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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky was named the inaugural Hyundai Hope on Wheels endowed chair in pediatric oncology for his decades of contribution to the field at a Sept. 7 ceremony in Riggs Library.

GU Medical School Professor Named Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology

By Kaitlyn Lee, Deputy Science Editor September 19, 2025

Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky — chief of pediatric, adolescent and young adult hematology and oncology at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and professor of oncology at the Georgetown School of Medicine...

Joseph Hartman, a government professor, won the top honor of the student-led College Academic Council on April 1 for his contributions to the Georgetown University community.

College Academic Council Honors Joseph Hartman

By Annika McCanne, Hoya Staff Writer April 3, 2025

The College Academic Council (CAC) awarded a government professor the College Honors Faculty Award, its top honor, the council announced April 1.  Joseph Hartman (GRD ’15), the honoree, teaches political...

Five Winners of Inaugural Baratta Center Global Impact Award Announced

Five Winners of Inaugural Baratta Center Global Impact Award Announced

By Nancy Britten, Special to The Hoya October 18, 2024

The Baratta Center for Global Business, which emphasizes key research and initiatives for global business, at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business (MSB) announced five recipients of the...

Four Students Win Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship

By Daniel Greilsheimer, City Desk Editor September 6, 2024

Four Georgetown University students received this year’s Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, better known as the Voyager Scholarship.  Ranee Brady (SFS ’26), Matlock Grossman (SFS ’26),...

Capstone MBA Course Propels MSB to Top Business School Rankings

Capstone MBA Course Propels MSB to Top Business School Rankings

By Kate Hwang, Graduate Desk Editor February 23, 2024

A global nonprofit organization that recognizes excellence in business education ranked Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business (MSB) within its Top 26 institutions on Feb 13. The Association to...

GUMC Professor Receives Cognitive Neuroscience Award

GUMC Professor Receives Cognitive Neuroscience Award

By Allie Stevens January 17, 2024

Ella Striem-Amit, an assistant professor of neuroscience at the Georgetown University Medical Center received the Young Investigator Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CSN) earlier this month.  This...

Mortara Center Honors Annual Lepgold Book Prize Winner

Mortara Center Honors Annual Lepgold Book Prize Winner

By Maren Fagan November 30, 2023

The Georgetown University Mortara Center for International Studies honored the winner of this year’s Joseph S. Lepgold Book Prize on Nov. 30.  The annual Lepgold Book Award honors contributions...

Georgetown Masters Student Receives Prestigious Journalism Scholarship

By Kate Hwang October 20, 2023

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) awarded the Charlie Ericksen Journalism Supplement to Angelica Franganillo Diaz, a Georgetown University Master’s student, on Sept. 15.  The...

Georgetown Professor’s New Novel Named Barnes and Noble Book Club Pick

By Yolanda Lu October 13, 2023

Barnes and Noble recognized Georgetown University English adjunct lecturer Ariel Djanikian’s new historical fiction novel about a family inheritance during the Klondike Gold Rush as its Book Club pick...

Nursing Student Receives Inaugural McKean Global Health Award

Nursing Student Receives Inaugural McKean Global Health Award

By Joseph Zuccarello September 8, 2023

The Global Health Institute (GHI) and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, and Service have selected Sydney Blackston (SON ’25) as the inaugural recipient of the Maeve McKean Global Health...

Magazine Lists Two Female Georgetown Business School Students as ‘MBA Students to Watch’

Magazine Lists Two Female Georgetown Business School Students as ‘MBA Students to Watch’

By Catherine Alaimo September 1, 2023

Business magazine “Poets and Quants” featured Kanokbhorn “KK” Saha (MBA ’23) and Elizabeth Shaya (MBA ’23), two recent Georgetown McDonough School of Business (MSB) graduates, as MBA Students...

SON Dean Waite Earns Lifetime Achievement Award

SON Dean Waite Earns Lifetime Achievement Award

By Pallavi Bommareddy August 30, 2023

Roberta Waite, dean of the Georgetown University School of Nursing (SON), received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) at their 51st Annual Institute...

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