By Adhithi Rajesh, Deputy Science Editor
• September 19, 2025
Researchers in Georgetown University School of Medicine (SOM) professor Alejandro Villagra’s lab are continuing novel research into changes with aging in the biology of certain immune cells and their...
By Adhithi Rajesh, Deputy Science Editor
• September 5, 2025
Doctors in Guangzhou, China, transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human for the first time Aug. 25, highlighting the potential of xenotransplantation to transform medical care.
The...
By Pritika Patel, Academics Desk Editor
• April 26, 2025
Beginning in the fall semester, students in the Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences will have the option to declare a major in disability studies.
The major will build on the program’s...
By Ari Citrin, Student Life Desk Editor
• March 20, 2025
Georgetown University administrators divulged plans to mitigate the impacts of federal cuts to academic research funding through growing enrollment in master’s programs and seeking alternative funding...
Georgetown University secured the highest research classification from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, a framework that classifies research universities, for the 30th consecutive...
In a strongly worded email to community members Feb. 24, Interim President Robert M. Groves affirmed Georgetown University’s commitment to diversity, public service and freedom of speech amid government...
By Pritika Patel, Special to The Hoya
• November 1, 2024
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — a charity organization focused on global health, education and poverty alleviation — awarded $2.3 million to Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public...
By Song Lim, Graduate Desk Editor
• November 1, 2024
Jack Leslie (SFS ’76), professor of the practice in the Georgetown University School of Health (SOH), was named chair of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center Research Hospital Board...
By Dev Patel, Special to The Hoya
• October 18, 2024
Undergraduate physics students got a glimpse into the research conducted by professors, graduate students and fellow undergraduates at an open-invite research fair hosted by the Georgetown University physics...
By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
• September 19, 2024
Georgetown University awarded three associate professors the inaugural Magis Prize, which grants $100,000 to professors whose work has an important impact on their field and on students, the university...
By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
• April 24, 2024
A group of 15 Georgetown University undergraduate students participated in an April 23 research colloquium to present their findings on topics ranging from accessible nutrition education to stigma against...
Four juniors in the Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) received the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship in recognition of their accomplishments in scientific and mathematical research.
The...
