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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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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

A Degree of Difference

Carlos Sera is overcome with emotion as he receives his degree from the McDonough School of Business via a remote live connection. Sera earned his degree 63 years after he began his studies, which...

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Oct 2018

Forty Years of Fighting for the Underdog

When Douglass Seidman (F’72) was thinking about college, he considered four vocations. One was archeology— he was already spending weekends laboriously translating Egyptian hieroglyphics at New York’...

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Panelists for “Georgetown Update: The Past, Present, and Future” panel

Oct 2018

First University-Wide Women’s Forum Inspires and Empowers

Nearly 500 attendees gathered at the InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., on May 3 and 4 for the first university-wide Women’s Forum, sponsored by the Georgetown University Alumni Association...

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Oct 2018

Achieving Dreams in Global Health

Asked what advice she’d give a Georgetown undergraduate student, Pamela Hoyt-Hudson (NHS’86) says, “Define your dream. Know where you want to go. Never give up.”

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Oct 2018

NHS Professor Catches the Scent of Fresh Discoveries

Every day, Blythe Shepard, assistant professor of human science at the School of Nursing...

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Oct 2018

Rosemary Kilkenny (L’87): Challenged to Do Even More

Rosemary Kilkenny (L’87), Georgetown’s vice president for Diversity, Equity, and Affirmative Action, was honored with Georgetown’s inaugural Dr. Carol J. Lancaster Award this spring.

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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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Oct 2018

Hoya Gateway Works to Strengthen Veterans Resources

Gen. George W. Casey Jr. (F’70) recalls that when he joined the university’s Board of Directors in 2014, Georgetown President John J. DeGioia asked him to focus on what the university is doing—and...

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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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Tampon Tribe, started by Giana Korth (B’10), won the $7,000 prize at the Alumni Pitch Competition during John Carroll Weekend 2018.

Oct 2018

Highlighting Hoyapreneurs

The Georgetown Entrepreneurship Alliance (GEA) and the Alumni Association sponsored the second annual Alumni Pitch Competition this spring, a “Shark-Tank”–style event held during John Carroll Weekend...

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Oct 2018

A Letter from Richard M. Hluchan

"In order to succeed, we must have a vision, a mission, and a plan to get there."

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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

A Degree of Difference

Forty Years of Fighting for the Underdog

First University-Wide Women’s Forum Inspires and Empowers

Achieving Dreams in Global Health

NHS Professor Catches the Scent of Fresh Discoveries

Rosemary Kilkenny (L’87): Challenged to Do Even More

Georgetown Holds Conversations on Legacies of Slavery

Hoya Gateway Works to Strengthen Veterans Resources

Maker Hub Celebrates International Successes in Innovation

Highlighting Hoyapreneurs

A Letter from Richard M. Hluchan

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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