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Some Georgetown professors, including associate government professor Matthew Kroenig, are predicting President-elect Donald Trump’s presidency to be marked by progress around Republican policies.

Professors Predict Progress Along Party Lines

By Montana Boone January 20, 2017

President Donald Trump’s term will consist of four years of policy conflicting with Republicans and Democrats alike, including the renegotiation of free trade agreements, the repeal of the Affordable...

Graduate Student Raises Academic Freedom Concerns

By Christian Paz January 20, 2017

Concerns over limitations of academic freedom in American universities in the Middle East have surfaced following the rejection of a School of Foreign Service graduate student’s request to research...

2016-2017 Tuition Sees Increase

By Jeff Cirillo January 20, 2017

Undergraduate tuition rates for the 2017-2018 academic year will rise from $49,968 to $51,720, a 3.5 percent increase over the previous year, according to a campuswide email sent by University Provost...

DC Passes Expansive Paid Family Leave Bill

By Joe Egler January 20, 2017

Passing by a vote of nine to four on Dec. 20, the Washington, D.C. Council approved a new payroll tax to fund an expansive family and medical leave benefits plan for the city’s private sector employees. If...

Let Freedom Ring Celebration Honors MLK Legacy

By Marina Pitofsky January 20, 2017

Executive Director of the immigrant resource organization Central American Resource Center Abel Núñez received the John Thompson Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award at the 15th annual “Let Freedom Ring...

DC Homelessness Rate Is Highest in Nation

By Marina Pitofsky January 20, 2017

Washington, D.C., finished 2016 with the highest rate of homelessness of any U.S. metropolitan area with 124 out of every 10,000 residents experiencing homelessness, according to a Dec. 14 report from...

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Seamus Caragher is one of three Hoyas among 40 students across the nation chosen as Marshall Scholars.

Georgetown Students Win Marshall Scholarship

By Tara Subramaniam January 20, 2017

Three Georgetown students were among the 40 Marshall Scholars chosen this year, with Seamus Caragher (COL ’16), Devika Ranjan (SFS ’17) and Erika Raven (GRD ’17) earning the fellowship to spend...

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Catholic lobbying group NETWORK Executive Director Sister Simone Campbell, left, Monsignor John Enzler, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Francis Rooney (R-Fl., COL ’75, LAW ’78), Catholic Social Thought and Public Life Founder and Director John Carr, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor Administrator Jessica F. Chilin-Hernández and Joan Rosenhauer, executive vice president of U.S. operations for Catholic Relief Services encouraged President-elect Donald Trump to consider Catholic social values in developing policy.

Panelists Advocate Role for Catholic Social Values in Trump Presidency

By Jack Segelstein January 18, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump’s administration should embrace certain Catholic social values in order to help the poor and protect refugees, according to a panel discussion of Catholic leaders in...

How to Throw the Perfect Inauguration Day Party

How to Throw the Perfect Inauguration Day Party

By Laura Bell and Laura Bell January 16, 2017

January 20th 2017 is an important date for two reasons. First, it marks the inauguration of our nation’s 45th President and ushers in a new and unprecedented era in American history. Secondly, and much...

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William Peter Blatty (CAS '50) died yesterday aged 89.

William Peter Blatty, ‘Exorcist’ Creator, Dies

By Ian Scoville January 13, 2017

William Peter Blatty (CAS ’50), the writer and producer of the 1973 horror film “The Exorcist,” died yesterday at the age of 89, according to the Associated Press. The cause of death was multiple...

Law Professors Protest Trump’s Attorney General Nomination

By Jeff Cirillo January 9, 2017

More than 1,400 law school faculty members from 180 institutions have signed an open letter urging the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) for...

The Five Types of Georgetown Basketball Fans

The Five Types of Georgetown Basketball Fans

By Mike Radice and Mike Radice January 2, 2017

As winter break thaws out, Big East conference play is just starting to heat up. While we've probably all watched at least one Georgetown Basketball game in our lives, I'm sure we all have had different...

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