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Maren Fagan/The Hoya | Georgetown University students will face a referendum April 14 to 16 on university divestment from companies and academic institutions engaged with Israel’s government. The referendum will have no binding effect on university policy. Georgetown students have previously called for divestment, including at campus-wide protests in April, 2024, such as the protest pictured.

GU Students to Vote on Israel Divestment

By Evie Steele, Nora Toscano, Jack Willis, and Maren Fagan April 6, 2025

Georgetown University students will face a referendum later this month on university divestment from companies and academic institutions engaged with Israel’s government. Sixteen of the 28 members...

The Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service will suspend Georgetown Jumpstart, a program that connects Georgetown students with underserved preschool populations to provide language, literacy and socio-emotional programming, after this semester due to funding constraints resulting from federal budget cuts.

GU Jumpstart Program to Close Beginning in Fall 2025

By Opal Kendall, Special to The Hoya April 4, 2025

After Jumpstart for Young Children did not renew university grants, the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service (CSJ) will suspend the Georgetown Jumpstart program after this semester...

Students and faculty gathered to connect the current political landscape to historical events during a teach-in, an informal teaching model that is a form of protest, that the Georgetown University history department held March 28.

History Department Teach-In Responds to Political Environment

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor April 3, 2025

Georgetown University students and history department faculty connected the current political landscape to historical events in a teach-in, a form of protest which draws on a tradition of informal education...

Rally attendees urged the university administration to protect students and faculty from federal immigration officers and reaffirm its free speech commitments.

Tracking Badar Khan Suri’s Detention

By Aamir Jamil, Executive Editor March 28, 2025

Around 9:30 p.m. March 17, Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher, returned home from the university after teaching and attending iftar, the meal Muslims eat after a day of fasting,...

Georgetown University administrators and a Federal Impact Working Group revealed plans to lessen the impacts of federal cuts to academic research funding through growing enrollment in master’s programs and conducting outreach to lawmakers at a March 13 town hall.

GU Community Reacts to University Joining Common App

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor March 28, 2025

Georgetown University community members expressed excitement, concern and indifference at the university’s announcement that it will join the Common Application. Georgetown will enter a three-year...

Confirmed fall 2025 undergraduate enrollment on Georgetown's Capitol Campus lags significantly behind administrators’ predictions, leading the university to potentially lose $91.4 million between fiscal years 2025 and 2028, according projections presented to the university's Faculty Senate.

Capitol Campus Enrollment Below Projections, Suggesting $91.4 Million Loss: Report

By Ari Citrin and Aamir Jamil March 28, 2025

Georgetown University’s Capitol Campus could lose $91.4 million between fiscal years 2025 and 2028 as enrollment lags significantly behind administrators’ predictions, according to data university...

JACK WILLIS/THE HOYA | Georgetown University faculty identified commitment to Jesuit values and strong fundraising capability as qualities they hope to see in the next university president.

Faculty Cite Solidarity, Fundraising as Top Priorities in Next GU President

By Jack Willis March 28, 2025

In the two months since Georgetown University launched a search committee for its 49th president, faculty members say their priorities for the next leader include fundraising prowess and steadfast commitment...

First-year center Thomas Sorber, who excelled in his first season on the Hilltop, declared for the 2025 NBA Draft on March 27. (GUHoyas)

BREAKING: Sorber Declares for NBA Draft

By Caleigh Keating and Sophia Lu March 27, 2025

Georgetown University men’s basketball star Thomas Sorber declared for the 2025 NBA Draft, he announced in an Instagram post March 27. Sorber, a first-year center who could be picked in the top half...

Georgetown University| Federal immigration agents detained a Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher March 17, accusing him of opposing U.S. foreign policy and seeking to deport him. The researcher, Badar Khan Suri, is in the U.S. legally on a student visa.

DEVELOPING: GU Admits 12% of 2029 Applicants

By Nora Toscano and Aamir Jamil March 27, 2025

Georgetown University admitted 12% of applicants applying for the undergraduate Class of 2029, according to a university spokesperson. Georgetown received about 26,800 total applications, according...

Following the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action, Georgetown has begun considering Pell Grant eligibility in admissions.

GU to Join Common App on 3-Year Trial

By Maren Fagan, Executive Editor March 27, 2025

Georgetown University announced March 27 that it will join the Common Application on a three-year pilot program beginning in August 2026, confirming earlier reporting from The Hoya. Applicants to the...

Courtesy of Georgetown University | A federal appeals court ruled July 1that Badar Khan Suri will remain out of custody as his immigration case proceeds.

Virginia Legal, Political Community Responds to Khan Suri’s Detention

By Ruth Abramovitz and Patrick Clapsaddle March 27, 2025

Legislators and legal advocates condemned federal immigration agents’ detention of Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University researcher, as a violation of his constitutional rights. Agents from the...

Members of the Georgetown University community defended Badar Khan Suri in a faculty-organized walkout March 25.

GU Faculty Lead Walkout Supporting Khan Suri

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor March 25, 2025

About 150 members of the Georgetown University community rallied against the detainment of Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown postdoctoral researcher held by federal immigration officials, at a walkout March...

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