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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

After President Donald Trump announced a $100,000-per-year fee on mew visas for skilled foreign workers, Georgetown University recommended employees with that visa to return to the United States by 12:01 a.m. Sept. 21, when the new fee rule took effect.

GU Recommended Skilled Foreign Workers Return to US After New Visa Fee

By Ajani Stella, Senior News Editor September 21, 2025

Georgetown University recommended current employees who are skilled foreign workers return to the United States by 12:01 a.m. Sept. 21 after President Donald Trump announced a $100,000-per-year fee for...

The Georgetown University department of government hosted an event on pressing constitutional issues in honor of the annual Constitution Day.

Government Professors Assess Pressing Constitutional Issues

By Ajani Stella, Senior News Editor September 18, 2025

A Georgetown University constitutional law professor and the government department chair analyzed current Supreme Court cases and their political implications during a Sept. 16 event. Joseph Hartman,...

GUSA senators advanced summer legislation on student life funding, GUPD security costs, and building access ahead of the fall semester.

GU Recommends Incoming Students From Banned Countries Defer Enrollment, Warns Current Students Not to Leave US

By Ajani Stella, Senior News Editor June 7, 2025

Georgetown University encouraged incoming international students from certain countries to defer their enrollment and current international community members to remain in the United States in June 6 letters...

Vali Nasr discusses Iran's shifting grand strategy as the SFS announces the Iran Project.

Federal Government Reinstates Some GU Community Members’ Immigration Statuses

By Ajani Stella, Senior News Editor April 30, 2025

The federal government reinstated the immigration statuses for an unspecified number of the 10 Georgetown University community members whose statuses were previously terminated, according to an update...

Georgetown University will take steps to limit expenses and increase revenue, as the federal government makes significant cuts to higher education, interim university president Robert M. Groves announced April 29.

GU Budget Reductions Include Hiring Freeze, Spending Cuts

By Ari Citrin and Ajani Stella April 29, 2025

Georgetown University will take steps to limit expenses and increase revenue, including a temporary hiring freeze for faculty and staff and pause on merit salary increases, as the federal government makes...

Four prominent political journalists explored how President Donald Trump transformed journalism throughout his second term during a Georgetown University panel April 22.

Journalists Share Concerns Over Trump’s Impact on Media at GU Event

By Ajani Stella, Senior News Editor April 25, 2025

Four prominent political journalists argued President Donald Trump has limited journalists’ access to the White House and transformed the federal government’s relationship with the media at a Georgetown...

At least two Georgetown University faculty members received notices that the Trump administration terminated their National Endowment for the Humanities grants, citing a change in national priorities.

GU Faculty National Endowment for the Humanities Grants Terminated

By Ari Citrin, Student Life Desk Editor April 24, 2025

At least two grants awarded to Georgetown University faculty were terminated April 2 by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a federal agency that funds humanities research, citing a change...

Georgetown University Law Center students cancelled a recruiting event with a top law firm to protest the firm's cooperation with President Donald Trump.

GU Law Students Boycott Recruiting Event With Top Law Firm Over Trump Collaboration

By Sofia Thomas, Special to The Hoya April 10, 2025

A Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) student group boycotted a recruiting event with a top law firm over the firm’s cooperation with President Trump, the student group announced in a March 31 letter. The...

Tens of thousands of protesters crowded around the Washington Monument, rallying against President Donald Trump on April 5.

GU Community Among Thousands at Rally Against Trump

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor April 7, 2025

Georgetown University students and graduates joined tens of thousands of protesters rallying against President Donald Trump’s administration at an April 5 protest on the National Mall. Protesters...

Students and faculty gathered to connect the current political landscape to historical events during a teach-in, an informal teaching model that is a form of protest, that the Georgetown University history department held March 28.

History Department Teach-In Responds to Political Environment

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor April 3, 2025

Georgetown University students and history department faculty connected the current political landscape to historical events in a teach-in, a form of protest which draws on a tradition of informal education...

Georgetown University community members demanded the university protect academic freedom and core values amid fears of political encroachment after Columbia University agreed to federal demands to crack down on pro-Palestine protests.

GU Community Responds After Columbia University Cooperates With Trump

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor March 27, 2025

Georgetown University community members defended their right to academic freedom after Columbia University agreed to federal government demands to crack down on pro-Palestine protests. The Trump administration...

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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