In a speech delivered to Congress on April 11, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that Japan will donate 250 cherry blossom trees to Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 250th anniversary of...
The former White House COVID-19 response coordinator discussed his lessons from the pandemic and his work in public health policy with students in a Jan. 30 global health class.
Ashish Jha, who was...
On a particularly hot Saturday in August, a few weeks after the latest class of Georgetown University first-years descended upon the Hilltop, over 200 different campus groups and organizations flooded...
The Masters of Science in Data Science and Analytics (DSAN) program, part of the Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, hosted “The Evolution of Data Science” conference at...
Two Washington, D.C. government organizations announced a pilot project featuring vending machines that provide safety products like Naloxone (Narcan), an opioid overdose reversal drug, throughout the...
Georgetown University accepted 13% of applicants for the undergraduate Class of 2027, a one percentage point increase from the Class of 2026.
The university admitted 3,263 students out of 25,519 total...
Kenneth Bond was released from prison with the help of the Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI) after being incarcerated for over 27 years.
Bond was 16 years old when he was sentenced to...
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) selected on Jan. 25 Jermar “Coach” Rountree as one of five finalists for the 2023 National Teacher of the Year award.
The CCSSO is a nonprofit...
The MedStar Washington Hospital Center has opened a new Biocontainment Unit (BCU) designed to prevent highly infectious diseases from spreading.
The unit, which MedStar Health announced Jan....
Following months of student advocacy, Georgetown University students, faculty and staff now have free access to The New York Times (NYT) and The Washington Post.
Lauinger Library staff and the...
The District of Columbia has launched a new website to help residents find ways to reuse and purchase second-hand items.
The Department of Energy and Environment has launched Reuse DC, a website...
Longtime Georgetown University history professor Judith Tucker will be awarded for her contributions to history scholarship following four decades of work.
Tucker will be awarded the American History...
