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.
Georgetown’s main campus houses six schools that offer an array of intellectually rigorous programs designed to guide our undergraduate and graduate students toward their academic and professional goals. Our degrees include the arts and sciences, international relations, business administration, public policy, specialized certificates and continuing education programs, and executive education.
Former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright joined Amb. Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of @georgetown_wps (GIWPS), for a virtual conversation marking 25 years since the historic 4th UN World Conference on Women in Beijing
Every Hoya can help stop the spread of #COVID19. Learn more about our #EveryHoya campaign by visiting: www.georgetown.edu/everyhoya/
@Farmlinkproject, a grassroots charity that connects farms with surplus produce and food banks with food shortages, has already delivered over 9 million pounds of produce and served over 7.5 million meals.
Henry Richardson and Collaborators Advance Discussion of the Ethics of Global Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines
September 10th, 2020
KIE Senior Research Scholar Henry S. Richardson partnered with a global group of experts in co-authoring a new paper in Scie…
Georgetown Humanities Initiative Promotes Collaboration and Community
August 25th, 2020
The Georgetown Humanities Initiative was conceived by the College as a way to foster collaborative projects across departments and schools that …
Fighting for Justice: Three College Alumni Create Positive Community Change
August 3rd, 2020
Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash July 30, 2020 Three social justice activists who began engaging in community advocacy during their time at …
Three Georgetown Students Help Bridge the Gap Between Food Insecurity and Waste
July 24th, 2020
In 2018, an estimated 37 million Americans were food insecure, including more than 11 million children, according to the United States …
Discerning What’s Worth Keeping
September 16th, 2020
All of us are living lives unplanned by us. Those of us in universities are conducting our scholarly and educational activities in new ways. The faculty, students, and staff are largely working from home. Some aspects of this new life are totally undesirable. The sense of isolation felt by those separated from their co-workers, the […]
Community in Virtual Space
September 10th, 2020
Georgetown, like most universities in the US, is currently delivering its educational mission largely through faculty and students using internet-based platforms. Canvas and Zoom, supplemented with various social media tools, have replaced face-to-face class meetings and in-person faculty office hours. There are currently no face-to-face ongoing class meetings at Georgetown. Returning students, those who experienced […]
A History of Georgetown
September 2nd, 2020
Our Georgetown colleague, Paul O’Neill, and co-author, Bennie Smith, have just published a new history of Georgetown University in the Campus History Series of Arcadia Publishing (www.arcadiapublishing.com). It is a much shorter and more accessible history than the three-volume set written by Emmett Curran some years ago; it is only 143 pages in length with […]
Staff and Faculty Preparation for Fall 2020
August 27th, 2020
In reaction to the spread of COVID-19, universities throughout the world are grappling with delivering their educational mission, while keeping faculty, staff, and students safe. Across the United States, there is a vast mix of fully remote learning, a variety of hybrid designs, and traditional in-person teaching. Further, because of the uncertainty in the course […]
