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History Professor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

History Professor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

By Georgia Russello November 10, 2022

Longtime Georgetown University history professor Judith Tucker will be awarded for her contributions to history scholarship following four decades of work. Tucker will be awarded the American History...

DC Sees Post-Pandemic Increase in Rat Numbers

DC Sees Post-Pandemic Increase in Rat Numbers

By Michelle Vassilev November 10, 2022

Rat numbers are increasing across Washington, D.C., as the city recovers from the pandemic, with rat-related complaints more than doubling in the District from 2018 to 2022. The resurgence in rats...

Ward 2 Councilmember to Co-Teach Law Class in January 2023

Ward 2 Councilmember to Co-Teach Law Class in January 2023

By Annie Kane November 10, 2022

D.C. Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto (LAW ’17) will teach an intensive, one-week course at the Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) over the winter break in January 2023. Pinto will teach the...

Contemporary Art Museum Opens in DC

Contemporary Art Museum Opens in DC

By Michelle Vassilev November 10, 2022

The Rubell Museum D.C. — a new contemporary art museum free to all Washington, D.C. residents — opened in Southwest D.C. Oct. 29. Named after longtime art collectors Mera and Don Rubell, the museum...

DC Votes to Pass Initiative 82, Ending Tipped Wage

DC Votes to Pass Initiative 82, Ending Tipped Wage

By Brooke DeLucia November 10, 2022

Washington, D.C. residents voted to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers, including restaurant servers, bartenders, hotel staff and other workers in the service industry.  Initiative 82,...

Anti-Sexual Assault Activist, Author Explores Egyptian Revolution through Feminist Lens

Anti-Sexual Assault Activist, Author Explores Egyptian Revolution through Feminist Lens

By Ranee Brady November 10, 2022

CW: This article discusses sexual assault and gender-based violence. Please refer to this article on thehoya.com for on- and off-campus resources Journalist and activist Yasmin El-Rifae discussed the...

Library of Congress To Open New Early Americas Gallery

Library of Congress To Open New Early Americas Gallery

By Sam Bailey November 10, 2022

The Library of Congress will open a new gallery focused on the lives of Indigenous groups who lived in the Americas prior to European colonization. The gallery will feature the personal collection...

Q&A: Vincent, Hirai GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Platform

Q&A: Vincent, Hirai GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Platform

By Adora Zheng and Eli Kales November 9, 2022

Camber Vincent (SFS ’24) and Alyssa Hirai (SFS ’24), who are running for Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) president and vice president, said they have built their platform around institutional...

Q&A: Woodall, Caraiani GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Platform

Q&A: Woodall, Caraiani GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Platform

By Eli Kales and Adora Zheng November 9, 2022

Spencer Woodall (MSB, SFS ’24) and Anya Caraiani (SFS ’24), who are running for Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) president and vice president, said they have built their platform around...

Q&A: Achebe, Pasieka GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Platform

Q&A: Achebe, Pasieka GUSA Executive Ticket Discusses Platform

By Eli Kales and Adora Zheng November 9, 2022

Chijioke Achebe (SFS ’25) and Devon Pasieka (MSB ’25), who are running for Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) president and vice president, said they have built their platform around...

Entrepreneurs Split $100,000 in Annual Bark Tank Competition

Entrepreneurs Split $100,000 in Annual Bark Tank Competition

By Emily Han November 4, 2022

Eight teams of Georgetown University students and recent graduates pitched their startups at the Bark Tank pitch competition. Teams competed in the Nov. 2 competition, which was hosted by Georgetown...

Smithsonian Selects Sites for American Latino, Women’s History Museums

Smithsonian Selects Sites for American Latino, Women’s History Museums

By Olivia Macaulay November 4, 2022

The Smithsonian Institution has selected two sites for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women’s History Museum to be built over the course of the next 10 to 12 years. The...

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