A national, phase II clinical trial examining the effects of resveratrol on individuals with mild to moderate dementia from Alzheimer’s disease is being led by Georgetown’s Dr. R. Scott Turner. Read More
Georgetown celebrated Administrative Professionals Day with its annual breakfast in honor of the more than 400 administrative professionals working at the university. Read More
Von’Travis Dejanaro Crawford (NHS’12), a senior human science major at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, plans to teach high school science for Teach for America in Dallas-Fort Worth after graduation and then apply to medical school. Read More
Neuroscientists, CEOs, human rights activists and others – including LivingSocial CEO and co-founder Tim O’Shaughnessy (B’04) and “The Wire” and “Treme” creator David Simon – are scheduled to speak during the university’s 2012 Commencement May 17-20. Read More
Three new Brita, high-tech hydration stations will be installed across campus this month in a “Think Global - Drink Local” initiative that is part of the university’s Earth Day celebrations. Read More
The university community celebrated Georgetown Day on April 27. Read More
Jan Karski, the late Georgetown professor and alumnus who risked his life to bring reports of the Holocaust to the free world, will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Read More
A Georgetown professor’s successful 12-year mission to be the first to climb every continent’s highest peak and surf every ocean has culminated in a book comparable to Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer and other adventure tales. Read More
A total of 20 students were honored with 2012 Lena Landegger Community Service awards this past Saturday at a dinner and ceremony in Georgetown’s historic Riggs Library. Read More
Maureen Corrigan of the English department, who has served for 22 years as a book critic for NPR’s “Fresh Air” program, was one of three judges for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Read More
