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Georgetown Community Remembers Senior Anthony Chung

Georgetown Community Remembers Senior Anthony Chung

By Caitlin McLean December 1, 2020

Anthony Chung (COL ’21), 22, died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in Madison, Wis. on Sept. 17.  Chung, who went by Tony, was double majoring in government and economics and minoring...

Leadership Lecture Series Breaks GULC Enrollment Record

Leadership Lecture Series Breaks GULC Enrollment Record

By Samantha Sinutko December 1, 2020

“Lawyers as Leaders,” a one-credit course combining legal scholarship with personal perspectives, drew the largest enrollment for any class at the Georgetown University Law Center, with 330 registered...

Soyica Diggs Colbert Named Interim Dean of Georgetown College, Celenza Departs for Johns Hopkins

Soyica Diggs Colbert Named Interim Dean of Georgetown College, Celenza Departs for Johns Hopkins

By Ivy Becker November 22, 2020

Performing arts and African American studies professor Soyica Diggs Colbert (COL ’01) will serve as interim dean of Georgetown College effective Jan. 1, a university news release announced. The Nov....

Amid Election Result Disputes, GU Students Recount Experiences As Poll Workers

Amid Election Result Disputes, GU Students Recount Experiences As Poll Workers

By River Harper November 22, 2020

Prior to the emergence of the coronavirus in March, thousands of Georgetown University students were looking forward to casting their votes via absentee ballot from the Hilltop come November. After eight...

GEORGETOWN SFS | The virtual event, “ The U.S. on the Global Stage: 2021 and Beyond,” was hosted by the School of Foreign Service and moderated by SFS Dean Joel Hellman.

Former US Foreign Policy Leaders Stress Importance of Rebuilding Country’s Global Reputation

By Caitlin McLean November 20, 2020

With a new administration set to enter the White House in January, the United States must rebuild its tainted global image, three former U.S. foreign policy leaders said during a virtual panel Tuesday.  GEORGETOWN...

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Graduate Students Angered by Spring Plan Priorities

By Harrison McBride and Samantha Sinutko November 20, 2020

Graduate student organizations allege Georgetown University did not adequately address the needs of graduate students and graduate student workers in its newly released plan for the spring 2021 semester. Georgetown...

Survey Reveals Faculty Concerns With Admin COVID-19 Response

Survey Reveals Faculty Concerns With Admin COVID-19 Response

By William Kim November 20, 2020

Many Georgetown University faculty members are frustrated about a lack of transparency from administrators surrounding the university’s COVID-19 response planning, according to a recent survey of hundreds...

GUSA Creates Student-Run GUPD Oversight Committee

GUSA Creates Student-Run GUPD Oversight Committee

By Kelly Anderson November 20, 2020

The Georgetown University Student Association unanimously voted to create a student advisory committee that will oversee the Georgetown University Police Department at a meeting Nov. 8.  The committee...

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DataRefuge launched an effort to save government climate research data on the fifth floor of Lauinger Library on Feb. 18.

On-Campus Students Identify COVID-19 Tracker Badge Defects

By Caitlin McLean November 20, 2020

Many on-campus Georgetown University students have had to resort to photo editing and negotiations with health screeners to enter campus buildings after identifying glitches with the university's digital...

COURTESY OMAR ALSHOGRE | Syrian dissident Omar Alshogre (GRD '25) went viral after a video of him reacting to his acceptance to Georgetown was posted to Twitter.

Syrian Refugee Who Survived Imprisonment Under Assad Accepted to Georgetown

By Grace Buono November 20, 2020

Omar Alshogre (GRD ’24) was driving through the mountains of Norway when he received an email notifying him he was accepted to Georgetown University just nine days after applying. Because he had never...

KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA | The university's provisional spring plan will increase the on-campus student population in the spring to 1,000 students. The university plans to offer roughly 200 hybrid courses for seniors and graduate students living on and near the main campus.

Georgetown Invites 500 Seniors Back to Campus, Will Offer All Classes Virtually for Spring 2021

By Harrison McBride and Moira Ritter November 16, 2020

Georgetown University announced virtual learning will extend into the spring, though some hybrid classes will be available to seniors and graduate students living on campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods. The...

ADRIANE AGHATA VIA ISRAA AL-KAMALI | Israa Al-Kamali (SFS-Q ’17) launched the first independent Iraqi film festival after months of remote organizing to represent the experience of Iraqis with a global community.

GU Qatar Grad Launches First Independent Iraqi Film Festival

By Grace Buono November 13, 2020

Growing up, Israa Al-Kamali (SFS-Q ’17) dreamed of being a writer. But the more she wrote, the more she realized how much better the stories she wanted to tell would work as movies. She could imagine...

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