Theater and performing arts chair and professor Soyica Diggs Colbert explores how artists from Beyoncé to Spike Lee reimagine blackness in the face of violence and oppression in her new book, Black Movements: Performance and Cultural Politics (Rutgers University Press, 2017). Read More
Georgetown’s School of Medicine gathers its 196 members of the Class of 2021 to receive their white coats and stethoscopes and to take the Hippocratic Oath for the first time together during the ceremony marking their official welcome to Georgetown and the medical profession. Read More
Music professor Anna Celenza explores Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's fascination with jazz, how the music flourished in Italy between 1920 and 1945 and the surprising influence Italian musicians had on American culture in her new book. Read More
Best known for his book, Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20th-Century World (W.W. Norton, 2000), University Professor John R. McNeill has been elected to serve as president of the American Historical Association. Read More
More than 360 students and advisors from 27 Jesuit institutions are on campus to share ideas and advocate for higher education initiatives on Capitol Hill as part of the 2017 National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference. Read More
Paul Butler, the Albert Brick Professor at Georgetown Law, answers questions about his recently published book showing that police violence against men of color in America is widespread and regularly supported by judges and politicians. Read More
A study co-authored by Georgetown College physics professor Emanuela Del Gado discover a “snapping back” or "abrupt aging" reaction that occurs when very soft materials – gelatin or yogurt, for example — rupture at a microscopic level. Read More
The McDonough School of Business StartupHoyas Summer Launch Program helps 13 entrepreneurial ventures by students and recent graduates during its annual eight-week incubator. Read More
A team of researchers led by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists find that feeding pregnant female mice a diet high in fat derived from corn oil resulted in genetic changes that substantially increased breast cancer risk in three generations of female offspring. Read More
Three student-athletes from Georgetown's track and field team receive First Team All-America honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association after the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Read More