Archive: News Story

• Georgetown Names Soyica Diggs Colbert as Interim Provost

  Georgetown has named Soyica Diggs Colbert (C’01), the university’s vice president for interdisciplinary initiatives, as interim provost.  As the chief academic officer at Georgetown, Colbert will

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• Georgetown Faculty Director Uwe Brandes Receives Glenn Brown Award for Advancing Architecture’s Role in Society

  From left to right: Will Teass, AIA, President of AIA|DC; Uwe Brandes, Faculty Director of the Master’s in Urban & Regional Planning program; and Gina Volpicelli, AIA, Chair of the Washington Archite

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• Annual Provost Awards Ceremony & Reception

  Provost Robert M. Groves hosted the annual Provost Awards Ceremony and Reception on October 28, 2024. The evening started with congratulatory remarks by William Sonneborn (B’92) followed by the p

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• Georgetown Opens New Hub for the Humanities on Hilltop Campus

  The humanities have a new home on the Hilltop.  On Oct. 25, Georgetown celebrated the opening of a dedicated space for the Georgetown Humanities Initiative, a university-wide project that aims to

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• What’s New on Georgetown’s Hilltop and Capitol Campuses

  Georgetown has been abuzz this past summer with construction projects both on its Hilltop and Capitol Campuses.  The university achieved milestones, like unveiling a brand new home for the McCourt

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• ‘Welcome To Your New Home’: New Students Become Hoyas for the First Time

  On a sunny morning in August, 1,600 new students processed onto Copley Lawn, just as generations of Hoyas had before them. It was the first time the classmates gathered together as the Class of 20

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• McCourt School hosts the nation’s largest bipartisan convening of young state legislators

  Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Kara Swisher, David Greene, Frank McCourt and Tammy Haddad were among the prominent leaders and practitioners who participated in Future Summit 2024. The McCourt Scho

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• Pharmacology & Physiology Student is Georgetown’s First HHMI Gilliam Fellow

  In July 2024, Pharmacology & Physiology doctoral student Lindsey Russ became Georgetown University’s first recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellowship, which “i

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• A Neuroscientist, Historian and Social Cognitive Scientist Receive 2024 Harold N. Glassman Distinguished Dissertation Award

  Three former doctoral students were honored on Thursday, May 16, with the prestigious Harold N. Glassman Distinguished Dissertation Award at the Graduate School’s 2024 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. The

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• Business alumnus makes historic gift to establish international undergraduate scholarship

  Seeking to smooth the path for international undergraduate students following in his footsteps at Georgetown, Bruno J. Mejean (B’74) and his wife, Martina Hund-Mejean, have established the Bruno

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