While thousands will flock to Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Washington, D.C., may host games of its own that year: the Gay Games.

In 1975, Alice Rivlin became the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office. Over the years, she has served as the director of the Office of Budget and Management and as vice chair of the Federal Reserve Bank. She is an expert on budget, fiscal, monetary and social policy and is currently serving on the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange.

In addition to his time spent in the classroom, Georgetown Professor Rupert Scofield is executive international director of the Foundation for International Community Assistance, a microcredit organization that reaches more than 700,000 clients in 21 countries.

As the population of the District grows and land becomes more scarce, developers are considering building upward.

Professor Michael Eric Dyson was named one of Ebony magazine's most influential African Americans in 2003. He is an outspoken political commentator on national television and used to host “The Michael Eric Dyson Radio Show” on National Public Radio. An author of numerous books, Dyson is currently a sociology professor at Georgetown University.

Georgetown University Law Center will not be following the lead of three top law schools who have switched to a pass-fail system for their grading policy.

A Georgetown law professor who has been working to end the use of physicians in Army interrogations said he recently received information from the U.S. Army defending its interrogation techniques.