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OWN IT 2017 Sneak Peek

OWN IT 2017 Sneak Peek

By Maddie Schwartz and Maddie Schwartz March 12, 2017

The OWN IT Summit will be on March 18th with main stage speakers in Gaston Hall, breakout sessions around campus and a marketplace in HSFC. Do you find yourself asking what exactly is OWN IT? Well, here...

The Beauty in x, y, z

By Duy Mai February 5, 2015

I am not a mathematician, but I have always been in awe of math. In 1994, John F. Nash Jr. received the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences for his doctoral dissertation about “non-cooperative...

Scores Rise for Hispanic Students

By Natalie LaRue November 18, 2014

Hispanic students have made significant strides toward increasing the average scores on national math tests over the course of the last decade, with public school students in cities including Washington,...

Achievement Over Aptitude

By The Editorial Board March 21, 2014

For many current Georgetown students, the SAT will be remembered as 2,400 points of anxiety, pressure and competition. After this month’s changes to the structure of the SAT, these feelings will be at...

The Drinks You Should Study With

The Drinks You Should Study With

By Julia Kieserman and Julia Kieserman December 12, 2013

FINALS. You are desperately searching for any source of caffeine like a dying man in a desert searching for a drop of water, and you're utterly convinced it is the key to all of your success in school...

New SCS Master’s Degree First With STEM Focus

By Kayla Cross September 24, 2013

One month after opening a larger downtown space, the School of Continuing Studies announced a new master’s program in systems engineering management — its first course of study in a “STEM” discipline. The...

Visas Could Go to STEM Graduates

By Hiromi Oka December 7, 2012

The House of Representatives passed a bill Nov. 30 that would grant green cards to graduates of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM, masters and doctorate programs. The...

Do the Math to Find Beauty

By Stacy Taber January 27, 2011

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? Well, according to the Discovery Channel documentary "The Science of Sex Appeal," it's not. Science has found a few universal "sexy" qualities that are guaranteed...

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