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The 2025 Lannan Symposium featured a series of writers and artists advocating literature as a solution to climate change by highlighting global inequality March 25 to 27.

Lannan Symposium Highlights Role of Literature in Climate Action

By Ajani Stella and Annie Quimby March 26, 2025

Writers and artists advocated for literature strengthening the environmental movement during a Georgetown University symposium March 25 to 27. The Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, which...

The Booth Family Center for Special Collections, which houses rare materials in Lauinger Library, hosted an open house featuring its newest collections to celebrate its 10th anniversary March 25.

Booth Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor March 26, 2025

The Booth Family Center for Special Collections, which houses rare materials in Lauinger Library, celebrated its 10th anniversary with an open house March 25. The Booth Center, on Lau’s fifth floor,...

Georgetown University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures hosted a traditional Japanese puppet theater troupe for a performance and lecture centered on the art Japanese puppetry, in collaboration with the Japan Information & Culture Center and the Japan Foundation March 21.

Georgetown Hosts Traditional Japanese Theater Exhibition

By Luke Suko, Hoya Staff Writer March 26, 2025

Georgetown University hosted Seiwa Bunraku, a traditional Japanese puppet theater troupe, for a performance and lecture centered on the art of bunraku in Lohrfink Auditorium on March 21.  Japan Foundation,...

Members of the Georgetown University community defended Badar Khan Suri in a faculty-organized walkout March 25.

GU Faculty Lead Walkout Supporting Khan Suri

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor March 25, 2025

About 150 members of the Georgetown University community rallied against the detainment of Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown postdoctoral researcher held by federal immigration officials, at a walkout March...

Alexander Brown/The Hoya | The Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC) and Georgetown University completed its third and fourth rounds of bargaining for the tentative contract on Oct. 21 and Oct. 30, respectively.

Groves Defends Free Speech Amid Khan Suri Detention

By Aamir Jamil and Ruth Abramovitz March 25, 2025

Interim President Robert M. Groves defended free speech and interreligious dialogue in an email sent to community members March 25, addressing the March 17 detention of Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown...

Following the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action, Georgetown has begun considering Pell Grant eligibility in admissions.

BREAKING: GU to Join Common App

By Evie Steele, Maren Fagan, and Aamir Jamil March 24, 2025

Georgetown University will begin accepting the Common Application in the fall 2026 application cycle, multiple sources familiar with the decision confirmed to The Hoya. The shift, which will begin with...

Tony Peltier/ The Hoya | President Trump and Georgetown University have been on opposing sides of immigration conflicts since his first term

Khan Suri’s Detention One of Many Clashes Between GU, Trump on Immigration

By Paulina Inglima, Senior Features Editor March 24, 2025

Though Georgetown University managed contentious relations with the federal government, particularly on immigration, during President Donald Trump’s first term, the detention of a Georgetown postdoctoral...

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GU Community Protests Khan Suri’s Detention

By Aamir Jamil and Nora Toscano March 23, 2025

About 150 members of the Georgetown University community rallied in support of Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown postdoctoral fellow detained by federal immigration services, at a student-organized protest...

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A ramp, scheduled to be completed by early 2019, is planned to increase access to White-Gravenor Hall.

More Than 1,200 Sign Open Letter Calling for Khan Suri’s Release

By Maren Fagan, Executive Editor March 23, 2025

More than 1,200 people, including Georgetown University faculty, staff, students and other community members, signed an open letter demanding the release of Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown researcher detained...

Georgetown University | Federal immigration agents detained a Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher March 17, accusing him of opposing U.S. foreign policy and seeking to deport him. The researcher, Badar Khan Suri, is in the U.S. legally on a student visa.

DEVELOPING: Khan Suri Transferred to Texas Detention Facility

By Ajani Stella and Aamir Jamil March 22, 2025

Federal immigration services transferred Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher detained March 17, to a detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, March 22, according to a locator...

The Georgetown University Baratta Center for Global Business completed its six-week inaugural Global Experience Fellowship Short Co-Curricular Internship Program.

Baratta Center’s Global Experience Fellowship Program Completes Inaugural Cohort

By Pritika Patel, Staff Writer March 22, 2025

The Georgetown University Baratta Center for Global Business completed on March 10th its inaugural Global Experience Fellowship Short Co-Curricular Internship Program, a new initiative designed to provide...

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The number of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to more than double from 46 million today to over 98 million by 2060, and the 65-and-older age group’s share of the total population will rise to nearly 24 percent from 15 percent, according to the Population Reference Bureau.

Department of Education Launches Investigation Into GU Graduate Programs

By Aamir Jamil and Ajani Stella March 21, 2025

Georgetown University is among the 45 universities the U.S. Department of Education will investigate for allegedly using “race-exclusionary practices” in graduate programs, the department announced...

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