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July 20

Georgetown’s New Jesuit Community Rector Named 

Causes and Consequences of Caribbean Migration

CARA's New Book Identifies Trends in U.S. Catholic Church

Back to School for the Summer

McBride Family Donates $1.2 million to Third Century Campaign
 

June 2000

May 2000

CARA Study Shows Solid Growth of Associates in Religious Orders

2000 GU Commencement & Honorary Degree Recepients

South African President Thabo Mbeki to Speak at Georgetown

Ted Leonsis to Speak at GU's Inaugural 2000 Senior Convocation

CARA Releases Catholic Ministry Formation Enrollments

Kennedy Institute to Host Isaac Franck Distinguished Memorial Lecture Series

CARA Study Reveals Concerns & Needs of Chicago Priests

Dorothy Denning, Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown, named Techno-Security Professional of the Year

Juan C. Gonzalez named new Vice President for Student Affairs

Georgetown to Host Conference on Immigration and Religious Life in the United States

April 2000

Georgetown University Event: "Survivor -- Liberator: Personal Stories"

New Web Site Provides Direct Access to Georgetown's Faculty Experts

Georgetown University To Host Annual Goldman Lecture

Georgetown University Lecture on Catholic Social Thought

GU Receives $3 Million to Establish Nielsen Chair in Georgetown Public Policy Institute

Georgetown University Lecture: Issues in Elementary & Secondary Catholic Education

March 2000

President O'Donovan Announces Plans to Retire in 2001

Georgetown University Students Create New International Affairs Journal

Georgetown Experts: Pope John Paul II's Upcoming Papal Apology

Georgetown Music Professor Enlivens the Synagogue with the Spirit of Jazz

Georgetown University Chemist to Receive the Chemical Society of Washington's Top Award

Catholic-Lutheran Dialogue & the Augsburg Joint Declaration To Be Discussed at Georgetown

February 2000

Georgetown Breaks $500 Million Mark in Third Century Campaign

Breaking Away From A Typical Spring Break:
Georgetown Students To Spend Spring Vacation Volunteering

French Defense Minister Alain Richard to Speak at Georgetown University

Campus Ministry Sponsors Mass to Honor St. Claude de la Columbière, S.J.

World-Renowned Linguist Deborah Tannen To Speak on Jewish Conversational Style

January 2000

Michel Camdessus, Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund, to Recieve the Trainor Award

Georgetown University Report Find that Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era Has Suffered from Shortcomings at Both Ends of Pennsylvania Avenue

Woodstock Theological Center Forum: The U.S. Penal System: Restorative or Retributive Justice?

GU Among Top Peace Corps Producing Colleges and Universities for 2000:
Only Catholic Institution Named In Top 25 List

GU Center for Latin American Studies Hosts Meeting To Discuss New Venezuelan Constitution

GU Caribbean Project Hosts Meeting To Discuss US Policy on Cuban Migration

GU Associate Roman Catholic Chaplain Barbara Humphrey McCrabb Wins Charles Forsyth Award

Blue & Gray Update: "UIS Staff Member Shot, Is Recovering"


December 1999

Statement of Father Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. -- 12/22/99

Georgetown Students Bring Holiday Spirit to Yucatán, Mexico over Christmas Break

Georgetown's Jewish Student Association President Steve Glickman To Attend Student Congress in Israel 

November 1999

Thomas E. Caestecker Gives $2 Million to Endow Faculty Chair in Music

Georgetown University Professor William J. Byron, S.J., Wins 1999 Academic Leadership Award

Georgetown University Commemorates Martyrs of El Salvador

October 1999

Woodstock Theological Center Symposium: Ethical Considerations in Managed Health Care

New CARA Study Offers Insights on the Newly Married

CARA Celebrates 35th Anniversary: Ten Years at Georgetown University

Georgetown University Bioethics Colloquium on Health Care Needs of the Poor 

Woodstock Theological Center Forum: God, Religion, and Public Education: Is There a Mesh?

September 1999

Georgetown's Partners in Urban Research and Service-learning Awarded $400,000 HUD Grant

Georgetown's Campus Ministry To Honor St. Therese of Lisieux

CARA Announces New National Parish Inventory

New Research in Brazil Suggests Genetic Impacts of Deforestation

August 1999

Georgetown Sets Fund-Raising Record

Georgetown's First-Ever Muslim Chaplain Named

Georgetown Ranked 23rd Best College by US News & World Report

British Printmakers of the 1890s Exhibit

The Arts of the British 1890s Conference

Participants and Leaders in RENEW 2000 Indicate Success

Scudder Kemper CEO gives $5 Million to Georgetown University

Georgetown University Sponsors Program to Teach Entrepreneurial Skills to Inner City Youth

July 1999

Jo-Ann Henry Appointed Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer of Georgetown

The Muslim Community in America

June 1999

Professor Ladislas M. Orsy, S.J., Receives the 1999 John Courtney Murray Award

March 1999

Georgetown Experts: The Kosovo Crisis



December 1998

Annual Ethics Symposium Features President of Princeton University

November 1998

Georgetown's Kavanagh Receives Young Professional Award

Women Journalists to Discuss Challenges of Media Careers

Bishop George V. Murry to Speak on the American Catholic Church and Refugees

Georgetown University to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of "Sesame Street"

