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Georgetown Professor Explores Jewish Identity Through Art in New Exhibit

Georgetown Professor Explores Jewish Identity Through Art in New Exhibit

By Rachel Won May 6, 2021

In the pigment print titled “Okuniewicz,” a suit-clad Clark Kent, Superman’s alter ego, sits above a background of speckled matzo bread. Above Kent’s raised eyebrow and blue-toned hair is typography...

Changes in First-Year Residence Halls Cause Concern For Rising Sophomores

Changes in First-Year Residence Halls Cause Concern For Rising Sophomores

By Julia Kelly May 6, 2021

Georgetown University has shifted two previously upperclass residence halls to the first-year residential community, sparking frustration among rising sophomores concerned about their future housing options.  MAGGIE...

McCourt Students Develop Proposal To Help DC Small Businesses Combat Gentrification

McCourt Students Develop Proposal To Help DC Small Businesses Combat Gentrification

By Sophie Haleblian May 6, 2021

Students from the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy developed a proposal that will help small businesses in Washington, D.C., stay open amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic...

GU Students Vote in Favor of Metro Pass Program in GUSA Referendum

GU Students Vote in Favor of Metro Pass Program in GUSA Referendum

By Liana Hardy May 6, 2021

Georgetown University students overwhelmingly voted in favor of implementing a metro pass program that would provide students with unlimited rides on select Washington, D.C. public transportation. WMATA/TWITTER...

Survey Finds More Diverse Authorship Among MSFS Spring 2021 Syllabi

Survey Finds More Diverse Authorship Among MSFS Spring 2021 Syllabi

By Laetitia Haddad May 6, 2021

A Georgetown University committee found that the representation of diverse authors included among course syllabi in the Master of Science in Foreign Service program increased during the spring 2021 semester. FILE...

Georgetown Graduate Launches Birthing Center, Advocates for Reimagined Women’s Health Care

Georgetown Graduate Launches Birthing Center, Advocates for Reimagined Women’s Health Care

By Sanjana Nayak April 30, 2021

One month after attending a virtual graduation ceremony from her home in Cleveland, Alliyah Harold (COL ’20) traded in Georgetown University chemistry classes for hours of research and conversation...

As Student Calls To Reform GU South Asian Society Heighten, Board Responds With Compromise Measures

As Student Calls To Reform GU South Asian Society Heighten, Board Responds With Compromise Measures

By Sanchi Rohira April 29, 2021

Georgetown University students are calling on the university’s South Asian Society to initiate structural reforms to increase board representation, transparency and inclusivity.  Georgetown...

Student Advocacy Office Pushes for Lesser Sanctions Against Marijuana Violations

Student Advocacy Office Pushes for Lesser Sanctions Against Marijuana Violations

By Nicolas Bocock April 29, 2021

Georgetown University students are calling on the university to lessen sanctions for marijuana violations in an effort to reflect marijuana legalization in Washington, D.C., and changing attitudes nationwide. Georgetown’s...

GU Community Lobbies Congress for Austin Tice’s Return

GU Community Lobbies Congress for Austin Tice’s Return

By Paige Kupas April 29, 2021

Georgetown University community members are sending letters to their U.S. representatives to advocate for the return of Austin Tice (SFS ’02), who went missing over eight years ago while working as...

Graduate Dies in Bike Collision; Remembered for His Love of Learning

Graduate Dies in Bike Collision; Remembered for His Love of Learning

By Rachel Won April 29, 2021

Jim Pagels (GRD ’19), 29, died while cycling in Washington, D.C., following a five-car chain-reaction crash April 9.  Pagels, originally from Dallas, Texas, graduated from Georgetown University...

Biden Administration Chiefs of Staff Recall Student Experiences at Georgetown, Discuss Challenges Facing Nation

Biden Administration Chiefs of Staff Recall Student Experiences at Georgetown, Discuss Challenges Facing Nation

By Kelly Anderson April 29, 2021

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain (CAS ’83) and Chief of Staff to the Vice President Harina Flournoy (CAS ’78, LAW ’84) reflected on President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office and how their...

We Read the 200-Page Undergraduate Cultural Climate Survey. Here Are Our Takeaways.

We Read the 200-Page Undergraduate Cultural Climate Survey. Here Are Our Takeaways.

By Claire Stowe and Paige Kupas April 23, 2021

Georgetown University released the results from its first cultural climate survey April 16, providing an assessment of the campus environment and undergraduate students’ experiences with issues such...

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