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Georgetown University Women Coders held a programming event to provide women with more exposure to computer science fields.

Coding Party Promotes Computer Science

By Tait Ryssdal January 27, 2017

The Georgetown University Women Coders, also known as guWeCode, launched the second annual Coding Party in the Healey Family Student Center on Jan. 18 to promote more women to engage and participate...

VIEWPOINT: Sparking Innovation with NASA Funding

By Grace Maglieri October 18, 2016

President Barack Obama recently unveiled his vision for the future of spaceflight missions, setting the standard for decades of research and establishing a goal of putting humans on Mars by 2030. Yet many...

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Apple released the iPhone 7 and its accompanying Apple Air headphones last week, sparking debate both on the Georgetown University campus and around the world about the products.

Apple Releases iPhone 7 to Mixed Reviews

By Sarah Fisher September 16, 2016

Last week, Apple released the long-awaited iPhone 7, marketed as an enhanced model with numerous hardware improvements. However, the iPhone user community, including users at Georgetown University,...

SUN: An Inside Outsider

By Zoe Sun July 25, 2016

Coming back to China for the summer is – to borrow a term that my boarding school friends used to describe the same feeling – a “magic realism” experience. Tingles of unfamiliarity have bitten...

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OWN IT 2016: Future of Science & Technology

By Léa Nicolas April 12, 2016

United States Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith and Deputy Administrator of NASA Dava Newman pushed for a greater appreciation of women in science, technology, engineering and math fields during...

COURTESY AFRICA BUSINESS CONFERENCE TEAM
John Vitalo, the Chief Executive Officer of financial services holding company Atlas Mara, ended the Africa Business conference with his closing remarks regarding Africa's population growth, which he believes will position the continent for rapid economic development in coming decades.

Conference Addresses African Business Potential

By Lisa Burgoa February 12, 2016

Over 300 people from countries as far as Haiti, Nigeria and Uganda flocked to the Rafik B. Hariri Building on Feb. 6 for the inaugural Georgetown Africa Business Conference. Hosted by Georgetown’s...

MANDAL: How Healthy Is Privacy?

By Ayan Mandal February 9, 2016

The Google Life Sciences Division is up to something powerful and concerning. A newly independent sector of the transformed Alphabet, a multinational conglomerate and Google’s parent company, Google...

What We Learned From Instructional Continuity

What We Learned From Instructional Continuity

By Maddie Schwartz and Maddie Schwartz February 8, 2016

Just last week, many of us thought that Georgetown snow days would be filled with sledding, hot cocoa and even a snowball fight with Father O’Brien himself. But Georgetown had a special surprise for...

Blended Classroom Advances Education

By Jessie Yu January 29, 2016

The McDonough School of Business’ Master of Science in Finance, which originated as an entirely online program, implemented a new "blended classroom" technology on Oct. 1, 2015 that allows students to...

Startup Educates Vets for Jobs in Tech

By Syed Humza Moinuddin November 13, 2015

After transitioning out of the U.S. Navy in 2012, Justin Ossola (GRD ’13) knew his next step. He dreamed of going into high-tech sales and working for technology giants such as Google, Microsoft Corp....

MCLAUGHLIN: Selfie Incident Shows Shrinking Attention Span

MCLAUGHLIN: Selfie Incident Shows Shrinking Attention Span

By Jimmy McLaughlin October 6, 2015

For those of you who follow a sports news outlet on social media, it was nearly impossible to miss the viral video of a group of Arizona State University sorority girls at an Arizona Diamondbacks game...

SHETTY & TRIVEDI: Bridging Technology and the Public Sector

SHETTY & TRIVEDI: Bridging Technology and the Public Sector

By Naman Trivedi and Rohan Shetty October 6, 2015

"The artificial barrier that has kept the technology industry and the public sector separated on different evolutionary paths is porous right now, and if enough people cross over, it can be destroyed.”...

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