Rosemary Kilkenny, Georgetown’s first vice president for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action, delivers the annual Biondi Copeland Lecture and receives the inaugural Lancaster Award for her support of women in higher education. Read More
Junior government major Shakera Vaughn receives a 2018 Newman Civic Fellowship, which provides a full academic year of learning opportunities, networking events and mentoring to help her achieve her community-based goals. Read More
Cardinal Joseph Tobin outlines the moral, human and religious imperatives for defending immigrants during an event presented by Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. Read More
Getting one more degree than men is among the six strategies that can help women narrow the gender pay gap, according to a new report by Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce. Read More
Donald Moynihan, a leading public management expert, and Pamela Heard, a top figure in aging and survey research, will join the faculty of Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy this fall. Read More
Ted Leonsis (C’77) and his family provide a $1.5 million gift to create a collaborative WeWork White House space to catalyze startups and initiatives for the university and its network of alumni entrepreneurs. Read More
Biology professor Leslie Ries holds three NSF grants to research how monarch butterfly habitats have changed in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, as well as… Read More
Five Georgetown students, including two undergraduates, won first place in the Migrants and Refugees category at VHacks, an event at the Vatican that seeks to use technological innovation to address global problems. Read More
Georgetown Law student Jeanie Namugga (L’18) of Uganda plans to be a pioneer in her country's courts and provide insights on environmental and energy matters. Read More
New Georgetown research published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine shows that a family history of breast cancer continues to increase chances of developing invasive breast tumors in aging women, a finding that could impact mammography screening decisions later in life. Read More