Georgetown University Medical Center researchers find that in animal studies, a synthesized steroid mirroring one made by the dogfish shark prevents buildup of a lethal protein implicated in some neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's. Read More
Two new master’s programs – one designed to give students tools to transform K-12 urban education and the other to provide key concepts in design, innovation, technology and analytics – will begin in the summer of 2017. Read More
Georgetown bestows an honorary degree upon Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Read More
Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs hosts an event encouraging informal dialogue on the intersection of faith and race as part of the American Pilgrimage Project, a university partnership with StoryCorp. Read More
Georgetown launches the Executive Master's in Leadership Program for 10 principals from the District of Columbia's public schools and 10 from the city's charter schools to enhance skills and facilitate best-practice sharing across Washington's K-12 educational institutions. Read More
African Americans benefitted and suffered from fast food’s infiltration into their communities since the late 1960s, according to Georgetown history professor Marcia Chatelain, who holds an NEH grant for a book project on the topic. Read More
Georgetown University Medical Center researchers find that sunlight, through a mechanism separate than vitamin D production, energizes T-cells that play a central role in human immunity. Read More
Dear Freshman Me, As you head back to campus from Thanksgiving break during your first year away from home, you’re probably feeling a lot of… Read More
Georgetown University and the Santander Group establish the Partnership on Social Economy to support graduate-level research in social economy and provide educational opportunities to the university community and the general public. Read More
Dear Georgetown Freshmen, Someone once told me that students at universities like Georgetown are like ducks– they look calm as they glide across the surface,… Read More
