What if I were to tell you that, as of Summer 2013 (just one short month away!!!), your brand-spanking-new iPhone 5 will be outdated. You know, the one that was the envy of your friends and the enemy...
Amid grumbles that Georgetown has been slow to utilize 21st-century technology, the university has ramped up efforts to maximize use of social media in the past year.
In March 2012, the Office of...
From the moment he arrived on the Hilltop this fall, University Provost Robert Groves has been fixated on correcting Georgetown’s technology shortcomings. Christmas came early Tuesday for Groves’ pet...
One of the core values that shapes the work that takes place here at Georgetown is a commitment to doing more, being more and always looking for new ways to improve. The concept of magis informs the...
Last week, six students graduated from Georgetown’s first-ever online-only offering, a master’s nursing program that lets participants take classes through video chats and submit assignments over the...
In response to student comments on the university-wide forum IdeaScale, the administration is in the process of assessing Blackboard’s usefulness and discussing how to improve the online resource.
According...
The Information Technology Executive Steering Committee, a newly established group chaired by Chief Information Officer Lisa Davis, will seek to establish priorities for the development of new information...
GUSA and university administrators are in the process of addressing some of the 120 recommendations that have been made on Georgetown’s IdeaScale, an online forum for student feedback.
Launched...
With a mobile phone application set to go live Thursday and the university’s inaugural Innovation Summit planned for this week, Georgetown is attempting to speed up its slow crawl into the 21st century.
The...
Increased vulnerability is not an acceptable price for a community to pay for renovations.
During spring break, the university began updating the machines that scan GOCards, which are required for...
Lisa Davis, the university's new Chief Information Officer, hopes to use her extensive career experience to change the way students interact with technology.
After serving 23 years with the Department...
We are our own unique generation. In fact, we are a generation that's at the crux of changing technology and social patterns. But more than anything else, we are a generation distracted.
We are so distracted...
