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Committee searches for new dean of College

On Sept. 20, the College Dean Search Committee held open forums for students, staff, and faculty to voice their opinions on the characteristics that a new dean of the College... Read more

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Secretary of Labor Perez discusses principles

Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez spoke the morning of Sept. 20 at Riggs Library about the importance of building a “shared prosperity” for America. Perez emphasized that Americans have choices... Read more

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GU Politics welcomes new fellows

The Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service welcomed its new class of fellows to Georgetown with the start of semester. These fellows will use their career experience to give... Read more

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Employees raise labor concerns in HFSC

Georgetown’s facilities management has not hired additional custodial staff to clean Healey Family Student Center (HFSC) since its opening in Sept. 2014, according to employees. Night shift workers say they... Read more

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Sexual crimes suspect apprehended on Prospect St.

On Sept. 17, a suspect possibly involved in several crimes around the Georgetown neighborhood, including attempted sexual assault, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Georgetown University Police Department... Read more

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Federal Ruling Sparks TA Unionization Discussions across Campuses

Teaching and research assistants at private universities like Georgetown gained the right to unionize on Aug. 23 with a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling, the Voice reported on Sept.... Read more

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Georgetown transitions to Canvas online system

Georgetown students returned to campus in August to discover that a sizable portion of university professors now use Canvas, a product of Salt Lake City-based Instructure, instead of the Blackboard... Read more

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Higher Edge: The truth about rankings

The U.S. News and World Report released its annual college rankings list on Tuesday Sept. 12. University presidents, administrators, and deans waited with baited breath for its release as a... Read more

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GSC denied access to union negotiations

On Sept. 8, members of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee (GSC) were denied access to observe the negotiations between the University and SEIU Local 1199, a union that represents campus maintenance... Read more

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Netanyahu panel interrupted by protest

On Thursday, a group of students interrupted an event hosted by the Center for Jewish Civilization on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s career in protest of the leader. The students... Read more

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Task force mobilizes in response to sexual assault survey

The full membership of the Steering Committee of the Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Task Force met for the first time on Sept. 2. University President John DeGioia called for... Read more

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Tuition hike prompts calls for transparency

In response to an increase in tuition for the 2016-17 academic year, Georgetown undergraduates have begun to call for increased transparency in the university’s budgetary processes and a town hall... Read more

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On the Record: Director of Hindu Life

Over the summer, Georgetown announced one of its newest additions to the Campus Ministry chaplains, Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan. In addition to serving as a Chaplain-in-Residence on the third floor of... Read more

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Georgetown TAs consider unionization after ruling

On Aug. 23, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that students working as teaching and research assistants at private universities have the right to unionize. This decision gives both... Read more

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Preferred admissions status among Working Group’s recommendations

On Thursday morning, the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation recommended that Georgetown formally apologize to the descendants of its former slaves and offer those descendants preference in admissions.... Read more

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Campus Plan, Deciphered

Next year, Georgetown will officially adopt its new campus plan, a rough blueprint for how the University wants to develop its property in the future. This new plan will last... Read more

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Hoyas reflect on convention experiences

During a campaign season fraught with political tension and conflict, twenty Georgetown students attended the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in July through a program with the Institute of Politics... Read more

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Administrators, students address sexual assault and misconduct survey

Almost one third of surveyed female undergraduate respondents report having experienced some form of non-consensual sexual contact as a result of physical force or incapacitation, according to the Sexual Assault... Read more

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Almost one third of surveyed Georgetown female undergrads report experiencing non-consensual sexual contact

Nearly one third of the female undergraduate student population at Georgetown have reported experiencing non-consensual sexual contact, according to the Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey released June 16. According... Read more

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University releases 20 year campus plan after collaboration with Georgetown Community Partnership

Georgetown administrators released the 20-year campus plan last Monday June 6 that will serve as the structure for housing, transportation, and conduct from 2017 to 2036. On June 2, Vice... Read more