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Hilltop Hosts Government Week

By Kendra Jones October 8, 2010

The CIA, members of Congress and other government experts descended on Georgetown this week for Government Week, a Career Center showcase for students in search of exposure to the field. The events...

Pickens Talks Energy Vision

By Alice Maglio October 8, 2010

Standing before a group in the Fischer Colloquium Wednesday evening, Texas oilman and Chair of BP Capital Management T. Boone Pickens kicked off his talk with some levity: "I know why you're here. You're...

Annual Flu Shots Available at Yates

By David Schuler October 8, 2010

The Student Health Center, in conjunction with the Office of Faculty and Staff Benefits, is continuing to offer flu vaccine shots at no charge to all students, faculty and staff through several flu vaccine...

GU Politicos Settle on Israel

By Bonnie Duncan October 8, 2010

With recently revived Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at risk of languishing due to ongoing Jewish settlement building in the West Bank, student groups at Georgetown have joined the contentious debate,...

Research Spending Increases

By Stephen Levy October 8, 2010

Georgetown's research and development spending increased more than the national average over the last fiscal year, but the university spent significantly less than both public and private universities...

Students Undaunted By Europe Warning

By Mary Murphy October 8, 2010

The U.S. State Department issued a terrorism warning for travelers in Europe on Oct. 4, but so far the notification has not significantly affected the 200 Georgetown students studying across the pond this...

Language Lab Enhances Learning

By Jonathan Gillis October 8, 2010

Every semester, Georgetown language students dish out $70 in lab fees, but many have never seen the inside of the lab room. In an era of continuously emerging technologies, the language lab could...

Community Responds to Rutgers Suicide

By Bonnie Duncan October 5, 2010

Many members of the university community have gathered in the wake of the Sept. 22 suicide of a Rutgers University freshman, as part of an effort to prevent instances of anti-LGBTQ bias on the Hilltop. Tyler...

Econ. Professor Appointed To White House Position

By Laura Engshuber October 5, 2010

Economics professor Arik Levinson is taking a break from the classroom this academic year to assume a temporary post on the White House's Council of Economic Advisers researching environmental economics. William...

GU Graduate Receives MacArthur `Genius Grant’

By David Schuler October 5, 2010

Born deaf to parents who are deaf and the product of a bilingual household communicating in both English and American Sign Language, Carol Padden is a 1978 graduate of Georgetown, where she pursued a major...

`Friending’ Faculty: Professors Log On

By Elizabeth Schieffelin October 5, 2010

Generally, Facebook relates to school only when students sit in the back of the classroom, smoothly transitioning from laptop note-taking to an in-depth look at friends' latest updates. But as faculty...

Community Responds to Rutgers Suicide

By Bonnie Duncan October 5, 2010

Many members of the university community have gathered in the wake of the Sept. 22 suicide of a Rutgers University freshman, as part of an effort to prevent instances of anti-LGBTQ bias on the Hilltop. Tyler...

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