Georgetown partners with the District of Columbia and two area universities to create a network as part of the White House's Smart Cities Initiative, which is designed to help local communities face challenges such as traffic congestion and crime, manage the effects of climate change and improve the delivery of city services. Read More
King Felipe VI (G'95) and Queen Letizia of Spain's four-day U.S. visit brings them to Georgetown, where the alumnus addresses the opening of the Joint Meeting of Spanish Scientists in the United States. Read More
Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, who previously taught at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service (SFS), returns as a Distinguished Executive-in-Residence at Georgetown. Read More
A $1 million gift from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation will support corporate responsibility programming and the work of two fellowships, one in Georgetown’s Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) and the other in the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS). Read More
Students and faculty and staff advisors explore how to make the Georgetown campus more sustainable during an all-day workshop sponsored by the university’s student association, the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, and the Office of Sustainability. Read More
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution David Skorton and molecular physiologist Robin Davisson join the Georgetown community – Skorton as a Distinguished Professor and Davisson as a research track faculty member at Georgetown University Medical Center. Read More
Pope Francis’ first Mass in the United States on Sept. 23 will include an iron cross provided by Georgetown that historians believe came over to Maryland from England with the first settlers in 1634. Read More
Georgetown researchers find that a biomarker that declines when Alzheimer's disease progresses was stabilized in people who took a purified form of a compound found in red grapes, raspberries, dark chocolate and some red wines. Read More
The university meets its $1.5 billion campaign goal to support student scholarships, faculty research, the campus community experience and new academic initiatives 10 months early, but the campaign continues. Read More
Georgetown's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life gathers academic and labor leaders to discuss the economic pressures affecting American families as the nation prepares for the first U.S. visit of Pope Francis. Read More