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The Sept. 16 Chilean earthquake struck approximately 150 miles from Valparaiso and Santiago, where Georgetown students are studying.

Students Unharmed in Chilean Earthquake

By Emily Tu September 18, 2015

A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the coast of Chile on Sept. 16, killing at least 11 and prompting the evacuation of more than one million people. Eleven Georgetown students, all uninjured, are currently...

Papal Mass to Feature Dahlgren Chapel Cross

By Toby Hung September 18, 2015

For more than two decades, churchgoers at Dahlgren Chapel have prayed under an iron cross that accompanied the voyage of the first settlers from England to Maryland in 1634. When Pope Francis conducts...

Survey Charts Jesuit Values

By Margaret Heftler September 18, 2015

Students in the College and the School of Foreign Service recently received an email invitation to complete the first 2015 Hoya Values Survey, which seeks to compare and analyze the values and beliefs...

Book Launch Highlights Struggles of Returning Veterans

By Ashwin Puri September 18, 2015

Philosophy professor Nancy Sherman presented her new book on post-bellum effects on veterans called "Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers," Wednesday at an event hosted by the Mortara Center...

GUMC Research Leads to Alzheimer’s Breakthrough

By Patricja Okuniewska September 18, 2015

Georgetown University Medical Center Memory Disorders Program Director Scott Turner worked as the principal investigator in the largest ever nationwide clinical trial of an Alzheimer’s disease drug...

COURTESY STEPHEN HILLS
Georgetown University Law Center will launch a Business Skills Program in January, led by Stephen Hills, formerly of The Washington Post.

Hills To Lead New GULC Business Program

By Gaia Mattiace September 18, 2015

The Washington Post President and General Manager Stephen Hills announced he will leave his post to assume a new position as founding director of the Georgetown University Law Center’s Business Skills...

THE WORLD WE WANT
Residents and tourists in New York City signed the first “The World We Want Wall” last Sept. The art installation comes to Washington, D.C. this Friday.

Art Project Arrives in DC

By Lucy Pash September 18, 2015

“The World We Want,” a public community art movement that originated in Brooklyn, N.Y., is launching hundreds of new projects around the world this month, including one on 11th Street NE and another...

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Four of the five GUTS bus lines will be rerouted by the end of October.

GUTS Bus Lines Rerouted, Sparks Commuter Criticism

By Daniel Silbert September 18, 2015

The university is moving forward with plans to reroute four of the five Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle bus lines by late October, which has sparked negative responses from bus commuters. The...

Defector Shares Experience

By Giovanna Azevedo September 18, 2015

Jeong Kwang-il, a former political prisoner at Camp Yodok in North Korea, spoke about his experiences in the camp at an event hosted by Truth and Human Rights in North Korea Thursday at the Mortara Center. Jeong...

MINDBLOWN: GOP, Women and Dolla Bill$

MINDBLOWN: GOP, Women and Dolla Bill$

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford September 17, 2015

Whether you are politically inclined or you spent the first couple hours of the debate thinking it was reality TV, we all can agree that there was some level of personal utility to be gained from the...

For Immediate Release: We Were Robbed and We Understand Why

For Immediate Release: We Were Robbed and We Understand Why

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff September 16, 2015

LEAVEY 421— It was with great shock we discovered the abduction of our beloved vacuum, Eureka, today, at the hands of The Georgetown Heckler. The identity of the culpable group saddens us; this shift...

This Just in: Snapchat Does it Again

This Just in: Snapchat Does it Again

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford September 15, 2015

Confused by how all of your friends suddenly aged 60 years in their Snapchats today? Wondering what the deal is with all of the mini horror films that seem to be comprising your stories? Wishing you...

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