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The Georgetown Best Buddies International living community, which provides joint housing for people living with and without intellectual and development disabilities (IDD), is looking to expand its community and its connection with the university Best Buddies chapter, in order to promote the independence and inclusion of people with and without IDD alike.

Best Buddies Offers Unique Living Opportunities

By Nora Toscano November 30, 2023

A non-profit organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) recently expanded its living community opportunities since the opening of its location in the Georgetown neighborhood...

Welcome Back, Jack: GU Announces New Mascot

Welcome Back, Jack: GU Announces New Mascot

By Jack Willis and Lauren Doherty November 30, 2023

A new Jack the Bulldog will join the campus community in the Spring 2024 semester, Georgetown University announced in a Nov. 30 press release. Born July 28, 2023 weighing thirty pounds, the new Jack...

Professor Discusses the Place of Queer Communities in Islam at Book Talk

By Maren Fagan November 19, 2023

A professor of African cultural studies discussed their new book “Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Communities in North America” in a hybrid format book talk Nov. 14. Katrina Daly...

Center for Latin American Studies Event Examines Growth in the Andes

Center for Latin American Studies Event Examines Growth in the Andes

By Aamir Jamil November 19, 2023

The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) held an event on Nov. 16 with members of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to discuss strategies for growth and transformation of the Andean region. The...

Giant Pandas Leave Smithsonian National Zoo for China

By Yolanda Lu November 18, 2023

Washington, D.C.’s famous giant pandas left the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute for Chengdu, China on Nov. 8. The National Zoo has been home to pandas since 1972;...

Georgetown Restaurant DIG Signs NIL Deal with Georgetown Men’s Basketball Team

By Caleigh Keating November 18, 2023

Georgetown University’s men’s basketball team obtained a name, image and likeness (NIL) partnership with Georgetown-area fast-casual restaurant DIG Nov. 10. As part of the deal, the men’s basketball...

Georgetown University Students Protest Alt-Right Group

Georgetown University Students Protest Alt-Right Group

By Aamir Jamil November 18, 2023

A right-wing group staged a protest outside Georgetown University’s front gates after a prominent Catholic priest known for his LGBTQ+ advocacy visited Georgetown, resulting in a counterprotest by...

Georgetown Graduate Named Rhodes Scholar

By Jack Willis November 18, 2023

The Rhodes Scholarship Committee announced the selection of a recent Georgetown University graduate Nov. 11. Thomas Batterman (CAS ’22) will join an international cohort of over 100 students —...

Georgetown Prison Outreach Program Hosts Judge for Book Talk

By Yolanda Lu November 17, 2023

Judge LaDoris Cordell discussed the main problems of the U.S. legal system and her recently published memoir at a Nov. 8 event hosted by Georgetown Prison Outreach. At the event, Cordell, the first...

New Summer Institutes Provide Coursework, Professional Experience to Undergraduate Students

By Maren Fagan November 17, 2023

Georgetown University undergraduate students will have the opportunity to take one of seven Summer Institute programs this summer, an initiative that introduces six new career-focused programs announced...

Georgetown, DC Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

By Jack Willis November 17, 2023

Georgetown University and various institutions in Washington, D.C. have hosted cultural and educational events to celebrate Native American Heritage Month this November. In addition to several educational...

Students Join National March for Israel

Students Join National March for Israel

By Nora Toscano November 17, 2023

Georgetown University students joined thousands of demonstrators at the National Mall for the “March for Israel” to show their support for Israel as it continues its war against Hamas.  The...

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