Obama, Biden Do Lunch at Dog Tag Bakery

July 30, 2018

The casually dressed duo greeted some of the Dog Tag fellows, who are learning about baking and cooking and how to run a business at the nonprofit bakery.

Warrior-Scholar Project Provides Education for Veterans

June 12, 2018

America is always looking for ways to help its military veterans — and education can provide one of the best. The Warrior-Scholar Project, headquartered in Washington, D.C., gives active veterans […]

GU Commencement Speakers Announced

May 17, 2018

Among the eight speakers will be Luci Baines Johnson, at the School of Nursing ceremony, and António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the School of Foreign Service ceremony.

GU Grad Students Can Hold Union Vote

April 18, 2018

By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney Georgetown University administrators agreed April 2 that graduate students who are teaching and research assistants on campus will be allowed to vote this spring […]

G.U. Discusses Utility Upgrade in Time for Earth Day

April 16, 2018

In 2014, Georgetown University did what few other institutions and countries throughout the world were able to accomplish: It reached its goal to reduce its carbon footprint by at least […]

Georgetown U. Panel Reflects on School Shootings

March 26, 2018

Moderated by Mo Elleithee, executive director of the university’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, the panel included current student Sarah Clements, whose mother, a teacher, survived the Sandy Hook shooting.

Heads Up: Parking at ANC, Bring Back Johnson’s, GU Hospital Work

February 26, 2018

Two important meetings tonight, Monday, Feb. 26: ANC 2E at Georgetown Visitation (parking is on the agenda) and an American University town hall (with an appeal to save Johnson’s Garden Center). Starting Wednesday: site prep for Medstar’s new surgical pavilion.

Town Topics Feb. 21, 2018

February 21, 2018

By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney Deputy Mayor for Education Resigns, Chancellor Follows Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles resigned Feb. 16. Four days later, at close of business on Tuesday, […]

Hillary Clinton: Back at the Hilltop

February 5, 2018

Clinton was at Georgetown University to present awards to former ISIS prisoner Nadia Murad, Rohingya advocate for peace in Myanmar Wai Wai Nu and BBC international correspondent Lyse Doucet.

Town-Gown Link: GU’s Office of Neighborhood Life

January 24, 2018

It is intentional that Georgetown University’s Office of Neighborhood Life sits “outside the gates” at 36th and N Streets, says Cory Peterson, director since 2013 of the office, which was […]