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Volunteer Opportunities at Georgetown

As a Georgetown student, you’ll find that there’s a lot of focus on service and giving back to others. Guided by the Latin… Read More

High-Stakes Dialogue and Problem-Solving Draw New Pickering Fellow to Career in Foreign Service

Joey Fernandez (SFS’20), one of 30 recipients of the 2020 Pickering Fellowship, says his interest in high-stakes dialogue and problem-solving are part of what attracted him to pursue a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. Read More

Medical Students Strive to Reduce Opioid Deaths in DC

Jack Pollack (M’20), Mary-Kate Mekhail (M’20), Kaitlin O’Sullivan (M’20) and Erica Meninno (M’20) are teaching DC community members how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and safely intervene with the antidote naloxone, marketed as NARCAN. Read More

Illustration of the chemical formula for Naloxone, the antidote for opioid overdose

McCourt Students Use Data to Improve DC Housing Inspections

Students in the McCourt School of Public Policy use the city's data to develop an improved process for public housing inspections in Washington, DC. Read More

An illustration of little white houses in a circle with a magnifying glass focused on a red house in the circle.

New Civil Rights Title IX Investigator to Join Georgetown in February

Sarah Onori, who now serves as Northeastern University’s Title IX investigator, will begin working as Georgetown’s Title IX and civil rights investigator later this month. Read More

Former Ambassador Yovanovitch Receives 2020 Trainor Award

Marie Yovanovitch, who served as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Armenia, and the Kyrgyz Republic during the course of her 33-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, received an award this week from Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD). Read More

Marie Yovanovitch sits on a stage with her legs crossed in front of a Georgetown banner

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Celebrates 19th Amendment Centennial, Says More Work Remains

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who joined U.S. Appeals Court Judge M. Margaret McKeown (L’75) at Georgetown Law's 19th Amendment centennial celebration, and said we need to be engaged in ensuring equal rights and protections for U.S. women. Read More