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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...

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...

Georgetown Students Raise $17,000 for Leo’s Worker Facing Hardship Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Georgetown Students Raise $17,000 for Leo’s Worker Facing Hardship Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

By Giulia Testa February 4, 2021

Georgetown University community members have raised almost $17,000 for a university dining hall employee facing housing and food insecurity amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Dajourn Anuku (COL ’22)...

Georgetown Expands Virtual Mental Health Resources Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Georgetown Expands Virtual Mental Health Resources Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

By Hansen Lian February 4, 2021

Georgetown University is broadening access to mental health resources to provide more support for students in the virtual environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. In January, the university launched...

MedStar Georgetown Aids COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

MedStar Georgetown Aids COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

By Giulia Testa January 27, 2021

The MedStar Georgetown University Hospital has vaccinated over 4,000 physicians, staff and patients in the Washington, D.C. community against COVID-19, according to a MedStar Georgetown spokesperson. The...

GEORGETOWN SFS | The virtual event, “ The U.S. on the Global Stage: 2021 and Beyond,” was hosted by the School of Foreign Service and moderated by SFS Dean Joel Hellman.

Former US Foreign Policy Leaders Stress Importance of Rebuilding Country’s Global Reputation

By Caitlin McLean November 20, 2020

With a new administration set to enter the White House in January, the United States must rebuild its tainted global image, three former U.S. foreign policy leaders said during a virtual panel Tuesday.  GEORGETOWN...

Survey Reveals Faculty Concerns With Admin COVID-19 Response

Survey Reveals Faculty Concerns With Admin COVID-19 Response

By William Kim November 20, 2020

Many Georgetown University faculty members are frustrated about a lack of transparency from administrators surrounding the university’s COVID-19 response planning, according to a recent survey of hundreds...

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DataRefuge launched an effort to save government climate research data on the fifth floor of Lauinger Library on Feb. 18.

On-Campus Students Identify COVID-19 Tracker Badge Defects

By Caitlin McLean November 20, 2020

Many on-campus Georgetown University students have had to resort to photo editing and negotiations with health screeners to enter campus buildings after identifying glitches with the university's digital...

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.

Georgetown Invites 500 Seniors Back to Campus, Will Offer All Classes Virtually for Spring 2021

By Harrison McBride and Moira Ritter November 16, 2020

Georgetown University announced virtual learning will extend into the spring, though some hybrid classes will be available to seniors and graduate students living on campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods. The...

ADRIANE AGHATA VIA ISRAA AL-KAMALI | Israa Al-Kamali (SFS-Q ’17) launched the first independent Iraqi film festival after months of remote organizing to represent the experience of Iraqis with a global community.

GU Qatar Grad Launches First Independent Iraqi Film Festival

By Grace Buono November 13, 2020

Growing up, Israa Al-Kamali (SFS-Q ’17) dreamed of being a writer. But the more she wrote, the more she realized how much better the stories she wanted to tell would work as movies. She could imagine...

DANIEL SMITH/THE HOYA | President-elected Joseph R. Biden selected several Georgetown faculty and alumni to serve as advisors and members of agency review teams as his administration prepares for a smooth transition of power.

Georgetown Faculty and Graduates Appointed to Key Positions on Biden Team

By Giulia Testa November 13, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden named several Georgetown University faculty and graduates to serve as advisers or to play prominent roles in his administration this week, including his new chief of staff. DANIEL...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE | Under the Trump administration’s tenure the United States saw the largest annual spike in the number of uninsured children from 2018 to 2019, according to a report released by Georgetown’s Center for Children and Family.

Nearly 200,000 More Children Lacked Insurance in 2019 than in 2018, GU Report Finds

By Samantha Sinutko November 13, 2020

The number of uninsured children in the United States increased dramatically during the Trump administration, with 2019 showing the largest single-year increase in uninsured child rates in over a decade,...

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