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Nov 02, 2009	Georgetown to Offer New Joint Master's in Global History with King’s College London Beginning fall 2010, Georgetown University's history department will offer a master of arts in global history, jointly with the history department at King's College in London.
Oct 30, 2009	Survey of State Health Departments Underscores Gaps in Foodborne Illness Response A survey of state health departments regarding their capacity to track produce-related foodborne illnesses found that the response and investigation of outbreaks varies greatly and can lead to delays in public health response.
Oct 20, 2009	Georgetown University Appoints New General Counsel Georgetown University today announced that Stephanie Tsacoumis has been appointed Vice President and General Counsel, effective November 2.
Sep 17, 2009	CBS News Journalist to Head Georgetown's Journalism Master's Program Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies today announced the appointment of veteran Washington journalist Denise Li as associate dean for the Master's of Professional Studies Journalism Program.
Sep 15, 2009	Perry Guevara Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University alumnus Perry Guevara (G’09), of Birmingham, Ala., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award for an English Teaching Assistantship in Spain.
Sep 14, 2009	Alex Schank Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University alumnus Alex Schank (C’08), of Edgewater Park, N.J., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Jordan where he will research historical portrayals of the Arab Renaissance, or Nahda, in Jordanian textbooks.
Sep 14, 2009	Zoe Marks Selected for Fulbright Award Zoe Marks (C’07) of Seattle, was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Sierra Leone to study and examine the roles of women in the Revolutionary United Front.
Sep 14, 2009	Anthony Edwards Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University alumnus Anthony Edwards (C’08), of Lake Forest, Calif., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to study Arabic in Syria.
Sep 14, 2009	Laura Tulchin Selected for Fulbright Award Laura Tulchin (C’09) of Larchmont, N.Y., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Brazil where she will study the use of racial quotas in admissions procedures by public Brazilian universities and analyze their ability to counter discrimination.
Sep 14, 2009	Priya Bapat Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University alumnus Priya Bapat (SFS’06), of Voorhees, N.J., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to study in Mumbai, India where she will examine the relationship between microcredit lending and women's participation in community development.
Sep 14, 2009	Mary O’Loughlin Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University alumnus Mary O’Loughlin (SFS’09), of Pittsburgh was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to study China’s new environmental regulations, particularly the ban on the distribution of free plastic bags in stores.
Sep 14, 2009	Carolyn Barnett Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University alumnus Carolyn Barnett (SFS’09), of Chapel Hill, N.C., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to study Arabic in Cairo, Egypt.
Sep 14, 2009	Sabrina Karim Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University alumnus Sabrina Karim (SFS’07), of Fort Collins, Colo., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to study climate-change induced water shortages on poor children in Lima, Peru.
Sep 14, 2009	Kimberly Stoltz Selected for Fulbright Award Kimberly Stoltz (C’07) of Zionsville, In., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Jordan to conduct research on migrations to Amman from the perspectives of local Jordanian communities and the displaced.
Sep 14, 2009	Rod Solaimani Selected for Fulbright Award Rod Solaimani (SFS’08) of Acworth, Ga., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Morocco. There, he will study ethnomusicology, specifically the Afro-Arab-Gnawa-Western fusions created by cross cultural musical exchange.
Aug 31, 2009	Georgetown to Give Honorary Degree to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Georgetown to give honorary degree to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on September 3, 2009.
Aug 28, 2009	Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business Opens New 179,000 Square Foot Building Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business this summer opened the doors to its new home—the Rafik B. Hariri Building—a 179,000 square foot structure that will house all of the school’s business education programs.
Aug 28, 2009	Inaugural Class of the Georgetown University-ESADE Global Executive MBA to Graduate August 29 D.C. H.S.H. Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein will address the graduates of the inaugural class of the Georgetown-ESADE Global Executive MBA Program at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business' commencement ceremony on Saturday, August 29, at 6 p.m. in Gaston Hall.
Jul 10, 2009	Georgetown Receives $20 Million Gift to Benefit New Business School Building, Will Name Facility in Honor of Late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik B. Hariri Georgetown University announced today that it received a $20 million gift to name the new building for its McDonough School of Business in memory of the late Rafik B. Hariri, two-time prime minister of Lebanon and a renowned philanthropist and dedicated supporter of education.
Jul 06, 2009	Online Computer Games Could Encourage Children to Eat Healthy Foods A study has determined that online games may encourage children to make healthy eating choices, according to a report released in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Jun 25, 2009	Georgetown Launches Faith Complex Video Series with Washington Post Georgetown University’s Program for Jewish Civilization and Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs recently launched Faith Complex, a new online video series featuring interviews with experts in religion, culture and politics.
Jun 01, 2009	New Gift Creates Georgetown University's Doyle Building Tolerance Initiative A $1.5 million gift supports a new initiative to enhance tolerance and diversity in an era of global interconnectedness.
May 26, 2009	Humans’ Nonverbal Status Cues Alter Perceived Size Researchers report in the May 27, 2009 edition of the journal PLoS ONE that humans, like animals, employ a variety of nonverbal cues that make them appear larger or smaller.
May 26, 2009	Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Announces 13 New Faculty Appointments George G. Daly, dean of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, announced 13 new full-time faculty appointments today. These professors will begin teaching at the school in August.
May 22, 2009	2009 Landegger Awards Recognize Student Service and Engagement Georgetown recently honored 20 students with the Lena Landegger Community Service Award, a prize that recognizes students with an exceptional commitment to service and social justice work.
May 14, 2009	Former Lockheed Martin Corporation Executive to Join Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business Faculty Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business Dean George Daly announced the appointment of former Lockheed Martin executive Mary “Meg” VanDeWeghe as professor of the practice in finance.
May 07, 2009	Georgetown Report: Deuling Produce Safety Standards Highlight Regulation Void A side-by-side analysis of a variety of produce safety standards by Georgetown researchers shows significant variations in guidance given fruit and vegetable growers in what steps they need to take to minimize microbial contamination in light of the lack of federal rules.
May 04, 2009	Georgetown Releases New Report on Diplomacy and Security in the 21st Century Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) has released a report, Diplomacy and Security in the Twenty-first Century, examining the strengths and weaknesses of the strategies needed to protect against security threats to American interests.
Apr 30, 2009	Georgetown Professor's New Book Examines Racial Division and Labor War in the Arizona Borderlands Georgetown history professor Katherine Benton-Cohen explores the changing meanings of race in America through the microcosm of southeastern Arizona's mine and ranch country in her new book.
Apr 29, 2009	Georgetown Announces 2009 Commencement Speakers Georgetown holds individual commencement ceremonies for each undergraduate and professional school after a series of awards ceremonies and celebrations on campus that begin with Senior Convocation on May 14. The speakers come from various backgrounds and are leaders in the fields of politics, journalism, business, education, law and health.
Apr 23, 2009	Bovine Genome Provides Clues to Evolution, Better Beef and Milk Georgetown professor Christine Elsik is part of an international research consortium to present the genome sequence of taurine cattle, the first livestock mammal to have its genetic blueprint sequenced and analyzed, in the April 24 issue of Science.
Apr 22, 2009	New Report and Symposium Examine Support for Youth in Transition to Adulthood from Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Georgetown's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform will release a paper titled 'Supporting Youth in Transition to Adulthood: Lessons Learned from Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice' at a symposium to be held on April 23, 2009.
Apr 22, 2009	Georgetown University Student Named to 2009 Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program The Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program selected Georgetown University student Catherine Wright (C'11) as one of 16 2009 U.S. Goldman Sachs Global Leaders.
Apr 15, 2009	Georgetown University Appoints New College Dean Georgetown University today announced that Chester L. Gillis has been appointed dean of Georgetown College.
Apr 15, 2009	Georgetown Professor Samer Shehata Named 2009 Carnegie Scholar The Carnegie Corporation of New York today selected Georgetown professor Samer Shehata as a 2009 Carnegie Scholar.
Apr 15, 2009	Georgetown Professor Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad Named 2009 Carnegie Scholar The Carnegie Corporation of New York today selected Georgetown professor Yvonne Haddad as a 2009 Carnegie Scholar.
Apr 09, 2009	Georgetown Honors Author with Annual Lepgold Book Prize Georgetown University honors author Nina Tannenwald with the seventh annual Lepgold Book Prize for her book, 'The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945.' Tannenwald will be honored at a ceremony on Thursday, April 16th at 4:00 p.m. at the Mortara Building.
Mar 26, 2009	Georgetown University Student Named 2009 Truman Scholar Georgetown University student Sebastian Johnson (C’ 10) was named a 2009 Truman Scholar today.
Mar 17, 2009	Georgetown Launches New Channel on iTunesU The university recently launched a brand new channel on the popular digital-media player, iTunes U, giving listeners and viewers a wide array of digital content that includes video of notable events and lectures and a virtual library of faculty expert commentary on events affecting the nation and the world.
