A new academic track equips School of Medicine students with leadership training, experiential learning and immersive coaching in diversity, equity and inclusion.
Alejandro Werner, the former director of the Western Hemisphere Department at the International Monetary Fund, will spearhead a new institute that addresses key challenges in Latin America and the hemisphere.
New Georgetown research reveals slowing rates of progress for women worldwide, with Norway ranked No. 1 and Afghanistan last on the 2021 Women, Peace and Security Index.
danah boyd, a researcher at Microsoft Research who studies technology and society, has joined Georgetown as a visiting distinguished professor, accelerating a university initiative on technology, ethics, governance and policy.
The study by Georgetown Medical Center and MedStar National Rehabilitation Network researchers found some benefit for intensive rehabilitation at less than 30 days, but no significant benefit after six months.
McCourt’s Amy O’Hara and Georgetown Law’s Tanina Rostain are working with Amazon Web Services on the Civil Justice Data Commons, a repository of court data for researchers and judicial institutions.
Faculty, student and alumni researchers in Georgetown’s Happiness Lab found online interactions with close ties predicted positive effects — but online interactions with strangers are associated with lower connectedness.
The findings, published in Nature Human Behavior, show that key brain functions that underlie critical aspects of cognition like memory, decision making and self-control can actually improve in older individuals.
Paul Tagliabue (C’62), former NFL commissioner and a treasured Georgetown supporter, was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, during the NFL’s Centennial Celebration.
In a paper published in Science Advances, physics professor Emanuela Del Gado and post-doctoral researcher Abhay Goyal study the cohesive strength of cement in the hopes of creating greener infrastructure.
