Improving Way U.S. Treats Refugees Goal of Truman Scholarship Winner
Mena Mohamed (SFS’20), who hopes to one day help improve America’s refugee system, is one of 62 undergraduates selected from 199 finalists today as 2019 Truman Scholars. Read More
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Reducing DC Health Disparities Aim of New Truman Scholarship Winner
Sinclair Blue (SFS’20), who hopes to one day help reduce health disparities in the District, is one of 62 undergraduates selected as a 2019 Truman Scholars. Read More
Two Walsh School of Foreign Service Students Win Truman Scholarships
Two Walsh School of Foreign Service juniors – Sinclair Blue of Washington, DC, and Mena Mohamed of Alexandria, Virginia – have won prestigious Truman scholarships. Read More
Georgetown Law Students Research Forced Labor in Hawaii Fishing Industry
A 10-woman Georgetown Law student team participates in the 2018-2019 Human Rights Institute Fact-Finding Project, researching the circumstances of immigrants in Hawaii’s longline fishing industry who are often victims of forced labor. Read More
Luce Scholar Hopes to Create Equitable Education, Understanding Challenges in Asia
Adam Barton (C’16), one of only 18 selected Luce Scholars this year, is conducting research on how to “transform education so that all learners can thrive in this era of rapid change.” Read More
Marginalized Experience Expressed Through Art Exhibit Curated by Graduate Student
Ijeoma Njaka (G’19) uses art to build awareness about the experiences of traditionally underserved students on campus through her research and a campus exhibit she curated, "The (In)Visibility at Georgetown: Past, Present, & Future." Read More
Georgetown Art Gallery, Prisons and Justice Initiative Present Performance Art Event
Georgetown's Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery and the Prisons and Justice Initiative present an interactive performance art event April 10 and 11 by Sherrill Roland, who spent nearly one year in a DC prison for a crime he did not commit before being exonerated of all charges in 2015. Read More
How Law and Lawyers Help Hide and Uncover the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis
This dialogue asked how law and lawyers have both positively and negatively addressed a crisis of sexual abuse and of leadership in the Catholic Church. It explored issues of protection and accountability, legal responsibility and representation, and the role of public bodies and Church institutions. The dialogue explored lessons learned and directions forward with a former prosecutor, an advocate of victims and survivors, a journalist critical of both the Church and the Pennsylvania grand jury report, and a survivor of clergy sexual abuse. Read More
Forum Connects Georgetown Women With Empowering Moments, Professional Network
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro (SFS'94) and writer/comedian/actor/producer Alison Becker (C’99) join more than 500 alumni, students and faculty for the second university-wide Women’s Forum, where participants share their experience and expertise in leadership, entrepreneurship, law, social justice and the sciences. Read More
American Association for Cancer Research Award Goes to Lombardi Director
Dr. Louis M. Weiner, director of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, receives a 2019 Distinguished Public Service Award from the American Association for Cancer Research, the oldest and largest scientific organization in the world. Read More