Class of 2017's Top Computer Science Majors All Women
The computer science majors in Georgetown's undergraduate Class of 2017 with the highest grade point average were all women. Read More
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Professor, Team Wins Prize for Privacy Concept Used by Google
Kobbi Nissim, the McDevitt Chair in Computer Science at Georgetown, and his colleagues at Harvard and Penn State won the 2017 Gödel Prize for creating a new privacy concept now used by Google and Apple. Read More
Researchers Find Kate Spade Business Model Empowers Rwandan Women
Professors in the McDonough School of Business research Kate Spade & Company’s on purpose initiative and find the business model empowers female artisans in Rwanda both economically and psychologically. Read More
Georgetown Graduates Thousands of Students During Commencement 2017
During Commencement Weekend 2017, May 18-21, the university graduates more than 6,000 students. Read More
Mother, Daughter to Graduate on Same Day at Georgetown Commencement
Monica and Olga O'Hearn receive their graduate degrees from Georgetown during the 2017 Commencement weekend. Read More
Scholarship Program Helps First-Generation, Low-Income Students Succeed and Thrive
The Georgetown Scholarship Program, which helps talented, low-income, often first-generation students thrive at the university, has a high graduation rate and has been recognized in a forthcoming longitudinal study as a model for other universities. Read More
Government, Political Science Scholar to Become New McCourt School Dean
Georgetown appoints government and political science scholar Michael Bailey as the new interim dean for the McCourt School of Public Policy. Read More
Law Center Report Finds Yoga Helps At-Risk Girls Cope with Trauma
A report released by Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality calls for specialized yoga programs to be offered widely to girls in the juvenile justice system, citing growing evidence such programs help them overcome the harmful effects of childhood trauma. Read More
Graduate Student Runs Marathon in Antarctica to Promote Healing Power of Music
Nick Stukel (G'18 M'18), a graduate student in Georgetown's joint medical school and MBA program, runs a marathon in Antarctica to promote “the healing power of music” through his global marathon initiative, Strums & Strides. Read More
Alumnus Who Battles Disease He Researches Inspires Graduates
Dr. David Fajgenbaum (NHS’07), a medical researcher and social entrepreneur in search of a cure for the rare disease he has, will share lessons of resilience and focus with the undergraduate Class of 2017 at Senior Convocation as Georgetown kicks off 2017 Commencement Weekend, May 18-21. Read More
