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Surreal estate: Dominique Strauss-Kahn home sells to Winsor family

Seller: Anne Sinclair Price: $3.3 million Details: The gracious Federal-style townhouse in Georgetown where disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his now-estranged broadcaster wife lived for four years has finally sold after 20 months on the market — but … Continue reading ?

Hoyas Whittington Injures Knee, May Miss Time in 2013-14 Season

Georgetown forward Greg Whittington has suffered a knee injury, confirmed by multiple media reports, and may be required to miss time depending on the severity of the injury. Whittington, spotted on crutches around the Georgetown campus, injured the knee during practice last week. Show More Summary

Georgetown’s Whittington sidelined by injury, reports say

A knee injury has sidelined Georgetown forward Greg Whittington and could force him to miss a significant amount of time, ESPN reports. The extent of the injury and exactly how much time Whittington will miss are not yet clear. Whittington, … Continue reading ?

About: Sean Mandell

2 days agoLGBT / Gay : Towleroad

Sean Mandell is an actor and writer living in Los Angeles, California. Born and raised behind the Orange Curtain, he left the comfy confines of the OC to study government at Georgetown University. Upon arriving in DC he quickly learned...

Georgetown real estate prices on the upswing

It’s been a while since I did any deep analysis of Georgetown’s real estate market. But I’ve been noticing the prices getting a little out of control recently, so I decided to see whether the stats backed up that observation. And they certainly do. Read full article >>

Iverson's Ex-Wife Accuses Him of Abducting Their Kids

Allen Iverson's ex-wife has accused the former NBA and Georgetown great of abducting their children. According to TMZ, Tawanna Iverson "just filed legal docs" on Monday, alleging Iverson "recently asked for permission to take their five...Show More Summary

Is it really the GOP’s anti-immigration stances that turn off Latinos?

Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University’s Dan Hopkins and George Washington University’s Danny Hayes and John Sides offer an empirical perspective on the issues dominating Washington. In this edition, Hopkins looks at the relationship between Republican opposition to immigration and the … Continue reading ?

NYT on FTC case against internet marketer

4 days agoIndustries / Law : 43(B)log

Nice long story, including quotes from my colleague David Vladeck, now returned to Georgetown.

Photos From The Georgetown Carnival

Exactly one week ago today was Georgetown Carnival, aka Best Street Fair In The City. I wish it was once a month, 'cause it is fu-uh-uh-un. All photos by Fedora el Morro. More after the jump, and see her whole set here on Flickr! Fedora el Morro Fedora el Morro Fedora el Morro All photos by Fedora el Morro. [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

You Know It's Summer in Seattle When You See This Guy

4 days agoUnited States / Seattle : Slog

Fedora el Morro Click the photo to see more from last weekend's Georgetown Carnival!

Proof Gulf War Illness Does Exist

Scans have shown loss of brain matter in two regions of the brain associated with pain regulation in Gulf War veterans, researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center reported in the journal PLoS One. As background information,...Show More Summary

Jeff Green's Offseason To-Do List for Maximizing Potential with Boston Celtics

Jeff Green has finally blossomed into the potential superstar general manager Danny Ainge always thought he could be. The 6'9”, 235-pound Georgetown product finished the season with a 15.07 player efficiency rating and a slew of highlights. Show More Summary

Stress test and brain scans pinpoint 2 distinct forms of Gulf War illness

WASHINGTON — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say their new work suggests that Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms depending on which brain regions have atrophied. Their study of Gulf War veterans, published...Show More Summary

KKK Kept Patrick Ewing From Attending UNC

NBA Hall of Fame Center Patrick Ewing was the beast of the Big East during his days at Georgetown University but he revealed on The Dan Patrick Show that he was almost a Tar Heel. According to Ewing, he ruled the University of North Carolina out because a Ku Klux Klan rally was staged in Chapel Hill during his last campus visit. Show More Summary

Schrag: MOOCs: The Final Nail in Legal Education's Coffin

Philip G. Schrag (Georgetown), MOOCs and Legal Education: Valuable Innovation or Looming Disaster?: Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have spread across the landscape of higher education like an invasive plant species. Although few people had heard of MOOCs before 2012, these internet-based courses, taught by university professors, are now routinely...

Hey, isn’t that. . . ?: Andy Cohen

– Andy Cohen meandering slowly up Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown Tuesday afternoon — earbuds in, seeming to enjoy the weather. Popped into the Jack Spade men’s clothing boutique, don’t know if he bought anything. The Bravo host/exec was yet another … Continue reading ?

NBA Mock Draft 2013: Pick-by-Pick Projections for Entire First Round

As we approach the 2013 NBA draft, the chatter throughout the Association naturally picks up. Will the Cleveland Cavaliers go with Kentucky big man Nerlens Noel or Georgetown small forward Otto Porter? Will Croatian forward Dario Saric withdraw from the draft? So many questions, so many answers (30 to be exact). Show More Summary

What is a weapon? What is a soldier? And what if drones are better killers than us?

Rosa Brooks, a former Pentagon official who is now a Georgetown law professor (and a fellow FP writer), said the lines of warfare and much else are much murkier than they were a few decades ago. "Is a line of code a weapon?" she asked at the CNAS conference. Show More Summary

Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney: Has a New Era of Academic Warfare Arrived?

This post was co-authored by Ali Arab, Ph.D., an assistant professor of statistics at Georgetown University. We are living in a global society driven by...

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