Number of Applications for Class of 2017 Holds Steady
NEARLY 20,000 STUDENTS VYING for about 1,580 spots applied to Georgetown this year for the Class of 2017. The university admitted 3,293 students for an… Read More
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Former Basketball Coach John Thompson Jr. Helps Boys & Girls Club
John Thompson Jr., Georgetown’s head basketball coach emeritus, keeps a local Boys & Girls Club from closing with a gift of more than $40,000. Read More
Center to Drive Georgetown Discoveries in Cellular Reprogramming
The Georgetown University Medical Center has launched the collaborative Center for Cellular Reprogramming, designed to promote research and education on conditionally reprogrammed cells, which may revolutionize personalized medicine. Read More
This Year’s Holy Week at Georgetown Includes Mass and Music
Members of the university community celebrate Holy Week with music and services leading up to March 31, Easter Sunday. Read More
Equal Standards for Men, Women in Combat Crucial to Military Success
A Georgetown panel discussion on "The Changing Role of Women in the Military and as Veterans" Wednesday night included a first-person account from a graduate student who is also a U.S. Army sergeant. Read More
Historic Fundraising Campaign Reaches $1 Billion Milestone
A gift from a young alumna has helped Georgetown achieve a major milestone in its historic, 10-year fundraising campaign – reaching the $1 billion mark of the $1.5 billion goal. Read More
First Physical Evidence of Gulf War Illness Discovered in Veterans’ Brains
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Albright, Brzezinski, Polish Ambassador Pay Tribute to Jan Karski
A tribute to Jan Karski at Georgetown included personal recollections by Zbigniew Brzezinski, Madeleine K. Albright and former Jewish chaplain Harold S. White. Brzezinski says he was a teenager when the World War II Polish resistance fighter came to his house for dinner. Read More
Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘On Grace’ Touches on Politics, Forgiveness
Acclaimed actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith and cellist Joshua Roman culminate their residencies at Georgetown with a theatrical presentation and the launch of a laboratory on performance and politics. Read More
Underserved, Homeless D.C. Children to Receive Books From Drive
A Georgetown student is leading a Bring on the Books drive, which collects books in any language for Washington, D.C.'s youth in need through April 5. Read More