistant in the DeMarco Advanced Research Neurorehabilitation (DARN) Lab with Andrew DeMarco, an assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, has also influenced his career interests.

“I would love to do software development for researchers to help people do research,” Cazares Borbon said.

Read more about Cazares Borbon and his journey at Georgetown: https://college.georgetown.edu/news-story/emilio-cazares-borbon-computer-science-neurobiology-class-of-2026/

05/15/2026

A sense of place has always played an important role for Justine Brandes (C’26).

After spending her first year at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Brandes transferred to Georgetown University, a place she believed she was meant to be. Born and raised in DC, Brandes felt like she belonged in the city and at Georgetown.

Brandes will graduate this May with an interdisciplinary studies major focused on urban sustainability. In her three years on the Hilltop, Brandes has been studying the theoretical frameworks of place and the process of urban places.

After graduation, she plans to backpack along the Appalachian Trail in Maine before moving to New York City in the fall to work in urban planning or urban design. One day, she hopes to own her own design firm.

“Cities are really complex, and there are a lot of things that are planned in cities, and there are a lot of things that happen spontaneously,” Brandes said. “And I think both things can be so beautiful.”

Read more about Brandes and her journey to Georgetown: https://college.georgetown.edu/news-story/for-this-senior-nature-is-essential-to-urban-planning-and-sustainability/

05/14/2026

Andy Feng (C’26) remembers his passion for politics started early in life.

As a middle schooler growing up outside Toronto, Feng spent his afternoons watching CBC News and American political coverage rather than playing video games or playing sports. By high school, he was writing papers on the Cuban Missile Crisis and other major U.S. political events.

“I had the bug of loving American politics and American news,” Feng said. “I thought about politics in a very analytical way very early on about why people believe the things they believe.”

That passion eventually brought Feng to Georgetown, where he will graduate in May with a degree in government. After gaining experience in immigration policy and organized labor, he plans to attend law school this fall and hopes to pursue immigration or labor law. A Rhodes Scholarship finalist, Feng hopes to advise on the future of immigration law from the legal perspective.

“I want to do appellate litigation for a plaintiff’s law firm,” Feng said. “I don’t think I can have a long career in law without addressing working-class issues.”

Read more about Feng and his journey to Georgetown: https://college.georgetown.edu/news-story/andy-feng-immigration-policy-reform-workers-rights/

(Photos by Josh Rodriguez and courtesy of Andy Feng)

05/13/2026

Many people who know James "Jim” D. Farley, Jr. (C’85) assume that he’s in the auto industry because he loves cars. They’re wrong, said Farley, the president and CEO of Ford. Yes, he loves cars and racing them is a passion, but the real reason he got into the business is because the auto industry is a really challenging problem to solve.

“I am a complete problem-solving junkie,” Farley said. “I really love solving problems.”

That’s one of the messages he plans to share with Class of 2026 graduating seniors as the Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences commencement speaker.

Farley, who has worked for Ford since 2007 and has led the company since 2020, graduated from the College in 1985 with an economics degree. Farley said in a recent interview with the College that the Jesuit liberal arts education he received at Georgetown helped him develop an affinity for problem solving and the curiosity required to find solutions.

Learn more about Farley, his time at Georgetown, and his message to the Class of 2026: https://college.georgetown.edu/news-story/how-georgetown-helped-ford-ceo-jim-farley-develop-a-love-for-problem-solving/

05/12/2026

We are just a few days away from commencement! 💙

We are excited to celebrate the Class of 2026, and we hope you are able to join, whether in-person or online. See the full 2026 Commencement schedule and how you can tune in here: https://commencement.georgetown.edu/