Mar 17, 2009	Georgetown Honors Journalists for Achievements in International Reporting Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) will mark the 34th anniversary of the Edward Weintal Prize for International Reporting with a ceremony honoring the 2009 winners on March 24, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in the Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium.
Mar 16, 2009	AARP CEO Bill Novelli to Join Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business as Distinguished Professor Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Dean George S. Daly today announced the appointment of AARP CEO William D. Novelli as a Distinguished Professor of the Practice.
Mar 12, 2009	Georgetown Hosts Retrospective of Rare Cuban Movie Posters This spring, Georgetown University’s Special Collections Research Center will present Screening Prints: Fifty Years of Cuban Cinema Posters, 1959 – 2009, a retrospective of Cuban movie posters. The exhibition, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), will be displayed in the Charles Marvin Fairchild Memorial Gallery on the fifth floor of Georgetown’s Lauinger Library.
Feb 26, 2009	Board Approves Modest Tuition Increases for 2009-2010 Academic Year Georgetown's Board of Directors recently approved a 2.9% increase in undergraduate tuition, room and board for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Feb 24, 2009	New Report Examines Racial and Ethnic Disparity and Disproportionality in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems Georgetown Public Policy Institute’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, in partnership with the University of Chicago’s Chapin Hall, recently released a collection of papers focusing on the efforts of the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to reduce the overrepresentation of children of color in their systems.
Feb 20, 2009	Former U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Mark Dybul Joins Georgetown Faculty Today, Georgetown University announced that former U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Ambassador Mark Dybul, has joined the faculty as senior advisor to the president and distinguished scholar and co-director at Georgetown’s O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
Feb 20, 2009	Georgetown Professor Ties Sports and Politics in New Book Much like Japan during the 1964 Tokyo Games and South Korea during the 1988 Seoul Games, China had the chance to use the Olympic spotlight to improve its global image, says Victor Cha in his new book, “Beyond the Final Score: The Politics of Sport in Asia” (Columbia University Press, 2008). Cha explores the significance of sports in international affairs, focusing on how sports are related to political development and its sense of nationhood in Asia.
Feb 19, 2009	Peers Rate Georgetown’s International Relations Programs Among Best Faculty members teaching international relations at U.S. universities across the country voted Georgetown as one of the best places for undergraduate and graduate students interested in studying international relations.
Feb 10, 2009	Georgetown Earns Spot on National Community Service Honor Roll For the third year in a row, Georgetown University was named to the annual President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. The Corporation for National and Community Service recognized Georgetown for the university’s leadership in helping to build a culture of service and civic engagement on campus and across the nation. The awards were announced on February 9th at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C.
Feb 09, 2009	Georgetown Professor Examines Workplace Revenge in New Book In their new book, “Getting Even: The truth about Workplace Revenge – And How to Stop it,” (Jossey-Bass 2009), Georgetown University McDonough School of Business professor Robert J. Bies joins co-author Thomas Tripp in examining the psychological and situational factors that cause workplace revenge.
Feb 04, 2009	Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel Joins Georgetown Faculty Today, Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) announced that former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska has joined the faculty as distinguished professor in the practice of national governance.
Feb 03, 2009	USAID Awards Georgetown $50 Million for New Education and Economic Development Program Georgetown University’s Center for Intercultural Education and Development (CIED) recently received a $50 million award, a five-year cooperative agreement, with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to administer a technical training program, Scholarships for Education and Economic Development (SEED).
Dec 22, 2008	Georgetown Professor Discusses Challenges and Best Practices in Collegiate Foreign Language Education Heidi Byrnes, George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German at Georgetown University, will present her paper “Advanced Language and Content Acquisition in Collegiate Education: Challenges of the MLA Report.” at the Modern Language Association annual convention, held this year in San Francisco.
Dec 22, 2008	Professor Examines How Satirical Media Reframe U.S. History and Sense of National Identity Adam Lifshey, assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University, will present his paper “America (The Conference Paper): The Onion Unpeeled, The Daily Show Untimed” at the Modern Language Association annual convention held this year in San Francisco.
Dec 22, 2008	Professor Explores Filipino Literature, Examines First Asian Novel in Spanish Adam Lifshey, assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University, will present his paper, “The First Asian Novel In Spanish: Potential Readings of Pedro Paterno's ‘Ninay,’” on Dec. 28 at the Modern Language Association annual convention, held this year in San Francisco.
Dec 22, 2008	Georgetown Professor Compares Poetic Theories of Cuban Writer José Lezama Lima and Spanish Poet-Philosopher María Zambrano Tania Gentic, assistant professor in the Spanish and Portuguese department at Georgetown University, will present her paper “‘Cuba: Mi secreto’: The Poetics of Space in María Zambrano and José Lezama Lima,” on Dec. 28 at the Modern Language Association annual convention, held this year in San Francisco.
Dec 22, 2008	Georgetown Professor Explores the Fate of Writing as Social Practice Mark McMorris, associate professor in the department of English at Georgetown University, will present his paper on Dec. 30, “Outside the Republic of Literature: The Fate of Writing as Social Practice,” at the Modern Language Association annual convention, held this year in San Francisco.
Dec 22, 2008	Georgetown Professor Explores Issues of Islamophilia and Islamophobia in Othello Mimi Yiu, assistant professor in the English department at Georgetown University, present her paper, “Othello’s Blackwork: Embroidering the Moor,” on Dec. 28 at the Modern Language Association annual convention, held this year in San Francisco.
Dec 22, 2008	Georgetown Professor Evaluates Repetition Relationship between Feminist and Queer Studies Research Samantha Pinto, assistant professor in the English department at Georgetown University, will present her paper, “Repetitive Objects: Methodology as (Queer) Feminist Destiny,” at the Modern Language Association annual convention, held this year in San Francisco.
Dec 18, 2008	Scholar Explores the Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka in New Book In her latest book, “The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka: Terrorism, Ethnicity, Political Economy,” professor Asoka Bandarage provides a detailed and historical analysis of the evolution of Sri Lanka’s civil conflict.
Dec 18, 2008	U.S.-Afghan Women's Council Moves from State Department to Georgetown University First Lady Laura Bush announced today that the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council will transition from its current home at the U.S. State Department to its permanent home at Georgetown University’s Center for Child and Human Development.
Dec 18, 2008	Georgetown President Named Washingtonian of the Year Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia has been named one of Washingtonian magazine’s Washingtonians of the Year for 2008. For the past 37 years, the magazine has honored men and women “who give their time and talent” to make the national capital area “a better place for all of us.” DeGioia is featured in the January issue, which hit newsstands today.
Dec 17, 2008	Georgetown Professor Examines Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism, in New Book In his latest book, “Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism,” Maurice Jackson provides an intellectual and social history of the trans-Atlantic fight against slavery triggered by the French-born Huguenot-turned-Quaker.
Dec 17, 2008	Georgetown University Honors Marian Wright Edelman with Legacy of a Dream Award Georgetown University will present the seventh annual 'John Thompson Legacy of a Dream Award' to Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund, during the annual “Let Freedom Ring” Concert to be held at the Kennedy Center on Monday, January 19, 2009.
Dec 15, 2008	MLA Awards First Book Prize to English Professor Dana Luciano The Modern Language Association awarded the 2008 Prize for a First Book to Georgetown English professor Dana Luciano, for 'Arranging Grief: Sacred Time and the Body in Nineteenth-Century America.'
Dec 11, 2008	Georgetown University Names Paul Tagliabue Chair of Board Georgetown's Board of Directors unanimously selected former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue (C '62) to serve as the next board chair.
Dec 10, 2008	University Receives Largest-ever Philanthropic Gift Georgetown University Receives $75 million gift from the estate of Robert McDevitt (C '40) to support faculty research, teaching and scholarship.
Dec 09, 2008	Why do Dolphins Carry Sponges? Georgetown's Janet Mann examined a subset of Western Australia’s Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin population and their use of marine sponges as tools. Her findings are published in the December 10, 2008 edition of the journal PLoS ONE.
Dec 09, 2008	Georgetown’s Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability Launches New Issue Georgetown University’s Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability (GCG) launched its fourth issue, featuring eight new articles on topics including the struggling North American financial market and implications for Latin America.
Dec 09, 2008	Georgetown Receives $2.9 Million Gates Foundation Grant for Policy Research Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce received a $2.9 million Gates Foundation grant to develop policy recommendations to improve national postsecondary completion rates among low-income students.
Dec 04, 2008	The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University to Celebrate the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. With a Free Musical Tribute The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a free musical tribute featuring Aretha Franklin, hip hop violin duo Nuttin’ But Stringz, the Let Freedom Ring Choir, with Rev. Nolan Williams, Jr., Music Director, and Master of Ceremonies Andrea Roane of WUSA 9.
Dec 03, 2008	Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Explores NATO Enlargement in New Report Georgetown professor Jim DeHart explores the question of what the U.S. should do about Ukraine, Georgia and the future of NATO expansion in “The Burden of Strategy: Transatlantic Relations and the Future of NATO Enlargement,” the latest report by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.
