News Archive

Major International Development Forum Takes Place at Georgetown
June 15, 2012
A host of world and business leaders, academics and U.S. government officials were those among attending a conference at Georgetown hosted by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
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Hillary Clinton, Ben Affleck Help Launch Child Survival Conference
June 14, 2012
The U.S. Secretary of State and the prominent actor/director help kick off the multinational collaborative forum that aims to reduce child mortality rates by 2035.
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Theater, Diplomacy Conference to Include Iraqi Faculty and Student Residency
June 8, 2012
Theater artists, policymakers, government officials, activists, cultural leaders, educators, journalists and scholars from around the world will convene at Georgetown June 14-16 for a conference on global performance and diplomacy.
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Campus Plan Agreement Reached Between GU, Community, D.C. Government
June 6, 2012
Georgetown University, community leaders and District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray announce an agreement on the university's Campus Plan.
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Daughter of Vietnamese Immigrants Creates Program in Mongolia
June 4, 2012
Recent Georgetown graduate Nhaca Le created a program that teaches English to people in rural Mongolia
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Average Priest Age Now Nearly 20 Years Older Than 1970
June 1, 2012
The American priest is on average two decades older now than in recent years, but he has higher morale, according to a new book by researchers at the Georgetown-affiliated Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
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Career Center Being Renamed for Longtime Georgetown Supporter
May 31, 2012
Georgetown plans to formally rename the university's career center in honor of Charles M. Cawley (C'62) at a June 2 dedication ceremony.
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Obama Awards Albright, Karski Presidential Medal of Freedom
May 30, 2012
Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, and Jan Karski, the late Georgetown professor who brought the first reports of the Holocaust to Allied leaders, are presented with Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Alumna Brings Comfort to Homeless Children in Shelters
May 30, 2012
Kendra Stitt Robins gave up her job in corporate law to start Project Night Night, a non-profit that delivers blankets, books and stuffed animals to more than 25,000 homeless children a year.
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Student Helps Protect Children from Gangs in Jamaica
May 29, 2012
Khadijah Brydson (C'14) launched Emerging from Lo Debar, Inc., in 2009 to protect children in the Jamaican town of Savanna-la-Mar from gangs.
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