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Board of Directors Approves New Undergrad Public Policy Degree in Winter Meeting
At the February meeting, the board greenlighted the university’s first undergraduate degree in public policy. The joint degree between the College of Arts & Sciences and the McCourt School of Public Policy will be offered starting fall 2023.
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Norah O’Donnell and Geoff Tracy’s Love Story at Georgetown
CBS Anchor Norah O’Donnell met her husband, Chef Geoff Tracy, in the cafeteria at Georgetown. On Valentine’s Day, learn about their love story and the secret to their 21-year marriage
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Georgetown Named No. 1 Producer of Fulbright Student Scholars in the U.S.
Georgetown students and alumni won the highest number of Fulbright scholarships out of any other college or university in the U.S. for the 2022-2023 academic year
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Georgetown’s First VP for Interdisciplinary Initiatives to Promote Collaboration for the Common Good
Soyica Colbert, former interim dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, is the newly-appointed vice president for interdisciplinary initiatives reporting to the provost
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Howard and Georgetown Universities To Launch Joint Medical Humanities Center Funded by Mellon Foundation Grant
The Mellon Foundation has awarded a 3.5 year, $3 million grant to support a collaboration between Georgetown University and Howard University in the establishment of a center for medical humanities.
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Georgetown Alumna and Pandemic Policy Researcher Wins 2023 Rhodes Scholarship
Isabella Turilli, a member of the GU Biology research community who is working to transform global health diplomacy, has won the 2023 Rhodes Scholarship — the oldest and most competitive international scholarship.
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The Results Are In: Student-Led Initiative Helps Get Out the Vote
At 11:00 a.m. on election day, Alex Grass (C’24) will walk with students from the John Carroll statue on main campus to a nearby school to vote. Grass, who’s on the leadership team of GU Votes, a student-run initiative to encourage voter participation at Georgetown, is hoping that this year, students will cast their ballots in just as high numbers as they did in 2020, a banner year for voter turnout at the university.
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Hispanic, Latino, Latinx or Latine? 2 Professors Share Their Own Preferences
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month and Latine culture and communities, we asked two professors to weigh in on the history, complexity and cultural significance of the identity terms they use to describe themselves and their communities.
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Georgetown Mourns Beloved Jesuit Professor, Renowned Historian John O’Malley, S.J.
Georgetown mourns the loss of Rev. John O’Malley, S.J., a leading Jesuit scholar and historian who shaped the fields of Catholic Church history and Jesuit studies, and a beloved mentor, friend and professor at the university.
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Georgetown Named Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Student Awardees
Georgetown University is the second highest producer of U.S. Fulbright Student Program awardees for 2021-2022, the U.S. Department of State announced on February 28.
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