Georgetown Students Honored for their Community Service
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
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NPR’s Maureen Corrigan Judged Fiction for Pulitzer Not Awarded
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
Student Who Had Leukemia Helps with Cancer Society Fundraiser
Zayan Pereborow (B’12) a member of the executive team for the April 20 American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Georgetown, will never forget when she was diagnosed with leukemia at the tender age of 5. Read More
Head of D.C. Public Schools to Receive Honorary Degree
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson (SFS’92, G’07), who was once convinced she had no interest in the field of education, will receive an honorary degree at Georgetown April 21 for her contributions to education reform. Read More
‘Astonishingly Successful’ Student, Rapper, Wins Soros Fellowship
Indra Sen (SFS’08), who co-founded a nonprofit that provides education programs and teaches hip-hop to Palestinian youths in refugee camps and hopes to one day become an education reformer, has won a prestigious Soros Fellowship. Read More
U.S. Census Bureau Director Tapped for Georgetown Provost
Robert M. Groves, who successfully led the 2010 Census to count more than 308 million Americans, will become Georgetown’s new provost on August 20, 2012. Read More
Georgetown Wins National Debate Tournament Championship
Two Georgetown sophomores whose first names are Andrew captured the National Debate Tournament championship at Emory University April 3. Read More
Maya Civilization Faced Climate Change Similar to Modern Problem
Georgetown geoscientist Timothy Beach looks back at the ancient Maya civilization and Iceland for clues to the current trends of climate change and melting glaciers. Read More
Undergraduate Applications Largest in Georgetown History
Georgetown received more than 20,100 applications for 1,580 spaces in the freshman class of 2016. Read More
Foreign Language Immersion Better for Adults than Classes
Adults may learn a language more like a native speaker in an immersion setting than by taking classes, according to a first-of-its kind series of brain studies by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). Read More