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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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Dec 2018

Nashville Mayor Reflects on Campus, Basketball, and a Beloved Professor

Nashville Mayor David Briley (C’88) has a political pedigree that led him become the city’s top leader. A longtime Metro councilman at large, he was elected vice mayor in 2015, becoming interim mayor...

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The team from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital posing

Oct 2018

Anesthesiology Team Recognized for Protocols to Prevent Post-Surgical Opioid Addiction

According to an NIH study, of those who began abusing opioids in the 2000s, 75 percent reported that their first opioid was a prescription drug. As the opioid crisis in the U.S. intensifies, the...

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Panelists for “Georgetown Update: The Past, Present, and Future” panel

Oct 2018

First University-Wide Women’s Forum Inspires and Empowers

Nearly 500 attendees gathered at the InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., on May 3 and 4 for the first university-wide Women’s Forum, sponsored by the Georgetown University Alumni Association...

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Oct 2018

Georgetown Announces New Senior Alumni Leaders

Paul Lanzone (MBA’15) has been appointed associate vice president of alumni engagement and Julia Farr (C’88) has been named executive director of the Georgetown University Alumni Association

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Oct 2018

Rosemary Kilkenny (L’87): Challenged to Do Even More

Rosemary Kilkenny (L’87), Georgetown’s vice president for Diversity, Equity, and Affirmative Action, was honored with Georgetown’s inaugural Dr. Carol J. Lancaster Award this spring.

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Oct 2018

NHS Professor Catches the Scent of Fresh Discoveries

Every day, Blythe Shepard, assistant professor of human science at the School of Nursing...

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Oct 2018

Comedian Jim Gaffigan Stands up for Scholarships

The first thing to know about comedian Jim Gaffigan (B’88) is that he’s hilarious but still down-to-earth. He has several shows available on your streaming devices so you can see how he spins the...

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Oct 2018

Hoya Gateway Works to Strengthen Veterans Resources

Gen. George W. Casey Jr. (F’70) recalls that when he joined the university’s Board of Directors in 2014, Georgetown President John J. DeGioia asked him to focus on what the university is doing—and...

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Gayle Jessup White, left, a descendant of Thomas Jefferson, listens as Melisánde Short-Colomb (C’21) speaks during a panel discussion at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Oct 2018

Georgetown Holds Conversations on Legacies of Slavery

In April, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gayle Jessup White—a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and community engagement officer at Monticello—conversed on stage with...

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Oct 2018

Main campus reunion 2018

More than 4,500 alumni and family members returned to the Hilltop for Reunion 2018.

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Tampon Tribe, started by Giana Korth (B’10), won the $7,000 prize at the Alumni Pitch Competition during John Carroll Weekend 2018.

Oct 2018

Highlighting Hoyapreneurs

The Georgetown Entrepreneurship Alliance (GEA) and the Alumni Association sponsored the second annual Alumni Pitch Competition this spring, a “Shark-Tank”–style event held during John Carroll Weekend...

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The team developing Crane Cam (pictured right) has used the Maker Hub to bring their construction safety product to fruition.

Oct 2018

Maker Hub Celebrates International Successes in Innovation

Refugees have immediate needs of water, food, medicine, and shelter. But they also need something else to start their lives anew: a credit score. To help migrants and refugees build credit, a cross-...

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Nashville Mayor Reflects on Campus, Basketball, and a Beloved Professor

Anesthesiology Team Recognized for Protocols to Prevent Post-Surgical Opioid Addiction

First University-Wide Women’s Forum Inspires and Empowers

Georgetown Announces New Senior Alumni Leaders

Rosemary Kilkenny (L’87): Challenged to Do Even More

NHS Professor Catches the Scent of Fresh Discoveries

Comedian Jim Gaffigan Stands up for Scholarships

Hoya Gateway Works to Strengthen Veterans Resources

Georgetown Holds Conversations on Legacies of Slavery

Main campus reunion 2018

Highlighting Hoyapreneurs

Maker Hub Celebrates International Successes in Innovation

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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