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Policymakers, Business Leaders Discuss Financial Markets at Annual Conference

Policymakers, Business Leaders Discuss Financial Markets at Annual Conference

By Emily Han October 20, 2022

The Financial Markets Quality (FMQ) conference, hosted by Georgetown University’s Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy, highlighted leaders in global finance and their perspectives on the...

DC Sues Chemical Company After Decades of Distributing a Cancer-Causing Pesticide

DC Sues Chemical Company After Decades of Distributing a Cancer-Causing Pesticide

By Minoli Ediriweera October 20, 2022

Washington, D.C. officials filed a lawsuit against chemical manufacturer Velsicol for the illegal sale and distribution of chlordane, a harmful pesticide that has been banned by the Environmental Protection...

Smithsonian, National Gallery of Art Return Stolen Artifacts to Nigeria

Smithsonian, National Gallery of Art Return Stolen Artifacts to Nigeria

By Jack Willis October 20, 2022

Three of the United States’ most influential art museums, including Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and the National Gallery of Art, repatriated dozens of looted artifacts...

Security Studies Professor Releases Book on Leadership Changes in Religious Terrorist Groups

Security Studies Professor Releases Book on Leadership Changes in Religious Terrorist Groups

By Holly Delaney October 7, 2022

A Georgetown University professor co-wrote a book on the different types of leaders who take over religious terrorist groups and how these groups sustain themselves during transitions of power.  Elizabeth...

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Offers Advice to Georgetown Students

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Offers Advice to Georgetown Students

By Kristin Chang October 7, 2022

The former ambassador to Ukraine spoke to the Georgetown community about her memoir, diversity in the U.S. State Department and what a career in foreign policy looks like. Marie Yovanovitch, who served...

Georgetown Medical Students Lead Congressional Training on Intervening in Opioid Overdoses

Georgetown Medical Students Lead Congressional Training on Intervening in Opioid Overdoses

By Nina Raj October 7, 2022

Georgetown University School of Medicine students led a training for congressional staffers on Capitol Hill about the signs of opioid overdoses and ways to safely intervene through the Hoya Drug Overdose...

Students Raise $1000 for Immigrant Legal Aid

Students Raise $1000 for Immigrant Legal Aid

By Alaina McGill October 7, 2022

Georgetown University students hosted a fundraiser to support immigrants in need of legal representation, raising over $1000 for the cause. At the Oct. 3 event entitled “Iced Drinks Against ICE,”...

DC Sees Significant Nursing Shortages Throughout Hospitals

DC Sees Significant Nursing Shortages Throughout Hospitals

By Venetia Smith October 6, 2022

Washington, D.C., is experiencing a nursing shortage that is heavily impacting the healthcare system as hospitals struggle to maintain necessary staff levels to care for patients. The District of Columbia...

Vital Vittles Employees Raise $800 for St. Jude’s

Vital Vittles Employees Raise $800 for St. Jude’s

By Michael Woch October 6, 2022

The staff of on-campus grocery store Vital Vittles raised $800 for cancer research through their participation in the Washington, D.C. 5K for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Eight employees...

Professors Discuss Midterms, Polarization, Trends at Mortara Center

Professors Discuss Midterms, Polarization, Trends at Mortara Center

By Evie Steele October 6, 2022

The 2022 midterm elections serve as an important signal for the state of American politics in the midst of increased polarization and threats to democracy, two professors said at an event on the highly...

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...

The Wharf’s Phase 2 Will Feature New Restaurants, Shops As Renovations Conclude

The Wharf’s Phase 2 Will Feature New Restaurants, Shops As Renovations Conclude

By Rajaa Bint Talal October 6, 2022

The Wharf will open new restaurants, office spaces, parks and luxury apartments as its second phase of development nears completion. The Wharf, a popular outdoor development in southwest Washington,...

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