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Georgetown Offers Cybersecurity Scholarship

By William Zhu April 4, 2017

Georgetown started a cybersecurity scholarship program March 15 in which both graduate and undergraduate students will be able to receive tuition and stipend benefits in exchange for working in the public...

The Rising Dangers Of Botnets

The Rising Dangers Of Botnets

By Kevin Murphy March 30, 2017

It is today estimated that the internet connects over 28 billion devices: computers, phones, thermostats, lockboxes, pet-food dispensers, power grids and much more. While a growing network of 28 billion...

COURTESY CHAMBER OF DIGITAL COMMERCE
Co-founder and president of Unocoin, Sunny Ray said blockchain technologies such as the cryptocurrency bitcoin have the potential to revolutionize how business transactions are conducted.

Business Leaders Encourage Use Of Blockchain

By Emma Kotfica March 23, 2017

Business leaders promoted the potential of  blockchain technology and its ability to revolutionize the world at the second annual Blockchain Summit, hosted by the Chamber of Digital Commerce and the...

Seeking Your Alpha

Seeking Your Alpha

By Kevin Murphy March 16, 2017

By the time you graduate from business school with a degree in finance, you can value assets, optimize investment portfolios, structure complex transactions and more. The problem is, when you step out...

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The Capital Region Celebration of Women in Computing aimed to encourage women to participate to computer science and advertised career opportunities for students.

Georgetown Hosts Women in Computing Conference

By Colin Maloney March 11, 2017

The university hosted the Capital Region Celebration of Women in Computing to raise awareness of women in computer science fields Feb. 24 and 25. This is the first year that Georgetown has hosted the...

COURTESY JUDD NICHOLSON
Chief Information Officer Judd Nicholson previously worked for the U.S. Marshals Service as deputy CIO before coming to work at Georgetown.

Q&A: Judd Nicholson Promotes Technology’s Role on Campus

By William Zhu February 24, 2017

Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at Georgetown Judd Nicholson talked with The Hoya about his background, current University Information Services projects and...

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DataRefuge launched an effort to save government climate research data on the fifth floor of Lauinger Library on Feb. 18.

University Hosts Federal Climate Data Rescue Event

By Megan Carey February 23, 2017

Students, faculty, librarians and scientists gathered at Lauinger Library and the Reiss Science Building Feb. 18 and Feb. 19 to partake in datarescueDC, an attempt to preserve federal environmental...

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Speakers at the forum discussed the need for the labor market to accommodate the needs of workers in a digital era.

Baker Forum Promotes Economic Innovation

By Andrew Wallender February 3, 2017

The inaugural Baker Forum unveiled the Baker Innovation Grant, which awards five McCourt School of Public Policy students $20,000 to design solutions to a particular political issue on Jan. 25. Georgetown...

Bitcoin’s Hidden Potential

Bitcoin’s Hidden Potential

By Kevin Murphy January 27, 2017

You have heard the buzz about bitcoin, the global currency that only exists online. What you might not have heard is that bitcoin is just one part of a larger cryptocurrency movement that has the potential...

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Georgetown University Women Coders held a programming event to provide women with more exposure to computer science fields.

Coding Party Promotes Computer Science

By Tait Ryssdal January 27, 2017

The Georgetown University Women Coders, also known as guWeCode, launched the second annual Coding Party in the Healey Family Student Center on Jan. 18 to promote more women to engage and participate...

VIEWPOINT: Sparking Innovation with NASA Funding

By Grace Maglieri October 18, 2016

President Barack Obama recently unveiled his vision for the future of spaceflight missions, setting the standard for decades of research and establishing a goal of putting humans on Mars by 2030. Yet many...

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Apple released the iPhone 7 and its accompanying Apple Air headphones last week, sparking debate both on the Georgetown University campus and around the world about the products.

Apple Releases iPhone 7 to Mixed Reviews

By Sarah Fisher September 16, 2016

Last week, Apple released the long-awaited iPhone 7, marketed as an enhanced model with numerous hardware improvements. However, the iPhone user community, including users at Georgetown University,...

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