The creation of four SFS students in November of that year, Delta Phi Epsilon (DPE) became Georgetown’s Greek guinea pig in January 1920. Its mission aimed to unite foreign service junkies behind a ...

Mary Norris writes about the use of the Greek alphabet in designating different coronavirus variants—and how the different variants are going through the Greek alphabet quite quickly.

After a new variant with the unwieldy scientific name of B.1.1.529 was discovered last week in South Africa, observers might have expected WHO to name it after the next Greek letter on the list: Nu.

The World Health Organization was following the Greek alphabet to the letter to label COVID variants. One rep tells KHOU 11's VERIFY team why they skipped Nu and Xi.

According to the Greek alphabet, the World Health Organization was expected to name the latest Covid-19 variant “Nu” or “Xi.” But both names were seen as problematic.

Among the many unknowns surrounding the new coronavirus variant called Omicron, named after the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, one has stood out to many English speakers: How is it pronounced ...

Anagrams aside, the new coronavirus variant’s name follows an established pattern of naming variants after letters in the Greek alphabet. Pedestrians wearing face masks against the coronavirus ...

According to the Greek alphabet, the World Health Organization was expected to name the latest Covid-19 variant “Nu” or “Xi.” But both names were seen as problematic.