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Fourth and Final Nuclear Security Summit Convenes in DC

By Charlotte Allen April 5, 2016

President Barack Obama hosted the fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit this past week, which lasted two days and concluded April 1 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Fifty-six...

Pro-Cannabis Legalization Groups Protest Outside White House

By Jack Bennett April 5, 2016

This weekend, the District’s marijuana advocates gathered at the White House in protest while smoking marijuana on federal property. Protest organizers boasted that Saturday’s public mass-smoking...

Bridge Initiative Aims To Promote Dialogue

By Elisabeth Neylan April 5, 2016

As anti-Muslim rhetoric infiltrates the U.S. 2016 presidential stage and hate crimes against Muslims rise, Georgetown’s Bridge Initiative — a multi-year research project — has dedicated itself to...

GU Partners with Johns Hopkins to Offer New Languages

By Christian Paz April 5, 2016

Up to 25 students in good academic standing in Georgetown College, the School of Foreign Service and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will be able to enroll in Burmese, Hindi/Urdu, Indonesian,...

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Swedish Minister Talks Conflict Resolution, Women in Peacemaking

By Syed Humza Moinuddin April 5, 2016

Sweden’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström outlined ways the international community fails to stabilize conflict-prone states during a discussion hosted by the Georgetown Institute for...

Trump Declares Plan to Open DC Office

By Matthew Larson April 5, 2016

Presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump announced plans to open a new campaign office for senior staff in Washington, D.C., on March 29, amid concerns over his ability to procure the necessary...

Bavarian Minister Talks European Refugee Crisis

By Giovanna Azevedo April 5, 2016

Bavarian Minister for European and International Affairs Beate Merk emphasized the challenges of Europe’s current refugee crisis from the Bavarian perspective in the Mortara Center for International...

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Pro-Life Group Protests Cecile Richard’s Visit

By Christian Paz April 5, 2016

About 10 protestors from the Pennsylvania-based American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property demonstrated against the Georgetown University Lecture Fund’s invitation to Planned...

Panelists Discuss Climate Change’s Impact on Women

By William Zhu April 5, 2016

Georgetown students and alumni discussed the relative success of the most recent climate talks in Paris and climate change’s negative impact on women in a forum hosted by the Women’s Center in McShain...

Law Center’s Voting Right Institute Receives $1 Million Grant

By Marina Pitofsky April 5, 2016

Georgetown University Law Center’s Voting Rights Institute received a $1 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation on March 23. The grant came from a $30 million fund at the foundation, which will...

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Panelists Discuss Importance of Female Economic Empowerment

By Lucy Pash April 5, 2016

Jewelry designer and entrepreneur Kara Ross (COL ’88) discussed the importance of female economic empowerment with a panel of female leaders and entrepreneurs in the Rafik B. Hariri Building on Thursday. Ross...

OWN IT Keynote Interview Abby Wambach Charged With DUII

By Suzanne Monyak April 3, 2016

The OWN IT board will maintain its speaking invitation to retired American soccer star and 2016 OWN IT Summit keynote interview Abby Wambach after she was charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants...

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