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VIEWPOINT: Seek Common Ground in Discourse

VIEWPOINT: Seek Common Ground in Discourse

By Paige Foster and Gregory Brew February 15, 2024

This year, Georgetown University’s Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life (OCC), the nation’s largest student-run anti-abortion conference, enters its 25th year. According to its mission statement,...

Neuroscience Conference Draws Over 25,000 Attendees to Washington, D.C.

Neuroscience Conference Draws Over 25,000 Attendees to Washington, D.C.

By Pallavi Bommareddy November 15, 2023

Neuroscience 2023, the largest scientific conference in the world, drew over 25,000 attendees from around the world to Washington, D.C. this year from Nov. 11 to Nov. 15. The conference, organized...

Georgetown McDonough Hosts Global Business Conference

By Yolanda Lu October 6, 2023

The McDonough School of Business (MSB)’s Baratta Center for Global Business hosted its first annual conference Oct. 2, bringing senior executives from international businesses and policymakers together...

Hillary Clinton, Irish Prime Minister Commemorate Anniversary of The Troubles Peace Agreement

Hillary Clinton, Irish Prime Minister Commemorate Anniversary of The Troubles Peace Agreement

By Jack Willis March 24, 2023

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headlined an event honoring the role women played in crafting the Good Friday Agreement, a peace agreement that ended a deadly period of conflict in Northern...

WEXELBLATT | Conference Switches Mean More to Conferences Than Schools

WEXELBLATT | Conference Switches Mean More to Conferences Than Schools

By Jake Wexelblatt June 11, 2020

The University of Connecticut announced plans to depart from the American Athletic Conference and return to the Big East for the upcoming school year. While the effects for scheduling and rivalries are...

UNICEF GEORGETOWN/FACEBOOK |UNICEF-Georgetown underscored the effects of gang violence on child migration to the U.S-Mexico Border in a conference on Nov. 10

UNICEF Conference Stresses Consequences of Gang Violence on Child Migration

By Clara Grudberg November 15, 2019

UNICEF-Georgetown hosted the 17th annual International Children’s Development Conference on Nov. 10, which focused on the effect of gang violence on the migration of children from Latin and Central...

DC Talks Conference Fosters Dialogue on the Arts

DC Talks Conference Fosters Dialogue on the Arts

By Tom Garzillo November 10, 2017

The capital city is not just a political hub, but also a thriving center of arts, music and journalism. The D.C. Talks conference, hosted by the Georgetown University Music Program in partnership with...

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Speakers at the second annual Georgetown Africa Business Conference discussed the large potential for economic growth on the African continent in the Lohrfink Auditorium on Feb. 4.

Conference Promotes Businesses in Africa

By Megan Carey February 10, 2017

The Vice President for Africa at the World Bank Makhtar Diop stressed the need to focus on Africa’s enormous global economic potential at the second annual Georgetown Africa Business Conference in...

A Love Letter to Us: The Queer Community

A Love Letter to Us: The Queer Community

By Grace Smith January 29, 2016

This is my love letter. But it isn’t to one person. It is to a community — a community that has taught me how to love and be loved, that embraces me even when I don’t embrace myself, that is profoundly...

Embracing Risk, Speakers Share Perspectives

Embracing Risk, Speakers Share Perspectives

By Opinion Editor November 16, 2015

Risk-taking is frightening — but it should be pursued by students. So stood the premise of this year's TEDxGeorgetown conference. Speakers, including students, alumni, faculty and public figures,...

Exchange Evolves in 4th Year

By Andrew Wallender February 27, 2015

The Fourth Annual Walsh Exchange, one of the only undergraduate international relations research conferences in the country, will be held at Georgetown and various locations around D.C. the weekend of...

A Truly Catholic Conference

By The Editorial Board September 16, 2014

With the Jesuit LGBTQ conference Ignatian Q headed to Georgetown this March, the university has solidified its role as a facilitator of dialogue regarding the intersection of LGBTQ and religious identities. Movements...

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