Archive: News Story

• ‘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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• Celebrating Interdisciplinary Collaboration Among Faculty at Georgetown

  Bill ('92) and Karen Sonneborn, donors for the Provost Innovation in Teaching Award and the Sonneborn Interdisciplinary Chairs, recently visited to meet with Provost Robert M. Groves and with the

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• 2024 Distinguished Associate Professors

  The Provost Office is pleased to announce the 2024 Distinguished Associate Professors: Francesco D’Acunto is Associate Professor in the McDonough School of Business, in the Finance Area. 

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• Georgetown Named the No. 1 Producer of Fulbright Student Awardees for the Second Year in a Row in 2023-2024

  For the second year in a row, Georgetown students and alumni won the highest number of Fulbright scholarships out of any other U.S. college and university for the 2023-2024 academic year. The achi

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• Knight–Georgetown Institute Appoints Alissa Cooper as Inaugural Executive Director

  Georgetown and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have appointed Alissa Cooper as the inaugural executive director of the Knight–Georgetown Institute (KGI), a new hub dedicated to fostering m

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• Georgetown Launches Undergraduate Degree on the Environment and Sustainability

  Georgetown has launched its first degree program for undergraduate students interested in studying the environment and sustainability. Starting in spring 2024, first-year students and sophomores c

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