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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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Alumni in the News

Apr 2020

Brain Researcher, Soros Fellow Makes Forbes List, Cites Georgetown Mentors

As one of eight Georgetown alumni named to this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Stefano Daniele (C’12) researches what happens to the brain after cardiac arrest.

Kawther Berhanu standing in front of the United States Capitol

Feb 2020

Working Toward Global Peace Goal of Rangel Fellowship Winner

Georgetown alumna Kawther Berhanu (C’19) received the prestigious 2020 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship to pursue a career in the Foreign Service, and work toward global peace.

Vera Rubin seated on a couch next to astronaut John Glenn and others

Jan 2020

Observatory Named for Georgetown Physicist Who Encourages Next Generation of Women in Science

After receiving her Ph.D. from Georgetown in 1954, Rubin subsequently worked at the university as a researcher and professor. She went on to work at the Carnegie Institution, where she discovered the first evidence of dark matter.

Jada Bullen sits on a ledge at Lake Lake Nasser in Egypt.

Jan 2020

Jada Bullen (SFS’17) Wins Rangel Fellowship

After a highly competitive nationwide application process, Jada Bullen (SFS’17) has been named one of thirty 2020 Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellows.

Jan 2020

Man of the Century: Pro Football Hall of Fame Honors Paul Tagliabue

Paul Tagliabue (C’62), former NFL commissioner and a treasured Georgetown supporter, has been named as one of only 15 players, contributors and coaches nationwide to the Pro Football’s Hall of Fame’s Centennial Class of 2020.

Georgetown Magazine

Professor Janet Mann looks off the side of Ahoya, the Potomac-Chesapeake Dolphin Project’s boat, to observe a group of dolphins traveling through the Potomac.

Jan 2020

Scientists Mark First Evidence That Dolphins Give Birth in the Potomac

The first evidence that the Potomac River is a breeding area for wild bottlenose dolphins has been gathered by graduate students working with Georgetown biologist and dolphin expert Janet Mann.

Georgetown Magazine

Jan 2020

Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

The walls of Georgetown’s Leavey Center now tell a wonderful visual story of some of the university’s most inspiring alumnae and female faculty, staff and administrators, thanks to the Women on the...

Georgetown Magazine

Jan 2020

Colleges Convene to Improve Equity in Higher Education

Teams from 18 colleges and universities convened at Georgetown University in June to tackle the toughest questions in higher education at the first annual in the Academic Experience.

Georgetown Magazine

Jan 2020

A Life-Saving Calling

Ebony Marcelle (NHS’05) says that midwives like herself play critical roles in the lives of Black women and their babies.

Georgetown Magazine

Jan 2020

MAGIS Immersion Trips Provide Ways to Do 'More'

How can Georgetown help students embody and live out magis and other Jesuit values, such as a faith that does justice, a commitment to academic excellence and cura personalis—care for the whole...

Georgetown Magazine

Jan 2020

Faith in Fabretto

While most of his classmates anticipated their first careers after graduation, Kevin Marinacci (C’89) felt a different purpose.

Georgetown Magazine

Jan 2020

Providing a Resource for Short-Term Food Needs

Sometimes students skip a meal. A study group might run late, ending after dining hall hours are over. Their work schedule that day might not sync well with the dining hall schedule.

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Brain Researcher, Soros Fellow Makes Forbes List, Cites Georgetown Mentors

Working Toward Global Peace Goal of Rangel Fellowship Winner

Observatory Named for Georgetown Physicist Who Encourages Next Generation of Women in Science

Jada Bullen (SFS’17) Wins Rangel Fellowship

Man of the Century: Pro Football Hall of Fame Honors Paul Tagliabue

Scientists Mark First Evidence That Dolphins Give Birth in the Potomac

Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

Colleges Convene to Improve Equity in Higher Education

A Life-Saving Calling

MAGIS Immersion Trips Provide Ways to Do 'More'

Faith in Fabretto

Providing a Resource for Short-Term Food Needs

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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