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Fire Alarm Malfunctions in LXR and Copley Residential Halls Raise Facilities Concerns

Fire Alarm Malfunctions in LXR and Copley Residential Halls Raise Facilities Concerns

By Aamir Jamil October 6, 2023

Two Georgetown dorms experienced fire alarm malfunctions during the nights of Sept. 27 and 28.  Georgetown officials were unable to deactivate fire alarms and smoke detectors in LXR and Copley...

Georgetown Professor Shares Insight on Prison Exonerations, Raises Awareness about Wrongful Convictions

By Catherine Alaimo September 29, 2023

Georgetown government and law professor Marc Howard (L ’12) has worked on several programs related to criminal justice reform since he founded the Georgetown University Prisons and Justice Initiative...

Q&A: Cobb/Mehta GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

Q&A: Cobb/Mehta GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

By Evie Steele and Clayton Kincade September 29, 2023

Jaden Cobb (CAS ’25) and Sanaa Mehta (SFS ’25), who are running for Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) president and vice president, say if elected, they plan to use their backgrounds...

Q&A: Abrica/Cardena GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

Q&A: Abrica/Cardena GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

By Evie Steele and Clayton Kincade September 29, 2023

Axel Abrica (CAS ’25) and Sebastian Cardena (CAS ’26), who are running for Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) president and vice president, say they plan to use their experience as community...

Q&A: Sunkavalli/Li GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

Q&A: Sunkavalli/Li GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

By Evie Steele and Clayton Kincade September 29, 2023

Saatvik Sunkavalli (SFS ’25) and Andrea Li (SFS ’26), who are running for Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) president and vice president, said they plan to institutionally reform GUSA...

Disability Cultural Center Collaborates with Diversability to Host Advocacy Panel

Disability Cultural Center Collaborates with Diversability to Host Advocacy Panel

By Paulina Inglima September 29, 2023

Georgetown’s Disability Cultural Center collaborated with Diversability, a community business dedicated to uplifting disabled voices , to host the Diversability Unplugged: Disability and Student Advocacy...

31 Students Run for GUSA Senate

31 Students Run for GUSA Senate

By Evie Steele September 29, 2023

Georgetown University first-years will have 27 choices on their ballot for seven seats in the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate in next week’s election. Besides voting for seven...

Trans and Nonbinary Activists Discuss Trans Rights in a Gaston Hall First

Trans and Nonbinary Activists Discuss Trans Rights in a Gaston Hall First

By Evie Steele September 29, 2023

A panel of trans and nonbinary activists, writers and legislators urged community members and Americans to stand with trans people in an event in Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall, the first ever...

Scholars Reflect One-Year Anniversary of Iran’s Fight for Women’s Rights

Scholars Reflect One-Year Anniversary of Iran’s Fight for Women’s Rights

By Kate Hwang September 28, 2023

Several scholars came together on Sept. 27 to reflect on the global effects and continued activism of Iranians on the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death. The event, hosted by the Alwaleed...

McCourt School Recognizes Five McCourt Scholars

By Hayley Young September 28, 2023

The McCourt School of Public Policy selected five incoming students with diverse policy interests as McCourt Scholars, an annual award for accomplished future policymakers and scholars. This year’s...

GU Votes Registers First-Years in 7th Annual Storm the Dorms Initiative

GU Votes Registers First-Years in 7th Annual Storm the Dorms Initiative

By Maren Fagan September 28, 2023

The Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service’s GU Votes initiative held its seventh annual Storm the Dorms voter registration event on National Voter Registration Day, successfully...

Smithsonian National Zoo Says Goodbye to Pandas

Smithsonian National Zoo Says Goodbye to Pandas

By Catherine McGuire September 28, 2023

The Smithsonian National Zoo is hosting a “Panda Palooza” Sept. 23 to Oct. 1 as it prepares for its giant pandas Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji to return to China in early December. The National...

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