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Overheard at President Trump's Inauguration

Overheard at President Trump’s Inauguration

By Laura Bell and Laura Bell January 27, 2017

Well, it’s official: Donald Trump is The President of the United States. And while I’m sure all of you spent Friday, January 20th making signs for the Women’s March watching the inauguration ceremony,...

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Derek Black spoke with professor Marcia Chatelain to discuss how he defected from white nationalism in an event Thursday.

In First Event After Defection, Former White Nationalist Derek Black Reflects On Racial Climate

By Jesus Rodriguez and Tara Subramaniam January 27, 2017

Former white nationalist Derek Black, in his first public event since denouncing his formative community in 2013, argued against the belief that civil discourse alone can combat racism at Copley Formal...

GU Scores Low in Socioeconomic Diversity, Mobility

GU Scores Low in Socioeconomic Diversity, Mobility

By Tara Subramaniam January 27, 2017

In a recent study by The New York Times, Georgetown University ranked 12th out of a list of 38 schools with more students in the top 1 percent of the income scale than in the bottom 60 percent. While...

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Demonstrators at Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington brought signs in support of the immigrant community.

Bowser Reaffirms DC As Sanctuary City

By Marina Pitofsky January 27, 2017

Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) reiterated Washington, D.C.’s status as a sanctuary city at a press conference Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s administration threatened to strip sanctuary cities...

MPD, WMATA Prepare For Annual March for Life

By Christian Paz January 27, 2017

As Washington, D.C., prepares for today’s March for Life, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced an increase in its midday service throughout the city. The D.C. Metropolitan Police...

Founding Director of African American History and Culture Museum Director Honored

By Yasmine Salam January 27, 2017

Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, received an honorary degree from Georgetown University in a ceremony in Gaston Hall...

GSP Fundraises Endowment

By Ben Goodman January 27, 2017

The Georgetown Scholarship Program is working toward operating from its own endowment within the next two years, and it is already nearly halfway to its endowment goal of $25 million. The endowment...

Student Groups Aim to Increase Diversity

By Darius Iraj January 27, 2017

Students of Georgetown, Inc., the Georgetown University Alumni Student Federal Credit Union and Georgetown Blue and Gray Tour Guides have made changes to their application processes for the spring application...

GU Declines to Release Investments

By Matthew Larson and Tara Subramaniam January 27, 2017

The Georgetown administration declined to disclose a list of companies the university invests in, following advocacy group Georgetown University Forming a Radically Ethical Endowment Coalition’s...

WMATA Fires 21 Inspection Workers

By Marina Pitofsky January 27, 2017

Five supervisors and 16 other employees of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s inspection department have been fired for falsifying inspection records, WMATA General Manager Paul...

PLO Delegate Rebukes Israeli Settlement Action

By Ben Goodman January 27, 2017

Israeli actions, including the development of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, are putting the pursuit of a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at risk, according to Maen...

Corp and GUASFCU To Welcome New Leadership

By Jeff Cirillo January 27, 2017

Both the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union and Students of Georgetown, Inc. are planning to formally welcome their new senior leadership teams in March. New Corp CEO...

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