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For months, the first-year residents of Harbin Hall have been woken by false fire alarms at all hours of the night.
By Michelle Serban May 8, 2022
On the night of May 2, students rallied in front of the Supreme Court in protest of the draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade.
By Nora Scully and Sarah Watson May 3, 2022
The Georgetown Hotel and Conference Center is set to lay off all its employees without termination or severance pay by June 30.
By Anthony Bonavita May 1, 2022
People gathered in the city to celebrate 160 years of emancipation in Washington, D.C., after two years of postponed Emancipation Day events.
By Joanna Li April 29, 2022
After months of exertion by its four coordinators, the April 9 ‘Cookout’ represented a dream coming to life.
By Ajani Jones April 29, 2022
Lauinger Library has served as a main study space at Georgetown, but now, administrators are considering an upgrade to the dated facility.
By Ashley Kulberg April 28, 2022
HFIR hosted its sixth annual UndocuWeek to educate, support, and raise awareness for undocumented students on Georgetown’s campus.
By Gaeun Lee April 27, 2022
Students revived the effort to hold the university accountable for its commitment to GU272 descendants made after the 2019 referendum.
By Franzi Wild April 27, 2022
More than half the student body lacked bystander training on assault, harassment, and other sexual and interpersonal violence issues.
By Annabella Hoge April 15, 2022
Students petitioned the university to hire more South Asian professors and offer more courses related to South Asia and its languages.
By Nora Scully April 15, 2022
Fr. Andrew J. “Drew” Christiansen, S.J., a distinguished professor in the School of Foreign Service died on April 6 after a long term illness.
By Sarah Watson April 7, 2022
The District ranks first in gun homicides relative to the rest of the U.S., and a fatal shooting on M St. increased attention on gun violence.
By Ashley Kulberg April 7, 2022
Georgetown reinstated indoor masking requirements on the main and medical campuses effective April 7 after a spike in COVID-19 cases.
By Paul James April 6, 2022
Professors at Howard University are seeing the beginnings of positive change in their labor negotiations with the university administration.
By Ajani Jones April 6, 2022
More gender-inclusive restrooms could be expanding into the broader DMV area, according to a new bill proposed in Montgomery County.
By Joanna Li April 6, 2022
The D.C. government broke ground on a new Ward 8 hospital, which will address needs in historically underserved, majority-Black populations.
By Nora Scully April 5, 2022
Georgetown’s Jesuit values are being threatened by public displays of affection by couples in Lauinger Library.
By Alex Deramo April 1, 2022
When Vil A residents moved back into their rooms for the spring semester, their already chronic laundry room issues continued to intensify.
By Chetan Dokku April 1, 2022
Georgetown’s intricately designed system of doorways serves as a stimulating puzzle to holistically enrich the bodies and minds of students.
By Joanna Li April 1, 2022
The search for a new associate director of the Disability Cultural Initiative (DCI) has re-energized student hopes of establishing a DCC.
By Megan O'Malley March 30, 2022