Dec 01, 2008	Georgetown Joins Groundbreaking Multi-University Research Alliance Georgetown University joined the Chesapeake Crescent Innovation Alliance with six other leading research universities from across Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia with the goal to drive regional innovation, economic performance and global competitiveness.
Nov 25, 2008	Georgetown Honored for Work with Local Cristo Rey High School Georgetown University recently received Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School’s first-ever Cristo Rey Partnership Award.
Nov 20, 2008	Georgetown Mathematics Chair Named D.C.’s Top Professor The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) have named Georgetown University’s James Sandefur the 2008 District of Columbia Professor of the Year.
Nov 17, 2008	Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak Exposes Food Safety Weaknesses Weaknesses in food safety policy, organization and communications were all displayed during this summer’s outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul, according to a report released today by the Produce Safety Project at Georgetown University.
Oct 27, 2008	Georgetown Presents the World Premiere of “The Race” Georgetown University’s Theater and Performance studies program, in cooperation with the American studies program present the world premiere of “The Race,” a civic theater project that is part class, part performance piece and part political forum.
Oct 10, 2008	Searching for the Protectors of Privacy Who should be allowed to know what about whom? Georgetown data technology expert Abraham Newman explores these questions and more in his new book, “Protectors of Privacy: Regulating Personal Data in the Global Economy.”
Oct 10, 2008	Scholar Reconsiders the Saga of Ancient Rome in New Book Provost James J. O’Donnell explores another dimension of the saga of ancient Rome in his latest book, “The Ruin of the Roman Empire: A New History.”
Sep 24, 2008	Georgetown Faculty Available to Comment on Current Economic Crisis As the current economic crisis unfolds on Wall Street and in Washington, D.C., faculty at Georgetown University are available to comment on a variety of issues including U.S. and international financial markets, policy proposals and the effects of this crisis on the 2008 elections.
Sep 17, 2008	New Survey Finds American Voting Public has Significant Concerns about Produce Safety A new national survey of likely voters conducted for the Produce Safety Project finds that the American voting public has significant concerns about produce safety.
Sep 09, 2008	Professor Examines How Globalization Spurs Terrorism in New Book In a time when globalization is bringing about a clash of ideologies and the rise of extremism, a new book by Georgetown professor Fathali Moghaddam examines modern Islamic terrorism in the context of globalization and cultural evolution and asks if traditional conflict resolution is still effective.
Sep 05, 2008	Georgetown Professor Explores U.S. Power in Asia-Pacific in New Book Is U.S. leadership declining in the Asia-Pacific region? And will the country remain economically influential in the region? A new book by Walsh School of Foreign Service professor Robert Sutter explores those topics and more in “The United States in Asia.”
Aug 13, 2008	Shilpa Reddy Selected for Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation selected Georgetown alumna Shilpa Reddy of Birmingham, Ala., as a 2008 scholarship recipient for her exceptional promise in the medical field.
Jul 29, 2008	Munir Jawed Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University alumnus Munir Jawed (SFS '08), of Wilton, Conn. was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Azerbaijan.
Jul 28, 2008	Ethan Morton-Jerome Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University graduate student Ethan Morton-Jerome, of Okinawa, Japan, was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Syria. There, Morton-Jerome will study both the Syrian Arabic dialect and Modern Standard Arabic, as well as research Christian and Muslim pilgrimage sites in modern Syria.
Jul 18, 2008	Teams from Across the Nation to Participate in Georgetown University Program on Juvenile Justice Reform A new Georgetown program will train teams from across the country to lead child welfare and juvenile justice systems reform efforts at home.
Jul 17, 2008	Georgetown Students Receive Study Abroad Scholarships Five Georgetown University undergraduate students were awarded David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships by the National Security Education Program (NSEP) to support study abroad for the 2008-2009 academic year. In addition, eight Georgetown graduate students received NSEP Boren Graduate Fellowships.
Jun 26, 2008	Georgetown Study Finds Preschool Programs Can Boost School Readiness High-quality preschool programs can boost school readiness for both poor and middle-class children, according to researchers at Georgetown University who looked at programs in Tulsa, Okla.
Jun 23, 2008	Georgetown Study Reveals Shift in Catholic Electorate Numbering more than 47 million potential voters, U.S. Catholics will likely be a popular target of both Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns this fall. A new study from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University shows that among this target demographic, Democrats may have an edge in November.
Jun 18, 2008	No More Needles? Georgetown University Teams with Gentag and SAIC to Develop New Glucose Sensor Technology with Wireless Connection to Cell Phones Georgetown University, Gentag, Inc., and Science Applications International Corporation have agreed to combine their respective intellectual property (IP) and expertise to create a new method to monitor glucose. Using disposable skin patches with wireless sensors and cell phones, the resulting products could eliminate the need for finger pricking with lancets to draw blood for people of all ages with diabetes.
Jun 11, 2008	Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate Recognized by Catholic Press Association For the third time in five years, The CARA Report was recognized for general excellence receiving a first place award in the category of special interest newsletters.
Jun 10, 2008	Professor's Book Recognized by Catholic Press Association Theology Professor Alan Mitchell was recently recognized by the Catholic Press Association for his book Hebrews (Liturgical Press, 2007).
May 26, 2008	Recent Grad Erin M. Winkler-McCue Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University alumna Erin M. Winkler-McCue was recently selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Mexico.
May 26, 2008	Master's Student Robyn Russo Selected for Fulbright Award Master’s student Robyn Russo, originally of Sewickley, Pa., was recently selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Hungarian Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship.
May 14, 2008	Scholars Examine Atlantic Political Order and its Future Are current disagreements between the United States and Europe minor and transient or catastrophic and permanent? Is this the end of the transatlantic alliance? In 'The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order,' authors address the current political upheaval between the United States and Europe, and the future of the transatlantic alliance.
May 12, 2008	Doctoral Student Danny L. Noorlander Selected for Fulbright Award Doctoral candidate in history Danny L. Noorlander, of Provo, Utah was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to the Netherlands.
May 09, 2008	Sara Rafsky Selected for Fulbright Award Washington, D.C. – Georgetown University alumna Sara Rafsky (C '07), of Brooklyn, N.Y., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Colombia.
May 09, 2008	Christina Hanna Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University graduating senior Christina Hanna (SFS ’08), of Ballwin, Mo., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Cairo, Egypt.
May 07, 2008	Professor Examines Judaism's Key Defining Concept in New Book Avi Beker analyzes the concept of “chosenness” in his new book, The Chosen: The History of an Idea, and the Anatomy of an Obsession just released by Palgrave MacMillan.
May 07, 2008	Khadijeh Zarafshar Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University senior Khadijeh Zarafshar (C '08), of Vienna, Va., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Malaysia.
May 07, 2008	Jacqueline Powers Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University alumna Jacqueline Powers (C ’06), of Larchmont, N.Y., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Morocco.
May 07, 2008	Dominique Shure Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University senior Dominique Shure (SFS '08), of Manhattan Beach, Calif., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Germany.
May 07, 2008	Laura Thompson Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University senior Laura Thompson (C '08), of Cincinnati, Ohio, was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Tunisia.
May 06, 2008	Alexander Davenport Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University graduating senior Alexander Davenport (SFS ’08), of Seattle, Wash., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Shanghai, China.
May 06, 2008	Emily Herzberg Selected for Fulbright Award Graduating senior Emily Herzberg, originally from Chicago, was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award for study in Argentina.
May 06, 2008	Hammad B. Hammad Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University graduating senior Hammad B. Hammad (SFS’ 08), of Livermore, Calif., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to the Netherlands.
May 06, 2008	Theodore Svoronos Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University graduating senior Theodore Svoronos (SFS ’08), of New York, N.Y., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Tanzania, Africa.
May 06, 2008	Katherine Schaefer Selected for Fulbright Award Georgetown University graduating senior Katherine Schaefer (SFS ’08), of Arcata, Calif., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to Mexico.
May 05, 2008	Georgetown University Announces 2008 Commencement Speakers Leading figures in education reform, medicine, business and public policy will address graduates during Georgetown's two hundred and ninth commencement exercises, to be held the weekend of May 15-18, 2008.
Apr 30, 2008	Georgetown Students Present Original Economics Research at 7th Annual Carroll Round Conference Eight Georgetown University seniors presented original research at the seventh annual Carroll Round, an international undergraduate economics conference run entirely by Georgetown students. The annual Carroll Round provides a unique forum for research and discussion about the changing global economy.
Apr 29, 2008	Georgetown Hosts New Associated Press Photo Exhibit of American Presidents On view at Georgetown through May 9, new AP Photo exhibit shows American presidents at war and at ease, in victory and in defeat, confronting national crises and facing personal scandals, running for office and leading the country on the world stage.
