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Georgetown University junior Harry Sun won the Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious grant for science and engineering students, for his research into cancer treatment.

GU Student Wins Goldwater Scholarship for Cancer Research

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor April 9, 2025

A Georgetown University junior and immunology researcher won the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious grant for science and engineering students, the university announced April 3. Harry Sun (CAS...

KAITLYN LEE/THE HOYA | On March 13, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center invited health professionals to discuss its partnership with the Northern Ireland delegation.

Lombardi, Northern Ireland Celebrate Cancer Research Partnership

By Kaitlyn Lee, Special to The Hoya March 24, 2025

The Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center invited health officials to discuss a partnership between Northern Ireland and the center in a March 13 lecture.   The lecture celebrated...

Courtesy of BellRinger | BellRinger, an annual event where individuals and teams bike to raise money for cancer research, raised over $1.5 million Oct. 26.

Third BellRinger Raises Over $1.5 Million For Cancer Research

By Kate Hwang, Student Life Desk Editor October 31, 2024

BellRinger, an annual event where individuals and teams bike to raise money for cancer research, raised over $1.5 million Oct. 26. 1167 riders and 151 teams of Georgetown students, faculty, staff and...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Georgetown professors Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza and Sreejith Nair were honored with the John F. Potter, MD Award for their groundbreaking research addressing cancer disparities and exploring innovative gene regulation therapies.

Fighting Cancer on All Fronts: John F. Potter, MD Award Recipients Present Innovative Research and Community Impacts

By Adrian Evers, Special to The Hoya October 30, 2024

Georgetown professors Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza and Sreejith Nair, who both received the 2024 John F. Potter, MD, Award in recognition of their achievements in the fight against cancer, delivered lectures...

ILLUSTRATION BY: ROHINI KUDVA/The Hoya | The GU Medical Center Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series hosted Raj Chari, who illuminated the various use cases of gene editing to advance cancer research, on April 18.

GU Medical Center Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series Illuminates Uses of Gene Editing in Cancer Research

By Joseph Zuccarello, Science Writer April 24, 2024

A researcher highlighted gene editing and its therapeutic applications in a talk April 18. Raj Chari, director of the Genome Modification Core Laboratory at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer...

Georgetown Students, Community Cycle for Cancer Research

By Brooke DeLucia October 28, 2022

Georgetown University community members raised over $1 million for cancer research as a part of the inaugural Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer BellRinger race. Over 850 riders across 147 teams...

GUMC Studies Cancer Treatment

By Matthew Larson November 15, 2016

Inflammation can slow the early development of cancers in a protein-producing gene, said Georgetown University Medical Center researchers and alumni who took part in a five-year study published Nov....

Lombardi Begins Cancer Trial

By Emily Tu September 4, 2015

The Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital embarked on a nationwide clinical trial Sept. 1 that will compare two melanoma drugs. ECOG-ACRIN Cancer...

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Georgetown’s Lombardi Cancer Center was renewed as the District’s only comprehensive cancer center, also winning a $11.25 million grant for clinical trials, equipment and personnel over five years.

Lombardi Renewed as Top DC Cancer Center

By Suzanne Monyak September 16, 2014

The National Cancer Institute renewed the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s status as Washington, D.C.’s only comprehensive cancer center — a title the center has held for 20 years...

Baseball Goes Bald to Support Cancer Research

By Sydney Winkler March 28, 2014

The Georgetown baseball team will hold its first St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser April 5 to raise money for cancer research. The team has pledged to shave their heads after the second of a three-game...

Partnership Equips Lombardi Cancer Center to Weather Health System Changes

By Emma Iannini April 16, 2013

As part of its effort to expand collaborative research opportunities, the Georgetown University Medical Center’s Lombardi Cancer Center announced a joint partnership with the John Theurer Cancer Center...

Hilltop Researchers Deserve High Praise

By Bill Rebeck March 28, 2013

We don’t much worry about diseases like smallpox or polio or the bubonic plague anymore. These maladies left our lives so long enough ago that we take their disappearance for granted. I’m happy to...

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