2010-2019
Voice, September 27, 2016
Carol Lancaster becomes the first woman Dean of the Foreign Service School
Steers Center for Global Real Estate is founded
Three students are arrested in connection with a drug-lab in a Harbin Hall dorm room on October 23
David A. Thomas is named Dean of the McDonough Business School. In 2018, he takes office as the 12th president of Morehouse College
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, delivers the keynote address at the Future of Food international conference an on campus on May 4
Online Master’s in Nursing Program begins
5.8 magnitude earthquake centered on Louisa County Virginia, disrupts orientation events and forces the evacuation of campus buildings on August 23
Global Business Initiative is founded
School of Continuing Studies signs a lease agreement on July 19 for a new space at 7th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, near Chinatown
Regents Hall officially opens on October 4
University announces on December 9 that it has accepted an invitation to join edX, the online education nonprofit founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Men’s soccer team reaches the NCAA National Finals in December
Regents Hall receives LEED Gold certification for its green spaces and sustainable features in April
President Barack Obama makes a major speech on climate change on the steps of Old North on June 25
Foundation exercises for Georgetown’s newest school, the McCourt School, are held in the Quadrangle on October 8. The school is named for Frank H. McCourt, Jr. (C’1975), whose gift of $100 million endowed it
Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation, made possible by a $10 million gift from Alberto (P’15, P’17) and Olga María Beeck (F’81, P’15, P’17), is launched on February 11
University announces that its soon to be built intercollegiate athletics center will be named the John R. Thompson Jr. Intercollegiate Athletics Center on March 4
Master of Science in Finance is launched
Georgetown Women’s Alliance is founded in February
Booth Family Center for Special Collections in Lauinger Library officially opens on March 23
President John J. DeGioia charges a Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, made up of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and members of the Jesuit Community to provide advice and recommendations on how best to acknowledge and recognize Georgetown’s historical relationship with the institution of slavery in September
Pope Francis celebrates his first U.S. Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on September 23. Georgetown lends a 17th century iron cross for the occasion
University announces that it has received one of the largest gifts in its history on October 6. The $50 million from Peter and Susan Cooper of Newport Beach, California, parents of five GU graduates, is to support an innovative leadership program for students engaged in intercollegiate athletics and to enhance the Multi-Sport Field
Georgetown co-hosts the State Department's climate change and clean energy forum on October 20-21
Students with a number of demands about racial justice, including changing the names of Mulledy and McSherry Halls, begin a sit-in outside the President’s Office on November 13
President DeGioia announces that Mulledy and McSherry Halls will be renamed after meeting with student activists and receiving a recommendation from the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation about interim names on November 14
University announces on February 24 that the Center for Jewish Civilization has received a gift of $10 million from philanthropists Norman and Irma Braman to endow a program on the forensic study of the Holocaust
Georgetown University Archives celebrates its 200th anniversary on April 21
Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation submits its report to President DeGioia in the summer
Georgetown announces that its newest student residence will be named for Father Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Father General of the Society of Jesus. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Hall opens in the fall
University announces on November 22 that the Georgetown McDonough School of Business has received a generous $7.3 million gift from Joseph Patrick Baratta II (B’93) and Abigail Williams Baratta (F’96) to establish the Baratta Endowed Global Business Education Fund and the Baratta Endowed Chair in Global Business
DC Zoning Commission unanimously approves the University’s 20-year Campus Plan on December 1
Smithsonian African American Museum’s founding director Lonnie Bunch receives an honorary degree in January
Rev. Timothy Kesicki, president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, formally apologizes to the descendants of the 272 slaves sold in 1838 in the “Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition, and Hope” in Gaston Hall on April 18. After the liturgy,Freedom Hall and and Remembrance Hall are rededicated as Isaac Hawkins Hall and Anne Marie Becraft Hall
Georgetown names Patrick Ewing (C'85) as new head men's basketball coach on April 3. Ewing returns to Georgetown after serving for 15 years as an assistant coach in the NBA
Georgetown joins a group of 30 colleges and universities on March 31 in filing an amicus brief outlining the impact of the recent Executive Order baring entry into the United States of individuals from six Muslim-majority countries (Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) for 90 days
Global Health Initiative (GHI) is formally launched
Paul Almeida is named Dean of McDonough Business School
Georgetown and Origis Energy USA announce a power purchase agreement to develop a 32.5-megawatt offsite solar power system, which will provide almost 50 percent of campus electricity needs, September 18
Task Force on Gender Equity is set up in March
Former Village C Terrace, across Old North Way between Dahlgren Chapel and Village C, is renamed in honor of Father Martin J. O'Gara who left the Georgetown faculty in 1943 to become a chaplain in the Air Transport Command. He was returning to the U.S. to be discharged in 1945 when his plane caught fire. Instead of leaping to safety, he gave his parachute to a fellow serviceman and helped seven other passengers escape before the plane crashed with him still on board.
Gen. (Ret.) George W Casey Jr (F’70) speaks at the University’s Veterans Day Ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I
Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus releases a report on December 17 identifying Jesuits from the Province or who served in the Province who have been credibly accused of the sexual abuse of minors since 1950; four individuals named in the report spent time at Georgetown
Three of Georgetown’s famous alumni comedians – Jim Gaffigan (B’1988), Mike Birbiglia (C’2000) and John Mulaney (C’2004) – raise $1 million during a sold-out performance on January 16 to support first-generation college students through the Georgetown Scholars Program
University announces on February 13 that it has received a $20 million gift from Patricia and Jon M. Baker (C’64) to establish the Baker Trust for Transformational Learning
University announces on February 19 that it is rescinding the 2004 honorary degree awarded to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, after he is dismissed from the priesthood in the wake of numerous substantiated claims of abuse
A $55 million grant from the Open Philanthropy Project creates the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), to be housed at Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service The largest U.S. center focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and policy, CSET is to produce analysis of the national security implications of emerging technologies
Allegations surface in March that former tennis coach Gordon Ernst was a participant in a fraudulent scheme to propose prospective students as athletic recruits and thereby increase their chances of admission
Georgetown and Google Cloud sign a multiyear agreement on April 4 to partner on a variety of research, teaching and learning initiatives and migrate the university’s on-site data storage
Students vote in favor of a new fee to establish a reconciliation fund to benefit the descendants in an April referendum
Rosemary Kilkenny (L’87, P’06) assumes the position of Georgetown’s first Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer on April 25
University announces on May 30 that it has received a $10 million gift from the Penner Family Foundation, led by Carrie Walton Penner (C’92) and Gregory Boyd Penner (F’92), to strengthen Georgetown’s commitment to financial aid and to experiential learning opportunities for students
Foreign Service School celebrates its 100th anniversary. Among anniversary projects is an exhibition on this school’s history which opens on the 5th floor of Lauinger Library on September 23
University announces a new reconciliation initiative on October 29 to support community-based projects with descendant communities and does not enact the new student fee voted on by students in april
Men’s soccer team wins its First NCAA Championship in December
Georgetown’s Prison Scholars Program at the DC Jail, the only co-educational prison program in the country, receives a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, December 19
