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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

Medical Spotlight

A woman stands and peaks in to a microphone next to seated others in front of a projector screen with PharmedOUT.org on it

Sep 2019

Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

With the impact of the opioid crisis continuing to unfold, Georgetown convened health professionals in June for a hard look at what is happening now and what can we do better going forward, as a...

Alumni Spotlight

Mark and Giulia smile in April 2019 while holding their two children Jonas and Cosimo in a wooded clearing during a family outing to a favorite spot in California called Point Reyes.

May 2019

In Sickness and in Health

Two Married Alumni Share Their Experiences with Mental Illness

Alumni at Work

RaMell Ross on The Daily show with Trevor Noah

Feb 2019

Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker, Alumnus Focuses on Injustice and Black Life

RaMell Ross (C’05) will learn whether his film, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, will win an Oscar during the Academy Awards on Feb. 24. The film already has won numerous awards, including the...

Alumni at Work

Jan 2019

Could Tampons Change the World? This Alumna Entrepreneur Believes They Will.

An Idea is Born Giana Korth (B’10), co-founder of Tampon Tribe with Jennifer Eden and Gaby Alves, credits a combination of forces leading to her award-winning business: right place, right time, right...

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.

Faculty

Black and white photo shows a stone staircase, trees, shrubbery, and statues set against one wall of an enclosed outdoor garden.

Sep 2018

Georgetown Professor Writes Dramatic Memoir from an Italian Villa

Much like the Italian laborers who built Georgetown University's Villa le Balze estate atop a cliff in Tuscany, Professor of English John Glavin (C'64, Parent'95) devoted years and abundant patience...

Student and Community Life

2017-2018 executive board of the Black Student Alliance

Jun 2018

Black Student Alliance Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

Campus organization launched to provide support and sense of community for African-American students continues its legacy fifty years later By Chelsea Burwell Photo by Ndeye Ndiaye (C'18). The 1960s...

Alumni at Work

May 2018

5 Questions With Lea Berman (MA’81)

Former White House social secretary Lea Berman elaborates on some of her key messages about treating people well.

Medical Spotlight

Jan 2018

What's in My White Coat?

Michelle Roett, MD, MPH (M'03), chair of the department of family medicine at Georgetown. "My lucky stethoscope!" laughs Michelle Roett, MD, MPH (M'03), chair of the department of family medicine at...

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

In Sickness and in Health

Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker, Alumnus Focuses on Injustice and Black Life

Could Tampons Change the World? This Alumna Entrepreneur Believes They Will.

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

Georgetown Professor Writes Dramatic Memoir from an Italian Villa

Black Student Alliance Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

5 Questions With Lea Berman (MA’81)

What's in My White Coat?

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