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New Eligibility Requirements Enforced for SFS Spanish Proficiency Exam

By Mia Abatecola October 6, 2023

The Spanish department has implemented new and more rigorous eligibility requirements for students hoping to take the School of Foreign Service Oral Proficiency Exam. Up until this semester, any student...

Georgetown McDonough Hosts Global Business Conference

By Yolanda Lu October 6, 2023

The McDonough School of Business (MSB)’s Baratta Center for Global Business hosted its first annual conference Oct. 2, bringing senior executives from international businesses and policymakers together...

DC’s 2023 World Culture Festival Presents a Diverse Array of Cultural Performances

DC’s 2023 World Culture Festival Presents a Diverse Array of Cultural Performances

By Olivia Noreke October 6, 2023

Students, tourists and residents alike were given the chance to travel the world this weekend without ever having to leave Washington, D.C. Over 17,000 people performed at the National Mall during the...

Flooding in VCW Displaces Residents, Damages Property

Flooding in VCW Displaces Residents, Damages Property

By Maren Fagan October 6, 2023

A leak in the dormitory Village C West (VCW) flooded the building last week, damaging school and personal property and causing residents to seek housing with friends or in common areas. The leak, which...

Leading International Scholars Investigate LGBTQ+ Laws, Gender Violence

Leading International Scholars Investigate LGBTQ+ Laws, Gender Violence

By Clayton Kincade October 6, 2023

International scholars discussed the legal and human rights challenges to improving the state of LGBTQ+ rights as they pertain to international law in a collaborative event among three Georgetown departments. The...

Advisory Neighborhood Commission Votes to Continue Georgetown’s ‘Streateries’

Advisory Neighborhood Commission Votes to Continue Georgetown’s ‘Streateries’

By Paulina Inglima October 6, 2023

Georgetown’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E), a local government entity that represents the Georgetown, Burleith and Hillandale neighborhoods, voted to extend the permit on the District’s...

Fire Alarm Malfunctions in LXR and Copley Residential Halls Raise Facilities Concerns

Fire Alarm Malfunctions in LXR and Copley Residential Halls Raise Facilities Concerns

By Aamir Jamil October 6, 2023

Two Georgetown dorms experienced fire alarm malfunctions during the nights of Sept. 27 and 28.  Georgetown officials were unable to deactivate fire alarms and smoke detectors in LXR and Copley...

Georgetown Professor Shares Insight on Prison Exonerations, Raises Awareness about Wrongful Convictions

By Catherine Alaimo September 29, 2023

Georgetown government and law professor Marc Howard (L ’12) has worked on several programs related to criminal justice reform since he founded the Georgetown University Prisons and Justice Initiative...

SFS Creates Two New Master Degrees

By Maren Fagan September 29, 2023

The Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) announced on Sept. 18 two new master’s degree programs: a Master of Science in Environment and International Affairs and a Master...

Q&A: Cobb/Mehta GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

Q&A: Cobb/Mehta GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

By Evie Steele and Clayton Kincade September 29, 2023

Jaden Cobb (CAS ’25) and Sanaa Mehta (SFS ’25), who are running for Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) president and vice president, say if elected, they plan to use their backgrounds...

Q&A: Abrica/Cardena GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

Q&A: Abrica/Cardena GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

By Evie Steele and Clayton Kincade September 29, 2023

Axel Abrica (CAS ’25) and Sebastian Cardena (CAS ’26), who are running for Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) president and vice president, say they plan to use their experience as community...

Q&A: Sunkavalli/Li GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

Q&A: Sunkavalli/Li GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Plans and Platform

By Evie Steele and Clayton Kincade September 29, 2023

Saatvik Sunkavalli (SFS ’25) and Andrea Li (SFS ’26), who are running for Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) president and vice president, said they plan to institutionally reform GUSA...

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