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GU Politics Fellows Analyze Changing Political Landscape

By Matthew Trunko January 31, 2017

In his first week as President of the United States, Donald Trump has changed how the White House communicates to the American people through his frequent tweeting and direct rebuking of media outlets. In...

GUSA Senate Passes Voting Reform Bill

By Tara Subramaniam January 31, 2017

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed two resolutions Sunday pertaining to last semester’s referendum that sought to abolish the GUSA senate and replace it with an elected assembly...

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Thousands of anti-abortion activists attended the 44th annual March for Life on Friday, the first in eight years to be held under an anti-abortion president.

March for Life Sees First Vice Presidential Address

By Tait Ryssdal January 31, 2017

The 44th annual march drew thousands of anti-abortion activists to gather on the National Mall and march to the Supreme Court on Friday. Vice President Mike Pence was the first vice president ever...

GUPD Releases Photo of Kidnapping Suspect

By Christian Paz January 31, 2017

The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department released a surveillance video and photograph Sunday of a suspect wanted in connection to the kidnapping of a Georgetown student that occurred Thursday...

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Georgetown will require Nike, Inc. to provide the Worker Rights Consortium, a labor rights group, access to supplier factories. The agreement comes after a 35-hour sit-in by the workers rights group Georgetown Solidarity Committee in December.

Mediator Joins Nike Negotiations

By Jeanine Santucci January 31, 2017

The university has recruited third-party mediator Don Edwards, Justice and Sustainability Associates’ CEO, to assist in the negotiations between Georgetown and Nike regarding the university’s licensing...

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Georgetown hosted the 2017 Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, the largest student-organized anti-abortion conference in the United States on Monday.

Anti-Abortion Activists Convene for Conference

By Joe Egler January 31, 2017

The 2017 Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, the largest student-organized anti-abortion conference in the United States, focused on “working toward a truly pro-life politics,” Saturday in...

Protesters Take to Airports

By Marina Pitofsky January 31, 2017

Rallies have surfaced at Washington, D.C. area airports in protest of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 28 executive order that bans entry into the United States for citizens hailing from seven Muslim-majority...

Republicans in Congress Push to Overturn D.C. Legislation

By Marina Pitofsky January 31, 2017

Republicans in Congress this week have made a step forward in overturning Washington, D.C. legislation regarding abortion and physician-assisted suicide. On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted...

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Four Georgetown alumni, including the nominee for Special Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (CAS ’69 , LAW ’73), are looking to serve in President Donald Trump's administration.

Four Georgetown Alumni Set to Join Trump Administration

By Hannah Urtz and Tara Subramaniam January 31, 2017

At least four university alumni are slated to join President Donald Trump’s administration as he continues to assemble his cabinet in the weeks following his Jan. 20 inauguration. The recently-confirmed...

Metro Expresses Concern About Profits

By Christian Paz January 31, 2017

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority leadership expressed concerns this week that, despite facilitating over one million rides during the inauguration weekend, the financial costs of increasing...

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Part of the university’s Designing the Future(s) initiative, Bridge Courses will offer seniors and recent alumni training in professional and personal skills to ease students’ transitions from an academic setting into their professional lives.

New Bridge Courses Offered for Enrichment

By Yasmine Salam January 31, 2017

The university has launched a new series of one-credit classes exclusively for seniors and recent alumni this spring in order to instill practical skills that can ease students’ transition into professional...

Demonstrators Gather at White House, Capitol to Protest Trump’s Immigration Ban

By Tara Subramaniam January 30, 2017

In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry into the United States to citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, hundreds of protesters stood outside the White House...

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