The right side of the brain can take on speech duties when a stroke damages that function on the left side, according to a new study by Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) researchers. Read More
Jeh Johnson, secretary for Homeland Security, talks about immigration priorities and the status of the executive actions announced by President Obama during the 12th Annual Immigration Policy Conference at Georgetown's Law Center. Read More
Georgetown risk analysis experts Robin Dillon and Catherine Tinsley find that large U.S. commercial airlines may be lulled into a false confidence when they interpret averted collisions and other near-misses as proof that their safety systems are satisfactory. Read More
Americans should worry more about school shootings than terrorist attacks on the U.S. homeland, says School of Foreign Service professor Daniel Byman, the recent author of Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know. Read More
Dr. James Baraniuk, a Georgetown University Medical Center researcher who discovered the first physical evidence of Gulf War Illness, says the next step may be to develop a blood test for the illness. Read More
2015 Tillman Military Scholar and Gulf War veteran Benjamin Bryant (G’17) plans to pursue medical school, focus on healing others and then rejoin the service. Read More
Lawrence Gostin, faculty director of Georgetown’s O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, is honored by the American Public Health Association (APHA) Law Section for “Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law.” Read More
The university offers military veterans numerous undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities as well as medical and financial support as it studies important issues such as Gulf War illness and post-war mental health. Read More
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) served as keynote speaker for the launch of Georgetown Law Center's low bono law firm that will provide affordable, high-quality legal services to D.C. residents who don't qualify for free legal aid. Read More
António Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a Georgetown audience yesterday that despite the current spotlight on the Syrian refugee crisis, the international community should focus on situations that pose a greater threat to global peace and security. Read More