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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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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.

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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

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.

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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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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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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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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.

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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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