Apr 29, 2008	Public Policy Report Finds D.C. Public Schools Have Limited Response to Charter School Competition A new report from Georgetown's Public Policy Institute suggests competition from charter schools has not triggered the expected improvements in D.C.'s public schools.
Apr 28, 2008	Georgetown Names New Director of Conflict Resolution Master's Program Psychology Professor Fathali Moghaddam will direct the Master of Arts Program in Conflict Resolution beginning June 1, 2008.
Apr 28, 2008	Georgetown Professor Edits New Collected Works of Prolific Italian Author Paolo Mantegazza In her recent book, Georgetown Italian Professor Nicoletta Pireddu presents Paolo Mantegazza’s works along with her extensive introduction and notes on the reputed renaissance man.
Apr 15, 2008	Georgetown University Student Named to 2008 Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program Pamela Nwaoko (COL '10) was recently selected as one of 16 U.S. Goldman Sachs Global Leaders for 2008.
Apr 15, 2008	Georgetown Student Takes First Place in Poster Competition at International Cancer Research Meeting Zachary Dobbin, a Georgetown University undergraduate conducting research at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, took first place in the 2008 AACR Undergraduate Poster Competition.
Apr 04, 2008	Georgetown University and World Economic Forum Host Roundtable on Islam and American Politics Interfaith leaders from the worlds of government, religion, academe and civil society gathered at a roundtable to debate and discuss the issues surrounding Islam and American politics, with a particular focus on the upcoming U.S. presidential elections
Apr 01, 2008	Georgetown University Students Named 2008 Truman Scholars Georgetown University students Shemeko (Amy) Hang (COL ’09) and Caraleigh Holverson (SFS ’08) were recently awarded scholarships from the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Mar 27, 2008	Former Secretary of State Offers Foreign Policy Advice for Next President In her new book, former secretary of state and Mortara Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy Madeleine Albright offers ideas about how to confront the striking array of challenges that the next commander-in-chief will face.
Mar 27, 2008	Gillis Named Interim Dean of Georgetown College Distinguished scholar and long-time faculty member Chester L. Gillis will replace Dean Jane McAuliffe while search for a permanent successor takes place.
Mar 26, 2008	Georgetown Professor Receives Avery O. Craven Award for Book on Civil War Chandra Manning has been selected by the Organization of American Historians to receive the Avery O. Craven Award for her book What this Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War.
Mar 14, 2008	Georgetown Hosts Fifth Annual History Bowl for Local High School Students Georgetown University’s chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta national collegiate honor society will host the fifth annual Georgetown University History Bowl on Saturday, March 15, 2008.
Mar 14, 2008	Jennifer Kovach Admitted to Accelerated M.S. in Linguistics Program at Georgetown University
Mar 13, 2008	Georgetown University and Casey Family Programs Partner to Help At-Risk Youth The Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and Casey Family Programs have formed a three-year partnership to test innovative ideas that can improve and reform America’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
Mar 13, 2008	New Study Reveals Trends among Catholics during Lent A new survey looks at differences among sub-groups of respondents by gender, education, ethnicity, Mass attendance, and generation in terms of Lenten practices.
Mar 11, 2008	Torture is for Amateurs, Psychologists and Former Military Interrogators Conclude Research psychologists and retired U.S. Army interrogators published articles on the psychology of torture, concluding abusive interrogation is counterproductive.
Mar 11, 2008	Georgetown Graduate Student, Anatasha Crawford, Selected For Prestigious Bouchet Society Anatasha Crawford, a doctoral candidate at Georgetown University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, has been named a member of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.
Mar 06, 2008	Georgetown University Library Establishes New Endowment Fund for Emerging Disciplines Grant from the Gladys Brooks Foundation Will Establish 'Emerging Disciplines, Emerging Experts'
Mar 06, 2008	Georgetown Global Forum Seeks Solutions to International Geopolitical, Economic and Social Challenges Georgetown officials, former President Jose Maria Aznar, and other global public and private leaders assemble to debate critical topics of the day.
Mar 06, 2008	Professor Analyzes History of Military Occupations in New Book With the U.S. occupation in Iraq continuing to make headlines a new book by Assistant Professor David M. Edelstein considers the critical question, why do some military occupations succeed and others fail?
Mar 06, 2008	Largest Global Study of Muslims Reveals New Insights A new book by Georgetown University Professor John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed sheds new light into what majorities of the world’s Muslims really think and feel.
Mar 04, 2008	Can Moths or Butterflies Remember What They Learned as Caterpillars? Scientists at Georgetown University recently discovered that a moth can indeed remember what it learned as a caterpillar.
Feb 29, 2008	New Web site Offers Instant Access to International Legal Documents on Internally Displaced Persons New online database launched today provides instant access to official documents, including recommendations of United Nations treaty-monitoring bodies, reports of UN charter bodies, and UN General Assembly resolutions about the rights of these IDPs.
Feb 28, 2008	New Report Outlines Key Foreign Policy Challenges for Next President The report, America’s Role in the World: Foreign Policy Choices for the Next President, highlights over a dozen critical foreign policy choices that will face the next president and the American people.
Feb 27, 2008	Middle East, Israel Expert Joins Georgetown Faculty Beginning in Fall 2008, Michael Oren will join the faculty as Visiting Professor.
Feb 26, 2008	Financial Leader, Military Leader to be Recognized by Georgetown’s Wall Street Alliance Roger C. Altman, founder and chairman of Evercore Partners, and Gen. James L. Jones (Ret.) former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps and current president and CEO of the Institute for Energy of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will be honored on Feb. 28 by the Georgetown University Wall Street Alliance.
Feb 14, 2008	Georgetown Releases Landmark Study on Catholic Marriage in America Landmark survey of American Catholic marriage patterns is released this week by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.
Feb 13, 2008	Georgetown Professor Receives 2008 Lincoln Prize Book Award Chandra Manning has received a 2008 Lincoln Prize Honorable Mention and a $10,000 prize for her book What this Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).
Feb 12, 2008	Georgetown Receives Presidential Award for Exemplary Community Service For the second year in a row, Georgetown University was named to the annual President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction.
Feb 07, 2008	Nation's Largest Student-Run Credit Union Celebrates 25th Anniversary The Georgetown University Alumni & Student Federal Credit Union (GUASFCU) celebrates its 25th anniversary as a federally charted credit union.
Feb 07, 2008	Scholar Examines Motherhood and Literature in Twentieth-Century Italy Georgetown University professor Laura Benedetti explores how literature was influenced by and helped to shape notions of motherhood in twentieth-century Italy.
Feb 06, 2008	Professor Angela Stent Awarded Berlin Prize Fellowship Georgetown University Professor of Government and Foreign Service Angela Stent was recently awarded a Berlin Prize Fellowship by the American Academy in Berlin in Berlin, Germany.
Feb 06, 2008	President DeGioia of Georgetown University Elected to NAICU Board
Feb 01, 2008	Student Report Examines Role of Religious Advocacy in U.S. Politics A new report by a group of Georgetown University undergraduates reveals important trends in the relationship between religious advocacy groups and U.S. politics.
Feb 01, 2008	Professor Illuminates History of Modern Caucasus Region Associate Professor Charles King presents the first general history of the modern Caucasus, stretching from the beginning of Russian imperial expansion up to the rise of new countries after the Soviet Union's collapse.
Jan 30, 2008	*Georgetown University Professor First to Examine the Afterlife of Thelma & Louise* in New Book** Georgetown professor Bernie Cook examines the cultural afterlife of the now-classic American film Thelma & Louise.
Jan 29, 2008	Georgetown University Notifies Current and Former Students, Faculty and Staff of Data Breach
Jan 25, 2008	Georgetown Honors Journalists for Achievements in International Reporting Selected for their outstanding reporting and analysis over the past year, the 2008 Weintal Prize recipients are Margaret Warner, a senior correspondent for 'The News Hour with Jim Lehrer' on PBS and Trudy Rubin, a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In addition, Walter Pincus, a 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winner with The Washington Post, will receive a special citation.
Jan 24, 2008	Georgetown Senior Wins Second Annual Student Diplomat Essay Competition Senior Hammad B. Hammad (SFS’08) of Livermore, Calif., was recently announced as the winner of the second annual Student Diplomat Essay Competition.
Jan 24, 2008	Georgetown's Free Friday Music Series Announces Spring 2008 Schedule Georgetown University's Program in Performing Arts announces its free Friday Music Series for the spring 2008 semester.
Jan 18, 2008	Georgetown University Honors Eleanor Holmes Norton with Legacy of a Dream Award Eleanor Holmes Norton to receive Georgetown's “John Thompson Legacy of a Dream Award” for her leadership and service toward the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jan 18, 2008	General Montgomery C. Meigs Joins Georgetown Faculty Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, U.S. Army (Ret.), has joined the faculty of the Security Studies Program as Visiting Professor of Strategy and Military Operations.
