Georgetown honors the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with a semester of musical, academic, spiritual and service events that includes a concert and presentation of the John Thompson Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award. Watch the webcast. Read More
Georgetown's Institute of Politics and Public Service at the McCourt School of Public Policy announces its 2017 Spring Fellows, which include a White House senior advisor, political media professionals and presidential campaign leadership from both parties. Read More
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), speaks at Georgetown University Medical Center and urges the incoming Trump administration to plan ahead for infectious disease outbreaks. Read More
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald talks about strategies to better serve veterans during a two-day meeting co-sponsored by the School of Nursing & Health Studies' new Strategic Innovations Group and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Read More
The average tax on gasoline throughout the world is declining, meaning that governments are collectively failing to discourage fossil fuel consumption, according to a new study by Georgetown and UCLA professors. Read More
McCourt School professor Adriana Kugler receives a grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth to study the effect of unemployment insurance benefits on match quality and job mobility. Read More
The McDonough School of Business' MBA Venture Fellows program provides interested full-time students with a yearlong appointment at a local venture capital firm. Read More
Georgetown student Carlos Aramayo combines his academic work at the university's School of Continuing Studies with running a Bolivian nonprofit affordable housing program. Read More
Alumnus Eugene Ubalijoro (B'86) works with Heineken's Brewing a Better World program to promote sustainability and to create links between the company and local communities and farmers in Haiti. Read More
The McCourt School of Public Policy appoints Kathy Kretman, public policy professor and director of Georgetown's Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership, and Tamara Copeland, president of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, to two new roles that focus on philanthropy in addressing racial equity in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Read More