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Women’s History Month Celebrated in March

By Giovanna Azevedo March 27, 2015

When Georgetown closes out its celebration of Women’s History Month on Tuesday with an event featuring ballet prodigy Misty Copeland, hundreds of students will have attended its 15 events, which featured...

GULC Adds Online Programs

By Sarah Fisher March 27, 2015

Georgetown University Law Center is expanding its online presence by adding two new masters-level programs to its roster of classes starting in fall 2015. GULC is debuting an Executive Masters of...

African Studies Alumna Starts Education Initiative

By Amy Char March 27, 2015

After studying education with her African studies certificate, alumna Rebecca Gross (COL ’14) designed and founded an education initiative in Malawi that aims to teach young girls leadership skills by...

Graduate Expands Global Leadership Foundation

By Anna Riley March 27, 2015

Since he founded the Preparing Global Leaders Foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at teaching leadership skills to students and young professionals three years ago, President Sam Potolicchio (COL...

Tweets on Fleek

Tweets on Fleek

By Sara Carioscia and Sara Carioscia March 27, 2015

Twitter has been on fleek lately, even though a lot of popular accounts have just been sharing the same jokes – I’m looking at you, @CommonWhiteGirl, @FillWerrell and @GirlPosts. Lame! Despite this...

Hump Day Chomp: Farmers' Market Edition

Hump Day Chomp: Farmers’ Market Edition

By Marina Smith and Marina Smith March 25, 2015

Spring at Georgetown brings so many wonderful things: cherry blossoms, tulips around the John Carroll statue and warm weather that makes it just a little bit easier to get up in the morning (forget about...

Student Group Spotlight: Groove Theory

Student Group Spotlight: Groove Theory

By Emily Min and Emily Min March 25, 2015

In each installment of this series, we will be highlighting one lesser-known group on campus. For this week’s Student Group Spotlight, we interviewed Margaret Krackeler (NHS ’16) of Groove Theory. For...

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Outgoing GUSA President Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15) swore in incoming President Joe Luther (COL ’16) in Saturday’s ceremony. Luther will serve alongside Vice President Connor Rohan (COL ’16).

Luther, Rohan Assume GUSA Helm

By Tom Garzillo March 24, 2015

Georgetown University Student Association President Joe Luther (COL ’16) and Vice President Connor Rohan (COL ’16) were sworn into office by former GUSA executives President Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15)...

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Security patch updates to Microsoft Windows software have created connectivity problems for hundreds of PC users on campus.

Security Upgrades Disconnect SaxaNet

By Xinlan Hu March 24, 2015

An incompatibility between a newly installed security patch and SaxaNet’s existing security structure has led to difficulties with connecting to SaxaNet for hundreds of students; as more students...

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Administrators counteracted assertions that the McCourt School of Public Policy, opened in 2013, was overwhelmingly liberal.

McCourt School Defends Ideological Diversity

By Daniel Silbert March 24, 2015

While questions of racial and socioeconomic diversity draw increased attention to universities around the country, ideological diversity has also undergone scrutiny. Although students have asserted...

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The Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, located on the fourth floor of New North, received an endowment of $4 million from the Lannan Foundation.

Lannan Center Receives $4 Million

By Patricja Okuniewska March 24, 2015

The Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice received a $4 million endowment from J. Patrick Lannan (CAS ’60) and the Lannan Foundation upon its 25th anniversary to permanently establish itself...

GULC to Address Immigration Crisis

GULC to Address Immigration Crisis

By Emily Tu March 24, 2015

Georgetown University Law Center is partnering with Jesuit Refugee Service/USA to address challenges presented by the influx of immigration from Central America to the United States, which peaked in the...

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