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Medical Students Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month

Medical Students Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month

By Nina Raj October 6, 2022

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Georgetown University School of Medicine’s Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) is holding a series of events to celebrate Hispanic traditions...

Georgetown Bee Campus Team Maps Biodiversity on Campus

Georgetown Bee Campus Team Maps Biodiversity on Campus

By Seth Edwards October 6, 2022

Georgetown University is joining an international initiative that will allow community members to upload photos of plants, animals and insects around campus to an app that will inform research about biodiversity...

Prominent National Leaders Honor Late Professor Madeleine Albright

Prominent National Leaders Honor Late Professor Madeleine Albright

By Adora Zheng September 30, 2022

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton (SFS ’68) reflected on the accomplishments of the late Secretary of State and Georgetown professor Madeleine Albright...

GREEN Establishes Food Recovery Network

GREEN Establishes Food Recovery Network

By Giulia Testa September 30, 2022

The Georgetown University Renewable Energy and Environmental Network (GREEN) launched a food recovery network project aimed at addressing food insecurity in Washington, D.C. The network, pioneered...

William Gaston Enslaved at Least 163 People, Rejected Principle of Equal Citizenship

William Gaston Enslaved at Least 163 People, Rejected Principle of Equal Citizenship

By Adora Zheng and Eli Kales September 30, 2022

William Gaston, after whom the historic Gaston Hall in Healy Hall is named, owned 163 enslaved people and supported judicial opinions that opposed equal citizenship for Black people, according to newly...

Students Organize Vigil to Protest Killing of Mahsa Amini

Students Organize Vigil to Protest Killing of Mahsa Amini

By Evie Steele September 30, 2022

Georgetown University students staged a vigil to mourn and protest the killing of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who was killed while in police custody for improperly wearing a hijab. Since...

School of Nursing Director Honored for Outstanding Leadership

School of Nursing Director Honored for Outstanding Leadership

By Sarah Whitehouse September 30, 2022

The director of the Georgetown School of Nursing’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program has received a prestigious award honoring her exceptional leadership in the field. Michele A. Kane received...

Students Report Facilities Issues, Slow Response from University Maintenance

Students Report Facilities Issues, Slow Response from University Maintenance

By Liana Hardy September 29, 2022

Two weeks after Kat DeMaret (SFS ’24) moved into her Village A apartment, she noticed water steadily leaking from the ceiling. She called facilities and immediately set up buckets to collect the water. On...

McCourt Conference Details Benefits of Universal Pre-K Based on 20 Year Study

McCourt Conference Details Benefits of Universal Pre-K Based on 20 Year Study

By Julia Butler September 29, 2022

The Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy hosted a hybrid conference about the benefits of early childhood education later in adolescence and early adulthood. At the conference Sept....

McCourt School Hosts Discussion on Developing Countries, Disparities in Success

McCourt School Hosts Discussion on Developing Countries, Disparities in Success

By Jack Willis September 29, 2022

The McCourt School of Public Policy hosted a seminar to discuss an Oxford University professor's book on modern international development theory. The Sept. 19 seminar featured Director of the Oxford...

Rabbi, Colleague of Pope Joins GU Interfaith Tradition as Member of Jewish Studies Faculty

Rabbi, Colleague of Pope Joins GU Interfaith Tradition as Member of Jewish Studies Faculty

By Sophia Lu September 29, 2022

Longtime friend of Pope Francis and leading contemporary facilitator of Catholic-Jewish interreligious dialogue Rabbi Abraham Skorka joined Georgetown’s Center for Jewish Civilization (CJC) this fall...

Students Fundraise for Pakistan Following Catastrophic Flooding

Students Fundraise for Pakistan Following Catastrophic Flooding

By Lietta Ioannou September 29, 2022

Georgetown University students have raised over $4,000 for Pakistanis who were displaced by severe flooding that has left one-third of the country underwater. The Muslim Students Association (MSA)...

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