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Professor’s Use of N-Word in Class Prompts Letter, Formal Complaint

Professor’s Use of N-Word in Class Prompts Letter, Formal Complaint

By Gabe Fleisher April 23, 2021

This article references racist content that is potentially upsetting. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. A Georgetown University professor is facing backlash from...

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.

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

By Samantha Sinutko and Sanjana Nayak April 23, 2021

Georgetown University released the results from its first cultural climate survey last week, providing an assessment of students’ experiences with diversity and inclusion within the university’s graduate...

Law Students Win Compassionate Release for Clients Through GULC Clinics

Law Students Win Compassionate Release for Clients Through GULC Clinics

By Laetitia Haddad April 23, 2021

Law students working in experiential clinics have secured the release of over a dozen incarcerated people while working on compassionate release cases. After Washington, D.C. courts indefinitely suspended...

GUSA Bumps Up SAC Funding, Slashes Lecture Fund for 2021-22 Club Budget

GUSA Bumps Up SAC Funding, Slashes Lecture Fund for 2021-22 Club Budget

By Liana Hardy and Andrew Park April 22, 2021

The Georgetown University Student Association finalized the student activities budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, increasing funding for the Student Activities Commission and making cuts to Lecture Fund. The...

GUSA Senators Advocate for More University Support for Indigenous Students

GUSA Senators Advocate for More University Support for Indigenous Students

By Liana Hardy and Caitlin McLean April 22, 2021

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate unanimously passed a resolution demanding more university resources for Indigenous students at a meeting held April 11. The resolution calls on...

GUSA Advocates for University To Establish Metro Pass Program; Students To Vote on Referendum

GUSA Advocates for University To Establish Metro Pass Program; Students To Vote on Referendum

By Julia Staley April 22, 2021

Students are pushing for Georgetown University to establish a metro pass program, which would allow students to ride Washington, D.C. public transportation at a discounted price. The Georgetown University...

Panel Advocates for Greater Asian Representation and Support in Academia

Panel Advocates for Greater Asian Representation and Support in Academia

By Caitlin McLean April 22, 2021

Universities have a responsibility to increase the representation of Asian American narratives, scholarship and faculty in academia, panelists said at an event held on April 16.  GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY/FACEBOOK...

GU272 Descendant Takes the Stage To Share Family History

GU272 Descendant Takes the Stage To Share Family History

By Grace Buono April 22, 2021

In 2017, at the age of 63, Mélisande Short-Colomb began unpacking her belongings into the Copley Hall suite that would become her home for the next two years. Looking out of her dorm room window, she...

Georgetown Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall 2021 On-Campus Students

Georgetown Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall 2021 On-Campus Students

By Emily Hardesty April 21, 2021

All Georgetown University undergraduate and graduate students returning to campus for the fall 2021 semester will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.  The decision to mandate the...

Descendants of Jesuit Enslavement Voice Opposition to New Reconciliation Fund

Descendants of Jesuit Enslavement Voice Opposition to New Reconciliation Fund

By Liana Hardy April 16, 2021

Descendants of the GU272 and other people enslaved by Maryland Jesuits voiced concerns about a newly established racial reconciliation foundation receiving funding from Georgetown University in a town...

Georgetown Raises Cost for Summer Stability Housing; GUSA Voices Opposition

Georgetown Raises Cost for Summer Stability Housing; GUSA Voices Opposition

By Caitlin McLean April 16, 2021

Georgetown University released details on summer stability housing rates, prompting student concerns about accessibility and financial aid.  In early April, the university released the cost of...

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86 in the Class of 2018 are declaring language minors in  the first year the SFS has offered the minors.

New SFS Advisory Board Members Seek to Improve Representation

By Caitlin McLean April 15, 2021

The Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University welcomed five new members to its advisory board to aid in efforts to reshape the school’s representation and inclusion policies. The new...

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