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KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA | The summer semester at Georgetown is split into two 6-week sessions, with the first having begun on May 18 and the second set to begin June 29.

GU Loosens Testing Requirements for Some Class of 2025 Applicants

By Samantha Sinutko September 22, 2020

Georgetown University will waive the standardized testing requirement for prospective undergraduates should the COVID-19 pandemic preclude them from sitting for a test. The policy is one of several...

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The Office of Undergraduate Admissions, housed in White-Gravenor Hall, accepted 13 percent of early applications for the Class of 2019

GAGE Turns to Arbitration To Resolve Contract Dispute With GU

By Samantha Sinutko September 19, 2020

Georgetown University’s graduate student union plans to enter arbitration proceedings with the school to resolve a contractual dispute, union leaders announced Friday afternoon.  Members of...

KANG: Understand Disability Terminology

KANG: Understand Disability Terminology

By Esther Kang September 19, 2020

Whenever I’m asked to explain what disability studies is, I usually don’t know where to begin. Part of the problem is the words themselves. Learning the language of DS is a practice of design, of...

EDITORIAL: Improve SNAP Relations with Students

EDITORIAL: Improve SNAP Relations with Students

By Editorial Board September 19, 2020

Despite Georgetown University only allowing a limited number of students back on campus during the COVID-19 pandemic, many students are still living in the areas surrounding the campus. The Student Neighborhood...

CURRENT NOSTALGIA: How Video Streaming Made Me Fall in Love with the Late ’90s Again

CURRENT NOSTALGIA: How Video Streaming Made Me Fall in Love with the Late ’90s Again

By Parker Stubhar September 18, 2020

I have an unhealthy obsession with the relatedness of the late ’90s and early 2000s movies. The films basically had the same group of 10 actors always playing the main characters, only alternating...

VIEWPOINT: Honor John Thompson Jr.'s Legacy

VIEWPOINT: Honor John Thompson Jr.’s Legacy

By Tom Bianco September 18, 2020

With the passing of John Thompson Jr., it is with a heavy heart I feel compelled to tell my story of the man who helped me to be more open-minded and empathetic in life.  It was basketball season...

TULSAPUBLICSCHOOLS/FACEBOOK | The study, headed in part 
by two Georgetown psychology 
professors, found that parents and teachers alike faced 
financial insecurity during the 
pandemic that translated to stressful 
learning environments for kids in Tulsa's school district.

Low-Income Families and Teachers Hit Hardest by Pandemic, Psychology Professors’ Study Says

By Brian Ely September 17, 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, low-income families with children have faced reduced work hours, lower household incomes and food insecurity, according to a survey of over 500 parents of low-income students...

National Gallery’s ‘Degas at the Opéra’ Exhibit Explores Artist’s Colorful Career

National Gallery’s ‘Degas at the Opéra’ Exhibit Explores Artist’s Colorful Career

By Maeve Silk September 17, 2020

In these uncertain times, the National Gallery of Art’s in-person exhibit “Degas at the Opéra” offers a comforting return to a well-known artist while simultaneously examining the influences and...

Clinton, Albright Advocate for Greater Global Gender Equality During Virtual Panel

Clinton, Albright Advocate for Greater Global Gender Equality During Virtual Panel

By Kelly Anderson September 16, 2020

Significant work remains to be done in the global fight for women’s rights, according to former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright, who spoke at a virtual event Sept. 10. The...

BALDARI | Contrary to Popular Belief, the NFL is Unlikely to Finish Its Season

BALDARI | Contrary to Popular Belief, the NFL is Unlikely to Finish Its Season

By Christian Baldari September 16, 2020

The NFL kicked off Sept. 10, but one only needs to look at the League’s plan to conduct a season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic to realize the NFL may be forced to halt the season well before...

Famed Cookie Bakery Opens Georgetown Location on M Street

Famed Cookie Bakery Opens Georgetown Location on M Street

By Clara Grudberg September 15, 2020

Acclaimed cookie shop Levain Bakery opened a new M Street location Wednesday, marking the chain’s first expansion out of the New York City area.  The bakery will open in the space formerly occupied...

GUPOLITICS/FACEBOOK | The fall 2020 class of GU Politics fellows spoke with campus media outlets at a press event about how anti-racism protests and the COVID-19 pandemic have affected the political landscape and will affect how they approach their own conversations with students this semester.

GU Politics Fellows Discuss COVID-19, Black Lives Matter and the Future of American Politics During Interview

By Harrison McBride and Clara Grudberg September 11, 2020

Anti-racism protests and the COVID-19 pandemic have transformed the 2020 political landscape permanently, according to the new class of Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service fellows, who...

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