Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, receives Georgetown University Medical Center's Cura Personalis Award. The award is bestowed upon a health professional who has made outstanding contributions to human health guided by compassion and service. Read More
Four Georgetown professors team up to teach a 10-week one-credit course exploring questions around the first-generation experience while equipping students with the skills to navigate their first year. Read More
In honor of Jesuit Heritage month, I am reflecting back on my time so far at Georgetown, the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of… Read More
Georgetown students will have the opportunity to join a new immersive downtown DC community next fall in which they intern during the day, take classes at night and explore issues related to living and working in the nation’s capital. Read More
Georgetown launches the new Pivot Program to transform the lives of Washington, DC, residents released from local correctional facilities who show strong promise of becoming successful leaders and role models in their communities. Read More
Kathryn de Luna, an associate professor of history, is a co-investigator on a collaborative research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study the causes of population expansion and language change between the 6th and 16th centuries in central Africa. Read More
Sean Cooke (SFS’21), who is part of the U.S. Navy Seaman to Admiral 21 Program, is one of two Georgetown student veterans awarded the competitive 2018 Tillman Scholarship for strength in character and academic excellence. Read More
New members of U.S. House of Representatives include Democrats Rebecca “Mikie” Sherrill (L’07), from New Jersey’s 11th District, Xochitl Torres Small (SFS’07), from New Mexico's 2nd District and Lori Trahan (SFS’95) from Massachusetts’ 3rd District, and Republican Byran Steil (B’03) in Wisconsin's 1st District. Read More
Jamil Scott, assistant professor of government, says the 2018 midterm election brought a number of firsts for women of color, as well as trends in how these women sought office. Read More
Michele Swers, an American government professor at Georgetown and an expert on women in Congress, talks about women in the midterm elections. Read More