The optimism of President-elect Barack Obama’s administration will soon have to address the many challenges left behind by the Bush administration, said Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State under the Clinton administration and Mortara distinguished professor of diplomacy, to a standing-room-only crowd in Gaston Hall yesterday afternoon.

Students from the Georgetown University graduate and law schools came together on Oct. 25 to participate in a mock crisis aimed at addressing the threat of an international outbreak of influenza.

While the recent economic crisis has led people across the country to rethink their investment plans, several major developments in D.C. will continue as planned.

Both proposed and existing projects across the District, worth an estimated $42.7 billion, will continue as planned, according to the D.C. Development Report.

A grenade was found Wednesday only six miles away from Georgetown University in Rock Creek Park in Northwest D.C., but it was deemed inactive after inspection by military personnel, according to a U.S. Park Police official.

Georgetown may be the birthplace of Best Buddies International and the largest chapter in the District of Columbia, but on Sunday the organization started small — with a welcoming barbecue and afternoon for new members on Copley Lawn.