The McCourt School of Public Policy conferred its first Janet Reno Women’s Leadership Award upon Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, during a ceremony today at the school’s 2017 LEAD Conference. Read More
Law Center professors Laura Donohue and Alan Cohn open their fast-paced National Security Crisis Law Simulation class to Canadian national security lawyers and students from the University of Ottawa and Osgoode Hall law schools. Read More
Patrick Ewing (C’85), formally announced as Georgetown’s head men’s basketball coach at a press conference today, tells reporters that if it had been any other university he never would have left the NBA. Read More
Heidi Elmendorf, an associate professor of biology at Georgetown, is named one of three finalists for the Cherry Award, one of the few national teaching awards for higher education in the country. Read More
Patrick Ewing (C'85) is named Georgetown's new head men's basketball coach, returning to Georgetown after serving for 15 years as an assistant head coach in the NBA. Read More
A Sesame Workshop initiative that includes a new Muppet called Julia invokes “remarkably positive changes” for parents of children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to preliminary study results released today by Georgetown’s Bruno Anthony. Read More
Community formation does not universally protect animal populations from infectious disease outbreaks, according to a study published today by Georgetown biology professor Shweta Bansal and her research team in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read More
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the important roles women can play in peace-building efforts and presents awards to Colombian peace agreement leaders during a ceremony hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Read More
Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Papal Nuncio to the United States, joins a panel discussion on Pope Francis’ message to leaders of the United States and members of the Catholic Church as part of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life's Francis Factor series. Read More
A university delegation accepts an invitation to visit the United Nations to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade as Georgetown explores its own historical relationship to slavery. Read More
