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McCourt’s Scholars Program for Veterans to Expand after $200,000 Donation

McCourt’s Scholars Program for Veterans to Expand after $200,000 Donation

By Samantha Sinutko February 3, 2022

A $200,000 donation to the McCourt School of Public Policy’s scholarship program will help expand the program to support nine military-connected students. Craig Newmark Philanthropies (CNP), a non-profit...

GU Technology and Society Initiative Receives $10.5 Million Gift for Endowed Scholarship

GU Technology and Society Initiative Receives $10.5 Million Gift for Endowed Scholarship

By Samantha Sinutko February 3, 2022

The Georgetown University Technology and Society Initiative, which supports the intersection of government, ethics and technology, received a $10.5 million gift from a graduate and her husband. The...

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Interdisciplinary Program To Launch in 2022 for Biomedical Science Graduate Students

By Samantha Sinutko February 3, 2022

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Georgetown University a grant that will launch an interdisciplinary training program for biomedical science graduate students Feb. 1.  The program,...

Teach-In Reflects on MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech

Teach-In Reflects on MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech

By Samantha Sinutko January 28, 2022

Georgetown students, faculty and other community members gathered at the recent Teach the Speech virtual teach-in to reflect on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech. The teach-in...

GAGE Launches Bargaining Survey Before Second Contract Negotiations

GAGE Launches Bargaining Survey Before Second Contract Negotiations

By Samantha Sinutko January 20, 2022

The Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees (GAGE) launched a survey of its members to gather feedback about priorities for the union’s second contract, which they can begin negotiating with the administration...

SCS Launches New Master’s Program in Strategic Digital Transformation

SCS Launches New Master’s Program in Strategic Digital Transformation

By Samantha Sinutko December 3, 2021

Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies (SCS) announced Nov. 15 it will launch a master’s program in strategic digital transformation (SDT) starting in the fall 2022 semester. The...

SCS Students Voted in Favor of GradGov Referendum to Fully Incorporate the School into the Student Government

SCS Students Voted in Favor of GradGov Referendum to Fully Incorporate the School into the Student Government

By Campus News Editor December 3, 2021

Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies (SCS) students voted in favor of completing the transition toward fully incorporating the school into the university’s student government bodies. The...

MSB Admits More Women, Underrepresented Minority Students to Programs

MSB Admits More Women, Underrepresented Minority Students to Programs

By Samantha Sinutko October 8, 2021

The Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (MSB) announced that the MSB Class of 2025 featured increased gender and racial diversity compared to previous years in both graduate and undergraduate...

Lack of Virtual Class Options Bars Access, Students Say

Lack of Virtual Class Options Bars Access, Students Say

By Samantha Sinutko and Nicolas Bocock October 7, 2021

Students are voicing accessibility concerns following an email to community members stating that professors will not be required to provide virtual attendance options for class.  Rohan Williamson,...

GU Prison Scholars Resume In-Person Classes at DC Jail

GU Prison Scholars Resume In-Person Classes at DC Jail

By Maya Cacenco and Samantha Sinutko October 1, 2021

The Georgetown University Prison Scholars program gathered in the D.C. Central Detention Facility for their first in-person classes since 2020. The program has been virtual since March 2020 because...

Biden Nominates McCourt Professor for World Bank

Biden Nominates McCourt Professor for World Bank

By Samantha Sinutko September 10, 2021

President Joe Biden has nominated Georgetown University professor Adriana Kugler as the U.S. executive director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Kugler is a professor of...

Georgetown School of Medicine Celebrates ‘Most Diverse Incoming Class’ in Its History

Georgetown School of Medicine Celebrates ‘Most Diverse Incoming Class’ in Its History

By Samantha Sinutko September 10, 2021

The Georgetown University School of Medicine welcomed its Class of 2025, which it is calling the most diverse class in the school’s history. The School of Medicine received nearly 18,000 applications...

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