By Ellie Ward, Science Columnist
• October 24, 2025
Climate science and policy are contentious topics that seem to constantly appear at the forefront of public consciousness. Being tucked away on an urban campus, Georgetown University students may feel...
By Eva Siminiceanu, Deputy Science Editor
• October 24, 2025
The New York State Department of Health confirmed a local case of chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne illness predominantly found in tropical and subtropical regions, in a Long Island, N.Y. resident, the...
By Jordan Levin, Special to The Hoya
• October 24, 2025
Two former U.S. government public health officials shared their insights on the past, present and future of public health policy at Georgetown University’s annual Maloy Distinguished Lecture in Global...
From Oct. 6-8, the Nobel Foundation announced the recipients of the Nobel Prize in physics for advances in quantum mechanics, the prize in physiology or medicine for immune system breakthroughs and the...
By Angela Lekan, Senior Science Editor
• October 10, 2025
Researchers in Georgetown University professor Adam Green’s lab are investigating creativity as a predictor for academic success and the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) tools on originality.
The...
What do autism-causing Tylenol, the war against processed foods and vaccine mandate cuts all have in common? These headlines are leading the crusade against science and cultivating a credibility crisis...
By Sasha Ahmad, Deputy Science Editor
• October 10, 2025
President Donald Trump promoted a number of unproven or discredited claims about autism and announced a series of policies aimed at combating a perceived “autism epidemic” in a White House press conference...
For just $129, you too can make a friend. Technology startup Friend has taken over the New York City subway system with walls of minimalistic and dystopian advertising as part of a new ad campaign —...
In a Sept. 25 lecture at Riggs Library, Doron Dorfman, professor of disability law at Seton Hall University School of Law, contended that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) remains too limited in...
By Jaya Alenghat, Special to The Hoya
• October 3, 2025
After public health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped daily life for Georgetown University students in Fall 2020, new changes to vaccine guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and...
Spotted lanternflies (SLFs), an invasive species of insect native to parts of China and Vietnam, have become increasingly common both in the Washington, D.C.-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) area and on the Georgetown...
By Ruth Noll, Senior Science Editor
• September 26, 2025
Georgetown University faculty members explored the principles of Catholic social teaching and how those principles can shape approaches to dignified care for people with disabilities at a Sept. 17 event.
The...
