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Founded in 1789, the same year the U.S. Constitution took effect, Georgetown University is the nation's oldest Catholic and Jesuit university. Today, Georgetown is a major international research university that embodies its founding principles in the diversity of our students, faculty, and staff, our commitment to justice and the common good, our intellectual openness, and our international character.
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» Work with Local Cristo Rey School Honored
Georgetown University recently received Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School’s first-ever Cristo Rey Partnership Award.
» Math Chair Named D.C.’s Top Professor
» Report Explores Food Safety Weaknesses
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Hoya Facts
Richard McCooey (COL '52) established an eating club in 1962 in the basement of a renovated Federal house and is now a popular off-campus hangout.
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