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Georgetown Entrepreneurship Program Welcomes New Mentors

By Laetitia Haddad February 18, 2022

The Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative welcomed three new entrepreneurs-in-residence (EIRs) to its industry mentorship program as part of its twelfth cohort.  The Entrepreneurship Initiative...

SCS Dean’s Report Highlights Advances in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

SCS Dean’s Report Highlights Advances in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

By Laetitia Haddad January 28, 2022

The School of Continuing Studies (SCS) annual Dean’s Report emphasized Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts.    This year’s report, which summarizes achievements and themes...

GU Choir and Orchestra to Debut Margaret Bonds’ Credo in World Premiere

GU Choir and Orchestra to Debut Margaret Bonds’ Credo in World Premiere

By Laetitia Haddad January 27, 2022

The Georgetown University Choir and Orchestra will perform the in-person world premiere of “Credo,” composed by Margaret Bonds, composer and social justice activist. Bonds, who was one of the first...

Georgetown Faculty Develop Korean Language Major

Georgetown Faculty Develop Korean Language Major

By Laetitia Haddad January 20, 2022

Georgetown University faculty and administrators anticipate that a new Korean major will be approved and available to students by the fall 2022 semester.  Members of the department of East Asian...

Class of 2026 Early Action Admission Rate Sets Record Low

Class of 2026 Early Action Admission Rate Sets Record Low

By Laetitia Haddad December 29, 2021

Georgetown University’s undergraduate class of 2026 saw a record number of early action applicants as well as the lowest early action acceptance rate. The university admitted 881 students from a...

NHS Dean Brian Floyd Appointed as Benjamin A. Gilman International Program Advisor Ambassador

NHS Dean Brian Floyd Appointed as Benjamin A. Gilman International Program Advisor Ambassador

By Laetitia Haddad December 3, 2021

A member of Georgetown University’s faculty will serve as one of the first advisors for the Benjamin A. Gilman International Program.  The U.S. Department of State facilitates study abroad endeavors...

Black Lives Matter Plaza Now Permanently Installed in DC

Black Lives Matter Plaza Now Permanently Installed in DC

By Laetitia Haddad November 4, 2021

The bold yellow letters that make up Black Lives Matter Plaza are now permanently part of the Washington, D.C. cityscape.  The permanent installation, spanning two blocks of 16th Street NW in...

Advocacy Coalition Launches To Decriminalize Drugs in DC

Advocacy Coalition Launches To Decriminalize Drugs in DC

By Laetitia Haddad October 28, 2021

Washington, D.C.-based activist groups have launched the #DecrimPovertyDC campaign aimed at decriminalizing drug use. The #DecrimPovertyDC campaign, made up of a coalition of local organizations, including...

Faculty Contribute to Study on Internally Displaced Persons

Faculty Contribute to Study on Internally Displaced Persons

By Laetitia Haddad October 1, 2021

Georgetown University professors collaborated with a committee of the United Nations to produce the first-ever long-term study on internally displaced persons in Iraq.  The study analyzed 3,500...

GU Appoints New Interim Dean to Lead NHS

GU Appoints New Interim Dean to Lead NHS

By Laetitia Haddad September 24, 2021

Georgetown University’s School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) will have a new interim dean by the end of the month. John Monahan (CAS ’83, LAW ’87), who currently serves as a Georgetown...

WMATA Study Sparks Hope for New Georgetown Metro Station

WMATA Study Sparks Hope for New Georgetown Metro Station

By Laetitia Haddad September 16, 2021

The long-awaited Georgetown Metro station may finally become a reality after the results of a recent Washington, D.C. transportation study.  The results of the Blue/Orange/Silver Capacity and...

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