Jan 17, 2008	Georgetown a Top Producer of Peace Corps Volunteers With 42 alumni serving in the Peace Corps in 2007, Georgetown University is among the top 25 medium-sized schools nationwide producing Peace Corps Volunteers.
Jan 15, 2008	Georgetown University Professor Explores Multiculturalism and Global Conflict Resolution in New Books Professor addresses the challenges of dealing with diversity in an increasingly multicultural and interconnected world in two new books.
Jan 10, 2008	Georgetown Exhibit Illustrates Impact of WWI on University Community A new exhibit at Georgetown depicts the university community's contributions to World War I.
Jan 08, 2008	Having a “Scripture Game” Can Make or Break Candidates, Says GU Author Associate Professor Jacques Berlinerblau analyzes how Democratic and Republican candidates are using the Bible to court the religious vote in his new book.
Jan 03, 2008	Georgetown Professor Examines Rhetoric of Radical Politics in West Germany in the 1970s Friederike Eigler will present her paper “Dehistorization of Political Violence? ‘Das Rote Jahrzehnt’ in auto/biographical accounts by Stephan Wackwitz and Gerd Koenen” at this year’s Modern Language Association annual Convention.
Jan 02, 2008	The Bilingual Edge: Georgetown University Linguistics Professors Author Essential Guide for Parents Who Want to Teach Their Children Second Languages This book offers a step-by-step guide for parents who want to teach their children a second language.
Dec 27, 2007	Georgetown Professor Examines Border Songs of Bruce Springsteen Within Latin American Contexts Professor to present his paper 'Born in the Estados Unidos: The Unbordered Frontiers of Latin America from Gloria Anzaldúa to Bruce Springsteen and Beyond' at the Modern Language Association's annual Convention in Chicago.
Dec 27, 2007	Georgetown Researcher Considers Primitive Modernism in Latin America Professor will present two papers on Brazilian Primitivist Modernism at the Modern Language Association's annual Convention.
Dec 21, 2007	The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Georgetown University Celebrate the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. With a Free Musical Tribute The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a free musical tribute featuring acclaimed mezzo soprano and Washington, D.C. native Denyce Graves, hip hop violin duo Nuttin’ But Stringz, the Let Freedom Ring Choir, with Rev. Nolan Williams, Jr., Music Director, and Master of Ceremonies Tony Perkins from WTTG’s Fox 5 Morning News.
Dec 20, 2007	Georgetown's Third Report on DC Voucher Program Finds Satisfaction and Shifting Concerns Among Families In their third examination of the Opportunity Scholarship Program—a parental school choice program targeted at low-income families living in DC—researchers from the School Choice Demonstration Project at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute report increased satisfaction and optimism among families in the program and new concern about the program’s future.
Dec 20, 2007	Asian Muslims Focus of New Book The book examines how Islamic ideals and movements, mainstream and extremist, have shaped Asian Muslim societies.
Dec 20, 2007	New Book Views Major World Religions from Historical Perspective This new book explores seven major religious traditions as dynamic, ongoing forces in the lives of individuals and in the collective experience of modern societies.
Dec 18, 2007	Scholar Says War on Terror Takes Place on Five Fronts In his new book, Professor Daniel Byman offers a new approach to a centuries old problem – terrorism.
Dec 18, 2007	History of Japanese Nationalism Focus of New Book In his new book Professor Kevin Doak explores the complexities of Japanese nationalism from the middle of the 19th century to the present.
Dec 12, 2007	Georgetown University Opens Liaison Office in Shanghai, China Located at the Center for American Studies at Fudan University, Georgetown's Shanghai Liaison Office will enhance scholarly exchange between Georgetown and Fudan, as well as other leading Chinese universities and research centers.
Dec 06, 2007	Georgetown Students Named Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellows Three Georgetown University students have been selected as 2007 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellows.
Dec 03, 2007	Georgetown University Student Awarded Marshall Scholarship Georgetown University student Stephen Silvius (COL '07), a Mathematics/History double major from San Bernadino, Calif., has been selected as a recipient of the Marshall Scholarship for 2008 to pursue graduate degrees in the United Kingdom next year.
Nov 30, 2007	New Report Calls on International Community To Help Iraqi Refugee Crisis The international community must increase its response to the growing Iraqi refugee crisis, says a new report.
Nov 27, 2007	Georgetown Announces Launch of Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability Georgetown University today announced the launch of a virtual academic journal focusing on the effects of globalization, competitiveness and governability in Latin America.
Nov 21, 2007	Georgetown University Senior and Baltimore Native Named Mitchell Scholar Georgetown University student, José Canto (COL ‘08), a sociology major from Baltimore, Md, is one of 12 George J. Mitchell Scholarship recipients selected nationally for the 2008-2009 academic year. The annual scholarship links future American leaders to Ireland with a year of graduate study at one of Ireland’s academic institutions.
Nov 21, 2007	Georgetown University Senior and Florida Native Named Mitchell Scholar Georgetown University student Katherine Boyle (COL '08) of Gainesville, Fla. is one of 12 George J. Mitchell Scholarship recipients selected nationally for the 2008-2009 academic year. The annual scholarship links future American leaders to Ireland with a year of graduate study at one of Ireland’s academic institutions. Boyle will use her scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in Public Advocacy and Activism at National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway.
Nov 18, 2007	Georgetown Graduate Named Rhodes Scholar Georgetown University graduate Pravin Rajan (SFS '07), of Albuquerque, NM, joins former President Bill Clinton (SFS '68) and 21 other Georgetown graduates as a Rhodes Scholar.
Nov 15, 2007	Prince George’s Community College and Georgetown University Partner to Increase Student Access to Bachelors Degree Prince George’s Community College and Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies today signed an articulation agreement, allowing qualified Prince George’s Community College graduates to enroll in Georgetown’s Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (BALS) Program and is effective immediately.
Nov 09, 2007	Kinship and Diaspora Major Forces in Transnational Politics Today Professor Yossi Shain argues that kinship and diaspora, the dispersion of people from their original homeland, are the two most powerful factors in transnational politics today and explores their relationship on the global scale.
Nov 09, 2007	Worksite Enforcement Should Complement Border Security to Curb Illegal Immigration A new Georgetown study calls for a renewed look at electronic worksite verification that provides timely and accurate verification, limits document fraud and identity theft, and protects the rights and privacy of authorized workers to curb illegal immigration.
Nov 08, 2007	Georgetown Professor Receives Fulbright Award Associate Professor Jordan A. Sand was awarded a Fulbright grant to lecture and conduct research overseas for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Nov 01, 2007	GU Historian Explains Why Civil War Soldiers Viewed Slavery as Root Cause of War in New Book Chandra Manning presents a vivid, unprecedented account of what slavery meant to Union and Confederate soldiers, why troops on both sides identified it as the root of the war, and what that meant for the war and the nation.
Oct 25, 2007	Georgetown Expands Pre-College Program for D.C. Students Thanks to Meyers Foundation Gift A Georgetown University program that provides academic enrichment and a path to college will be able to enroll up to 500 new students from Washington, D.C.over the next 10 years, thanks to a gift from the Meyers Foundation.
Oct 22, 2007	Computer Science Scholar's Research in Information Retrieval Recognized Professor Ophir Frieder honored with the 2007 Research Award by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
Oct 17, 2007	Decades of Research Points to Fresh Approach to Treating Schizophrenia and Other Clinical Conditions Researchers at Georgetown University have shown, in laboratory animals, a new way to control the brain’s use of a little known but very common neurotransmitter-an advance they say could pave the way toward novel treatment of conditions ranging from schizophrenia to inflammatory pain.
Oct 11, 2007	Madigan to Join Woodstock as Visiting Fellow The Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University is hosting Australian Jesuit theologian and interreligious relations expert Rev. Daniel Madigan, S.J. as part of its International Visiting Fellows Program for Jesuit scholars.
Oct 04, 2007	China Far From Dominant, Says Georgetown Author In his new book, Robert Sutter provides a comprehensive overview of Chinese foreign relations and characterizes Chinese leaders as exerting growing influence in world affairs, but remaining far from dominant.
Sep 28, 2007	Recent Grad Receives Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship Recent Georgetown University graduate Aaron Shneyer (COL '05), of Rockville, Md., is one of four recipients of the Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship.
Sep 25, 2007	Professor David Painter Named Fellow of the Norwegian Nobel Institute Georgetown University Associate Professor of History and Foreign Service David S. Painter was recently named a Senior Visiting Fellow by the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway.
Sep 21, 2007	Professor Examines Cuban-American Culture in New Book Professor of English Ricardo L. Ortíz addresses the question of Cuban-American diaspora and cultural identity by exploring the histories and self-sustaining practices of smaller communities in American cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York in his new book.
Sep 20, 2007	Georgetown's Friday Music Series Announces Fall 2007 Schedule The Program in Performing Arts announces its Friday Music Concert Series schedule for the fall 2007 semester.
Sep 19, 2007	Georgetown Announces Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) recently announced the appointment of Fida Adely as the first holder of the Clovis and Hala Salaam Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies.
