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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

Georgetown Magazine

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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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

John Carroll Weekend Seattle

Seattle’s legendary drizzle didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the more than 1,000 members of the Georgetown family who attended April’s John Carroll Weekend.

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Oct 2018

Achieving Dreams in Global Health

Asked what advice she’d give a Georgetown undergraduate student, Pamela Hoyt-Hudson (NHS’86) says, “Define your dream. Know where you want to go. Never give up.”

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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

A Fast Track to Global Citizenship

One day during her junior year, Donna Hernandez (F’13) was running an errand that took her past the busy Foggy Bottom Metrorail stop. As crowds rushed by, she checked her email and stopped cold.

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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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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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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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Between 1983 to 2013, 119 mass shootings took place in the world. 66% were in the U.S.

Oct 2018

Using Analytics to Demonstrate Gun-Violence Patterns

Between 1983 to 2013, 119 mass shootings took place in the world. 66% were in the U.S.

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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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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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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

NHS Professor Catches the Scent of Fresh Discoveries

John Carroll Weekend Seattle

Achieving Dreams in Global Health

Georgetown Holds Conversations on Legacies of Slavery

A Fast Track to Global Citizenship

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

Maker Hub Celebrates International Successes in Innovation

Hoya Gateway Works to Strengthen Veterans Resources

Using Analytics to Demonstrate Gun-Violence Patterns

Highlighting Hoyapreneurs

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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