Georgetown University

Aspiring students who are incarcerated within the Maryland state prison system can now work to get a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.

In a season where no one would have guessed the Hoyas would have a chance to win the Big East, Georgetown defied the odds.

News4’s Pat Lawson Muse spoke with Project Olas founder and CEO Rebecca Cox. Founded at Georgetown University, Project Olas offers Spanish language lessons from mothers in Central America.

Georgetown University says it will discipline medical students who received COVID-19 vaccines though they were not eligible to receive them. Third-year and fourth-year medical students at the Washington, D.C., school are eligible to receive the vaccine because they interact with patients, a spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday.  But administrators recently learned that other medical school students, “who are...

After years of researching and listening to the stories of successful entrepreneurs and colleagues, Georgetown University professor J. Douglas Holladay shares what he’s learned about parenting and risk-taking.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, is set to join the faculty of Georgetown Law in D.C. next month. Emhoff will serve as a Distinguished Visitor from Practice and teach a two-credit course in the spring semester called “Entertainment Law Disputes.” He will also serve as a Distinguished Fellow of Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy....

Millions asked a similar question while viewing that searing cellphone video showing George Floyd being killed by a Minneapolis police officer while other cops stood by: “Why aren’t they stopping him?” A new project launched in the Washington, D.C., area aims to prepare police officers to do something that can be at odds with traditional training: Intervene in those...

A new project based in the D.C. area aims to prepare police officers to do something that can be at odds with their traditional training. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Former Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson, Jr. has died at the age of 78.

People convicted of a crime can often struggle to get good jobs once they finish serving their time. Georgetown University is trying to help with something called the Pivot Program. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports the initiative gives people a second shot at a productive life.

A former technology executive has pleaded guilty to paying $300,000 to bribe his son’s way into Georgetown University as a tennis recruit — even though the son didn’t play tennis.

A Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, man has agreed to plead guilty to bribing Georgetown University’s former tennis coach $50,000 to get his daughter admitted as a fake athletic recruit, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

The former NBA star urged others to take the novel coronavirus seriously.

Medical students at Georgetown are graduating on Sunday but have already started working as they help MedStar doctors treat patients with COVID-19 virtually. News4’s Derrick Ward spoke with some of the students.

A California woman was sentenced Tuesday to seven months in prison for paying bribes to rig her two daughters’ college admissions exams and get one of them into Georgetown University as a fake tennis recruit. In an unusual hearing held via videoconference due to the coronavirus pandemic, the judge rejected Elizabeth Henriquez’s bid to avoid prison because of the...

Officials from Howard University and Georgetown University announced that members of their given communities tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.

Georgetown University, along with many other universities and colleges in the D.C. area, is moving instruction online because of the coronavirus. News4’s Cory Smith spoke to students about the change.

Universities across the D.C. area have announced that classes will temporarily move to online platforms as cases of the rare coronavirus spread. AU’s spring break will be extended through March 17, and the changes will go into effect March 18. Online classes will continue through April 3. “While the risk to our community remains low at this time, our precautionary actions...

American University announced that all classes will temporarily move to online platforms following spring break as cases of the rare coronavirus spread in the D.C. area. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.