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Nola Goodwin/The Hoya | Four poets of African heritage joined a poetry reading on Feb. 7 hosted by the Lannan Center to discuss African culture and the modern impact of colonialism as a Georgetown event for Black History Month.

Black Poets Talk Heritage, Share Work

By Nola Goodwin, Special to The Hoya February 8, 2024

Four poets of African descent shared their poems and reflected on their writing experiences at a poetry reading held by the Georgetown University Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice on Feb. 6. The...

Students Host Vigil to Remember Gun Violence Victims During National Gun Violence Survivors Week

Students Host Vigil to Remember Gun Violence Victims During National Gun Violence Survivors Week

By Evie Steele and Maren Fagan January 25, 2024

CW: This article references and discusses gun violence and intimate partner violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources.  Georgetown University’s chapter...

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National Museum Launches Jack the Bulldog Bobbleheads

By Anna Lim and Caleigh Keating January 25, 2024

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled new, limited edition Jack the Bulldog 2024 bobbleheads, available for presale beginning Jan. 19.  The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame...

Panel: Experts Discuss Free Speech, Refugee Crisis

Panel: Experts Discuss Free Speech, Refugee Crisis

By Nora Toscano January 25, 2024

The Free Speech Project and the Future of the Humanities Project co-hosted a virtual panel discussion about the international refugee crisis on Jan 24.  The event was part of the two organizations’...

GUSA Passes Resolutions With Goal of Improving Effectiveness

GUSA Passes Resolutions With Goal of Improving Effectiveness

By Aamir Jamil January 25, 2024

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate passed four resolutions and swore in two new election commissioners, who oversee Senate and executive elections, at its Jan. 21 meeting. At...

Annual Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Campus Discourse

Annual Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Campus Discourse

By Maren Fagan January 24, 2024

The 25th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life (OCC) united prominent Catholic clergy, advocacy experts and students to discuss the state of anti-abortion politics and the sanctity of human life...

Matteo Sachman, ‘Carefree, Spontaneous’ Hoya First-Year, Dies at 19

Matteo Sachman, ‘Carefree, Spontaneous’ Hoya First-Year, Dies at 19

By Evie Steele January 19, 2024

Matthew “Matteo” Sachman, a first-year in Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences who impressed his friends with his good humor and cheerful energy, died Jan. 1 in his hometown of New...

Storm Cancels Classes, Spurs Students’ Snowballs

Storm Cancels Classes, Spurs Students’ Snowballs

By Evie Steele January 19, 2024

Georgetown University students took to campus outdoor spaces to sled and hold midnight snowball fights following a rare snowstorm Jan. 15.  The storm saw 3.4 inches fall at Reagan National Airport,...

The McCourt School of Public Policy (MPP) named Anirudh Srivathsan (MPP ‘24), a second-year graduate student in the Master of Public Policy program, as the Whittington Scholar for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Graduate Student Named 2024 Whittington Scholar

By Anna Lim January 19, 2024

A second-year graduate student in the Master of Public Policy program received the McCourt School of Public Policy (MPP)’s Whittington Scholarship, which honors outstanding academic achievement and...

H*yas for Choice and Georgetown University College Democrats Host Reproductive Rights Panel

By Nora Toscano January 19, 2024

H*yas for Choice and the Georgetown University College Democrats co-hosted a panel discussion about the state of reproductive rights in 2024 on Jan. 17. At the event, five panelists discussed different...

Prisons and Justice Initiative Publishes 2023 Report, Celebrates Year of Education and Exoneration

By Madison Fox-Moore January 19, 2024

On Jan. 11, the Georgetown University Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI) released its annual report, which detailed a year of exoneration, education and expansion. Established in 2016 to provide...

Georgetown Raises Undergraduate Tuition 4.5 Percent

Georgetown Raises Undergraduate Tuition 4.5 Percent

By Maren Fagan January 19, 2024

Georgetown University announced a 4.5% increase in undergraduate tuition for the 2024-25 academic year, the third increase in the past three years.  With the 4.5% increase, tuition for the upcoming...

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