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Graduate Students Raise Concerns About Return to In-Person Hybrid Courses

Graduate Students Raise Concerns About Return to In-Person Hybrid Courses

By Caitlin McLean and Hansen Lian February 18, 2021

Georgetown University will allow all graduate courses to resume hybrid status as of Feb. 15, following two weeks of virtual operations due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Georgetown community. Last...

GUSA Executive Candidates Voice Their Plans To Reform GUSA’s Relationship With BIPOC Communities in The Blaxa Town Hall

GUSA Executive Candidates Voice Their Plans To Reform GUSA’s Relationship With BIPOC Communities in The Blaxa Town Hall

By Liana Hardy and Giulia Testa February 17, 2021

Tickets for the Georgetown University Student Association executive election discussed their proposed policies to support communities of color at The Blaxa Town Hall on Monday night.  Hosted by...

Kleier, Pejo Withdraw From GUSA Executive Race

Kleier, Pejo Withdraw From GUSA Executive Race

By Moira Ritter and Clara Grudberg February 15, 2021

Georgetown University Student Association executive election ticket Olivia Kleier (SFS ’22) and Jon Pejo (COL ’22) have suspended their campaign, citing allegations that they plagiarized a fellow...

McCourt School, Howard University Announce New Scholarship Program

McCourt School, Howard University Announce New Scholarship Program

By Helena Jensen February 12, 2021

The Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy and Howard University launched a full-tuition scholarship for a current student or graduate of Howard to attend one of the McCourt School’s...

Georgetown Summer Program Promises First-Years, Transfer Students a Campus Experience

Georgetown Summer Program Promises First-Years, Transfer Students a Campus Experience

By Ivy Becker February 11, 2021

Georgetown University announced it will move forward with an in-person, five-week, on-campus experience meant to integrate first-year and transfer students into the Georgetown community.  The...

COVID-19 Study Finds Higher Levels of Exposure Correlated to Mobility of Essential Workers in Wards 7 and 8

COVID-19 Study Finds Higher Levels of Exposure Correlated to Mobility of Essential Workers in Wards 7 and 8

By Jemima Denham and Hansen Lian February 11, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Washington, D.C. wards with a high percentage of Black and Latinx residents and a greater number of people who are less likely to be able to work...

Vaccination Rollout Concerns DC Residents

Vaccination Rollout Concerns DC Residents

By Sarah Conner February 11, 2021

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues in Washington, D.C., community members are frustrated over vaccination sign-up protocols and a lack of racial equity in distribution.   Some D.C....

GUSA Advocates For Greater Clarity Surrounding COVID-19 Regulations, Consequences

GUSA Advocates For Greater Clarity Surrounding COVID-19 Regulations, Consequences

By Caitlin McLean February 11, 2021

The Georgetown University Student Association senate unanimously approved a resolution calling for greater transparency surrounding the university’s COVID-19 guidelines in a Feb. 7 meeting.    The...

Prospective Candidates Prepare for 2021 GUSA Executive Election

Prospective Candidates Prepare for 2021 GUSA Executive Election

By Giulia Testa February 9, 2021

Potential candidates for the Georgetown University Student Association presidential and vice presidential race signaled their intent to run this weekend by attending information sessions hosted Feb. 5...

First- and Second-Year GU Med Students Disciplined for Receiving Vaccines Despite Ineligibility

First- and Second-Year GU Med Students Disciplined for Receiving Vaccines Despite Ineligibility

By Samantha Sinutko February 5, 2021

Georgetown University will punish first and second-year medical students who received COVID-19 vaccines despite being ineligible. Currently, only third and fourth-year students who interact with patients...

D.C. Businesses Remain Boarded Following Capitol Insurrection, Pandemic Struggles

D.C. Businesses Remain Boarded Following Capitol Insurrection, Pandemic Struggles

By Rachel Won February 5, 2021

Several downtown Washington, D.C. storefronts remain boarded with plywood as businesses struggle amid the COVID-19 pandemic and continued political unrest. Businesses began putting up boards prior...

Graduate Student Coalition Mobilizes for Tuition Reduction Equivalent to That Received by Undergraduates

Graduate Student Coalition Mobilizes for Tuition Reduction Equivalent to That Received by Undergraduates

By Laetitia Haddad February 4, 2021

Georgetown University graduate students are calling for a tuition reduction to match the 10% tuition reduction granted to undergraduate students in an open letter sent to Georgetown University’s Board...

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