Sep 11, 2007	New Book Reveals Role of Women in Traditional Turkish Health Care Professor Sylvia Onder pens a new book, We Have No Microbes Here: Healing Practices in a Turkish Black Sea Village.
Sep 10, 2007	Georgetown Professor Receives Prestigious Intelligence Award The United States National Intelligence Agency recently awarded Georgetown University Professor Nancy Bernkopf Tucker a National Intelligence Achievement Medal.
Aug 28, 2007	New Georgetown Fellowship Program Addresses Leadership Crisis for Public Interest Organizations Georgetown announces the establishment of a new fellowship program, the Pablo Eisenberg Public Interest Fellowship, designed to develop new leaders for public interest organizations.
Aug 20, 2007	Georgetown Professor Argues for Universal School-Based Violence Prevention Programs Universal, school-based violence prevention programs can provide a key tool in reducing youth violence in the United States, according to recently published piece by Shay Bilchik, director of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and Systems Integration.
Aug 16, 2007	Georgetown Professor Receives NEH Fellowship The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced that Georgetown University English Professor Lori Merish is an honoree of the Fellowships for University Teachers program.
Aug 07, 2007	Georgetown Doctoral Students Receive Fulbright-Hays Awards to Pursue Research Abroad Three Georgetown University graduate students are recipients of Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grants to pursue modern language and area studies research abroad during the 2007-2008 academic year.
Aug 02, 2007	Fifty Years of European Integration Focus of New Book Associate Professor Kathleen McNamara analyzes European integration over the past fifty years in new book.
Jul 30, 2007	Scholars Examine Mexico’s Revolutionary Past and Uncertain Present in New Book Associate Professor John Tutino explores how Mexico’s tumultuous past informs its unpredictable present and future in new book.
Jul 23, 2007	New Book Explores Ties that Bind Catholics in Mexico and U.S. Professor Joseph Palacios argues in his new book that what unites Catholics is a sense of being Catholic — a social imagination that motivates them to promote justice and build a better world.
Jul 17, 2007	Chemistry Professors Receive More Than $1 Million in Federal Grants Three faculty members in Georgetown University’s Department of Chemistry were recently awarded federal grants totaling $1,170,000 for the next three years.
Jul 09, 2007	Georgetown Names Claudia Stewart Vice President for Technology Commercialization
Jun 22, 2007	Georgetown Exhibit Features Recently Acquired Photos by Dorothy R. Miller Georgetown University Library recently acquired an important collection of photographs by acclaimed photographer Dorothy R. Miller.
Jun 19, 2007	Rocco DelMonaco Named Vice President for University Safety Law enforcement professional with more than 30 years of experience in police, intelligence and counter terrorism duties takes on Georgetown's campus safety duties.
Jun 18, 2007	Georgetown Graduate Awarded Chinese Government Scholarship Julia Powell Grossman (GRD’07), who received a master’s degree in Conflict Resolution this May, will study Chinese language and culture in Beijing during the 2007-2008 academic year.
Jun 13, 2007	Bill O'Leary Named Chief Marketing Officer and Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communications Georgetown today announced the appointment of Bill O’Leary as Chief Marketing Officer and Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications in the Office of Advancement.
Jun 07, 2007	Study: Many Catholics Unaware of Catholic Church Steps to Deal with and Prevent Abuse U.S. Catholics are unaware of the Catholic Church's steps steps for handling accusations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and for preventing future abuse, according to a recent study released by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.
Jun 06, 2007	Georgetown Student Receives Campus Compact National Award for Service and Academic Achievement Campus Compact has selected Georgetown University student Douglas Finley (COL’08) of Slidell, La., as one of two college students to receive the 2007 Frank Newman Leadership Award.
May 30, 2007	Georgetown Partners with National Catholic Organization to Make Religious Literacy Resource Available for College Students Georgetown University has partnered with a national organization to provide Catholic college students a new way to enhance understanding of their faith.
May 23, 2007	Georgetown Students Receive Study Abroad Scholarships Five Georgetown University juniors and five graduate students were recently awarded David L. Boren Scholarships by the National Security Education Program (NSEP) to support study abroad.
May 16, 2007	Parents Report Improvements and Concerns in Georgetown Study on DC Voucher Program The School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP) at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute released today its second qualitative report on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), a federally funded initiative for low-income families living in the District of Columbia.
May 16, 2007	Former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet Pens Memoir Distinguished Professor George Tenet (SFS '76) recounts his time at the Central Intelligence Agency in a revealing look at the inner workings of the intelligence organization during the most challenging times in recent history.
May 04, 2007	Georgetown Awarded Grants to Administer Intercultural Scholarship Programs Georgetown University’s Center for Intercultural Education and Development (CIED) recently received grants from both the United States Department of State and Inter-American Development Bank to administer scholarship programs for students from the Near East, South Asia, and Latin America.
May 01, 2007	Georgetown Professor Receives Scholarly Appointment Georgetown University History Professor Richard Stites was recently appointed School of Foreign Service Board of Visitors Distinguished Professor in International Studies.
Apr 30, 2007	Georgetown University Announces 2007 Commencement Speakers Georgetown University hosts its two hundred and eighth commencement exercises from Thursday, May 17 - Sunday, May 20, 2007.
Apr 30, 2007	Georgetown Undergraduates Present Original Economics Research at Annual Student-Run Conference A group of Georgetown University seniors from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service recently presented original research at the sixth annual Carroll Round, an international undergraduate economics conference run entirely by Georgetown students.
Apr 27, 2007	Georgetown Student Plays mtvU’s Campus Invasion Music Festival in Austin Georgetown University student Dan Hind joined his band Post Roman on the stage of mtvU’s Campus Invasion Music Festival in Austin, Texas.
Apr 26, 2007	Georgetown Professor Explores History of Xinjiang Region of China in New Book Georgetown University Associate Professor James Millward presents the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang in his new book Eurasian Crossroads.
Apr 19, 2007	Professor Timothy Beach Receives Guggenheim, Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships Georgetown University Associate Professor of Geography and Geoscience Timothy Beach recently received a prestigious 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship Award and was named a 2007-2008 Harvard Dumbarton Oaks Fellow.
Apr 19, 2007	Georgetown Announces $3 Million Grant from Lannan Foundation to Support New Chair in Poetics Georgetown University’s Department of English announced the creation of a new Lannan Chair in Poetics to provide a platform for intellectual leadership of the Lannan literary programs.
Apr 12, 2007	Georgetown Receives $1 Million Gift From Yahoo! To Support Research on International Values and Communication Technology Georgetown University announced today it has received a $1 million dollar gift from Yahoo! Inc. to establish a Yahoo! International Values, Communications, Technology, and Global Internet Fellowship Fund.
Apr 04, 2007	Georgetown Announces New Center for Juvenile Justice Reform This month, the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) announced the creation of the new Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and Systems Integration, to support scholarship and discourse on issues relating to juvenile justice reform. The center will sponsor academic programs and symposia for government leaders involved in juvenile justice policy and practice.
Mar 28, 2007	Georgetown Student Named 2007 Truman Scholar Georgetown University student Indra Sen (SFS ’08) was recently named a 2007 Truman Scholar.
Mar 26, 2007	Georgetown Honors Journalists for Achievements in International Reporting Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) will mark the 32nd anniversary of the Edward Weintal Prize for International Reporting with a ceremony and discussion honoring the 2007 winners on March 28, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in the Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium.
Mar 26, 2007	Georgetown to Sponsor Investigative Journalism Seminar on the Murder of Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies unveiled plans for The Pearl Project, an unique investigative journalism seminar in which faculty and students will search for clues to what really happened when Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered while reporting from Karachi, Pakistan in 2002.
Mar 23, 2007	Greater Ft. Lauderdale Residents Give Back to Community South Florida alumni, parents and friends partner to do community service in preparation for John Carroll Weekend.
Mar 22, 2007	New Book Recounts How WWI Consumed German City of Freiburg In his new book, Professor Roger Chickering traces the all-encompassing impact of the First World War on life in the German city of Freiburg.
Mar 20, 2007	Georgetown Hosts Fourth Annual History Bowl for Local High School Students The academic tournament is the only one of its kind for public and private high school students in the Mid-Atlantic region..
Mar 12, 2007	Authors Assess Status of Fight against Terrorism in New Book The West is losing ground in the war against terrorism, according to the consensus reached in a new book co-authored by Georgetown University faculty members Bruce Hoffman and Paul Pillar.
Mar 02, 2007	New Report Analyzes Philanthropic Giving for Disaster Relief and Management A new study released by Georgetown's Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM), makes key recommendations on ways to improve philanthropic giving for natural disaster and humanitarian emergency relief around the globe.
Mar 01, 2007	Professor Co-Edits New Volume on Environmental History A new book co-edited by University Professor John R. McNeill takes a unique approach to understanding relations between ecosystems and civilizations over time.
