CSE and GUSA work together to establish campaign funding for students

This semester, the Center for Student Engagement (CSE) is implementing the Student Leadership Fund as a pilot program. This fund is aimed at eliminating financial barriers for students who want... Read more

By Caitlyn Cobb September 25, 2015

News

Club sports revamps concussion protocols

This academic year, several new concussion safety programs for club sports have been implemented to better protect student health when dealing with concussions. Katharine Gray, the club sports athletic trainer,... Read more

By Amelia Irvine September 25, 2015

News

Multiple Georgetown email accounts compromised by scammers

Over the course of the past few weeks, various Georgetown email accounts have been hacked and spreading a phishing scam via email. According to Joe Lee, chief information security officer... Read more

By Caitlyn Cobb September 22, 2015

News

Student focus groups meet to dine and discuss new Leo’s options

Georgetown students took part in small group discussions this past week in Leo’s to share their thoughts with each other and independent consultants about dining around campus. These talks come... Read more

By Margaret Gach September 20, 2015

News

Student Employment Office standardizes student employee rights in new handbook

The Student Employment Office (SEO) published the new Student Employee Handbook this summer in an effort to standardize access to information surrounding student employment. The handbook replaces the previous system... Read more

By Isaiah Seibert September 19, 2015

News

Students rally support for 2016 presidential candidates

As the 2016 election cycle intensifies, Georgetown students have begun to organize themselves into various campaign groups supporting the presidential candidate of their choice. Current groups supporting Democratic candidates include... Read more

By Brendan Saunders September 18, 2015

News

Higher Edge: What Are We Paying For, Anyway?

It’s the second week of school and everyone I know already seems to be consumed by work. Nine days of classes, and we’re burnt out and sleep deprived and wondering... Read more

By Lara Fishbane September 16, 2015

News

GUSA and administrators sign MOU to reform campus sexual assault policy

The Georgetown University Student Association and university administrators officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today after several weeks of meeting and negotiating reforms to the university’s sexual assault policies... Read more

By Ryan Miller September 15, 2015

News

Papal mass at Catholic U to use cross from Dahlgren Chapel

The Archdiocese of Washington has borrowed an iron cross from Dahlgren Chapel to feature during the Mass of the Canonization of Junipero Serra over which Pope Francis is to preside... Read more

By Kenneth Lee September 15, 2015

News

Students, administrators talk sustainability, “smallify” the problems

Members of the Georgetown community from both the main campus and law campus on Sept. 11 to discuss the future of sustainability at Georgetown. Powered by the concept of “smallify-ing”... Read more

By Ryan Miller September 14, 2015

News

Hellman, Dujarric speak on global challenges to governance and aid

School of Foreign Service Dean Joel Hellman spoke Sept. 9 in Gaston Hall on issues of global governance and how to prepare students for solving global aid challenges. Dean Hellman’s... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen September 10, 2015

Features

What’s The Plan? Negotiating the future of Georgetown’s campus

For students returning to campus or learning to navigate the Hilltop for the first time, one thing is immediately obvious: construction is everywhere. Detours continue to redirect foot traffic and... Read more

By Elizabeth Teitz and Thomas Stubna September 10, 2015

News

Northeast Triangle gets “topped off,” students sign names to elevator beams

The Office of Residential Living celebrated the “topping-off” of the Northeast Triangle dormitory Sept. 9 by giving students the opportunity to sign two beams and tour the construction site. The... Read more

By Thomas Stubna September 10, 2015

News

Hoya White House Alum Kicks Off IPPS Speaker Series, Encourages Risk-Taking

Former White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer (COL ’98) and former Democratic National Committee Director of Communications Mo Elleithee (SFS ’94) sat down Sept. 8 to discuss Pfeiffer’s path to... Read more

By Melina Delkic September 10, 2015

News

DeGioia discusses higher education with other D.C. area university presidents

Georgetown University President Dr. John DeGioia, along with his counterparts Dr. Ángel Cabrera from George Mason and Dr. Steven Knapp from George Washington, addressed members of the Economic Club of... Read more

By Isaiah Seibert September 10, 2015

News

Gaston reopens with new and improved features

The Office of Planning and Facilities Management completed renovations to Gaston Hall this summer, with its reopening on August 27 marking the end to the stage’s limited availability. Concerns about... Read more

By Brendan Saunders September 7, 2015

News

New Weeks of Welcome programming welcomes Hoyas home

This year, Georgetown Weeks of Welcome (GWOW) replaced Welcome Week as the series of events welcoming students back to the Hilltop. The new festivities are now longer and incorporate a... Read more

By Isaiah Seibert September 6, 2015

News

Georgetown redesigns website to better organize resources

Although the official Georgetown.edu website unveiled its new design June 15, for many students the return to campus has been the first they’ve seen the homepage’s new look. The changes... Read more

By Lilah Burke September 4, 2015

News

Rabbi Harold White, 83, dies

Rabbi Harold S. White passed away at age 83, according to an August 31 campus-wide email from Georgetown University President John DeGioia. White came to Georgetown in 1968 and served... Read more

By Ryan Miller September 2, 2015

News

Beyond Title IX: Georgetown’s changing conversation around sexual assault

“The sexual harassment of students, including sexual violence, interferes with students’ right to receive an education free from discrimination and, in the case of sexual violence, is a crime.” –U.S.... Read more

By Courtnie Baek August 30, 2015