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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

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.

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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

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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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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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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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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Oct 2018

Remembering a Jesuit Spiritual Master

On May 15, the Georgetown community gathered for a memorial Mass to remember and celebrate Rev. Howard Gray, S.J., a beloved Jesuit who had passed away the previous week at age 87.

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The Institute for the Study of International Migration at SFS studies a range of complex contemporary issues such as forced migration from environmental and political causes

Oct 2018

SFS Institute Wrestles With New Global Migration Challenges

The Institute for the Study of International Migration at SFS studies a range of complex contemporary issues such as forced migration from environmental and political causes.

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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@...

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Juan Moreno (F'19), Eriss Donaldson (C'19), Hash Singh (C'20), and Diego Tum-Monge (C'19), share insight about the GU student experience during the Transitioning to College summer program.

Oct 2018

Pursuing the Dream—the Legacy Continues

Founded in the wake of D.C.'s 1968 riots, the Community Scholars Program has transformed lives and Georgetown itself.

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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...

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

More Than a Meal

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

Pursuing the Dream—The Legacy Continues

NHS Professor Catches the Scent of Fresh Discoveries

Hoya Gateway Works to Strengthen Veterans Resources

Georgetown Holds Conversations on Legacies of Slavery

Highlighting Hoyapreneurs

Maker Hub Celebrates International Successes in Innovation

Remembering a Jesuit Spiritual Master

SFS Institute Wrestles With New Global Migration Challenges

Lives Well Lived—Fall 2018

Pursuing the Dream—the Legacy Continues

New Task Force to Focus on Gender Equity at Georgetown

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Women on the Wall: Honoring an Underappreciated Legacy

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