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The inaugural cohort of the Nurse Executives in Residence program joined the Georgetown University School of Nursing (SON) Jan. 22 to teach doctoral students leadership and advocacy skills, beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

School of Nursing Launches Executives in Residence Program to Train Doctoral Students in Leadership, Policy

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor January 30, 2025

The Georgetown University School of Nursing (SON) inaugurated its Nurse Executives in Residence program, which aims to teach leadership and advocacy skills to doctoral students, Jan. 22. The program...

Courtesy of Georgetown University | A medical educator discussed the medical ethics and practices of the Third Reich during the Holocaust and warned against their imitation in medicine today at a seminar on International Holocaust Remembrance Day Jan. 27.

Medical Educator Recounts Medical Ethics in the Holocaust

By Ruth Abramovitz, GUSA Desk Editor January 30, 2025

A doctor and medical educator discussed medical practice and ethics during the Holocaust and warned against recreating them in modern medicine at a seminar to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance...

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GUSA Passes University Investment Disclosure Bill

By Ruth Abramovitz, GUSA Desk Editor January 30, 2025

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate passed three pieces of legislation aimed at promoting transparency in Georgetown University’s investments and academic affairs at its Jan....

The District of Columbia U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) sent a letter to the Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) warning against the continuation of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) curriculum, sparking concerns among Georgetown students and faculty.

GU Center for the Constitution Honors Book Profiling Second Amendment

By Lena Maillet, Special to The Hoya January 30, 2025

The Georgetown University Center for the Constitution, which leads programming on constitutional law at the Georgetown University Law Center, awarded an annual book prize to two law professors for their...

Physics professor Gen Yin will work toward developing new magnetic technology to power computer storage and processing, making them more efficient and reducing power consumption, with a $600,000 grant announced Jan. 21.

GU Physics Professor Wins Grant for Computing Technology Research

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor January 30, 2025

A Georgetown University physics professor won $600,000 to develop new magnetic technology for computer storage and processing, the department announced Jan. 21. Gen Yin received the award, a five-year...

A virtual panel event hosted academics and social care experts to explain how social environments, politics and global issues are the roots of the mental health crisis, focusing on systemic issues often overlooked, on Jan. 22.

Panel Considers Role of Social Environment, Politics in Mental Health

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor January 29, 2025

Academics and social care experts outlined how social environments, politics and global issues affect mental health during a virtual panel event Jan. 22. Titled “Minding the World’s Mental Health,”...

Smoke rose to the windows of the third floor of Lauinger Library.

DEVELOPING: Exterior of Lau Catches Fire

By Caroline Rareshide, Contributing Editor January 29, 2025

A fire broke out in an exterior vent next to the first floor of Lauinger Library at approximately 1:35 p.m. Jan. 29. The fire alarms forced students to evacuate the area, closing the immediate area...

Harriette Hemmasi, dean of Georgetown University’s main campus libraries, will retire Aug. 29, marking the end of her seven-year tenure at Georgetown and 27-year career in library administration.

Library Dean to Retire in August

By Bridget Galibois, Special to The Hoya January 28, 2025

Harriette Hemmasi, dean of Georgetown University’s main campus libraries, will retire Aug. 29 according to a Jan. 14 email Interim Provost Soyica Diggs Colbert (COL ’01) sent to university faculty...

DC Students Gather at Japanese Embassy, Celebrate Coming of Age Ceremony

DC Students Gather at Japanese Embassy, Celebrate Coming of Age Ceremony

By Pooja Narayan, Graduate Desk Editor January 28, 2025

Students from four Washington, D.C. universities convened Jan. 18 at the Japanese Embassy to celebrate seijin shiki, a Japanese coming-of-age ceremony. The celebration featured roughly 70 attendees...

Graduate guard Micah Peavy after a dunk during Georgetown's matchup against Providence Jan. 25. Peavy finished with 27 points. (GU Hoyas)

MEN’S BASKETBALL | Providence Reminds Cooley of His Coaching Past in GU Loss

By Daniel Greilsheimer, Deputy Sports Editor January 25, 2025

The Georgetown University men’s basketball team fell 78-68 to the Providence College Friars Jan. 25 after fumbling a double-digit first-half lead. The Friars (10-10, 4-5 Big East) dominated the offensive...

Courtesy of Georgetown University | Georgetown University honored a Washington, D.C. advocate for incarcerated individuals at its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Jan. 19.

GU Honors DC Advocate for the Incarcerated at MLK Day Celebration

By Ruth Abramovitz, GUSA Desk Editor January 24, 2025

Georgetown University partnered with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to honor a Washington, D.C. advocate for incarcerated individuals at its annual Let Freedom Ring Celebration on Jan. 19. Paula...

Cliff Stern/The Hoya | Flooding in the Davis Performing Arts Center (DPAC) on Jan 20. and a gas leak on Jan. 15 at Healy Circle and Copley Lawn is affecting classes and performance groups on campus.

Flooding, Gas Leak Impact Student Activities

By Ruth Abramovitz, GUSA Desk Editor January 24, 2025

Damage from Jan. 20 flooding on the lower levels of the Davis Performing Arts Center (DPAC)  is affecting academic and co-curricular performance groups on campus amid construction on Healy Circle and...

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