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UberPool, a feature that connects users to share an UberX vehicle, became available to Washington, D.C., riders Oct. 22.

UberPool Launches in DC

By Paul Tsavoussis November 3, 2015

Uber introduced UberPool, a feature that allows users heading in the same direction to share an UberX vehicle and split the fare, to Washington D.C. Oct. 22. Instead of deciding between UberX or...

Common Core Yet to Raise DCPS Results

By Aly Pachter November 3, 2015

Twenty-five percent of D.C. Public Schools 10th-graders who took the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers in English and 10 percent of students who took the test in geometry...

GUMC Debuts $10M Classroom Renovation

GUMC Debuts $10M Classroom Renovation

By Marina Pitofsky November 3, 2015

The new W. Proctor Harvey Clinical Teaching Amphitheater at the Georgetown University Medical Center, a space that will host courses with more hands-on, clinical curricula, officially opened Oct. 23. The...

ERASE Expands Membership

By Patricja Okuniewska November 3, 2015

Educating Residents About Social Equality, a group sponsored by the Office of Residential Living that provides programming on equity and diversity to the university residential community, restructured...

Students Launch Academic Journal for History Research

By Ian Scoville November 3, 2015

A group of eight students will launch Georgetown’s first academic journal dedicated to history articles written by undergraduate and graduate students in early 2016. The Georgetown Journal of History,...

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Assistant biology professor Leslie Ries’ recent study on the migratory patterns of monarch butterflies in North America disproved popular claims of the species’ possible extinction.

GU Research Study Disproves Monarch Butterfly Extinction

By Patricja Okuniewska November 3, 2015

According to a recent paper from assistant professor of biology Leslie Ries, monarch populations may not be disappearing, countering a long-held assumption in popular culture and the field of entomology. As...

A Guide to Bagels in D.C.

A Guide to Bagels in D.C.

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein November 2, 2015

Note: I may or may not have been eating a bagel while writing this. After living in D.C. for the past 3 years, I have become known to some (read: no one) as the bagel connoisseur of the District. I take...

GUPD Reports Spike in Halloween Crime

By Kristen Fedor November 1, 2015

There were  six robberies in the west Georgetown neighborhood Saturday evening, according to a public safety alert email the Georgetown University Police Department sent out shortly after 2 a.m. Nov....

The Top 10 Halloween Movies You've Probably Never Heard Of

The Top 10 Halloween Movies You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

By Annie Fraser and Annie Fraser October 30, 2015

Well, Halloweekend is quickly approaching, a time when you will reach both preak blood sugar and, most likely, blood alcohol content. We all want a Halloweekend side bae, but finding that special person...

Halloween Plans: On Campus Horror

Halloween Plans: On Campus Horror

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford October 30, 2015

As Halloweekend approaches are you panicking for plans? Is Halloween more than an excuse to ~be somebody else~ and party for you? Are you’re still struggling to plan how you will get your cultured...

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In the past quarter-century, the Women’s Center has moved its home from a Leavey Center storage closet to the third floor of the building.

Women’s Center Marks 25 Years

By Emma Rizk October 30, 2015

A quarter-century ago, the university founded the Georgetown University Women’s Center in a converted Leavey Center storage closet with the goal of providing "a safe environment while respecting all...

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The famed steep staircase, located on Prospect Street leading down to M Street, will receive official designation commemorating its role in “The Exorcist” today.

Exorcist Steps Receive Designation

By Ian Scoville October 30, 2015

In the 1973 horror film "The Exorcist," a priest leaps from of a window and tumbles to his death down a towering staircase. These famous 97 steps, cemented in film history, are just steps away from the...

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