Mar 01, 2007	Georgetown Sends 150 Students on Spring Break Service Trips More than 150 Georgetown University undergraduate and law students, faculty and staff members will participate in eleven alternative spring break service programs from March 3-11, 2007.
Feb 28, 2007	Georgetown Professor Explores Connections Between Dante and Derrida Georgetown University Philosophy Professor Francis Ambrosio draws connections between 13th century Florentine poet Dante and 20th century French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his new book, 'Dante and Derrida: Face to Face.'
Feb 28, 2007	New York Stock Exchange Group President and Co-COO to be Recognized by Georgetown University's Wall Street Alliance at March 1 Event in New York City Catherine R. Kinney, president and co-chief operating officer of the NYSE Group, Inc., and Thomas J. Healey, managing partner of Healey Development LLC, senior director of Goldman Sachs, senior fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and former assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury for domestic finance, will be honored on March 1 by the Georgetown University Wall Street Alliance.
Feb 20, 2007	Georgetown Honors Author Cynthia Ozick with Honorary Degree Georgetown University today honors acclaimed author and American intellectual Cynthia Ozick with a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, in a ceremony hosted by the University’s Program for Jewish Civilization.
Feb 16, 2007	Georgetown Professor Explores Policy Challenges Facing U.S. Labor Market In the new book Reshaping the American Workforce in a Changing Economy (Urban Institute Press, 2007), Georgetown University Professor of Public Policy Harry Holzer and co-editor Demetra Smith Nightingale of Johns Hopkins University, explore how policies promoting training and education will prove crucial in confronting those challenges.
Feb 16, 2007	Woodstock Fellow Receives Award for Contributions to Catholic Intellectual Life Rev. John Haughey, S.J., a senior research fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University, has been honored by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), with the Monica K. Hellwig Award for outstanding contributions to Catholic intellectual life.
Feb 16, 2007	Georgetown Honors Authors with Annual Lepgold Book Prize Georgetown University honors authors Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder with the fifth annual Lepgold Book Prize for their book Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War (MIT Press, 2005).
Feb 15, 2007	Two GU Students Named to USA Today's All-USA College Academic Team Georgetown University seniors David Fajgenbaum (NHS '07) of Raleigh, NC, and William Godwin (COL '07), of Jackson, TN were named to the All-USA College Academic Team program, sponsored by USA Today.
Feb 12, 2007	Georgetown Offers New Programs in Journalism and Public Relations Beginning in fall 2007, Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies will offer new graduate-level masters and certificate programs in professional studies with concentrations in either journalism or public relations.
Feb 08, 2007	Professor Co-Edits New Volume on Managing Global Conflict Convening 43 of the most influential and innovative analysts of international affairs, the editors present multiple perspectives on how to best prevent, manage and resolve conflicts around the world.
Feb 02, 2007	Business Professor Recognized by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Professor Ricardo Ernst was recently named an Outstanding American by Choice by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Feb 02, 2007	GU Computer Science Professor Named to “Top 10 Emerging Scholars” List Diverse Issues in Higher Education recently named M. Brian Blake, an Associate Professor in Georgetown University’s Computer Science Department, one of the “Top 10 Emerging Scholars” in academia.
Jan 26, 2007	Georgetown a Top Producer of Peace Corps Volunteers With 45 Georgetown alumni serving in the Peace Corps in 2006, Georgetown University was the fourth largest producer of Peace Corps volunteers among all private colleges and universities in the country.
Jan 22, 2007	New Report Finds U.S. Intel Community Not Solely to Blame for Recent Strategic Security Dilemmas Casting blame solely on U.S. intelligence agencies for strategic security mishaps may be misguided, according to a new report released by Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD).
Jan 18, 2007	Georgetown College Honors Professors for Scholarship, Service Georgetown College honored three of its faculty members with the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching during its annual faculty convocation. The awardees included Associate Professor of Philosophy Alisa Carse, Mathematics Professor James Sandefur, and Associate Professor of English Steve Wurtzler.
Jan 16, 2007	Georgetown Honors Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Musical Tribute Washington, D.C. -- Georgetown University and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a free musical tribute on Monday, January 15, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in The Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The program, part of the free daily performance series on the Millennium Stage, will kickoff Georgetown’s 2007 Let Freedom Ring Initiative. The program is free and open to the public.
Jan 10, 2007	Georgetown University Honors Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS with Legacy of a Dream Award
Dec 21, 2006	New Book Examines Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Developing Countries Professor Theodore Moran takes a close look at the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on host nations and offers recommendations on how it can be effectively channeled to benefit developing countries.
Dec 20, 2006	GU Center Finds More Youth Exposed to Alcohol Advertising Youth exposure to alcohol ads on TV increased 41% from 2001-2005.
Dec 14, 2006	Georgetown Awarded $3 Million Grant to Expand Entrepreneurship Education The grant will support interdisciplinary initiatives to develop new social entrepreneurship courses, establish curricular and co-curricular programs, and foster international entrepreneurialism.
Dec 11, 2006	Georgetown CAPS Director Edits Book on New Challenges in College Mental Health Practice College Mental Health Practice, edited by Paul Grayson and Philip Meilman, Georgetown University’s Director of Counseling and Psychiatric Services explores the shifting challenges faced by today’s college students and points toward some of the leading ways in which practitioners are addressing these needs.
Dec 06, 2006	Modern Language Association Honors GU Professor The Modern Language Association has awarded the 2006 Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize to Georgetown associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese Cristina Sanz for her book 'Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition: Methods, Theory, and Practice' (Georgetown University Press, 2005).
Dec 05, 2006	Georgetown Center for Liturgy Celebrates 25th Anniversary The Georgetown Center for Liturgy celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary this year, commemorating a quarter-century of work to improve the liturgical life of the Catholic Church in the United States.
Dec 04, 2006	First Lady Laura Bush Announces Partnership Between Georgetown University and U.S.-Afghan Women's Council Highlighting the university’s ongoing commitment to the government and people of Afghanistan, First Lady Laura Bush announced a formal partnership between Georgetown University and the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council in a speech at Gaston Hall, Dec. 4.
Dec 01, 2006	DC Mayor Honors GU Professor for Outstanding Service to Community District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams presented Georgetown Sociology Professor Sam Marullo with the Mayor’s Community Service Award for his outstanding contributions to the nation’s capital.
Nov 30, 2006	Anthropology Professor Explores Cultural Dynamics of High-Tech Economy in New Book New book explore how cultural practices and social relations have been altered by the sweeping economic and technological innovations of the 1990’s and the New Economy they created.
Nov 29, 2006	Role of Science and Technology in International Affairs Focus of Recent Journal Edition In the latest volume of Osiris, Professor Kai-Henrik Barth and co-editor John Krige edit a series of articles focusing on science, foreign policy and globalization.
Nov 27, 2006	Professor Timothy Beach Named Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science Georgetown University Associate Professor of Geography and Geoscience Timothy Beach was recently named a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Nov 27, 2006	New Book Looks at History, Goals and Future of Foreign Aid In her new book, Associate Professor Carol Lancaster Carol Lancaster explores the evolution of foreign aid’s purposes during the past fifty years and probes the variety of reasons motivating donor governments to provide aid.
Nov 27, 2006	Two GU Students Awarded Marshall Scholarships Two Georgetown University students were awarded Marshall Scholarships to pursue graduate degrees in the United Kingdom next year.
Nov 27, 2006	Georgetown Floridian Awarded Prestigious Marshall Scholarship Georgetown graduate from Maitland awarded a Marshall Scholarship to pursue graduate degrees in the United Kingdom next year. Karim, a government and Arabic language, literature, and linguistics major, joins 14 other Georgetown students who have been awarded Marshall Scholarships in previous years.
Nov 27, 2006	Georgetown Vermonter Awarded Prestigious Marshall Scholarship Georgetown University student and Vermont native awarded a Marshall Scholarship to pursue graduate degrees in the United Kingdom next year
Nov 27, 2006	Georgetown Professor Honored for Contribution to Physics Georgetown University physics professor Jim Freericks has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society, an honor reserved for physicists who have made significant advances in knowledge through original research.
Nov 27, 2006	Georgetown University Names Howard J. Federoff, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences Georgetown University announced the appointment of Howard J. Federoff, MD, PhD, as Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive Dean of the School of Medicine.
Nov 20, 2006	Georgetown Senior, Grad Named Mitchell Scholars Georgetown University senior Arthur Chan of Tiburon, Calif., and graduate Nathaniel Wright of Blackfoot, Idaho, are among 12 George J. Mitchell Scholarship recipients selected nationally for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Nov 19, 2006	Georgetown Graduate Named Rhodes Scholar Georgetown University graduate Maria Repnikova (SFS '06), of South Burlington, Vt., has been selected as a recipient of the 2006 Rhodes Scholarship.
