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4 days ago · In 1789 Georgetown University was established as the first Roman Catholic academic institution in the country. Construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in the 19th century brought new jobs to the old port city. Mills, foundries, and lime kilns began to line Georgetown’s waterfront.
2 days ago · The university was founded in 1949 as a northern branch of the University of Virginia, and it became an independent university in 1972.
4 days ago · Mutombo attended Georgetown University on a USAID scholarship. He originally intended to become a doctor, but the Georgetown Hoyas basketball coach John Thompson recruited him to play basketball. [13] [14] He spoke almost no English when he arrived at Georgetown and studied in the ESL program. [15] [16]
2 days ago · University of Texas II, No. 14-981, 579 U.S. ___ (2016) the court upheld the university's limited use of race in admissions decisions because the university showed it had a clear goal of limited scope without other workable race-neutral means to achieve it.
2 days ago · Bill Clinton enrolled at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 1964 and graduated in 1968 with a degree in international affairs. That year he went to the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and he graduated from Yale University Law School in 1973.
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2 days ago · People visit the tomb of Christopher Columbus at the Cathedral of Seville, Oct. 11, 2024, shortly after forensic researchers from the University of Granada said they had confirmed that the bones ...
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5 days ago · The Department is delighted to host a variety of lectures and master classes each year, drawing prominent and creative philosophical thinkers to the Georgetown community. Please do not hesitate to contact the Main Office at philosophy@georgetown.edu with any questions regarding the Lecture Series.
