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

By Jake Maher September 9, 2016

News

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

By Margaret Gach September 6, 2016

News

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

By Isaiah Seibert September 5, 2016

News

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

By Caitlyn Cobb September 2, 2016

News

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

By Kevin Huggard September 2, 2016

Features

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

By Michael Coyne August 31, 2016

News

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

By Emily Kaye August 14, 2016

News

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

By Ryan Miller June 19, 2016

News

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

By Ryan Miller June 16, 2016

News

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

By Emily Kaye June 16, 2016

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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