Suspect pleads guilty to kidnapping of Georgetown student

Paolo Aldorasi, the man accused of kidnapping a Georgetown student in January, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob in Washington, D.C. District Court on Nov. 2, according to... Read more

By Noah Telerski November 13, 2017

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Northam wins Virginia gubernatorial election

Democrat Ralph Northam will serve as the new governor of Virginia after his victory in Tuesday’s election. Northam won with 53.9 percent of the vote over his opponent Republican Ed... Read more

By Rachel Cohen November 13, 2017

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Editor in Chief of the Hill speaks on 2016 election

Bob Cusack, editor-in-chief of The Hill, and Sarah Westwood, a White House reporter for the Washington Examiner, discussed their experiences covering the Trump White House and the role of the... Read more

By Will Pramono November 13, 2017

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MedStar Hospital Pavilion Details Announced in Planning 601 Session

The MedStar Hospital released details Monday, Nov. 5 on its plan to construct a surgical pavilion. In the presentation, Georgetown construction staff laid out a timeline for the project, which... Read more

By Katya Schwenk November 9, 2017

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Amartya Sen Speaks at Documentary Screening

Georgetown University’s India Initiative and the Association for India’s Development (AID) co-hosted a panel featuring economist Amartya Sen, Bengali filmmaker Suman Ghosh, and former economist at the World Bank Kaushik... Read more

By Shadia Milon November 9, 2017

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Food Entrepreneurship Series Hosts CAVA CEO

Brett Schulman, CEO of Cava, and Todd Klein, a partner at Revolution Growth, spoke to students in the Fisher Colloquium Monday night as part of the Food Entrepreneurship Series. Cava,... Read more

By Rachel Cohen November 8, 2017

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Free Speech Project hosts panel on First Amendment

The Georgetown Free Speech Project held a panel on the recent Charlottesville protests on Oct. 29. The event brought together four diverse, high-profile voices to speak on the first amendment.... Read more

By Katya Schwenk November 5, 2017

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SAC Votes Not to Sanction Love Saxa

The Student Activities Commission (SAC) voted to not sanction student group Love Saxa in a hearing 1 a.m. Friday morning. The hearing was in response to a complaint brought forward... Read more

By Austin Corona November 4, 2017

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U.S. Poet Laureate Gives Poetry Reading in Riggs Library

Tracy K. Smith, newly-appointed United States Poet Laureate, discussed religion with Paul Elie, senior fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center, as part of the Faith and Culture Lecture Series. The conversation... Read more

By Sienna Brancato November 2, 2017

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GAGE Delivers Unionization Petition to DeGioia’s Office

Members of the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees (GAGE) delivered a letter to the office of university President John DeGioia declaring their intention to unionize. The letter was delivered following... Read more

By Noah Telerski November 1, 2017

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SAC Ends Hearing Without Vote on Defunding of Love Saxa

The Student Activities Commission (SAC) adjourned its hearing regarding Love Saxa early Tuesday morning without deciding whether to defund the student organization due to the nightly closure of the HFSC.... Read more

By Austin Corona October 31, 2017

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Students Call on SAC to Defund Love Saxa

Student activists Chad Gasman (COL ‘20) and Jasmin Ouseph (SFS ‘19) have circulated a petition to support the defunding of Love Saxa, an official student group. Love Saxa is an... Read more

By Lilah Burke October 30, 2017

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DeGioia Affirms Support for DREAM Act in Op-Ed

University president John DeGioia co-authored an Oct 16 op-ed in The Hill with three other presidents of area universities asking Congress to pass the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien... Read more

By Noah Telerski October 30, 2017

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Women’s and Gender Studies Program Turns 30

“Georgetown has [historically] proven to be one of the slower institutions to react to the growing need for an expansive Women’s Studies program,” the New Press, Georgetown’s former feminist quarterly,... Read more

By Alice Ye October 27, 2017

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Urban Health Collaborative Speaker Series Begins

The NHS began its new Urban Health Collaborative speaker series on Oct. 17 with a speaker event in the Alumni House. Sean Quinn, an architect for design and engineering firm... Read more

By Rachel Cohen October 25, 2017

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George Packer Commemorates Richardson American Studies Lecture Series

George Packer, author and New Yorker staff writer, spoke in the Riggs Library on Oct. 19. His talk, “How America Came Unwound,” marked the 30th anniversary of the Richardson American... Read more

By Katya Schwenk October 24, 2017

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Campus Faith Groups Celebrate Inter-Faith Week

Several different faith and religious groups on campus celebrated Inter-Faith Week from Oct. 15 to Oct. 21, in the first major collaboration of its kind at Georgetown. The celebration involved... Read more

By Damian Garcia October 24, 2017

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Center for Child and Human Development Holds Event on Refugee Mental Health

Experts on child development and the Syrian crisis came met in the HFSC Social Room on Oct.10 to explain the problems facing young children caught in the crisis and explore... Read more

By Rebecca Zaritsky October 23, 2017

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Berkley Center Hosts Event on Civil Rights

Faculty and students gathered at the Berkley Center on Oct. 12th for a discussion with Kenneth Bedell, who explored questions of American race relations and sociology in his newest book,... Read more

By Austin Corona October 19, 2017

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Danish Minister Tørnæs Speaks on Gender and Development

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), in conjunction with the BMW Center for German and European Studies, hosted a roundtable discussion with Ulla Tørnæs, the former Danish... Read more

By Michael Coyne October 18, 2017