Berkley Center

The 2025 Education and Social Justice (ESJ) fellows, Madison Ross (C’27), Allie Schlicht (SFS’27), Cici Sprouse (C’26), and Stella Vance (C’26), showcased their respective research projects at the 2025 Global Social Justice Research Symposium on September 26. They were joined by fellows from the Laidlaw Undergraduate Leadership & Research Scholarship Program, Maeve McKean Global Health Award, David F. Andretta Summer Research Fellowship, and Royden B. Davis Fellowship. This symposium was hosted by the CSJ and the Berkley Center at Georgetown University.

Jerome Copulsky, research fellow at the Berkley Center, co-authored an article with David T. Buckley in Arc Magazine examining how religious ideas and actors are shaping efforts to redefine the U.S. federal bureaucracy and discussing the entanglement of faith and politics in the current U.S. administration. 

In a recent National Catholic Reporter article, Sr. Francisca Ngozi Uti, HHCJ, director of the Centre for Women Studies and Intervention in Nigeria, highlights the UN's role as a bridge between local realities and global commitments. In an interview with ACI Africa, Sr. Ngozi also called on major institutions, including the World Bank, to work directly with faith-based organizations that have long been at the forefront of humanitarian response across Africa. 

WFLF alumnae Sr. Francisca Ngozi Uti and Sr. Hedwig Muse were highlighted in a recent Hilton Foundation article on Catholic sisters' leadership at the G20 Interfaith Forum. The piece underscores how sisters are bringing their voices and experience to global conversations on development, equality, and interfaith collaboration.