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Three Georgetown Graduate Students Named Newmark Scholars

Three Georgetown Graduate Students Named Newmark Scholars

By Nora Toscano September 21, 2023

The Craig Newmark Veterans Scholarship Fund awarded three Georgetown University graduate students with Newmark Scholarships intended to deepen veterans’ impact on public policy. Each year, the fund...

National Book Award-Winning Poet Discusses Writing Process

By Hayley Young September 21, 2023

National Book Award-winning poet and translator Arthur Sze visited Georgetown’s campus for a poetry reading on Sept. 19. The reading was hosted by the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice,...

Twelve-foot-tall puppet, Little Amal, came to Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C., Sept. 19 for an event hosted by Georgetown's  Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics. The event was to raise human rights' awareness, particularly for refugee children.

Little Amal, a Symbol of Refugee Rights, Partners with Georgetown for D.C. Performance

By Paulina Inglima September 21, 2023

Georgetown’s Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics (The Lab), hosted 12-foot Little Amal, in Washington, D.C.’s Freedom Plaza Sept. 19. Little Amal has traveled over 6,000 miles and visited...

Georgetown Ranks 12th Among Universities in New Wall Street Journal Rankings

By Caleigh Keating September 15, 2023

Georgetown University ranked 12th in The Wall Street Journal’s 2024 “Best Colleges in the U.S.” list published Sept. 6. Georgetown jumped 20 spots from 32nd place in the 2022 edition. The Wall...

Georgetown MSB Expands Mentorship Program with Women in the Middle East

Georgetown MSB Expands Mentorship Program with Women in the Middle East

By Catherine Alaimo September 15, 2023

Georgetown University McDonough School of Business’s Women Innovators (WIn) Fellowship, a program that enriches the skills of aspiring female entrepreneurs, expanded to include 258 women from the Middle...

Georgetown Establishes New Disability Cultural Center

By Hayley Young September 14, 2023

Georgetown University will launch the Disability Cultural Center (DCC) this fall to support the disability community and culture on campus after a decade of campaigning by students, faculty, staff and...

The Bryce Harlow Foundation selected eight Georgetown graduate students as fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Eight Georgetown Graduate Students Named Bryce Harlow Fellows

By Sophia Maiorino September 14, 2023

The Bryce Harlow Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based program that annually supports graduate students hoping to pursue careers in government relations and lobbying, awarded eight Georgetown graduate...

New Student Services Center Opens in White-Gravenor

New Student Services Center Opens in White-Gravenor

By Ranee Brady September 14, 2023

Starting this semester, students can find the Offices of Student Financial Services (Financial Aid), the University Registrar, Student Accounts and Cashiering (Revenue and Receivables) and the I-9 Office...

GUSA to Continue Laptop Loans

GUSA to Continue Laptop Loans

By Ranee Brady September 14, 2023

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) has reinstated an initiative that allows students to request a laptop at no cost for any period of time. The Laptop Loan Initiative began in the...

30 New Faculty Members Join Georgetown College of Arts and Sciences

By Hayley Young September 14, 2023

Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences welcomed 30 new faculty members for the upcoming academic year across 17 different departments and programs. The university hired new professors,...

Georgetown in Qatar Student Covers Cypriot Tensions for Pulitzer Center Fellowship

By Catherine Alaimo September 14, 2023

Elene Chkhaidze (SFS ’25), a student at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), reported on religious dynamics in the wake of conflict in Cyprus to fulfill her Pulitzer Center Fellowship this summer. The...

GUSA Passes Resolution Endorsing Student Opposition to Legacy Admissions

GUSA Passes Resolution Endorsing Student Opposition to Legacy Admissions

By Ranee Brady September 14, 2023

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate passed a resolution endorsing student opposition to legacy admissions at Georgetown University at its Sept. 10 meeting.  Over 700 members...

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