Georgetown Announces Summer Hilltop Immersion Program
March 2nd, 2021
The Georgetown University Summer Hilltop Immersion Program (SHIP) will be offered during Summer 2021 for students admitted during the 2020-2021 acade…
Messages to the Community from the Office of the Provost:
Georgetown continues to monitor the COVID-19 situation and respond in support of the university community. For more information regarding the evolving situation please visit the Georgetown University Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center.
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Featured News
Announcing the Georgetown School of Nursing (GSN) and the Georgetown School of Health (GSH)
As an expansion of our commitment, today, we are announcing a plan to launch two new schools focused on health: The Georgetown School of Nursing (GSN) and the Georgetown School of Health (GSH).
Georgetown student-veterans tell their stories
Meet six McDonough graduate students who tell us about their life as student-veterans and how they journeyed from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force to the Hilltop.
2020 Vicennial Medalists
Georgetown faculty and academic administrators offer their reflections on 20 years of service at Georgetown.
Latest News
Georgetown Launches Racial Justice Institute With Multidisciplinary Leadership
February 24th, 2021
February 22, 2021 Georgetown announced today the establishment of a new Racial Justice Institute (RJI) and the hire of three faculty members in th…
McCourt School and Howard University Sign a Memorandum of Understanding, Launch Scholar Program
February 4th, 2021
January 29, 2021 Agreement Launches the Howard Scholar Program, a Full Tuition Scholarship to the McCourt School of Public Policy Georgetown Un…
Linguistics Professor Wins Award for Social Justice for Her Work to Make Spanish Courses More Inclusive
January 29th, 2021
January 25, 2021 Cristina Sanz, professor of linguistics in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, was awarded the AAUSC Innovation in L…
Provost’s Blog
Truths and Untruths; Shared and Unshared
March 4th, 2021
Much of public (and private) discourse these days concerns the communication of information and disinformation, on one hand, and the discernment of what information has a factual basis, on the other. With fabrication of textual information and “deep fakes” for video presentations, the suspension of belief is a growing requisite. I’ve posted about this some […]
What to Keep from the COVID Pandemic
February 25th, 2021
As horrible as the past few months have been for the world, there are lessons that should be retained as we move forward into a time that is less dominated by a global pandemic. The pandemic taught us about inequities in access to health care, variation in susceptibility to environmental crises, disparities in access to […]
Coping with Disrupted Social Support During COVID
February 18th, 2021
In the late 1970’s social psychology and epidemiology were bridged with a set of interdisciplinary studies that produce convincing scientific evidence that social support can promote good mental and physical health and ameliorate the healing process. Families, friends, counselors, coaches, even work acquaintances appear to be important for our well-being. That work led to ubiquitous […]
Honoring Excellence that Comes from Longevity
February 11th, 2021
Universities make their contribution to societies in multiple ways. They educate the next generation, in effect, producing the leaders of the society over decades. Through their scholarship and research, they continually redefine the key questions within every academic field, motivated by new influences from the world. They discover new knowledge, they articulate new theories, they […]