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VIEWPOINT: Code for Connection

VIEWPOINT: Code for Connection

By Jason Yi February 15, 2024

With Valentine’s Day having just passed, love is on the minds of many young Hoyas. For those whose collegiate love escapades have gone a little awry, Georgetown University Marriage Pact, a questionnaire-based...

VIEWPOINT: Reprogram Computer Science at Georgetown

VIEWPOINT: Reprogram Computer Science at Georgetown

By Reed Uhlik November 12, 2023

The prestige of Georgetown University often offers hope that a degree will open exclusive doors to lucrative careers. Yet, unlike other students in fields such as consulting, finance and foreign policy,...

VIEWPOINT: Embark on Uncertain Journeys

VIEWPOINT: Embark on Uncertain Journeys

By Caroline Schauder May 17, 2020

One Friday night during my freshman year, my friends from my New Student Orientation group and I decided to go bowling. We called an UberXL, and all five of us climbed into the large three-row black van...

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...

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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...

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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...

HOYA HACKS
Over 300 student competitors from more than 130 universities from all over the country participated in a 36-hour hackathon in the Healey Family Student Center to test their software and hardware skills.

Hoya Hacks Highlights Tech Innovation

By Sarah Fisher November 11, 2016

Students from colleges across the country descended upon Georgetown’s campus last weekend to compete in the second annual Hoya Hacks, a competitive 36-hour test of software and hardware skill and...

TESS OCONNOR
Professor Wenchao Zhou (pictured), professor Micah Sherr and professor Clay Shields have received $1.7 million to develop new cyber defense for distributed denial of service attacks.

Professors Receive $1.7 Million to Develop New Cyber Defense

By William Zhu July 7, 2016

Three professors in Georgetown University’s computer science department received $1.7 million from a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop new cyber defense for distributed...

Hacking a Liberal Arts Education

Hacking a Liberal Arts Education

By Taylor Wan February 5, 2016

“And that’s what this last chapter is all about. It could be interesting to dive deeper, but because we are not an engineering school, we can wrap up this class here. Any questions?” Just one....

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