Lauren Cosgrove
“Ghana was never on my list of top travel destinations, but after spending a week in the capital city of Accra for my Global… Read More
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New Tech and Society Initiative will Support Government Digital Transformation
A new Digital Service Collaborative launched last week at Georgetown’s Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation to cultivate a community of practice for government practitioners to share and scale efforts to digitize and transform governments. Read More
Poor in Rural India Prefer Public Health Services to Cash Transfers
A study by two Georgetown professors and a World Bank senior economist shows that residents of rural Bihar, India, prefer public health services and infrastructure improvements to direct cash transfers. Read More
Georgetown Law Names Campus Green Space After Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
Georgetown Law dedicates its “Tower Green” campus space to Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a trailblazing civil rights activist and longtime faculty member at the university. Read More
Marcia Chatelain to Use Carnegie Fellowship For Book on First-Generation Students
Georgetown College history and African American studies professor Marcia Chatelain will use her 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship toward her next book, The Scholarship Kid: A Social History of Higher Education and Inequality in America. Read More
Rugby Organization for Libyan Youth Created by Grad Student
Mohamed Almenfi (G'20) co-founds a rugby organization for youth in Libya. Read More
On-Demand, Ride-Hail Drivers Face Debt, Danger, Says Study Recommending DC Action
Ride-hail platform drivers in the region face financial debt, threats from customers, constantly changing rules that make calculating their earnings nearly impossible, and work hours that may make them a public safety hazard, according to a new Georgetown study. Read More
Technology and Nature Focus of Government Major’s Research
Micah Musser (C’19), a government major in Georgetown College, examines the relationship between nature and technological development. He hopes to one day pursue a career in academia. Read More
Emancipation Day Celebrations Include Historical Documentation, Slavery Narratives
Georgetown observes Washington, DC’s Emancipation Day through a series of events focusing on the importance of historical documentation and reclaiming narratives surrounding the Civil War and slavery in America. Read More
Students Share Projects at Undergraduate Research Conference
More than 70 undergraduates in the health sciences share their research projects at the Undergraduate Research Conference, planned annually by the Department of Human Science at the School of Nursing & Health Studies. Read More