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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

Georgetown Magazine

Dec 2019

A Whole-Institution Approach

Committed to a whole-institution approach, Adanna J. Johnson leads the news Office of Student Equity and Inclusion

Georgetown Magazine

Meghan Twohey at Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington DC

Oct 2019

Alumna Megan Twohey Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story That Helped Spark a Movement

Twohey and co-author Jodi Kantor exposed decades of alleged sexual harassment, abuse, and cover up by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Medical Spotlight

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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...

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

App Studied at Medical Center Empowers Women’s Fertility Planning

The Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University Medical Center has completed an efficacy study of a new fertility-awareness app called Dot. Developed by Cycle Technologies, Dot uses...

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

Providing Health Care In A Social Change Model

At age 33, Maria Gomez (N'77) with a group of idealistic friends opened Mary’s Center in a D.C. basement to offer prenatal care for women migrants. Thirty years later, they are serving more than 50,...

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

An Innovative Way to Engage Students? What is Jeopardy! Style?

Professor Maria Trujillo came up with a fresh idea for educating at SCS while watching her husband and his daughter jockey to be the first to answer questions while viewing the TV game show Jeopardy!

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

You Don’t Need an Engineering Degree to Be a Hoya Tech Success

Here’s a piece of advice from the Forbes magazine Coaches Council, published last summer: Recruit for “learnability,” wrote one expert coach. “With changes in organizational structures that require...

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

Professor and Former Student Develop ‘23andMe’ for Mosquitoes

Georgetown biology professor Peter Armbruster and a former student, Jacob Crawford (C’03), reunited through a $2-million NIH research grant to control disease-carrying mosquitoes.

Georgetown Magazine

May 2019

Q&A with Melissa Tidwell (C’99), VP and General Counsel at Reddit

There is no one journey to end up in tech. After an American Studies degree from Georgetown and a law degree from NYU, Tidwell decided she wanted to work in tech. Now she has Google and Reddit on her...

Georgetown Magazine

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May 2019

School of Foreign Service Marks 100 Years of Global Service

In the aftermath of World War I, the United States emerged as both a military and economic power. “This critical moment in world history inspired the creation of the first U.S. school of...

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EAG members have continued to apply lessons from the adaptation-planning process to workforce development and community education.

May 2019

Law Center Partners with Ward 7 to Build Climate Resilience

Georgetown Law’s Climate Center works to help state and local governments prepare for the impacts of climate disruption. Now the center’s Adaptation Program has been recognized for its innovative...

Georgetown Magazine

Georgetown alumni comedians Jim Gaffigan, John Mulaney, and Mike Birbiglia on stage in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Howard Gilman Opera House

May 2019

A Good Laugh

Three noted alumni comedians—Mike Birbiglia (C'00), John Mulaney (C'04), and Jim Gaffifan (B'88)—raised more than $1 million to support first-generation Hoyas at a sold-out New York City show.

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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A Whole-Institution Approach

Alumna Megan Twohey Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story That Helped Spark a Movement

Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

App Studied at Medical Center Empowers Women’s Fertility Planning

Providing Health Care In A Social Change Model

An Innovative Way to Engage Students? What is Jeopardy! Style?

You Don’t Need an Engineering Degree to Be a Hoya Tech Success

Professor and Former Student Develop ‘23andMe’ for Mosquitoes

Q&A with Melissa Tidwell (C’99), VP and General Counsel at Reddit

School of Foreign Service Marks 100 Years of Global Service

Law Center Partners with Ward 7 to Build Climate Resilience

A Good Laugh

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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