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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...

Alumni at Work

Dec 2018

Comedian Jim Gaffigan Stands Up for First-Generation Students

Comedian and father of five Jim Gaffigan (B’88) cares about higher education for first-generation college students at Georgetown University. Gaffigan took time away from his new “Fixer Upper” comedy...

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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.

Alumni Spotlight

Nov 2018

Marine Veteran & Hoya Author Craig Grossi (G’16) with Fred

From the Afghanistan battlefield to the Georgetown hockey rink to the window of a local bookstore, former Sergeant Craig Grossi (G’16) shares his experiences as a Marine, a Hoya, and now an author...

Alumni at Work

Carmen Ortiz Larsen established a technology business in 1980 with another Georgetown physics student, Keith King (C’73).

Nov 2018

Georgetown Trailblazer Reflects on Her Experiences in the First Co-ed STEM Class

Carmen Ortiz Larsen (C’73) is the CEO and founder of AQUAS, Inc.—an engineering and technology business located in Kensington, Maryland.

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

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...

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...

Georgetown Magazine

Georgetown Campus featuring cherry blossoms and Healey

Oct 2018

Lives Well Lived—Fall 2018

In calling this new section, “Lives Well Lived,” we share portraits of alumni beyond the headlines who have made an indelible impact living day to day. Let us know what you think at magazine@...

Georgetown Magazine

Oct 2018

Main campus reunion 2018

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

Georgetown Magazine

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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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

Comedian Jim Gaffigan Stands Up for First-Generation Students

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

Marine Veteran & Hoya Author Craig Grossi (G’16) with Fred

Georgetown Trailblazer Reflects on Her Experiences in the First Co-ed STEM Class

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

Pursuing the Dream—The Legacy Continues

Comedian Jim Gaffigan Stands up for Scholarships

New Task Force to Focus on Gender Equity at Georgetown

Lives Well Lived—Fall 2018

Main campus reunion 2018

Pope Francis, the Pope of Dialogue

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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