Nov 15, 2006	Georgetown Co-Hosts Three-Day Cultural Festival in Florence, Italy Georgetown University joins a group of international civic, educational, and literary organizations to host “Dante: Art Generating Art,” a three day festival celebrating the never-ending regeneration of Dante’s word in poetry, theater, music, figurative arts, and multi-media works.
Nov 14, 2006	Former Interrogators, Psychologists Rethink the Psychology of Torture Torture does not yield reliable information and is actually counterproductive in intelligence interrogations. This was the conclusion released yesterday by retired senior military interrogators and research psychologists during a press conference at Georgetown University.
Nov 13, 2006	Four Georgetown Professors Receive Fulbright Scholar Awards The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board recently announced that Georgetown University faculty members have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants to lecture and conduct research overseas for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Nov 09, 2006	Georgetown Faculty and Doctoral Students Receive Fulbright-Hays Awards to Pursue Research Abroad U.S. Department of Education names Georgetown Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellows and Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad recipients.
Nov 03, 2006	Georgetown University Lauinger Library Exhibits James Ord and His Family: Beyond 200 Years in America Georgetown University presents one of its oldest alums, James Ord, in a special exhibit that features numerous letters, diaries and photographs of Ord and his descendents.
Nov 01, 2006	Georgetown Recognizes Professor, Creator of HPV Vaccine University honors Dr. Richard Schlegel with President's Medal for his outstanding contributions to medical science and to improving and saving human lives.
Oct 31, 2006	Georgetown Announces INSA Professor in the Practice of Intelligence Georgetown University’s Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS) and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) announce the establishment of the INSA Professor in the Practice of Intelligence for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Oct 30, 2006	Georgetown Honors His Excellency Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Georgetown University today honors His Excellency Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, with a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
Oct 30, 2006	McDonough School of Business Professor Pietra Rivoli Wins a 2006 Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Professor Pietra Rivoli won a 2006 Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award.
Oct 26, 2006	Burma Expert Analyzes Country’s Quest for Legitimacy In Turmoil in Burma: Contested Legitimacies in Myanmar, Professor David Steinberg takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the dynamic influences at work inside the country.
Oct 24, 2006	Georgetown Establishes Leading Institute For Global and National Health Law Georgetown University is pleased to announce the establishment of the Linda and Timothy O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
Oct 23, 2006	Georgetown Receives $2.5 Million Federal Grant to Lead Collaborative Research on the Influences of Digital Media on Children Georgetown University’s Children’s Digital Media Center (CDMC) received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the influences of digital media on very early development.
Oct 20, 2006	Prestigious UNESCO Chair Awarded to Georgetown Faculty The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized the interdisciplinary work of a Georgetown University team of psychologists, lawyers, theologians and policy experts for their work to enhance access to education in the world’s most poverty-stricken areas.
Oct 20, 2006	History Professor Examines Roots of Nationalism in New Book History Professor Aviel Roshwald argues that nationalism's power to shape the world is derived from its position at the center of complex social and political issues whose roots stretch deep into the ancient past.
Oct 19, 2006	President of the International Committee of Red Cross Honored With International Humanitarian Leadership Award at Georgetown After delivering a speech today at Georgetown, Jakob Kellenberger was honored with the 2006 American Red Cross Chairman’s Award for International Humanitarian Leadership.
Oct 18, 2006	Georgetown University Named to President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll Georgetown University was named yesterday to the first President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll in recognition of extraordinary volunteer efforts by the school and its students to serve area neighborhoods and Gulf Coast communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Oct 10, 2006	Georgetown University Center Honors Noted Catholic Church Researchers The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate presented two awards to noted leaders of Catholic research at its annual Mass, dinner and awards ceremony.
Sep 27, 2006	Professor Honored for Achievements in Public Policy Research Georgetown University Professor of Public Policy Jens Ludwig was recently awarded the 2006 Kershaw Award and Prize by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
Sep 25, 2006	Georgetown Honors His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan Georgetown University today honors His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, with a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa.
Sep 25, 2006	CNBC’s Jim Cramer Takes his “Mad Money Back to School Tour” to Georgetown University Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s “Mad Money with Jim Cramer” is continuing his “Back to School” tour and his next stop is Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall, Friday, September 29 in front of a studio audience of more than 700 college students.
Sep 20, 2006	President Bush Names Georgetown Professor Andrew Natsios Special Envoy for Sudan President George W. Bush has appointed Andrew S. Natsios (COL’71) as a Special Envoy to lead U.S. efforts to resolve the ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Sep 20, 2006	Georgetown University Advisory Committee on Protestant Ministries Announced Rev. Philip Boroughs, S.J., Vice President for Mission and Ministry for Georgetown University today announced the formation of a University Advisory Committee to review the current resources and structures of Georgetown’s Protestant Chaplaincy and assist Georgetown’s Office of Campus Ministry in designing a future model in keeping with Georgetown values.
Sep 19, 2006	Georgetown Strengthens Ties with Latin America and Iberian Peninsula through New Initiatives In an effort to strengthen relationships with Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula and draw on Georgetown University's academic strengths in international business and global competitiveness, the University's Latin American Board seeks to cultivate partnerships in Latin America, Spain and Portugal through strategic, results-oriented projects and initiatives.
Sep 07, 2006	Georgetown Names Dan Cautis Associate Vice President And Director of IT Operations Senior engineer and private sector technology leader to join Information Services
Sep 06, 2006	Georgetown University and the Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance Place Nine Fellows at the Library of Congress Georgetown University Lauinger Library and Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance announces appointment of Fellows.
Sep 05, 2006	Professor Explores the Terrorist Psyche in New Book According to a new book authored by Georgetown University Professor Fathali M. Moghaddam, a deep identity crisis in Islamic societies stands at the root of terrorist activity by some Islamic radicals.
Sep 05, 2006	Katherine Marshall, Expert in Religion, Ethics and Global Development, Joins Georgetown Faculty Katherine Marshall, a leading expert on religion and international development, has joined the Georgetown University faculty as a senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs and Visiting Professor in the Department of Government.
Aug 31, 2006	CAMY: Alcohol Ads on Radio Continue to Reach Youth – If alcohol companies had done a better job of following their voluntary standards, youth exposure to alcohol ads on the radio in the summer of 2004 would have been substantially reduced, according to data from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY).
Aug 29, 2006	Georgetown Welcomes Class of 2010 Georgetown University welcomed 1,580 students to the Class of 2010 at the annual New Student Convocation in McDonough Arena on Sunday, Aug. 27.
Aug 25, 2006	International Digital Era Focus of Professor's New Book In their new book, How Revolutionary Was the Digital Revolution? (Stanford University Press, 2006), Georgetown University Assistant Professor Abraham Newman and co-editor John Zysman construct a framework for analyzing the international digital era.
Aug 18, 2006	Georgetown's School of Foreign Service in Qatar Welcomes Class of 2010 Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar welcomed 35 new students to the Class of 2010 during its second New Student Academic Convocation on Saturday, Aug. 12.
Aug 16, 2006	Popular Culture and World Politics Intersect in New Book Georgetown University Assistant Professor Daniel H. Nexon examines the intersection of popular culture and world politics in his new book, Harry Potter and International Relations.
Aug 14, 2006	Georgetown Dean Completes Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an Jane McAuliffe, dean of Georgetown College, recently published the fifth, concluding volume of the Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an (Brill, 2001-2006).
Aug 07, 2006	Recent Georgetown Graduate Named Jack Kent Cooke Scholar Georgetown University graduate Hanseul Kang (SFS'04) of Albany, N.Y., was recently named a Scholar in the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Program.
Jul 26, 2006	Georgetown Awarded More Than $6 Million for Four Years in U.S. Department of Education Grants Georgetown University will receive more than $6 million for the next four years through the U.S. Department of Education National Resource Centers (NRC), Language Resource Centers (LRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) programs to conduct teaching, research and outreach focused on specific regions of the world.
Jul 19, 2006	Georgetown Introduces Online Certificate in Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases The Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Georgetown University recently launched the new Online Certificate in Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Jul 19, 2006	Georgetown University Service Learning Program Recognized Among Nation's Best Georgetown's Service Learning Program was recognized as among the best in the nation, in the online edition of US News & World Report's 'America's Best Colleges 2006.'
Jul 14, 2006	Georgetown Scholars Examine Syntax and Semantics in New Book In the new book Crosslinguistic Research in Syntax and Semantics: Negation, Tense and Clausal Architecture (GU Press, June 2006), a group of Georgetown University linguistics scholars present cutting-edge research in syntax and semantics.
Jul 12, 2006	Terrorism Expert Bruce Hoffman Joins Georgetown Faculty Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service announced that preeminent terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman has joined the faculty of the Security Studies Program as Professor.
Jul 06, 2006	Recent Georgetown Graduate Named Gates Cambridge Scholar Georgetown University graduate Alejandro J. Ganimian (SFS'06) of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was recently named a 2006 Gates Cambridge Scholar.

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