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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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International Alumni Weekend 2018 Mexico City

Nov 2018

Mexico City Welcomes Hundreds of Hoyas for Georgetown’s 2018 International Alumni Weekend

This year’s International Alumni Weekend, held in October in Mexico City, connected more than 250 Hoyas from nine schools and 17 countries.

Georgetown Magazine

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...

Georgetown Magazine

Oct 2018

Pursuing the Dream—The Legacy Continues

Georgetown Community Scholars Program Marks its 50th Anniversary. Georgetown created the CSP in 1968 to provide financial and academic support to local black students wanting to attend the university.

Georgetown Magazine

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-...

Georgetown Magazine

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...

Georgetown Magazine

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.

Georgetown Magazine

Juan Moreno (F'19), Eriss Donaldson (C'19), Hash Singh (C'20), and Diego Tum-Monge (C'19), share insight about the GU student experience during the Transitioning to College summer program.

Oct 2018

Pursuing the Dream—the Legacy Continues

Founded in the wake of D.C.'s 1968 riots, the Community Scholars Program has transformed lives and Georgetown itself.

Georgetown Magazine

The Institute for the Study of International Migration at SFS studies a range of complex contemporary issues such as forced migration from environmental and political causes

Oct 2018

SFS Institute Wrestles With New Global Migration Challenges

The Institute for the Study of International Migration at SFS studies a range of complex contemporary issues such as forced migration from environmental and political causes.

Georgetown Magazine

Allen Easterling (F’19), student assistant at the LGBTQ Resource Center, celebrates Coming Out Day by walking through a decorated doorway in Red Square surrounded by messages of acceptance.

Oct 2018

10 Years of Open Windows at the LGBTQ Resource Center

The LGBTQ Center stands at the forefront of a profound cultural shift on campus.

Georgetown Magazine

Jane Aiken (L'85, Parent'14), Professor of Law and Gender Equity Task Force Chair

Oct 2018

New Task Force to Focus on Gender Equity at Georgetown

In March, Georgetown President John J. DeGioia announced the creation of a university-wide Gender Equity Task Force to assess how gender equity can be strengthened and encouraged among faculty and...

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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

Mexico City Welcomes Hundreds of Hoyas for Georgetown’s 2018 International Alumni Weekend

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

Pursuing the Dream—The Legacy Continues

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

Pursuing the Dream—the Legacy Continues

SFS Institute Wrestles With New Global Migration Challenges

10 Years of Open Windows at the LGBTQ Resource Center

New Task Force to Focus on Gender Equity at Georgetown

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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