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Two GU Students Hop Off the Grid, On the Sled in Alaska
While most students spend their days hopping from Zoom to Zoom, Colton Scrudder (MSB ’22) and Maddox Angerhofer (SFS ’22) are learning a new routine:…
WGST Student Launches Sex-Positive Educational Instagram Account
Seeing an opportunity to educate and improve the lives of their classmates in college, Maggie Cullina (COL ’22) launched their own sex education Instagram account…
Alumna Raises Money to Produce Potentially Lifesaving COVID-19 Oxygen Monitors
When Shavini Fernando (GRD ’18) developed a wearable oxygen monitor to live independently despite her life-threatening heart condition, she did not imagine two years later…
Graduate Student Launches Clean Beauty Company Born in Her GU Dorm
Sitting in her sophomore LXR Hall dorm room four years ago, Charlotte Cook (MSB ’19) felt she was at a crossroads. She knew the finance…
Looking for Experience, Graduate Student Helps Struggling Small Businesses
When Robert Knox (GRD ’21) learned about MBAs Fight COVID-19, he saw an opportunity to bring the pro bono consulting organization to Georgetown University. Since…
Amid a Global Pandemic, Twin DACA Advocates Share Their Story
In April, after losing their uncles Javier and Martin Morales to COVID-19 within 24 hours of one another, twin sisters Melanie (COL ’22) and Sheila…