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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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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

A Degree of Difference

Carlos Sera is overcome with emotion as he receives his degree from the McDonough School of Business via a remote live connection. Sera earned his degree 63 years after he began his studies, which...

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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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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

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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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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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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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

Remembering a Jesuit Spiritual Master

On May 15, the Georgetown community gathered for a memorial Mass to remember and celebrate Rev. Howard Gray, S.J., a beloved Jesuit who had passed away the previous week at age 87.

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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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Georgetown Campus featuring cherry blossoms and Healey

Oct 2018

Pope Francis, the Pope of Dialogue

In his 2017 book Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Una biografia intellettuale, Massimo Borghesi attempts to excavate the intellectual “pattern of thinking” of Pope Francis by exploring the Pontiff ’s...

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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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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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

A Degree of Difference

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

First University-Wide Women’s Forum Inspires and Empowers

Hoya Gateway Works to Strengthen Veterans Resources

NHS Professor Catches the Scent of Fresh Discoveries

Highlighting Hoyapreneurs

Georgetown Holds Conversations on Legacies of Slavery

Remembering a Jesuit Spiritual Master

Maker Hub Celebrates International Successes in Innovation

Pope Francis, the Pope of Dialogue

Using Analytics to Demonstrate Gun-Violence Patterns

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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