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The Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative welcomed two new program associates to the team, both returning citizens committed to criminal justice reform.Colie “Shaka” Long and Arlando “Tray” Jones III joined the PJI staff less than a…

In 2020, the DC Department of Health reported 411 overdose deaths from opioids, nearly twice as many as in 2018. As the number of deaths attributed to opioid overdoses grows in the District, a team of medical students is determined to…

Before taking part in the White Coat Ceremony, a tradition that officially marks the start of their medical education at Georgetown, incoming School of Medicine students first learned about racism and medicine through their required…

Michael Brown (B’94), general partner at Battery Ventures and previous chair of the National Venture Capital Association, has built a career backing businesses that solve intractable challenges.“I firmly believe in focusing on investing…

Georgetown strongly supports new federal regulation issued by the Department of Homeland Security that strengthens the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a policy that has temporarily protected more than 800,000 young…

Offering intensive, weekly telephone-based cessation counseling along with nicotine replacement for people who smoke and who were undergoing screening for lung cancer resulted in over a twofold greater cigarette quit rate compared to…

Georgetown University has filed an amicus brief with 56 Catholic colleges and universities urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action in admissions in two upcoming cases that challenge its 40-year legal precedent.The…

In June, Georgetown hosted its first ever Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute, a program that offers training, support and resources for undergraduates from historically underrepresented populations who are considering applying…

In an effort to reduce tax evasion, the Government of Rwanda enacted legislation mandating that all retailers use electronic billing machines (EBMs), or cash registers connected to the internet. The EMBs ensured that transaction data from…

The National Science Foundation has awarded Georgetown University $12.5 million to lead a global team of scientists in establishing a collaborative institute designed to advance research and education around viral emergence — the process…