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Proposed DHS Rules Curbing Visas for International Students and Faculty Prompt Pushback from GAGE, Administration

By Harrison McBride November 6, 2020

Georgetown University administrators and organizations have called for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to retract new proposed rule changes to visa programs they say severely restrict the timeframe...

Grad Student Union Negotiations with Administrators: Where Are We Now?

Grad Student Union Negotiations with Administrators: Where Are We Now?

By Samantha Sinutko November 5, 2020

Georgetown University formally denied the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees’ grievance motion Oct. 8, setting up an arbitration process set to play out in the coming months.  The move...

Georgetown Aims to Bring More Students Back To Campus this Spring, GUSA Reports

Georgetown Aims to Bring More Students Back To Campus this Spring, GUSA Reports

By Ella Castanier November 2, 2020

Georgetown University plans to bring back more undergraduate students and release another round of housing applications for the spring 2021 semester, according to Georgetown University Student Association...

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Law Center Circulates Pamphlets Against Militia Groups and Voter Intimidation

By River Harper November 2, 2020

Professors at the Georgetown University Law Center compiled fact sheets about how to counteract private militias’ ability to perpetrate domestic terrorism during the Nov. 3 election, as well as a sheet...

Barred From the Ballot Box, International Students Watch Election With Unease

Barred From the Ballot Box, International Students Watch Election With Unease

By Naomi Greenberg October 30, 2020

By Nov. 3, thousands of Georgetown University students will have cast their ballots for the 2020 presidential election. In the meantime, ineligible students must sit on the sidelines, hoping their peers...

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Anxious Students Weigh Spring Housing Plans

By Claire Stowe October 30, 2020

KASSIDY ANGELO/THE HOYA | Georgetown’s Office of Residential Living sent an email update to all on-campus students Oct. 28 notifying them of their automatic approval for spring on-campus housing. While...

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Sore Eyes and Tired Minds: Students and Professors Struggle With ‘Zoom Fatigue’

By River Harper October 30, 2020

Freshman Leathan Posey (COL ’24), like many other students grappling with virtual learning, has grown tired of taking classes over Zoom.  “No matter how you look at it, spending hours on...

GU Report Highlights Predatory DC Eviction Practices

GU Report Highlights Predatory DC Eviction Practices

By Samantha Sinutko October 29, 2020

Twenty landlords executed nearly half of all eviction filings in the District of Columbia in 2018, according to a report published by Georgetown University graduate professors. Professors in the McCourt...

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GU Report: Biden College Plan Could Pay for Itself Within Decade

By Noa Bronicki October 29, 2020

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s free college plan could pay for itself within ten years, despite its multi-billion dollar price tag, according to a recent report. The Georgetown University...

Despite Online Manipulation and Misinformation, Voters Should Still Turn Out, Former DHS Secretaries Say

Despite Online Manipulation and Misinformation, Voters Should Still Turn Out, Former DHS Secretaries Say

By Betsy Ratliffe October 29, 2020

The American public should expect election interference from both foreign and domestic actors in the 2020 U.S. presidential election but should not be discouraged from voting, panelists said at a conversation...

Longtime African Studies Professor Promoted to Director of Program

Longtime African Studies Professor Promoted to Director of Program

By Daya Benami Narasimhan October 29, 2020

The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service named professor Lahra Smith as the new director of the African Studies Program. Smith hopes to bring an environmentalist perspective to the department...

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University Yet to Bolster Funding, Personnel at Academic Resource Center in Month 8 of Hiring Freeze

By Katie Bootsma October 29, 2020

The university has not provided the Academic Resource Center the funding and employees it needs to serve the Georgetown University community as the universitywide hiring freeze enters its eighth month,...

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