October 1998

One Year Later, Catholic Engaged Encounter Participants Indicate Success Of Program

Georgetown University's School of Business Receives $30 Million Gift That Names School

Professor Geoffrey Hartman to Lecture on Holocaust Video Testimony and Education

Georgetown University Hosts Panel of Women Business Leaders

Georgetown University Research Professor Appointed to World Health Organization Advisory Panel

Georgetown University Professor Selected As D.C. Professor of the Year

September 1998

Our Children's Hope

Linda Greenan Appointed Assistant Vice President for External Relations at Georgetown University

Georgetown University Awarded $1.2 Million Grant From Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Senator John D. Rockefeller to Speak on Children's Issues

August 1998

Australian Government Executive Joins Georgetown Faculty as Monash Chair

Georgetown Moves up in U.S. News & World Report's College Rankings

July 1998

German Candidate to Speak at Georgetown

Georgetown's New "Summer of Service" Program Provides Jobs for Area High School Students

Leadership Seminar Addresses Transnational Organized Crime

Forum to Address Status of Digital Television

June 1998

President of Ireland to Speak at Georgetown

Korean President Kim Dae Jung to Receive Honorary Degree from Georgetown University

May 1998

Georgetown Linguists to Discuss Mock Ebonics

New Findings on Worker Visa Limits and International Companies

Former National Security Advisor Anthony Lake Becomes Professor at Georgetown University

March 1998

At Play in the Killing Fields: Cultural Studies of Sex Tourism in Thailand

An Illustrated Lecture on Love and Death in Roman Landscape Painting

February 1998

Georgetown University receives $350,000 grant from National Science Foundation

Getting Africa on the American Agenda: Growth and Opportunities in the Next Century

The Very Reverend, Dr. Wesley Carr, Dean of Westminster Abbey, to Address Georgetown University On “Ministry and Common Religion”

Women and Politics: The Personal and the Political

January 1998

New Play, Flyin' West, Explores Reconstruction Era Social Attitudes on the American Frontier



August 1997

Patrick McArdle Appointed Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations at Georgetown University

Georgetown University Partners with the Coca-Cola Company

July 1997

Georgetown University Donates 5,000 Books to D.C. Public Library

January 1997

This Week at Georgetown January 25-31

Oliver North to Speak at Georgetown University

Georgetown University Experts: Albright Takes Helm at State Department

Can Pro-life and Pro-choice Advocates Work Together?

Symposium in Honor of Cardinal Bernardin to Explore Moral Issues

Georgetown University Experts: The College Admissions and Financial Aid Process

Ebonics Continues to Stir Debate Around the Country
The Church in American Society & the Consistent Ethic of Life

Georgetown University Experts: Israel, Palestine Reach Agreement on Hebron



December 1996

Georgetown University Names Ellen Nelson as Director of Special Programs for Main Campus

Madeleine Albright Chosen to be U.S. Secretary of State

Three from Georgetown University Selected as 1997 Rhodes Scholar

Georgetown University Appoints Daniel Porterfield, Ph.d., Associate Vice President for Communications and Assistant Professor of English

This Week at Georgetown December 7-13

His Excellency Rafik B. Hariri, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lebanon, to receive honorary degree

Georgetown University Experts: Hostage Crisis in Peru

November 1996

Hot Page for the Hoyas: Georgetown Alumni Web Site Wins National Contest

MBA Students Report on Business/Service Project

Georgetown University Experts: U.S. Participation in African Relief Effort

Take Back the Night

Lauinger Library Receives Major Gift for Preservation and Catholic Acquisitions

Georgetown University Hosts Discussion on Future of US Defense Policy

Performing Arts Calendar of Events

Georgetown University Hosts Lecture by Peace Corps Director

This Week at Georgetown November 9-15

So Brief a Honeymoon:Liberation and Literature; Paris, 1945

Were the Achievements of Ancient Greece Borrowed from Africa?

This Week at Georgetown November 2-8

What's Happening at Georgetown on Election Night

Australian Author to Read Works

Georgetown University Experts: Romania Conducts National Elections

October 1996

From the Hilltop to the White House...An Election'96 Resource Guide

This Week at Georgetown October 19-27, 1996

This Week at Georgetown October 11-18, 1996

The Final Presidential Debate

September 1996

Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago to Speak at Georgetown University

President of Algerian Socialist Forces Front Speaks at Georgetown University

Barry R. McCaffrey, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Policy, to speak at Georgetown University

Wallenberg Bankers Forum at Georgetown University September 30,1996

Georgetown Students Hit the Streets to Help the Homeless

This Week at Georgetown University September 20-29

Dr. Daniel Westbrook, Assistant Professor of Economics, to Speak at Georgetown University

Anthony Lake, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs delivers address: "Prospects for Peace in Northern Ireland and the U.S. Role" at Georgetown University

August 1996

GU Experts List: Clinton Administration's Proposal to Regulate Tobacco

CIA Director Deutch to Speak at Georgetown University

Miss Manners Rescues Civilization

July 1996

Minority Mentors Work With High School Students At Georgetown University

World Response To Burundi Crisis

American Studies Electronic Crossroads Meet at Georgetown University