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Georgetown Visiting Professor Rabih Alameddine Wins National Book Award in Fiction

Alameddine, the Lannan Foundation Visiting Chair, received the prestigious award for his novel The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His).…

December 4, 2025

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Professor Yoshiko Mori Honored for Advancing Japanese Language and Culture Education in the U.S.

Mori received the Foreign Minister’s Commendation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, which honors individuals who have made significant contributions to promoting…

December 3, 2025

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Catholic Author Paul Elie Invites First Years to Grow in Their Faith

During Jesuit Heritage Month, learn about an Ignatius Seminar in which students discuss the future of Catholicism and compose collects, a form of a Christian.…

November 26, 2025

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After Experiencing Homelessness, This Alum Now Shepherds a DC Homeless Shelter

Dennis Dee (C’86, L’89) went from a successful career on Wall Street to sleeping on park benches. He found a safe haven at a DC shelter, which he now.…

November 25, 2025

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What I Learned From Bernie Sanders and Geoffrey Hinton’s Conversation on AI at Georgetown

Justin Higgins (C’28) reflects on hearing Bernie Sanders' conversation with Geoffrey Hinton on the future of.…

November 21, 2025

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How Space Shapes Human History and Why the Future May Be in Asteroids

An environmental historian unpacks potential cosmic threats and explains how humanity can use outer space to ease its impact on Earth's.…

November 20, 2025

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Vatican-Affiliated Scholars Join Students in Dialogue About the Virgin Mary

Mariology experts from the Pontifical International Marian Academy (PAMI), headquartered in the Vatican City, visited the College of Arts &.…

November 20, 2025

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Examining Hurricane Katrina’s Environmental Justice Legacy, 20 Years Later

The Katrina@20 Symposium explored the impacts of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans on memory, culture, history, the environment and social.…

November 20, 2025

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Fauci Reflects on Cura Personalis in Patient Care and Public Service at Kovach Lecture

This year's Edward M. Kovach Cura Personalis Endowed Lecture featured Anthony Fauci, MD (HON’90) in conversation with CBS News senior correspondent Norah O’Donnell (C’95,…

November 12, 2025

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In ‘Gardens of Hope,’ Yuki Kato Shows How Urban Gardens Grow Community and Change

Yuki Kato, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, followed roughly 50 growers in New Orleans who, between 2005 and 2015, turned empty lots and blighted land into…

November 12, 2025