Johnson meets with students, university maintains invitation

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with Georgetown students who are undocumented immigrants on May 16.

By Elizabeth Teitz May 20, 2016

Bookstore employees not guaranteed continued employment

According to Manager of Internal Communications Maggie Moore, employees of the Georgetown Bookstore are not guaranteed continued employment under new vendor Barnes & Noble. The Barnes & Noble will become... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen May 11, 2016

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UndocuHoyas asks university to disinvite Johnson

A group of 30 students delivered a letter to the School of Foreign Service Deans on May 9 asking the University to rescind Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson’s invitation... Read more

By Elizabeth Teitz May 10, 2016

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GSC hosts town hall with workers

The Georgetown Solidarity Committee (GSC) hosted a town hall meeting on April 30 to set its agenda for the future and facilitate conversation among University-employed workers. Student members of GSC,... Read more

By Jake Maher May 5, 2016

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Paul Ryan discusses conservative principles at town hall

On April 27, House Speaker Paul Ryan participated in a town hall event entitled “Building a Confident America” at Georgetown University to address millennials. The event, held in Gaston Hall,... Read more

By Margaret Gach April 30, 2016

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Panel discusses diversity requirement for incoming class

On April 25, GUSA hosted a town hall meeting in the Great Room of the Healy Family Student Center to discuss Georgetown’s new “Engaging Differences” core requirement, which will mandate... Read more

By Michael Coyne April 28, 2016

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NASC Pow Wow seeks to spread appreciation of Native culture

On April 23, the Georgetown Native American Student Council (NASC) held their fourth annual Native American Pow Wow on Copley Lawn to celebrate Native American culture and spread awareness of... Read more

By Margaret Gach April 28, 2016

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Sexual Assault Open Forum addresses gains, concerns

On April 20, six administrators gathered with students to discuss new programs and answer questions pertaining to sexual assault on campus in the third annual Sexual Assault Open Forum. Sponsored... Read more

By Margaret Gach April 24, 2016

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Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood President, discusses reproductive rights

Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, spoke at Georgetown University on April 20 to a packed Lohrfink Auditorium in an event... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen April 22, 2016

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Dr. Kimberly Brown speaks at Emancipation Day Symposium

On Monday afternoon, Dr. Kimberly Juanita Brown, Assistant Professor of English and Africana Studies at Mount Holyoke College, discussed her 2015 book, The Repeating Body: Slavery’s Visual Resonance in the... Read more

By Michael Coyne April 22, 2016

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Dialogue between doctoral students and administration grows as petition circulates

The Doctoral Students Coalition (DSC) began to circulate a petition on March 29 asking that Norberto Grzywacz, Dean of the the Georgetown University Graduate School, postpone and reconsider changes to... Read more

By Jake Maher April 21, 2016

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GU Fossil Free unites student groups for rally

Georgetown University Fossil Free held a rally on April 13 in Red Square with members from allied student groups groups to demand transparency and social responsibility in University investments. GU... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen April 15, 2016

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Doctoral students confront increased work hours, no proportional rise in pay

The Doctoral Students Coalition (DSC) has been circulating a petition since March 29 asking that Dean Norberto Grzywacz, Dean of the the Georgetown University Graduate School, postpone and reconsider changes... Read more

By Jake Maher April 14, 2016

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Possible hack delays Snowden talk

Technical difficulties delayed Edward Snowden’s speaking event in the Lohrfink Auditorium on April 14, which took place via web call. The event, sponsored by the Lecture Fund and moderated by Professor... Read more

By Isaiah Seibert April 14, 2016

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Georgetown establishes new website for undocumented students

Georgetown University launched a new website last Thursday, April 7 to help undocumented students navigate the specific challenges presented by their citizenship status. The website serves to consolidate existing campus... Read more

By Isaiah Seibert April 13, 2016

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GUSA Passes FY 2016-17 Budget: GPB, CSJ see funding cuts

The GUSA Senate voted unanimously to approve the Student Activities Budget Fiscal Year 2017 on Sunday April 7. The total budget, as allocated by GUSA’s Finance Appropriations Committee (Fin/App), came... Read more

By Elizabeth Teitz April 13, 2016

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Sec. of Energy Ernest Moriz discusses diplomacy, Iran deal

Dr. Ernest Moniz, the current United States Secretary of Energy, was honored at a ceremony in the ICC auditorium on Monday, April 11. Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy... Read more

By Michael Coyne April 13, 2016

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Journalism Program hosts panel on Austin Tice, missing reporter

Georgetown University’s undergraduate Journalism Program presented an event Wednesday night on the plight of Austin Tice (SFS ‘02), who disappeared while freelance reporting on the conflict in Syria in 2012,... Read more

By Michael Coyne April 10, 2016

Features

Soul Searching: Navigating Georgetown’s Catholic Identity

“Everyday and every generation of students and faculty here, we carry that inherent tension between being a university in all its fullness, and being Catholic and Jesuit."

By Elizabeth Teitz, Isaiah Seibert, Lilah Burke and Liz Teitz, Lilah Burke and Isaiah Seibert April 9, 2016

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Language options expand on campus

Georgetown students will have access to new language programs with the opening of foreign language minors to SFS students and the creation of a Johns Hopkins-Georgetown partnership.

By Margaret Gach April 9, 2016