Renowned journalists, activists and performing artists as well as Georgetown faculty and students will convene on campus this week for the university’s first independently organized TEDx event. Read More
Actress Rosario Dawson talked to Georgetown students Sept. 21 about her organization Voto Latino, which aims to register young Latino-Americans to vote. Read More
Georgetown celebrated the first weekend of fall with members of the university community and its neighbors during this past Saturday’s annual Hoya Fall Picnic on Healy and White-Gravenor lawns. Read More
As a fellow in Georgetown’s Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, award-winning author Dinaw Mengestu (C’00) began strengthening the chords of his writer’s voice. This year, he returns to campus to teach students about his craft. Read More
Students in the inaugural class of Georgetown's new Master of Arts in Global Human Development (MGHD) program were able to consider implications of decision-making in their field during a retreat on ethics and development earlier this month. Read More
A Georgetown Graduate – Jim McCormick (C’90) – is making a name for himself in the country music business, co-writing country star Brantley Gilbert’s song, “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do,” which topped Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart in July. Read More
A live broadcast of Civil War scholars discussing the Emancipation Proclamation and a Law Center event on First Amendment rights among Georgetown-sponsored Constitution Day events. Read More
Georgetown researchers have demonstrated in animals that maternal dietary exposure during pregnancy to a high-fat diet or excess estrogen can increase breast cancer risk in multiple generations of female offspring. Read More
Shanta Devarajan, chief economist of the World Bank's Africa region, spoke yesterday at the launch of Georgetown Public Policy Institute's (GPPI) new international development masters program. Read More
Georgetown's new science center – Regents Hall – has opened its doors to the university community. Read More