Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus
Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, talked to a Georgetown audience about the importance of empowering women and alleviating poverty through microcredit. Read More
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NSF Fellowships go to Neuroscience Graduate Students, Two Alumni
The National Science Foundation awards two current Georgetown students and two alumni with 2013 graduate fellowships for research in neuroscience, HIV and biological behavior and development. Read More
Students Win Bioethics Bowl at Undergraduate Conference
Georgetown's team captured its first Bioethics Bowl championship during this year's National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference hosted at Georgetown. Read More
New Mobile App Allows Users to Track GUTS Buses
Commuters using Georgetown's transportation shuttles are now able to map the location of their next shuttle in real time with the NextGUTS GPS-tracking feature on the Georgetown mobile app. Read More
Undergrads Showcase Diverse Research at Georgetown Conference
The Undergraduate Research Conference featured over 80 research posters by students from Georgetown and four other universities across the Washington, D.C., region. Read More
New Georgetown Solar Project Draws White House Attention
The ceremony marking the completion of a new solar electricity project at Georgetown brought the White House's Gary Guzy to campus. Read More
Brain Anomaly Explains Some Autistics’ Difficulty Recognizing Faces
Georgetown neuroscientists find an anomaly in the brain that explains why some people with autism have difficulty recognizing faces, according to a study published in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical. Read More
Number of Applications for Class of 2017 Holds Steady
NEARLY 20,000 STUDENTS VYING for about 1,580 spots applied to Georgetown this year for the Class of 2017. The university admitted 3,293 students for an… Read More
Former Basketball Coach John Thompson Jr. Helps Boys & Girls Club
John Thompson Jr., Georgetown’s head basketball coach emeritus, keeps a local Boys & Girls Club from closing with a gift of more than $40,000. Read More
Center to Drive Georgetown Discoveries in Cellular Reprogramming
The Georgetown University Medical Center has launched the collaborative Center for Cellular Reprogramming, designed to promote research and education on conditionally reprogrammed cells, which may revolutionize personalized medicine. Read More